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They didn’t … I like it a lot, too. Good & tart olive touch.

Reminds me I need to make dumplings.

Thank you very much! I'd say the recipe worked for me. I gave the pan a positive review.

LiFePO4 batteries are pretty mature technology. they're safe, reliable, and have good lifespan -- 2000 cycles to 10% capacity loss is typical. The disadvantage is they have lower power per weight than other lithium batteries, but for an appliance that doesn't matter as much as a portable device. They're what's in most of the portable battery with household outlets on them. They're also starting to replace conventional lead-acid batteries in some automotive applications, for things like RV house batteries, where the higher capacity, lighter weight, and increased cycle life span make them attractive. They're also getting marketed to classic car owners, because they have low self discharge, and are fine with sitting for months, where conventional batteries tend to not do as well. They're a close enough match to lead-acid batteries that a pretty simple battery management system can make them work properly, and be included in a battery. I'd expect a replacement for to be pretty easy to source for one of these stoves, if required, as 26700 cells are a commodity item, and building a pack to a required capacity is a pretty common thing. Costs are continuing to fall on the batteries, so we'll see more uses like this.

It ain't necessarily so. Anyone with a UK public library card gets free access and many educational institutions offer it free on site to those who have access.

Thanks for the recipe! I've done the bechamel before, with a cajun trinity cooked in, and it is my new favorite way to do crabcakes (add a bit more sauce for crab "imperial"). Mine were done by feel, though, so I don;t have a recipe recorded.

My all-time favourite Dad joke is to ask a person at the grocery with a kid in their shopping trolley, "Which aisle are the kids on?" Never gets old

my favorite was the Barilla with Olives; I used it as a simmering sauce for boneless skinless chicken thighs. I was so unhappy when they discontinued it.

Potato and pork korokke, corn and broccoli on the side

That is one of my easy comfort meals, pretty or not!

I bake a sourdough loaf once a week. I’ll have to try it out, assuming I can find it, lol.

I'm reading Real Food, Fake Food by Larry Olmsted. But seeing as I'm also reading three other books, I haven't gotten all that far. One of the other books is Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life which I am really enjoying.

I speak for myself and hopefully the dear departed Anna N, who had a quote from John Thorne in her signature for years: If you haven’t read everything Thorne wrote, with the possible exception of his book on home plumbing, you have cheated yourself.

No photo, but supper was a baked potato with the works--butter, sour cream, green onion, shredded cheddar and bacon. It was very tasty but nothing outstanding, so didn't bother with pix.

I don’t know if you bake bread but kamut flour works well in breads

Dinner last night was snags, aka sausages, aka tube steaks. These are chicken, feta and parsley from Aldi, I like to mostly cook through, then split and finish off. I first saw this technique at a food van in Monserrat outside Barcelona. It’s a great way to ensure your snags are cooked. Served here with warm potato and bacon salad, smashed cucumber and sautéed mushrooms. That’s a bit of hot mustard on the side.

"Classico" is our current fav. they have a multitude of 'vaiants' - and one cannot even think of the local supermarket having some - and certainly not 'all' - of the brand offerings supermarkets / stores want to know what they are 'failing?' they don't have the stuff people actually want. reality: "highest margin" is actually not what people want / buy . . . .

I’ve been a fan (and buyer) of Rao’s for some time, but I was looking for a cheaper alternative for cooking for a group, and found Aldi’s Specially Selected Marinara tastes remarkably like Rao’s, but significantly cheaper, like $4 a jar cheaper. Rumor has it that it’s Rao’s produced for Aldi, but it could be just a rumor.

Despite not posting, I'm still cooking. Last night was walleye (caught by partner), yellow rice, broccoli, and Brazi bites (little cheeseball breads)

A velvety mushroom soup , creminis and dried porcini , I added dry Marsala rather than sherry .(Bourdain) Endive, fennel, pear, walnut salad with an anchovy vinaigrette. Chocolate mousse with crushed peppermint candy.

Thank you for the heads up. I will be on the lookout for that tuna.

That soup looks marvelous! And I tend to think most bean-forward soups, where the beans are the main event, really do NOT look marvelous. And I'm glad to see the new posts, I was looking for you, Patti, and wondering if you were taking the rest of the holiday season away from the CFM work (which would be totally understandable). I saw a quote just now about the World Central Kitchen work and their commitment to providing food that local people would recognize, someone said "We're just trying to give people a bowl of home." Your CFM meals and all that Tony's came immediately to mind.

Those are pretty great! IIRC the material is the same as used for bicycle helmets. Light but tough, I got mine at Restaurant Depot / Jetro for those that have access

And you haven't received anything saying you owe money for tariffs? It's not actually tariff - it's the courier collecting money to check and make sure something isn't subject to tariff.

I've done it plenty of times and wrap the box in packing material, no extra plastic. It's worked out just fine as of now. I pack the boxes and leave them in the freezer until the shipper takes them. My boxes are pretty air tight. You can also tape all the sides of the shipping box. In the hotter months and when shipping to hotter climates we use those reflective freezer bubble box liners, I don't know what they are actually called. Wrapped gel ice pack on bottom, chocolate on the top, sealed into freezer pouch in box. Add a reminder to your shipping notification, not that people read them.