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Liuyang black bean chicken with long beans. A long-time favorite - we particularly enjoy the head of chunked garlic sacrificed for the meal. Not recommended before date night. Improvised cilantro rice with mint, Mexican oregano, and half a chile Poblano

Maybe a little more well done than I would have liked, but I got to the oven just in time (I also think I turned up the heat 25 degrees, rather than lowering it 25 degrees, when I removed the lid from the Dutch oven). Speaking of those grissini, there used to be a restaurant here in Manhattan, in the Union Square Hospitality Group, called Maialino (it's theoretically reopening, in a different location, in 2027). They had great grissini (and that recipe you link to mentions another favorite Italian restaurant with great grissini, Pizzeria Delfina, in San Francisco), and they used to offer them when you first sat down at a table, or at the bar with your drinks. We were somewhat friendly with the chef, so I asked if the pastry chef would be kind enough to share her grissini recipe with me. She obliged, but the only issue was that the recipe yielded 500 breadsticks!

try 'tapered plugs' on Amazon. the silicone types are good for high temps. you can't buy just one . . . but the smaller sizes in a small pack are not too expensive - and consider, you'll likely lose one, or two . . .

I haven't yet tried these chickens, which are available through Fresh Direct. I'm going to check it out with my next order. Do you have access to Joyce Farms' chickens?

I would also check out the hardware stores. Take a lid with you and check out the wooden dowels. You might find one that fits perfectly and you can cut some little plugs from that. Or possibly you could find some brass screws that would fit in the holes. You could also cover them with duct tape.

Maybe a Q-tip? I hate them, too. Not always, but when I want a tight seal on the pan, it is a nuisance. I can't seem to find any that aren't like this anymore.

Why not cotton? or a rolled-up paper towel ?

When we were there we stayed in the Miraflores District and we loved it. So much to see. One shocking thing though, while I was in one of the markets an older lady came up to me and tried to sell me a gorgeous little baby.

lol…I stand corrected. But IF they WERE there, well… 🙂 I’m still going!

I wish they would make the hole whistle when whatever you are cooking boils, just like a tea pot. I don't know how many nonstick pan I have destroyed after the water burned away. dcarch

Thanks!Went well for a first time but wished it was crispier outside. I will say I watched another chef debone video and it was way more difficult than it had to be. The video I linked to is so much easier/leas intimidating. It’s fun if you have a very sharp boning knife and reading glasses at my age. 😉

Finally, success in something. These are true crispy grissini. A little more well done than what I intended but somehow or other I got tied up on EG and wasn't paying attention but that's an easy fix. These I will be making again.

Kudos to Australian sheep and Costco, where the lamb racks remain excellent and affordable. Grilled lamb rack; cauliflower mash topped with sauteed shiitakes; peas with bacon; cherry chipotle dipping sauce. The weather here (Tucson) has been warm but windy. High winds play havoc on my outdoor gas grill so it took a full 5 minutes longer than normal to grill.

This is an article I found on epoxy and food safety.

You could try Sugru (eG-friendly Amazon.com link) if you have some around.

Thought about that, but aren't most epoxies kind of toxic?? I use them for other household repairs, but in a lid over high temperature steam that condenses and falls into the pan, I am suspect of the food safety.

I would use an epoxy. Here in costa rica , we can buy something called poxi pol that is almost like An epoxy putty. Should be permanent.

@Smithy I doubt a ruler would get an accurate measure. Maybe a micrometer?? I don't have a micrometer.

Do you have a ruler, so you can measure the hole diameter? If so, and if you have access to the shops I mentioned or associated supply shops nearby, you might be able to get what you need without buying a huge pack.

Amazon has a lot of little rubberish plugs. They seem to only come in packs of 100 or so, all in various sizes. I don't need that many! And no idea what size I might need. I hate the vent holes as often I don't want something vented; I want a strong seal for a hot steam.

I have to admit, the vent holes don't bother me. Why don't you like them? Given the number of toothpicks you have in there, I bet you could find a small rubber or cork stopper to fit in there. At least, you could in the USA but I don't know your shopping situation. Could you improvise a stopper with crumpled aluminum foil? It would probably collect water, especially during the washing-up, but it wouldn't stab su esposo, el pobrecito. Depending on the diameter, one place to look for stoppers might be in an auto shop or machine shop if there's one nearby. Tubes with liquid (brake fluid, for example) are often stopped with small stoppers when the connection is opened for some work, to keep the contents from dribbling out.

I have yet to try deboning an entire chicken (with or without the legs) while keep it intact! My best friend, a physician, says she looked at the procedure and said "oh, this is easy" and spouted some surgical knowledge of hers. Someday maybe I'll try it. Yours looks wonderful.

Thank you for your encouraging words and St. Christopher support! I can share a few things right now, both good news and bad news. The good news is, it's warmed up. Why, it's 23F at the nearby airport this hour! The bad news is, when it warmed up it started snowing. Not a lot, but enough that the plows are out on the highway and in the parking lots. I'd really hoped to be out of this by now! In other news, I had looked all over during the packing process to find my list of things I wanted to be sure to bring this year. I couldn't find it. I reconstructed it to the best of my ability from memory. This morning I found it...here in the trailer, a very logical location but quite forgotten since the Princessmobile had been at the dealer's for repairs and upgrades until last November. Well, I didn't do badly from memory. I knew I wanted the small (3 qt) Instant Pot, the small hand mixer, and maybe the toaster, but I couldn't find them. I know which building they're in at home, but the contents have been rearranged and I couldn't find the right boxes. Apparently buried under other boxes. I decided to leave the panini press behind again this year, though I knew exactly where it was in the kitchen because I've been using it a lot. Will I regret it? I don't know. I did buy a reversible griddle (one side flat, one side ridged) and donate the ridged skillet. I kept the flat cast iron skillet (family heirloom) and it's here in the Princessmobile.

I hate 'em. Been using broken toothpicks (see pic) to plug them. Actually works pretty well, but mi esposo is the family dishwasher and he complains he gets stabbed by them. I leave them in rather than replace every time I use a lid. Getting good tight fit takes awhile and I'd prefer not to go thru that every night or so. Any better solutions, short of tossing these lids in the trash and buying new ones without vent holes? Or maybe everyone else loves these vent holes??

Thanks Joe! Welcome to you too. Michelin has not been to Peru, so there are no stars there. However, they have the most places on the World's 50 Best than any other country.