I've seen the do/dont lists for composting...they say i can use rice/pasta. Is that cooked or raw? What about eggs, cooked/raw?
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Either. No eggs, protein, oils, etc. Egg shells are good, I just rinse them off.
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Eggs are (former) animals. Don't put them in. The shells are good, crushed.
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Starches like rice or pasta should be fine. I wouldn't bother cooking it down, so long as the other material is adequately moist, you should be alright.Let me clarify the statement adequately moist: if the material is dripping wet, you have way too much moisture, which will deprive microbes of airflow. A little dry rice or pasta may help absorb excess moisture, so if you are adding it moderately, it surely couldn't hurt.As for eggs, shells are fine, but not the actual eggs. I would avoid eggs, along with other dairy and meat, as they may attract pests higher up on the food chain.
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Pasta cooked- why would u compost raw? Unless you spilled it all over your floor- and then swept it up- you could also compost this for about many weeks longer!! Eggs- eithet
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I've asked an expert about eggs. You can compost the shells but need to be sure the shell is washed out first. Never heard about pasta/rice.
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I have never done that but it would make sense to me that it would be possible. Of note: I leave my rice sitting in water much of the day, it absorbs the water so when I press "on" to cook it at night, it cooks up in a jiffy. I would probably try putting the oatmeal and water in this the night before, let it sit in the water overnight and see if it cooks up quickly in the morning. Oatmeal is really cheap so worth the try, even if it doesn't succeed. BTW, my husband has high cholesterol which I managed to get down to normal limits via diet and fish oil/slow release niacin. One oatmeal recipe he loves: put apples slices (with peel) in a pie plate sprinkle oatmeal all over it and mix with the apple slices sprinkle cinnamon on top dot copiously with butter (kerrygold grass fed butter or better yet clarified butter - ghee - which I get from a health food store0 bake at 350 until apples are done. Very satisfying dessert and full of fiber!
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Not sure about composting but it is a great leaf and garden trash collector. Gave it to my son-in-law and now everyone in his neighborhood has one.
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This appliance produces the ideal size shredded materials for fast composting...not too small and not too large. Further, it puts lots of nicks and cuts in the food scraps that break down the cellulose material and encourage beneficial bacterial growth. Scraps that have been blended or run through the food processor can actually smother your compost pile and are not recommended by master composters.
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It is normal. With zucchini it is mostly seeds so i throw it in with the compost. With other veggies it's just a tube of veg so I chop it up into the dish.
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This unit sits on your kitchen counter. It chops up orange peels, celery leftovers, banana peels. Things that won't decompose for a year if not chopped up. Then you throw all that into the larger outdoor composter with the grass clippings and weeds. You will need a compost container too.
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You still need compost to brew the tea but it will add to the healthy biology of the tea. A little goes a long way!
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great for tea. I'd throw in some worm castings or compost as well at least. I sometimes make teas with a long list of ingredients, depending on what I'm using it for.
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If you compost cardboard, I think it is all compostable except for the plastic wrapper. I ended up not composting any of it because of the amount of wet compostables such as food and garden waste that are necessary to mix in to compost these dry ingredients. The mix of wet to dry is about 3 to 1 and in the early spring when I used these, I had nowhere near enough. I guess they are still better for the landfill than plastic.
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I had the same question when I got my bag, which wants you to use the whole thing at once. So I asked a farmer friend; he recommended half an ounce per gallon of compost. Hope this helps!
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The rice isn't organic. Otherwise the same - it can be a bit gritty - which is easy to deal with - just leave it in the blender longer and throw in some ice or frozen fruits to help smooth it out. :)
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I don't know why you would want to do that. If you're trying to improve the nutrients and the microbial content of your soil I would add manure and earth worms - this is assuming you can't add compost. Adding compost of course does all this for you and more.
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It appears to be composting just fine. My bin is full from veggie scraps all winter and froze a little but appears to be heating up again. I plan to order another one so one can be filling as the other gets done. I expect the process will go quicker in the summer. I like these bins. Sturdy and simple. Mine also smells a little, which I thought was natural, but apparently my ratio between "green & brown" is off.
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Directions include white rice, Quinoa, polenta, and couscous. so pasta is a maybe.
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I have cooked quinoa in my cooker and it did a fabulous job. I used approximately the same instructions for rice as for quinoa. I did not use any oils as the manufacturing instructions says to avoid this. I did use some light seasonings. Worked great.
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Watch out for boiling over into main pot ( the cooker has a smaller insert in the main pot). I would not want to deal with cleaning burnt oatmeal out of the main unit. I would experiment the first time around. Rice is quite different from oatmeal and can be left alone in the pot until done-- oatmeal will cook faster.