How New England Chefs Improve Store-Bought Clam Chowder

You might think that no New England chef worth their locally harvested sea salt would go near store-bought clam chowder, but that isn’t the case. “I’m from New England,” says …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchcooking #aromatics #cannedsoup #clamchowder #Cooking #francais #france #French #frenchcooking #freshclams #LambertGivens #NewEngland
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2524838/how-new-england-chefs-improve-store-bought-clam-chowder/

Thyme ❤️ in a vase

#Gardening 🌱 #Flowers #Aromatics #Herbs

@Technokrat the problem with cosmetics is the nanoparticles. #Cosmetics are usually clumps of #nanoparticles suspended in a #grease, #gel or #oil. That stuff is nasty. They toss in #aromatics so that it smells good. Otherwise it would probably smell like burnt oil from your engine.

That's the sort of stuff you don't want on your #eyes or anywhere on your #body at all if you can help it.

Well, this is a not shameless, but also, not entirely shamefree :-) story about this very nice Australian company:

Buckley & Phillips Aromatics
https://buckleyandphillips.com.au - they make all sorts of nice smelling things.

I sent them this tale of woe:
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Hi,
I have two ultrasonic diffusers. They are 'bamboo, frosted glass finish' ones. I moved house and they became separated from their plugpacks, which seem to have been delivered to the fifth dimension rather than to my home.
My array of plugpacks does not include any with the little right-angled plug required. ugh.
Please could you tell me how to get two new plugpacks? Kind Regards,
Sam
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Well, I did not have high hopes, I expected; a part number and an order form, or "we can send you a new unit" (this is late stage capitalism and I am getting thick-skinned ...).

... anyway, I got
THIS FABULOUS REPLY:
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Hi Sam,

Thanks for your email, I have arranged for two replacement power adaptors to be sent to:

<snipped>

Kind regards,
Jon
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That is _completely_ bloody lovely.
I want people to know that there are #good #people out there doing things with money, customers, service etc. Nice. I am blinking with surprise and astonishment.

#buckleyAndPhillips
#aromatics
#ultrasonicDiffuser
#goodNews

For thousands of years, #Tree #Resins known as #Frankincense (white/milky) & #Myrrh (reddish) were used to make #Sweet #Perfume, Incense, & #Medicine.

The #Trees are #Native to #Arabia & NE #Africa.

To #Collect the resins, the #Bark is cut, which allows the #Essence to seep out & dry into #Crystals.

#Nomads sold the #Prized #Aromatics, which were as #Precious as #Gold, #Gems, or #Spices.

Frankincense is #French for #Pure #Incense.
Myrrh is #Semetic for #Bitter.

#Botany #Magi #Gifts