One of the ceiling lights in my kitchen stopped working shortly after I moved in. It has a weird ring-shaped fluorescent bulb, so I’ve delayed replacing it, because where the heck do you get weird ring-shaped fluorescent bulbs?
Recently, another one of the lights stopped working. Now I only had one light, so it was pretty dim in the kitchen. I finally decided to do some homework and find replacement bulbs on the internet. I found them and ordered them.
…and they don’t work.
I think it’s not the bulbs that have stopped working, it’s the ballasts. Dang.
Bummer…I think I remember those bulbs from my paternal grandparents’ kitchen. Glad they still make them but sorry they don’t work in yours.
For needlework I’ve had a magnifier lamp for ages already with a circle light because no shadow is cast on your work that way. Kitchen shadows don’t seem like a big deal, so new fixtures shouldn’t need to have those tricky-and-probably-not-inexpensive bulbs. Happy hunting there…
I’ve had an increasing fascination with begonias. Fortunately, I’ve been able to resist impulse buys. Unfortunately, I have not been able to resist other kinds of buys. One of those is a begonia from my past. The variety is called “Art Hodes”. I don’t actually remember what I did with it my old one. I had it right before I moved to Maui, so I must’ve given it away. I loved its big, droopy, hairy leaves.
I really wanted another one, and things are so easy to order from the internet and I got one. It came yesterday.
It’s a big healthy cutting. And apparently, it grows into a big plant. I think I might grow this outside…
I usually write my posts at night before I go to bed, because my most regular readers are all ahead of my time zone, so I would miss them if I posted in the morning.
Monday night I went to bed after eating a dessert full of allulose. Everything seemed to be fine, until my stomach started gurgling. Without going into details, let’s just say that the warnings about gastrointestinal discomfort were true.
I guess this won’t end up being the regular sugar substitute I had hoped. I suppose I could still use it in smaller quantities, but sugar in small quantities isn’t that bad really, so…
Anyway, I still have three delicious lemon desserts that will send you to the bathroom all night long. Does anyone want them?
I was in the baking aisle of the grocery store and saw a sweetener I hadn’t seen before. It was called allulose. I decided to give it a try.
It is really good. It tastes very much like sugar, with maybe a little bit of a molasses flavor. Best of all, I don’t experience any weird aftertaste like I usually do with non-sugar sweeteners. After tasting it straight, I sweetened some cole slaw with it. It was good. I decided to go all out and try a recipe with it. I had lemons from somebody at church, so I made my mom’s lemon pudding.
The batter tasted normal:
When I brought them out of the oven, they looked shinier and smoother than usual:
And the taste?
It was good! It didn’t taste exactly like the recipe when cooked with sugar, and the texture of the cakey part was a little lighter, but it was still lemony and sweet. And zero calories from sugar! The total calorie count of one serving is probably less than 200. The other ingredients are lemon, egg, butter, and flour. That’s practically health food!
*I feel like I should add an asterisk paragraph. The internet says eating too much allulose can cause gastrointestinal discomfort. I didn’t experience any from this serving of lemon pudding, so no problem!
Arrrgh!! I am shaking my fist on your behalf. To go through all that trouble and they still don’t work? That is very frustrating, indeed,
Bummer…I think I remember those bulbs from my paternal grandparents’ kitchen. Glad they still make them but sorry they don’t work in yours.
For needlework I’ve had a magnifier lamp for ages already with a circle light because no shadow is cast on your work that way. Kitchen shadows don’t seem like a big deal, so new fixtures shouldn’t need to have those tricky-and-probably-not-inexpensive bulbs. Happy hunting there…