05-17-2013, 05:32
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Periodic Table of Herbs and Spices
I'm think some of you might need this?? 
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Magnetic Periodic Table of Herbs and Spices by SinginLow
I designed this magnetic spice rack after searching fruitlessly for a creative way to display all my spices. I loved the idea of a magnetic spice rack to go along with my magnetic knife rack, but store bought options were either too boring or too expensive. Then I found some test tube spice rack designs on this site. As an engineer and Alton Brown fan, I wanted to stick to the idea of cooking as chemistry. I used the idea in the comments on this page as inspiration for my final design. I took the commenter’s proposal of using taxonomy as a way of organizing spices and ran with it. After a few hours on Wikipedia, I decided to group the herbs and spices by Order and include the Family, Genus, Species, English names, and a made up symbol on each box. As for salt and pepper, they just had to be Hydrogen and Helium, right?
I made my own tins, based on the instructions here. I had my design printed on vinyl at a local shop, and they applied it to sheet metal I bought from onlinemetals.com. I used a sheet of stainless steel with a sheet of cold-rolled steel behind it for magnetism, but you could probably just use the regular steel by itself with a bit of polish and anti-rust coating. I got the labels from LabelsByTheSheet.com and printed them at work. I made the frame with some moulding and spray paint from Home Depot, but you could also buy a frame from a craft store.
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05-17-2013, 08:04
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I like it!
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05-17-2013, 11:56
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Thats cool!
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05-17-2013, 13:00
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Steak seasoning??? No such animal.
Seasoning for a steak, salt and pepper, period.
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05-17-2013, 13:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
Steak seasoning??? No such animal.
Seasoning for a steak, salt and pepper, period.
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Yep...Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper is ALL that is needed to perfectly season a steak! (medium rare please...)
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05-17-2013, 14:19
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And sooooooooo easy to do if you own a sign shop. Just print out the graphics on a piece of vinyl and lay it down on your substrate. 
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05-18-2013, 08:39
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Nice.
Going to post on the ref; kind of bare now that no little ones around.
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05-18-2013, 11:29
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Yep...Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper is ALL that is needed to perfectly season a steak! (medium rare please...)
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You know why chefs prefer kosher salt? 
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05-18-2013, 11:31
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Quote:
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You know why chefs prefer kosher salt? |
Texture?
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05-18-2013, 11:35
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Texture?
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That's the number one reason, it's easy to pick up.
Second is the way it dissolves.
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05-19-2013, 09:28
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What is the biggest difference in Kosher and Sea Salt? Is there really a taste difference or does it all go back to texture?
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05-19-2013, 10:47
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Quote:
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What is the biggest difference in Kosher and Sea Salt? Is there really a taste difference or does it all go back to texture?
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Sea salt is usually very hard and course almost crystal like.
Kosher salt is made by compacting granular salt, producing large, irregularly shaped flakes.
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05-20-2013, 07:39
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TS, yes I knew the reason chef's prefer Kosher salt!  I also like the fact that it isn't as "salty" as sea salt. I have and use both, but they are totally different applications. Sea salt definitely doesn't dissolve as quickly as Kosher.
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