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@YvetteMT that crisp looks perfect . fruit crisps are my favorite dessert .

@Rickbern remarkable work ! 5 Stars if not more.

Walleye, corn and rice. And since i was making dessert for our roofers, I made a little berry (raspberry and blackberry) crisp (in Corningware for the collectors!) for us.

These are not salty . butter-ry , brown sugar-ry , toasted pecan-ish , the sweetness comes from the white chocolate chips I think. make sure you look for a bin that's ' well done ! not for those trying to loose weight . Im stocking up next trip , and getting some vanilla ice cream to go with. N.B. : these cookies are not intended for pedestrians . Connoisseurs Only. P.S.: @blue_dolphin you are correct . marshmallows , not white choc-chip

Cooler here Thursday . Ill be trying that burger but first : CkLegs. on sale . $ 0.89 //lbs.

This is clearly an area where you have some advantages to those of us in the States. Any chance you could walk us (me) through the options on the condiment tray and the components of a “classic”?

Now I'm craving hot dogs!!

Last night I couldn't stand the temperature so dinner was hummus and tortilla chips. But tonight I smoked the hamburger. I will modestly assert that I have the method pretty well dialed in: Mesquite Half pound ground beef Smoker temperature 140C Target temperature 56C Smoking time 45 minutes, turned back to front half way through Measured final temperature 55C

Very much so. The marshmallows are different but the vibe of salty crunchy bits in a cookie with a ton of mix-ins certainly fits. Here's Christina Tosi's Compost Cookie recipe for those interested.

The chicken skin fruit trees have just cropped and it's a bumper harvest this year. These pictures were sent me by a friend in Wuxuan, a town near here.

That what the sandalwood boards are - slices of tree trunk. I've seen the same with the other true woods I've mentioned.

I do regularly eat white button mushrooms. Never had a problem in 50 + years.

@liuzhou what about those tree stump cutting boards I've seen? I don't know what type of tree those cross sections are made from.

I don't go there either. As a former card carrying member of the SF Mycological society I would never advise eating raw mushrooms, even the white buttons from the grocery store.

Hopefully it will arrive to her on Wednesday and I will have UPS pick it up the same or following day... Cutting it close! Hopefully the low value exemption will stay in effect.

I could not resist! The siren song drew me in. Have just ordered one of the new CSO-500 steam ovens! (sound of angels singing.... ) 🙂 My husband (very reasonably) said: "Doesn't the one currently on our countertop work ok?" AND "Don't we have an extra in the garage?" Yes and yes, but the one on my countertop is 3 years old and is disgustingly grotty. Even though I clean it regularly, it gets used so much that it becomes very hard to clean. But I do know someone who would love to have it and I will clean it up as best as I can. Also, my stepdaughter is now mad for this oven, I gifted her one about a year ago. At some point, she will want a new one. All is good. (more angels ..... ) 🤣

Better get them shipped before August 1st though.

If you set your oven to 200f/100%humidity/sous vide, nothing will boil. Put a glass container in it with water, check on it after an hour. It should not be passing bubbles

Yes, but.... They last for a few days, which baguettes in France (or Vietnam) don't. In France four hours at best. In Vietnam, bánh mì sellers get two or three deliveries or bake the same number of batches throughout the day. In France, you have to get up early or go without.

I think you now have to follow along on the other thread to see the outcome. I believe @ElsieDis going to ship one now as she is quite a bit closer than me! Good job, Elsie!

If necessary, we'll get you one here in Canada and ship it to you!!! 🙂 One of my cousins who now lives here in BC is going to visit his sister in Kansas City next month. But I think the plan is to fly. If he was driving, I would ask him to bring one along. 😞

Well, they look convincing in the photo!

Anybody else getting Milk Bar Compost Cookie vibes from these?

We also get 法棍 (fǎ gùn), literally French sticks. These are baguettes 🥖. Sometimes. Never great, the best come from Walmart or a Taiwan chain of restaurants here on mainland China. Those from local bakeries are highly unpredictable. They aren’t anywhere close to the real French baguettes my French grandmother bought every morning, but are edible bread. Walmart China Baquettes

The rosewood is too hard a wood and my knives don't like it. The bamboo ones are the ones I use more for cutting bread or soft meats (not the same boards) but scar easily if I say, chop through bones. I prefer boards somewhere in-between. I have three different sizes of the bamboo but I generally prefer the sandalwood for heavier use. Must get a new one. The old one disappeared in my last house move.