WendyMehndi WaltzingDog: June 2014

I love the idea of crockpot cheesecakes in mason jars. I tried the original recipe I found online, and even though I goofed and forgot to add the milk to the recipe, they turned out great! But I couldn't resist tinkering with the recipe a bit...
(Also, I was out of regular sugar, and wanted to try adding ricotta, and chocolate, because everything is better with chocolate)

Before you start - figure out how many mason-type jelly jars fit in your crock pot!! My crockpot has 2 sections, and can hold SEVEN jars.

I'd run out of granulated sugar, so I used confectioner's sugar. We found it has cornstarch in it, and Google told us that you need to use MORE than the amount of sugar, and that it may affect puddings, so I cut back on the original amount of cornstarch.

The recipe may make slightly more filing than your jars will hold - you will just have to eat the batter raw. So sorry.

Filling

For the filling, I put the following in my Kitchenaid stand mixer:

16 oz cream cheese, room temperature (cut into pieces, because it was a huge chunk, from Costco)
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 1/2 cups turbinado sugar (yay Trader Joe's!)
2 Tablespoons vanilla extract
dash almond extract
1/8 cup cornstarch

Using the beater that looks like a birdcage, I let that blend for a while. For how long? I dunno - I was cooking dinner, also...

Next I added:
4 room-temperature eggs (yay chickens!)
3/4 cup whole milk (cold - oops, not staying with the room-temp theme)

I let that run for a bit.

Crust

For the crust:

3 Tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon turbinado sugar
3/4 cup graham crumbs (they come in a box with an elf on it)

Mix that up an put in the bottom of the 7 jars, don't compact it.

Fill the jars about 2/3 of the way full with the filling mixture, trying really hard not to dribble it down the outsides of the jars.

Marbling

For the marbling
To the remaining 1/3 of the filling mixture, add:

2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Tablespoon turbinado sugar

Blend well.

Pour the marbling over the mixture in the jars, poking with a knife to mix it up a bit.
I also put about a dozen chocolate chips on top of each jar.

Cooking

Wipe the outside of the jars if necessary.
Place the jars, uncovered, in your crock pot.
Carefully fill between the jars with water, about 3/4 of the way up the outside of the jars.
Place the lid on the crockpot.
Cook on "High" for 3 hours.

Let the jars cool a bit before you remove them, then let them cool on the counter before you put them in the refrigerator. The first time I made these I was able to cover each jar with plastic wrap before refrigerating. Last night we just wanted to get to bed, so we put them in the fridge uncovered. I will cover them today.

Eat with a spoon when cool!

As of today, I don't have any new information on the pipeline proceedings on the land beside my home. There has been no new contact from the company looking to utilize the right-of-way easement.
Just for information, I'm placing this stuff here:
(all this is just a reference point with a WILD lack of formatting. sorry)

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Pipeline Operators:

CARDINAL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
(Existing pipeline, not laying new line, however affected by proximity)(uh oh - read further down)

Bryan Ferguson (Manager IT II)
Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056 Phone: (713) 215-3833
Email: Bryan.Ferguson@williams.com

http://co.williams.com/
One Williams Center
Tulsa, OK 74172

Phone (within Tulsa): 918-573-2000
Phone (outside of Tulsa): 800-945-5426

PSNC
PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF NORTH CAROLINA
Jodie Roberts-Smith (Public Affairs Representative)
800 Gaston Rd. Building A, Gastonia, NC 28056
Phone: (704) 834-6427 Fax: (701) 810-3158
Email: jroberts-smith@scana.com

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So they ARE playing together...................

Pipeline and Gas Journal

Article:
http://pipelineandgasjournal.com/39-million-cardinal-pipeline-expansion

$39 MILLION CARDINAL PIPELINE EXPANSION
April 2010 Vol. 237 No. 4

"Cardinal Pipeline Company LLC has executed precedent agreements to increase the pipeline's firm transportation capacity by 199,000 Dth/d.

The pipeline will transport additional natural gas supplies to growing markets served by Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc., and Public Service Company of North Carolina from an interconnect with Williams Partners L.P.'s Transco pipeline.

