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@MaryIsobel I think they're lovely.

I’m beside myself! Scored this this morning. Here is my translation of the description provided. Lean Cured Meat, A Speciality Of Hunan, Smoked Meat, Homemade Smoked Salted Meat From Local Farmers, Pork Tenderloin, And Dried Cured Meat From Hunan, Not From Sichuan Apart from liking a bit of Hunan charcuterie, I’ve never tried smoked meat made from farmers. I never fancied Sichuan farmer’s though. Those boys are obviously inferior meat. Now re-vacuum-packed into more manageable portions.

They were smashed and deep fried fingerlings, rather than standard French fries. Very crunchy! Yesterday my sister and niece left in the early morning to go back home. The remaining three of us did a bunch of beach walks. One of my favorite spots to look for sea glass in Truro had been invaded by seaweed We stopped in Wellfleet to get a gelato at Gelato Joy. Limited flavors at this time of year My half salted caramel, half dark chocolate was mostly chocolate, which was disappointing. I tossed over half of the chocolate, it was just too much. Another beach walk near the house and then dinner, at my nephew’s request, was back at Mac’s Shack. He is moving to Chicago in the fall for grad school and is hitting all his old favorites before leaving. specials drinks. Two mezcalitos and a mocktail with lime, cucumber, and jalepeno we got the tuna tartare appetizer and some sashimi husband had the bluefish special nephew had roasted ritz cracker bluefish with creamed spinach and mashed potatoes I had a fried cod sandwich We made it to the beach just in time to see the sun slip below the horizon Today we moved to Chatham, but first we went to Provincetown. Lots of beach walks. Some good success in sea glass hunting. Here’s one At nephew’s request we went to Local 186 for lunch. Soda water with strawberry puree, lime and mint for me. Husband and nephew had iced tea. I got the Southern BLT, which was tasty but huge. I only ate half husband had a hot dog and nephew had a burger After some very successful shopping in Tim’s Used Books, we headed back to Chatham to check in to our new accommodation. Here is part of the kitchen. I think this is the largest home refrigerator I have ever seen. The doors are quite heavy. The lighthouse is practically right next door to us. I snapped a picture on the way to dinner at Impudent Oyster Drinks. The one on the left is an oyster Negroni (apparently made with oyster infused liquor) Devils on horseback clams casino Nephew’s meatballs grilled swordfish with cilantro rice and asparagus

I mentioned these briefly in passing back in the depths of this topic but for some reason, I hadn't bought one for a long time, until yesterday. It is 香瓜 (xiāng guā), meaning fragrant melon. It is a type of Cucumis melo, although that family contains many types of melon including honeydew and cantaloupe. These are more specifically Cucumis melo Makuwa Group , which still contains several cultivars, but all similar in taste and general size, although varying in shape and colour: green as here but also yellow and white skinned. Sometimes, called Oriental Melons. The are believed to be native to Eastern India and then came to China via the Silk Road. From China, they were introduced to Japan and Korea, where they remain extremely popular. In Japanese, they are 真桑瓜 or まくわうり (makuwa uri); in Korean, 참외 (chamoe). They are rather less sweet than most melons you may be used to: somewhere between melon and cucumber. The skin is also edible. This one weighs 417 g / 14.08 oz.

Cloche: good word choice, although the cloche is but a part of the entire aparatus, is it not. Isn't it just the domed lid?

I made a batch of 2 dozen or so today. I broke 2 yolks while trying to separate 4 eggs but perservered. They turned out well, I did most with striping the piping bag with blue food colouring and sprinkled a few with blue sanding sugar, Note to everyone - a "blue theme" is tough to adhere to as far as food is concerned! I've asked "She Who Is To Be Obeyed" (my other daughter who is hosting the shower) which version she likes best. With my permission, my husband ate the two deformed ones and declared them "perfect." to be honest he is not very particular

Looks like it's been a good week for pasta! Tonight's dinner was homemade cheese ravioli with Italian oyster mushrooms topped with parmesan reggiano.

Yup - first word that I came up with too!

I still (rarely) enjoy the mini shredded wheat biscuits as a snack or as croutons in a salad. I say rarely only because I've cut W-A-Y back on eating dry cereals and using milk. Someone gave me a big box of cornflakes recently, and I'll buy some milk and eat those, but it's been months since I've purchased milk. If ever I buy shredded wheatagain, I'll certainly use them as a snack and on a salad.

