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doschicos · February 2016

Could you just make the amount you need as you use it? Slightly crush the clove and heat up the oil a little to infuse the oil?

lamom · February 2016

Thanks I hadn't planned on storing. Guess I'll just go ahead and try it.

Consolation · February 2016

I love the fresh garlic in olive oil that is served with bread at a favorite restaurant. How do I do this and not worry about botulism.

Just don't. It is a ridiculous fear.

doschicos · February 2016

Yeah, if you aren't planning to store it, I don't see the need to fear raw garlic. Do you not eat raw garlic at all?
If you are cautious, my suggestion above of heating the oil would kill that tiny risk if you get the oil to a certain temp.

lamom · February 2016

Sounds good to me, actually I hate raw garlic but the combination with bread is so wonderful. . Google results brought up botulism- mention was made that spores would grow in the anerobic conditions of the oil. I'm not going to store it or try to make infused oil. I buy garlic olive oil for cooking from local shop

jym626 · February 2016

Thanks, @lookingforward. With her Afrikaans accent, no one is pronouncing her name right! Almost sounds like "throne" or possibly "Thorn".

nottelling · March 2016

Do you use an apostrophe in the phrase "for convenience' sake"? (I'm not interested in hearing views on what the hypertechnical rules require; I am interested in what you do in actual practice).

alh · March 2016

I don't believe I would if I ever used that phrase, which I can't recall doing. The apostrophe just looks odd to me. Whether it is correct or not.

Probably faced with this dilemma, I would rewrite the sentence to say "for the sake of convenience"

lookingforward · March 2016

Me, too. Or, "For convenience." No, you wouldn't want an apostrophe hang off a word not ending in S, not possessive.

mathmom · March 2016

Or "for your convenience"

Pizzagirl · March 2016

Wouldn't it be "for convenience's sake"? The apostrophe hanging out there doesn't make sense, as it's not something like "the dogs' house" (meaning multiple dogs).

jym626 · March 2016

Agree with alh.

nottelling · March 2016

Thanks! We are having an argument at work, and I agree that the apostrophe looks dumb.

But there's more dissension on the issue than you would think! The New York Times is not consistent; it sometimes uses "for convenience' sake" and sometimes "convenience's sake." The New Yorker uses "for convenience's sake" except when they are quoting Virginia Woolf. Older editions of the Chicago Manual of Style apparently specifically reference "for convenience' sake" but new editions drop the example altogether (but do include "for goodness' sake" but also "for appearance's sake").

Anyway, it's a dumb argument but a bunch of us were stuck in a conference room waiting for someone, and doing some group editing.

greenwitch · March 2016

What's going on with the west coast drought? I haven't heard much lately and I'd love some details from those of you who were xeriscaping and saving shower water a few months ago.

Madison85 · March 2016

Have you seen this?

The video will make you smile!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/golf/11-year-old-makes-incredible-ace-playing-with-tiger-woods-at-bluejack-national/ar-BBqh49B?li=BBnbfcL

BunsenBurner · March 2016

Saw it this morning. Pretty cool.

alh · March 2016

seersucker:

before Memorial Day?
before Easter?
at the beach next week?

jym626 · March 2016

Where will you be? Mexico? Caribbean?

alh · March 2016

someplace warm

jym626 · March 2016

Well, might matter where you were.

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