The $39 million expansion is scheduled to be placed into service in July 2012. The expansion has been designed to serve growth on Piedmont's and PSNC Energy's distribution systems, including an expansion on Piedmont's system to serve Progress Energy Carolinas' planned gas-fired power generation facility in Wayne County, NC.

Cardinal Pipeline is a 105-mile, 24-inch pipeline that extends from Rockingham County, NC to a point southeast of Raleigh, NC, with a design capacity of 279,000 Dth/d."

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American Society of Civil Engineers

Identifying Minimum Safe Distance between Adjacent Parallel Pipelines
Read More: http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/41202%28423%2980

http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/41202(423)80
"Whenever a large diameter, high pressure gas pipeline is designed and constructed in an alignment that is parallel with an existing oil or petroleum products pipeline, pipeline operators focus is on pipeline safety. In the unlikely event that a catastrophic failure of one of the parallel pipelines occurs the minimum safe distance between the two pipelines is a critical factor for protecting the other pipeline facility.

http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/40507%28282%2946

Hmm... "Micro tunneling"...? Could explain the "boring machinery" mentioned that would be required to get the pipeline under the road and under the creek:
http://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784405727

Design of Parallel Pipelines
http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/40507%28282%2946
During construction, dead and live loads on existing pipelines must be considered when evaluating constructability and estimating the required construction work zone width. Failure of a pipeline and erosion from discharged fluids may undermine adjacent pipelines. A project currently in design is used to illustrate the design of a new pipeline to be constructed parallel to existing pipelines. The location of the new pipeline and required construction width were an important element of the Environmental Impact Report.

http://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/41202(423)80

ZONG Qi (2008) has made blasting experiments, and velocity and frequency of

blasting vibration are obtained (See Table 2.).

For rock trench, particle velocity of blasting isn’t greater than 7 cm/s. Based on the

analysis result of peak particle velocity, the minimum safety distance required to

maintain 24m between high pressure gas pipeline and another parallel oil pipeline.

The cathodic protection interference of parallel pipelines. To meet the safety and

environmental needs, the oil/gas pipeline coatings have encountered major

development in the past several decades. From the early coal tar enamel (CTE) and

asphalt enamel and polyurethane (PUR) to three layer PE (3LPE) today, the pipeline

external coatings have evolved with time and with innovation of new materials. With

the development of pipeline external coatings, cathodic protection current density

decreased by nearly 50 times.

When non-joint cathodic protection is adopted, avoiding the cathodic protection

interference is important for adjacent parallel pipelines. Some experimental results

have been acquired as follows.

▪ When the distance of adjacent parallel pipelines is 2m, the cathodic protection

interference is serious.

▪ When the distance of adjacent parallel pipelines increases to 4m, the value of

potential gradient decreases significantly on both sides of pipelines and between the

two parallel pipelines. Furthermore, the value of potential gradient between parallel

pipelines is less than on both sides of pipelines.

ICPTT 2011

Proper notice must be given:

http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/1985-1986/SL1985-785.pdf

"§ 87-102. Notice required prior to excavation.–(a) Except as provided in G.S. 87-
106, before commencing any excavations in highways, public spaces or in private
easements of a utility owner, a person planning to excavate shall notify each utility
owner having underground utilities located in the proposed area to be excavated, either
orally or in writing, not less than two nor more than 10 working days prior to starting, of
his intent to excavate.
(b) The written or oral notice required in subsection (a) shall contain:
(1) the name, address, and telephone number of the person filing the
notice;
(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the person doing the
excavating;
(3) the anticipated starting date of the excavation;
(4) the anticipated duration of the excavation;
(5) the type of excavation to be conducted;
(6) the location of the proposed excavation; and
(7) whether or not explosives will be used.
(c) If the notice required by this section is made by telephone, an adequate record
shall be made of the notification by the utility owners or the utility association and the

person making the notification, to document compliance with this section.

WendyMehndi WaltzingDog

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Wendyelf's Crockpot Marbled Cheesecake