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7 minutes ago, Nyleve Baar said:
Unclear. Must consult a rabbi.
I'm not a rabbi, but I played one in a production at my synagogue, and my seven-great grandfather was one of the founders of Chasidism, so I declare that ferrets, despite being cute (at least to some people), are not only tref for Passover, but any time.
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1 hour ago, blue_dolphin said:
or use a tape measure to get the circumference and calculate the diameter from that.
Heh. That's what I would do. But then, I was a math major when I started college.
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OXO (eG-friendly Amazon.com link) to the rescue!
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2 hours ago, weinoo said:
I don't necessarily understand the request.
You can certainly cook most any fish/shellfish for high protein/low fat results.
Pork tenderloin or loin chops are low fat and high protein. Pork piccata? Veal piccata?
Beans.
What is the end result you're expecting from this experiment?
Ditto. I mean, eggs are high-fat, at least by my way of looking at it> Shel, could you describe a bit more what "low fat" means to you in this context?
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1 hour ago, BeeZee said:
Whole Foods has yellow (altulfo) mangoes on sale, with Prime they are 5 for $1. Yes, 20 cents each.
And 5 for $5.56 w/o Prime
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#4 indeed, especially for alliums
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I wouldn't call it even relatively healthy.
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49 minutes ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:
Yep, that's what I said (to myself). With two glasses of wine -- one an earthy orange, one a cava with some oak (!) -- the total was 35.25 euros.
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In a sort-of equivalent of one's eyes being bigger than one's stomach, I wound up getting to only nine of the above list, plus three bakeries, a gelato place, and two chocolate shops that weren't mentioned.
Bar Mut was a casualty of sleep deprivation. After a 9½-hour red-eye accompanied by a cute but babbling/fussing/crying eight-month-old in the next row, a 2 p.m. lunch was sacrificed in favor of a three-hour nap. I can't remember where I went instead of Maleducat, or why. Xerta turned out to be too late for my schedule. (One week wasn't enough for me to adapt to those 8 p.m. or later dinners.) Sartoria Panatieri was a major disappointment: OK crust, undercooked sausage, liquid-y cheese (and too much of it), bland tomato sauce.
The food star of the week was the eight-course prix fixe tasting menu lunch (24.5 euros!) at La Sosenga, an under-the-radar (but not for long) wine bar with thoughtful, creative food that reflects and riffs on Catalan cuisine. Here are the menu (at the end) and some pictures. (I subbed a creamy cheesecake for the French toast.)
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Tupelo honey is delicious, and relatively expensive. I save mine for drizzling. As others have recommended, go local.
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To un-confuse @Tropicalsenior: The extra time is for "plant."
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2 hours ago, Shel_B said:
A dry, very well-toasted, fork-split, commercial English muffin (Trader Joe's is a good example) with a slice of sharp cheddar placed between the halves. The heat of the freshly toasted muffin melts the cheese providing a nice contrast to the crisp muffin slices. Sometimes I'll add a generous grind of black pepper to the sandwich, usually Kampot or Anakuzhy.
I also enjoy a Diet Coke with Chinese take out food. It's the only time I drink the stuff, but it's got to be very cold, so the can and the glass spend a few minutes in the freezer before drinking the Coke.
Nothing guilt-inducing about that to me!
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4 hours ago, gulfporter said:
fyi, La Boqueria is navigable early in the day, we go between 8 and 9 and it's just us and the locals. We've been to Barcelona 4 times and it's a spot I never skip.
Thanks. One day I'm scheduled to be not too far on the other side of La Rambla at 10:30, so if I can get myself moving I'll check it out.
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22 minutes ago, gulfporter said:
Have you planned a foodie shopping trip to their big market? Load up on Spanish Pimiento Vera! The seafood displays are amazing, even if you're not going to be cooking.
I won't be going to the big market (Boqueria) -- too crowded, too many tourists -- but I might go to Santa Caterina, just to look around. A couple of blocks from my lodging there's a small mercat where I'll be buying my yogurt, jamón, etc. I'll keep an eye out for the pepper.
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15 minutes ago, BonVivant said:
This is my favorite photo of yours.
I didn't know how much I missed yakisoba until I saw your photo. It was my go-to bar food when I lived in Japan (Hamamatsu and vicinity). I know I can get it here, too, but w/o the setting it's not the same.
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Wasabi—is there anything it can't do?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wasabi-preserves-papyrus
Quote...a team of researchers primarily based in Egypt have found a way to safely and effectively remove fungus from papyrus, without harming any pigments: using the Japanese plant wasabi.
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Here's my food and beverage agenda so far:
Sips (review) (the #1 bar in the world for 2023)instead, Xerta (Michelin 1 star)
La Balmesina (a maybe; it's the aforementioned #10 pizza in Europe, minus Italy)
Sartoria Panatieri (the aforementioned #1 pizza)
Chocolata Amatiler (gift for Ms Alex)
Las Vermudas (vermouth tasting and crafting)
plus whatever I pick up at the nearby mercat (yogurt, jamón Ibérico, etc.)
There also are a couple of bakeries I didn't mention.
Think that's enough for a week?
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7 hours ago, Yaneidi said:
We really enjoyed Can Vilaró. But it's been a while.
Thanks. It's still there!
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Welcome, @Rurban24. I'm looking forward to your questions and the related discussions. Two years and a few months ago, in the "Cookbooks – How Many Do You Own? (Part 5)" topic, I wrote, "We probably should have a topic for folks who are contemplating -- or actually -- winnowing their cookbook collection, and could use some encouragement and empathy. Or maybe there's one already but I've forgotten about it." And now it's time. Good things come to those who wait.
In the mid-70s I was planning to move to St. Johnsbury, but I had a work commitment in New York for another few months and the agency couldn't postpone my offer.
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4 minutes ago, Shelby said:
It's PI day!!!! Does a galette count?
The representative from Michigan votes "Aye."
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Dubai is home to the world’s tallest skyscraper, Burj Khalifa. Nepal boasts Mount Everest. Soon, if Jeremy Rockliff gets his way, Tasmania could be home to the world’s largest chocolate fountain.
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Climate change and fruit crops (article in the Atlantic)
QuoteGeorgia, the iconic peach state, lost some 90 percent of last year’s crop—a Georgia summer without peaches, an unfathomable thing. An unusually warm winter robbed the trees of the period of cold they need to bloom in the spring. The buds that did emerge were, like the ones in the Northeast, killed by a cold snap in the early spring.
Fruit trees evolved to live in more stable conditions; they’re exquisitely well adapted to the rhythm of a usual year. But instead of reliable seasons, they’re getting weather chaos: Springtime, already somewhat of a wild-card season, “is getting more and more erratic,” Theodore DeJong, a fruit-tree physiologist at UC Davis, told me. As a result, trees’ sense of seasonality is scrambled. And instead of reliable peaches and plums, we’re getting fruit chaos. It may not happen every year, but it’s happening more frequently.
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3 hours ago, chromedome said:
...and the washer and the dryer...
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New Guardian Feast App
in Cooking
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I see only a 14-day free trial.
It looks like there's free access for certain supporters of the Guardian (money level, I imagine).