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Early remorse vegetable dinner before the real diet begins following new year. Crysanthemum with sesame miso dressing and baby Chinese broccoli in oyster sauce. Happy New Years All. Looking forward to seeing what you cook in 2026

@AlaMoi, we're just old. As it so happens, my car is a Saab (2007). Whenever I have to take it to the garage, I get a rental. And I have to sit in the parking lot for 15 minutes to see if I ought to drive it out of the lot! 🤣

We opened the Apple Pie panettone last night. Just divine! For four people, I used about half the panettone. I offered additional slices but all but one demurred. They did scrape up all the bits stuck on the paper though.

Shrimp with a fried spice paste of shallot, garlic, Fresno chiles, cumin, cloves, and cinnamon stick, seasoned with fish sauce and black soy sauce. Frying the paste brought out the flavors nicely. Mustard greens stir-fried with garlic, Fresno chiles, oyster sauce, and fish sauce. Cucumbers to go with.

buttons and buttons and buttons . . . . did a vacation, rented a car. turned out to be one of the upper tier Japanese imports. buttons for everything. sang a tune when you got it, moved, got out . . . where's the button to turn on the headlights? nuts - where's the button for the windshield wipers? oh, and the washers . . . where's the stupid button to turn off this stupid auto-stop/start 'feature?' oh, and then there's the pressholdbutton to add 30 or 40 additional functions to the button . . . my 2014 car has lots of buttons - but the important features are knobs/mechanical switches/etc. for the rest, I've stuck felt sticky pads on the buttons I really need to operate when driving - at least I can find them without pulling off the road and ducking under the dash . . . attempting to turn on the reading light for the passenger side, I managed to call "Emergency Service" multiple times - and once you press that button, it cannot be 'unpressed' DW was looking at new cars - all the "big screen" with icons - and menus and sub-menus and sub-sub-menus . . . not much different than an iPhone - anything you want to do starts with an internet search on "How do I . . ." - the most simple stuff buried menus-menu-menus deep. . . . .and every time they come out with a absolute must have security upgrade, , , , they change all the stuff. like Windows - same seats, Microsoft simply rearranged the deck chairs on the Titanic so it's "new" we need a new definition of "fun stuff" - the icon crowd just ain't gittin' it.

Do u find first pizzas are like the first pancake.. your later pies looked better?

That’s absurd to me. I have to show my dining history to dine somewhere? That’s a hard pass.

That first recipe with salami, dates and pecans sounds like a strange one to me...but then I put chocolate, almonds, olives and fruit in my Picadllo which tends to 'freak' folks out. And I remember the first time I fed the young man working on the farm...one of son Ken's buddies... a grilled cheese sandwich and he asked where the maple syrup was.

Shrimp, poblanos and onions over cheesy and creamy polenta.

I cut into the triple chocolate panettone from Gouter today for brunch. I decided to try @ElsieD's trick of buttering, toasting in pan, and flipping over to toast on that side too. I buttered both sides. I over-toasted, alas. I like the crispness from the pan-toasting, but would have preferred it not to be quite so dark...and, in truth, I put on too much butter. I wouldn't have thought that possible, but there you are. Overall it's good, but an unnecessary augmentation of the original for my tastes. @blue_dolphin, what did you end up doing for your party?

I couldn't find a topic about this so am starting one. I just made a small batch of this to see how it is. I had issues. First I burned the salami (not a problem for me). Then the salami didn't give off much fat so I had to add a splash of evoo. Then I used a salt I hadn't used before and over salted it. I'm fine with it and the recipe is tasty. I just need to pay attention next time. Yesterday I made my black eyed peas, but for the first time since RG began, I did not have their beans to use. I had to make do with supermarket beans! We did not have ham over the holidays so I had to buy a little bit and was not happy with that. Couldn't get the mustard greens I wanted, so have collards and turnips greens. I decided on a whim to use Penzey's Ozark blend in it. Fingers crossed it turns out OK.

No lunch on New Year's Day. I was raised mostly in Scotland where New Year is the most important celebration of the year. We stay up all night, then sleep until afternoon for breakfast. Then a bit later straight to dinner.