We grew up in a world of strange, just accepted information. Go outside on a cold day with wet hair? You will get pnumonia. Sit on cold cement? You will get hemorroids. The best one was when my husband was about 6 he developed a stye and his mother asked "have you been peeing on the side of the road? Funny thing is that both of our mothers were nurses!

I’m glad you liked them! I also prefer bread over crackers with cheese and I don’t think your shredded wheat option is odd. My mom used to eat them as a snack when I was a kid. I like them better than Triscuits though it would be nice if they came in a shape somewhere between the mini and those big honking original biscuits. My mom liked those, too, though I was never a fan!

Happy 86th for my moms cousin Peggy! White almond cake with raspberry filling. My first attempt at palette knife flowers. Supposed to be rustic, so that helped 😋.

You may feel better to travel south sooner than you think. I have been eating mudbugs all my life. It is a social thing also

Ricotta chocolate flake gelato, pistachios and in house candied orange peel. I’m anticipating a bit of a hybrid as I made this in my compressor machine but put it in the Ninja containers in case I’m not pleased with the outcome when it is frozen overnight. The taster portion we had was in the freezer for only a few hours, so it was still very scoopable after being churned for about 25 minutes.

@MaryIsobel Yes, lunch is our main meal, supper is a smaller portion type of meal of whatever I feel like making. We like a lighter meal in the evening. Works well for us. But we are also flexible, and switch things around!

@blue_dolphin Ive tried both the gouda , and ECC. Im not a fan of crackers w cheese. I prefer good bread w good crumb. but that's not easy to keep around in optimum shape. Ive found generic min shredded wheat quite nice in the kitchen . croutons for salads , the finer bits sprinkled on fresh tomatoes , and other things. I like the MSW w bits of cheese , sounds odd , but they go together for me. much more interesting texture than a cracker. So ... Gouda on top , costal on the bottom. the costal is not quite as creamy as the Unexpected , and w a bit more bite. the gouda asserts its flavor in a very pleasant way . both cheese's are now very high up in my rotation. so , thanks again @blue_dolphin for pointing these two cheezes out to me.

the direct sibling of the Linguini w Campari , is Linguini w Pork Ragu ' iPot' how that is made is in the iPot thread. Linguini , Pork ragu , some butter and EVOO , and one egg , a la Carbonara TJ's Parmesian-ish , window green on ions. I make sure to use enough hot pasta water so the mix-up looks like this : note there is a little sauce , if you will , around the edges. fantastic stuff. and as you can see , in the manner of Italy , it's about the Linguini .

All looks lovely - I love rhubarb. Is lunch your main meal of the day? Just asking because I have neither the will nor the inclination to make a lunch like that followed by dinner. As we get older, I find that we don't care for nor have the appetite for a heavy dinner so Iam trying to lean toward a filling lunch. Problem with that is that my husband is usually involved in a project and is reluctant to stop for lunch but then he is tired when it comes to dinner.

Love 'em grilled, just not with a panini press.

Thanks. I'll be sure to post one of mine when I've made it. But... Why? Don't you like them grilled somehow?

That's a pretty poor looking Reuben sandwich. The cheese doesn't even look well melted. I'm sure yours would be measureably better. I'm old school, Reubens have no business being on/in/under/near a panini press.

Chicken salad in pita, roasted carrots, feta, mint, chervil and potato salad. Dessert was rhubarb raspberry sorbet with a little rhubarb/raspberry compote.

A few bottles of some of my favorite hot sauces were delivered a while ago. Just in time, I might add. The last dregs of the garlic pepper sauce were used this morning.

I've had a hankering lately for a Reuben sandwich, as mentioned here in the sous vide topic, but haven't gotten around to cooking a corned beef (with or without sous vide help) yet. Yesterday I gave in and bought a Reuben sandwich at my favorite grocery store, and waited while they grilled it in their panini press. Know what? I like mine better! Time to get going on that corned beef.

I've been looking for this locally, not wanting to pay the high prices from online retailers where one had to buy 6 or 12 packages, or had to pay high shipping costs or place large orders. Sometimes that's OK, but all I wanted was a couple of boxes of pasta. Today, the local Natural Grocery called and said they'd recently received some fusilli, and within a few minutes I was on my way to grab a couple of boxes. There's a dish I wanted to make with this for a while, and tonight or tomorrow I'll put it together. Happy boy, here ...