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Chicken scarpariello. There's a wing and a leg on my plate (Significant Eater gets breast meat, carved because I'm such a nice husband), potatoes, Italian sausage, cherry peppers, onions, garlic, white wine, chicken stock, parsley.

I saw those steroids at Trader Joe's last week! It's (TJ's) a wholly owned subsidiary of Aldi, if that makes any diff. Also, a Lidl (Aldi's main competitor) opened directly across the street from the Trader Joe's I shop at. Price wars! (Though I went into the new Lidl once, and never again). I don't necessary agree with this. Plenty of non-organic produce; probably moreso than organic.

It's more like the food I buy for other people rather than cooking for them.

As someone that HAS to eat gluten-free, I will add that TJs is one of the few brands/companies that doesn't capitalize on that fact. If a GF product costs more, its minimal, not astronomical. Their GF offerings are plentiful and really damned good. (allegedly their GF chocolate muffins are a hit with gluten eaters. My partner prefers some of their GF products over regular gluten products-english muffins being the biggest winner). My nearest store is 6 hours away and any time that I am near a store, I always shop.

Roasted Poblano chile and shrimp tacos, with shallot, garlic, cumin, Thai basil, cilantro, fish sauce, a shot of jalapeno salsa, and a little heavy cream.

Most of the things that generate the flavors I love are not expensive - onion, garlic, chiles, fish sauce, etc. So I doubt how we eat would change much. Maybe get jumbo lump crab meat more often . . .

Those photos hold up well! Posted here back in 2012: https://forums.egullet.org/topic/143137-max-use-of-watermelon/#findComment-1887219

I'd be able to afford decent steak, lobster, and legs of lamb again ❤️

I have no desire to eat anything other than what i eat now, so no change.

You have some weirdly shaped fruit down under.

I'd be eating Campari tomatoes , ignoring the price.

After thinking about it overnight, I don't know that my eating habits would change much (though my GF would certainly want lobster more often). If anything I'd probably splurge on a whole wheel of good Parmigiano-Reggiano, maybe. Probably a cold room for that and some other cheeses, as well as my pickles and some of the hardier things from my garden. And a kitchen renovation. But those aren't directly "eating." Honestly, I'd probably be spending more often on books than anything food-related (though given the cost of a kitchen reno, I don't know that I'd be spending more on books... just buying them more often).

Heading into spring fruit season in Oz

Ricotta Gnudi with Red Pepper-Salsiccia Ragu - one of those dishes were the flavors are spot on but the execution/texture wasn’t perfect. The gnudi barely kept their shape when briefly cooked in water and started to slowly disintegrate - not really sure what went wrong. The gnudi were made with drained ricotta, parmesan, semolina, egg yolks and nutmeg. For the ragu you puree grilled red peppers, tomatoes, walnuts, garlic, smoked paprika, red wine vinegar and olive oil and cook it with crumbled salsiccia. Finished with parmesan, walnuts and some basil

I did ask last night and they said it changes each evening. Last night it was squash blossoms, baby zucchini, and shisito peppers. I guess opinions vary, but I don’t actually think they are that similar. The fonts are completely different. The Chatham logo has a wave, etc. I also don’t think “Stars” is a business name that you can copyright, since it’s a common term. Breakfast menu We both got the smoked salmon, and should have just shared a plate. We were not expecting it to be so big. And then it was back to North Beach Island for more exploring. We walked eight miles today looking for interesting stuff. We found a shipwreck! The piece we could see was about 25 feet long. I researched it when we got back to the resort and found news reports of it surfacing in 2010 and 2018. Some of the photos from those times showed a lot more of it. There’s apparently a whole layer of wood under this one that runs crosswise to these planks and everything is held together by wooden pegs. More fish boats bringing in their catch in the afternoon We went to the casual restaurant on property for dinner. Menu Husband had a salted watermelon margarita. I was boring and stuck to club soda We ordered the tuna appetizer to share. This was tasty. Husband also wanted the fried calamari. This was massive! I think we ate about 25% of it. It was tasty, but if we had known it was going to be so large we would not have ordered it. Husband got a lobster roll. He said it was nice, but he really prefers warm lobster rolls to the chilled version I got the Thai cucumber salad with grilled shrimp added. I really liked this. Dessert We split the almond joy sundae. This was a bit of a bust. The ice cream was fairly melted and the tuile was way too sticky. We each had one bite and ditched it. Oh well, we probably did not need all that sugar anyway! Post dinner beach walk views

I'd definitely go out more. But really - how much better could they eat, if you're already cooking for them!?

Padang style grilled chicken. It's first simmered in gulai which is basically the same ingredients as rendang but still soupy. Once the chicken was done, it was removed and I kept the gulai going until it thickened to what is called kalio - which was served on the side as like a dipping sauce. I put the chicken in the air fryer rather than actually grilling. Served with sambal ijo...

It smells and tastes better than it looks!

My auto correct has become the equivalent of the last trolley at the supermarket recently. A mind of its' own that shouldn't be allowed in public.

I hadn't heard of this before but now I need it. RIGHT NOW 🥄

I suspect if I won - other people would eat better!

My life wouldn't change much. Perhaps I'd eat the same food but in better locations.

@weinoo ....my thoughts exactly at first look. How could that not be intentional?