Sulfer-Tainted Drywall - Who Knew?

I just finished reading a lengthy expose on Pro-Publica, China Plays Tug-of-War With U.S. Inspectors Over Drywall, about Chinese and American drywall, tainted with sulfer, that causes extensive corrosion of metal components in walls, such as wiring; and also makes the occupants sick.

As a longtime sufferer of sulfer sensitivity, all I can say is this:

It looks like it is advisable to have the drywall that is delivered to your job site tested before it is installed in your home. At the very least somebody needs to give it a "smell test" to see if there is the tell-tale scent of rotten eggs.

There is no other way to protect yourselves from the fate of those people who tell their stories about contaminated drywall in their homes in the Comments below the article.

Peggy

Addendum:

There are a lot more stories on ProPublica about the tainted drywall. Go to http://www.propublica.org/topic/tainted-drywall to read about the Lowe's settlement, now worth up to $100K to homeowners, and much more.

UPDATE 12/14/10

Here is an update from ProPublica on this problem:

http://www.propublica.org/article/federal-probe-of-chinese-drywall-falls-short

Stuffed Capsicum

It was yet another Evening, figuring out what to do for dinner. I made some Yardlong beans parupu-usli and Tomato rasam for Lunch. The parupu-usli was still staring @ me in the evening too, i didnt want to waste it. Long before i bookmarked Lataji's Recipe of Stuffed Bell Peppers, thought of trying it, Voila!!!! it was a hit!!!! Thank you Lataji for sharing a Healthy recipe!!!! :)

Sending this to Bookmarked recipes- Every tuesday(Vol-13), happening @ Priya Mitharwal's Mharo Rajasthan Recipes


Ingredients
2 cups chopped yardlong beans/beans/methi leaves
1 cup of toor/tuvar dal
1/2 chana dal/Gram Dal
5-6nos red chillies

4-5 Capsicums (any color, i used green)
Little oil for brushing them

Seasoning
3-4 tbsp oil (Be generoussssssssssssss)
1-1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp Chana dal
a pinch of turmeric

one tight fist curry leaves

a pinch of hing

Method

Soak the dals for half an hour. Grind the soaked dal, red chillies, and hing. Add no water. let it be not so fine paste, lil coarse will be better. It should of the masala vada batter consistency.In case it bcomes watery, jus add some besan flour.Heat oil in a kadai, be generous. splutter mustard seeds, add turmeric and some curry leaves.Now add the dal batter. stir and cook. Let it cook. you can see the raw color changing to a golden yellow.Add some oil, if necessary.

It takes about 5-6 minutes for the tuvar mixture to cook. Well cooked usli has no moisture/water, has a crumbled texture.Now add chopped beans. check the salt. Keep the flame low, cover and cook.Stir often to avoid burning. Take it of the flame when the beans is cooked.Beans can also be pre-cooked and add it here, but i have used uncooked beans. In case of using cooked beans, pls do strain the excess water and add it to the usli

Preparing the Capsicums

Wash and dry the Capsicums, Cut open the top and remove all the seeds. Boil a Shallow pan with water, place the capsicums covered in it,Put the flame off , let them sit in there for 2-3 minutes. Take it off the water, Brush some oil inside, Spoon the parupu usli into it. I brushed some more oil on the outer skin of the capsicums too. Keep in a MW safe bowl, Cover and Cook @ high for 4-6 minutes. This cooking time depends upon ur MW Power, So once the Capsicum skin starts shrinking, its cooked !!!! We enjoyed with some Tomato Ketchup!! A filling Dinner indeed, and Light on everything!!!! :)

Cinnamon Roll

Wangiii abissss...

Itu kata-kata pertama yang diucapin ama orang-orang rumahku.

Iyalah secara Cinnamon Roll ini full butter, cinnamon dan raisin.

Dewi, temen kuliah ku dulu pesen ini buat suaminya. Katanya suaminya doyan bgt ama Cinnamon Roll.

Karena dia tau aku suka bikin kue, dia tanya aku bisa nggak bikin Cinnamon Roll.

Bisa dong,Wi..hehehhee. Ini kedua kalinya bikin Cinnamon Roll ini.

Jarang ada yang mesen sih karena bingung jg ini arahnya kemana, pastry ga juga, roti ga juga.Hahahaha

Pokoke ada yang mesen apa nggak, yowes bakul kue kudu bisa bikin apapun.Ciaooo..(loh??)

Pesen 35 pcs, mo dibagi2 temen kantor sekalian katanya.



Cinnamon Rolls



Siang2 SMS masuk " Rennnn, laki gue demen bener ama kue lo, lo tau ga dia makan berapa..10 aja dong, minta gue pesenin lagi.."

Hhahahaha makasi ya Wiii..seneng kl orang suka ama makanan gue...Pesen lagi yakk!!