Ten minutes to midnight in China. In addition to preparing breakfast (Breakfast 2026) I’m preparing New Year Dinner dinner now; it takes time. And I don’t want to be doing this tomorrow. First I have to half 50 grams of dried Sichuan peppers and shake out the seeds. The chillies are very light when dried so 50 g is a lot. Then I will debone some chicken legs and chop the meat into cubes. Then I will celebrate with a comfortable bottle of bubbly! Or two! 新年快乐！ Welcome to 2026 and congratulations on making it through!

It’s very nearly midnight here in China and so almost 2026! I’m ensconced in the kitchen, preparing breakfast for sometime later. I’m making 皮蛋I瘦肉粥 (pí dàn shòu ròu zhōu), Century Egg and Lean Pork Congee, which I like to cook for around eight hours in my slow cooker, so I have to start now, before the celebrations begin. I'll post the result tomorrow when I wake up, though that will be late. 新年快乐！ Welcome to 2026 and congratulations on making it through 2025!

Holidays panic! Family is with us everyday for 10 days. We decided to replace many appliances so nothing will go wrong while they are here. There is one thing that I didn't think of, besides recipes for lunches and dinners . All these new "smart" devices, appliances have remote controls and numerous buttons. They are mostly have tiny inconspicuous labels that you need a magnifying glass to read. Total new buttons to memorize Dehydrater – 6 buttons DVD – 43 buttons Microwave – 22 buttons Toaster – 14 buttons. Smart TV – 20 buttons LED projector – 10 buttons Backup sous vide cooker -5 buttons Espresso coffee machine -6 buttons Total 126 buttons ---------------------------------- Help ! How do I disable the door safety child lock so I can take the food out? Help ! which button to get to the channel for the football game? dcarch

Leftovers from the Christmas lumch became Trinxat, a savory potato-cabbage pie from Andorra, served with various meat toppings … Yum 🤗

Pizza night - always a bit challenging without “my” oven setup, but I macgyvered it … Llonganissa (the Catalan equivalent of salami) & mushroom with cheese-stuffed crust … Jamom iberico, aragula and shaved Grana Padano .. Butifarra (a raw Catalan sausage), olives & red onions … Encore (leftovers from the three pies before) … No complaints 🥳

Smothered Chicken & Creamy Gravy over mashed potatoes

It's a great traveler, but for traveling I just use the flat and/or the grill insert. Use it in several hotels/accommodations. I wish it had been a roaring success for the vendor, but alas, not to be. I use the other inserts infrequently at home. I love it for patio cooking. I evangelized the travel and out of kitchen use as much as I could. I was one of the early adopters who paid the full(ish) price on the unit + inserts. Early bird I guess got the inserts in this case.

This is a similar dinner to the one i posted a few days ago. but improved . I generally fill the CSO w the russets I bake , the cool and refrigerate the spares for later use. I slice up the sausage , and then the potatoes . I micro the sausage 30 seconds or so , then add to a hot , dry non-stick pan. the potatoes get micro's for about a minute , then added to the same pan. i leave everything alone until I get some color on one side of the potatoes , as you can see . I add a pat of butter when the potatoes are done , and swish that all around and add to the spinach//tomato// Pico&Fruta seasoning. I also added dry roasted ( no added salt ) pecans ( Tj's ) . this version is better than the non-sauted ' fresh ' roasted russets . I think Im set for this dish , just like it is . very tasty , and very easy.

Today in the supermarket … 13€ 😎

Couple of items from Regalis Foods for New Year's Eve and day... Lousy picture of a beautiful 60-gram Black Perigord truffle. Siberian sturgeon caviar. Applewood smoked trout roe. All from Regalis Foods, with the shipping special (free) and the trout roe a gift with the order.

I think it would be a good travel tool, for someone who spends a lot of time in hotels and motels. Somebody here -- @lemniscate, maybe? --has used it for that purpose.

I didn't have much success with the basic A4 pan. I too was waiting for the accessories, to see if I could make the tool useful (to me). Methinks it would be good for someone who lives in a single room or dorm, or other small place without a big kitchen. The university here has a place where departing students can hand off their stuff which incoming students then wouldn't have to buy. Edited to add: Which I could do. I'm going to keep my eye on ebay for a little while

I doubt Ill ever use mine. Its still in the Box. I was waiting for the Meat-Baller .