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Hand held egg souffle bites== Fingerling potatoes/sundried tomatoes/bckchoy/corn/garlic and 3 yr age gouda cheese

Too far back to edit, but sometime ago I mentioned young lotus leaves being edible. Here is an example from a Maoan ethnic minority village in northern Guangxi. Lightly "breadened" and fried in the night market.

So the milk is just a clarifier? To collect things like lemon pulp?

I just want to throw in a plug for Breville's smallest, bottom-of-the-line smart oven. The only thing "smart" about it is the design. Which is all I want, and which is hard to find. It's just a really good toaster, which has also worked in a pinch to bake tarts and cake rounds, warm plates, toast nuts, melt cheese etc. Nothing fancy. Even heat and simple interface. The killer feature is the button labelled "a little bit more." We've bought two over the years for different kitchens; my sister used it and bought one and then another, a friend saw it and bought one. My only complaint is the crumb tray. It's got a dumb non-stick coating on it, which, self-defeatingly, makes it hard to clean. It should just be a slab of stainless that can be scoured with anything or thrown in a dishwasher.

I did think that was an excellent touch.

That’s the curdled stuff in the Cambro. It’s a clarified punch

I lightly salted the hash brown patties after baking them. I don’t use ketchup on much, and these days only ketchup without added sugar, but there are certain foods I enjoy more with ketchup. Crispy chicken skin - fried or baked - MUST have ketchup for dipping. Meatloaf. Must have ketchup for a quick dip. I try not to eat fries, tots, hash browns, or any other delicious potato concoction that might benefit from ketchup, so I’m safe there. Scrambled eggs, not necessary to have ketchup, but salsa makes me happy. But you’re right, I can’t drive myself crazy worrying about condiments and “accessories.” When I did chili recently, I did feel good about including little containers of diced raw onions, sour cream, and a baggy of cheese, as well as Fritos.

Where is the milk, @Dr. Teeth ?

The story of my life. I hang onto things too long waiting for just the right occasion. @Smithy, I have never seen a supermarket with a tortilleria in it!! Wow!! I'd still be standing there watching it.

Playing with milk punches. Rum, port, demara and lemon

Thank you. Ruidoso looks like a nice area, but hasn't been on our (my) list of good options for our visiting times. Same for Cloudcroft, I'm afraid. The closest I've been so far has been Tularosa, but I didn't notice any good disc golf courses there at the time. 🙂

I am continuing to enjoy your travel reports, so thanks again (and again) for your posts. Have you ever been up to Ruidoso or Cloudcroft? I expect they are probably snowed in this time of year, but they do feature some well-regarded mountain disc golf courses that I would like to play someday.

I've always wondered about the chile roasting season. This Lowe's had a roasting cage that was visible but not active, and didn't look like it had been in use recently. I assumed it meant that the roasting season stopped a few months after the harvest. Clearly, that isn't the case if you saw it in action in July! I love your story! 😂

I was in El Paso a couple of years ago inI July, taking care of my SIL after open heart surgery. Went to the grocery store almost daily because I was making dinner and freezing meals for SIL, brother and adult nephew for after I left. The store was roasting chilies outside and it was always over 100 degrees, pity for the employee tending thre roaster. On one of the store trips, I dropped my phone between the console and seat, reached down to get it and my left hand got stuck. I had to sit there with my shorts on, showing most of my upper posterior thigh until I hollered at a nice lady and she came over and moved the seat lever back. Broke the bracelet, but I laughed all the way back to the house 😂

Alberta only (at present): Mahrousa brand tahini's being recalled for salmonella. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/mahrousa-brand-tahini-recalled-due-salmonella

Add me to the shiny culinary club. And the save it for special club.

FWIW ketchup would be wasted on me and most or all of my friends and (living) family. If you were going to go that route, then I think you'd also need to consider the other standard elements: salt, pepper, and sometimes mustard. I think that way lies madness, and unnecessary waste. In other words, don't worry about those little packets!

ditto

I too am prone to pick up "shiny objects". The other day I found a salted caramel chocolate drink mix in the cupboard.............dated Best Before 2023.

Thanks, y’all! @Smithy & @Shelby, your encouragement is appreciated! I was pleased with the components. I really wish I’d had ketchup packets for the hash brown patty, but didn’t think to try to acquire them, and I bet a fast food place would’ve donated some. I also didn’t want to use my own plastic condiment containers for this. 🤷‍♀️ @Shelby, you suggested egg bites early on in this thread, and a few other people chimed in, I think. I guess this was my way of using your idea. Thank you!

I'm sure it did. I've started learning to use skimmed fat, or excess oil from a salad (even though it includes vinegar by that time), for sauteeing other ingredients. Works a treat, I think, and it's thrifty!

Oh boy, I can relate! Laughs and frowns, all around!

I think we're definitely related. I bought a fancy brand chocolate sauce that I've saved for "a special occasion". The other day I had some vanilla ice cream that I wanted to eat and decided that it was a good day to just break that out. Why wait? It was moldy 🤣

@Smithy thank you for taking the time to show us the tour of that store. I visited my sister in TX , north of Austin. the H.E.B. in her town ( Georgetown ) had a Tortilleria , not quite as impressive. the I visited the H.E.B in downtown Austin : theirs was as impressive as the one you visited.