AIR CONDITIONING REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY

Atago 4489 PAL-89S Digital Hand-Held Pocket Double Scale Coolant Refractometer, Special Scale for Propylene Glycol / Freezing Point of Propylene Glycol (F)

The PAL-89S is designed for measuring propylene glycol and freezing point of propylene glycol (°F). The PAL-89S is water resistant (rated at IP65), so clean up of samples can be done easily by placing the instrument under running water. This refractometer is light & compact, only 100g. It is ergonomically designed for one-handed operation. The speedy performance of the PAL-89S is amazing. Simply put 2 to 3 drops of a sample on the prism surface and press the START key. The measurement value will be displayed in just 3 seconds. The sample stage is designed to keep sample solutions from spilling out. The Automatic Temperature Compensation function enables you to take measurement readings regardless of the ambient temperature. Calibration is performed with water only. Scale: Propylene Glycol / Freezing Point of Propylene Glycol (°F). Sample Volume: 0.3ml. Measurement Time: 3 Seconds. International Protection Class: IP65 Dust-tight and Protected against Water Jets. Panel Color: Mirror. Per each. Atago #: 4489.

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Rhubarb Pie

Pastry for 9 inch two crust pie.
1 1/3 to 1 2/3 cups sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel, if desired
4 cups cut-up rhubarb (1/2" pieces)
2 tablespoons margarine or butter

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare pastry. Mix sugar, flour and orange peel. Turn half of the rhubarb into pastry lined pie plate, sprinkle with half of the sugar mixture. Repeat with remaining rhubarb and sugar mixture. Dot with margarine. Cover with top crust that has slits cut in it: seal and flute. Sprinkle with sugar if desired. Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning, remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking.

Bake until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust, 40 to 50 minutes.

FROZEN RHUBARB PIE: Decrease sugar to 2/3 cup and substitute 1 package (20 ounces) frozen rhubarb, partially thawed, for the 4 cups cut-up rhubarb.

RHUBARB-STRAWBERRY PIE; Substitute sliced strawberries for half of the rhubarb and use the lesser amount of sugar.


Oil Pastry Recipe

Probably the easiest pie pastry to make. As you are using a liquid fat, you don't need as much fat in this recipe. You can roll and re-roll oil crusts with no ill effects.

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil*
1/4 cup cold milk

* Extra-virgin olive oil may be substituted

In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Measure the vegetable oil and the milk into the same liquid measuring cup but do not stir. Add to the flour/salt mixture; mix briskly to combine until the dough comes together into a ball.

Divide the dough in half. Roll out each half to 1/8 inch thick between 2 sheets of wax paper.

NOTE: Because this pastry dough is made with oil, it must be used right away. After a day in the refrigerator, the oil will start to separate and seep out.

(I know - not the most well-staged food photo in the world but it was all I could do to keep the vultures out of it. LOL)

So we now have a sparkly clean fridge at work :)


At work we have a fridge - in the fridge we have coke, milk and personal foodstuffs including cheese, yoghurt etc.

Some wag decided that he wanted his stuff kept cool over the weekend and wound the cooler up to 5 from the normal 3.

Cokes exploded and milk bottles shattered.