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Cranberry Squares. I make them most every Xmas season. It wasn't easy finding fresh cranberries here in Central Mexico in mid-December. One of the 'gringo' markets imports them in October for CDN Thanksgiving, estimating what they'll be able to sell thru US Thanksgiving and Christmas. I got one of the last 2 bagsj crammed in the back of his freezer! We were in US thru mid-November and buying cranberries didn't cross my mind until a few days ago. Baking in my un-insulated and thermostat-less Mexican oven is a challenge. It managed to mostly hold the 350 degrees (it's recipes above that temperature that often fail). I added an extra 10 minutes to the 1 hour bake time as the last 2 attempts at this recipe had a dip in the center with some underbaking. We just took a taste and these are spot on!

@scubadoo97, does your family know that you call them big asses? 😁 Great photo!!

Cod in a spicy tomato olive sauce with spaghetti. The cod was from our fishmonger but did not taste as sweet and fresh as usual, which was disappointing.

@scubadoo97 Wow ! Congratulations Did you have turkey ? How many ?

I’ve made the Autumn Chicory Salad from Samin Nosrat’s Good Things a couple of times lately. It’s very easy and perfectly suited to this time of year. The dressing is Samin’s take on the Via Carota vinaigrette and the recipe is available online here The first time, I used persimmons, pecans and Gorgonzola: The second time, I used pears, walnuts and aged Gouda:

Amazing and great to see. I have been wondering about you.

Another big ass family Thanksgiving

Moe's breakfast. He put in a request last night for scrambled eggs with my Chile sauce. I think he was dreaming about it. I make it to serve with our Christmas Eve Tourtiere, but he will eat it year around on eggs, ham, hot dogs, etc.

And it all comes around, doesn't it? Our parents' belonging that we discarded along the way...and now we wish we had kept them.

It's been quite a while since I've had a mince pie... Obviously they're unknown in France, so I had to convince my neighbour that there was no actual mince/ground beef in there before he would try one. But he was a fan. Recipe here. (Just don't tell the neighbour that I used beef suet as the fat.)

I wish I still had a bunch of doilies (and/or old hankies), but I got rid of most many years ago. I'd like to use them to stitch together to use as curtains or a table runner.

Thank you ! So the chutney was in the fridge, it keeps really well and I make a big batch whenever I run out. The dough for flatbread was also made last week. I started the dal about 3pm, just kinda pottering around. He who must be fed joined me at 4 pm and is my sous chef, so he did the chopping etc thereafter. I reckon a total of 45 minutes of actual prep would do it. Of course there was waiting/cooking time (aka wine sipping time).

Leberkaese-Gulasch - leberkaese (translation is liver cheese but no liver or cheese was harmed in the making) is a German speciality (kind of a meatloaf) and we have luckily and “old fashioned” German butcher (Dittmer’s www.dittmers.com ) who makes it (and many, many other things) in-house. Here you make a quickly gulasch by sautéing diced leberkaese, red and yellow bell peppers and onions and then cook it with tomato passata, vegetable broth and Italian seasoning. Finished with some parsley and served over rice.

Me, I like. And these gems you've got don't seem like the more challenging Marimekko, you know? These seem like they will be downright subtle under a set table. And @Shelby, your Grammy's stuff is beautiful! I *love* the flower prints, and I confess that I would probably steal the plaid one if you ever let me in your house. Are they cotton or linen?? I've got a bunch of doily-thingies, and rectangular textiles in similar knit/crochet; I literally just put them in the donate pile because, while I wasn't prepared to discard them when my mom passed; I'm now prepared to own the fact that I can't even imagine putting out anything like that, anywhere.

This is my second night of garlic freedom so I chose butter chicken with extra garlic. It was delicious but the naan was a dismal failure. It tasted good but it was heavy enough to sink a battleship. Well, at least a small row boat. Carlos will be back tomorrow night so it's back to being without garlic and onions and peppers but I will be glad to see him because he does the dishes every night.

No idea, sorry! When the can showed up I wished I had observed. Last night on the road, bourbon shrimp appetizer with a crab cake-topped salad with nice greens and plenty of walnuts. I’m in Delaware so it seemed safe to order a crab cake lol. No pics, sadly.

I'm always in awe of your Indian meals. How much time would you say it takes to prep/make all of the components? I assume the masala/ground ginger/garlic/etc is different for the chicken, dal and chutney, plus the flatbreads!

The weather has been perfect, 25°C yesterday, so I felt the need to bust out a curry. Here is black pepper chicken wings, served with rice and 5 dal dal. A blob of tomato chutney, yogurt flatbread and token salad complete the meal.

We tried these too, in part because they seemed like an easy alternative to the beef chop recipe in the New York Times a few days prior. We were disappointed in them. As Smithy noted, the filling wasn't much write home about, and we thought that the potato layer was too thick compared to the filling. We tried them with a couple of different salsas, but in end suspected that they might be best if cut in quarters and put on a platter with queso for dipping, as an hors d'oeuvre. On the same TJs trip we bought a box of these: Not recommended. Filling was a mushy mess, and the tortilla shells, while crispy on their perimeters, were disappointingly soft.

In Japan the beer cans often open full lid with a ring pull. Try this on a moving Shinkansen after the can has been gently shook during boarding (not).

Sorry @Tropicalsenior I can't find my little metal recipe box which contains this recipe and Ed is having a severe Tourtière ingredients memory loss. The only thing I recall was the use of some soda pop in the crusts.

Nothing exotic about this, but it's a celebratory sandwich after my oven has finally (finally!) been repaired! One of the heating elements wasn't working, then a circulation fan needed to be replaced. It's taken 3-1/2 months of wrong or broken parts being shipped from the supplier, and at least 4 repair visits, but it's fixed! Meanwhile, back at the sandwich board, I have a lot of breads, cheeses and meats to use up from a party where folks didn't eat as much as I'd expected. Hence today's offering: (overtoasted) brioche bun, slices of ham, salami, cheddar and pepper jack cheese, lettuce after the cheese was melted. Mayo and mustard on both interior layers. Oh, and I managed to palm off some of this Danish Kringle on the repairman, who'd never heard of it and was delighted to try some. He was so delighted that I sent him away with more.

Before I get started on the CFM for tomorrow, I wanted to show off a most generous donation from a fellow eGullet member who wishes to remain anonymous. 14 pounds of Rancho Gordo beans and popcorn! This fabulous donation arrived yesterday afternoon. I won’t be using any this week, as I’d already planned and shopped for the meal, but I’ll be researching recipes and ideas for future use. Wouldn’t popcorn be great as a soup topping, in place of croutons? It would also be fun to include a bag of popcorn as a snack. The black eyed peas for New Year’s, obviously, but is Hoppin John too rustic for beans such as these? I know many of you are Rancho Gordo aficionados and will have ideas for using them. I just need make sure that what I make appeals to the people and not just me. Thank you so much, Dear Donor! What a thoughtful and lovely gift to the people who receive food from a community fridge. I am humbled to have them. The inventory:

It is just a cooked chile type chutney so I don't see why you couldn't freeze it. I expect to net about 8 or 9 500ml bottles of it when I can today.