MGLloyd
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I used to be out on Vashon, living on Cove. Haven't I read about you in the Beachcomber? And aren't you close to Cove? From your picture on your website, you look awfully darn familiar, and I wonder if I have seen you at McMurray or the high school with the other students.
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I used to have a Krups, but gave it away. In its place, I got the KitchenAid ice cream maker kit for the KA stand mixer. It has a larger capacity, and I like the multi-tasking aspect of yet one more KA attachment.
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To fifi's recipe, which is what I follow, I also add some finely chopped onion. You would be surprised at just how many places down South make their country gravy using the packaged packet mix from Pioneer. It actually is not half bad in a pinch. I have had much worse homemade country gravy.
And up Nawth here, we usually call them sausage 'crumbs'.
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I have been backpacking my whole life, and up until now, I never realized that Nalgene was heat-resistant. As it must be if you are using it as a French press container. Amazing.
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Although there is still a robust homebrewing community up here in the Seattle area, I, too, think the level of enthusiasm has dropped somewhat since a decade or two ago. There are not as many 'bricks and mortar' homebrew supply shops, but I think that is more due to Internet shopping than anything else. What I think is interesting is that many homebrewers I know have now 'moved on' to home winemaking, using grapes from Eastern Washington.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd's life, at least from the food shopping perspective, took an upswing earlier this year with the opening of the new Central Market in the Mill Creek Town Center. Yes, it is of the same Town and Country Markets chain that operate the Ballard Market, Greenwood Market, Town and Country Market on Bainbridge and the Central Markets in Poulsbo, Shoreline and Mill Creek. Lovely produce, meat, cheese, deli, seafood and an Asian section to just die for.
Now if there was just a Larry's Market closer to me than 25 miles away round trip.....
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So Abra, did you find that mini cheesecake pan locally? I have decided that I must have one. And if you need coffee roasted for a dinner, I can show up with a supply of green beans, my heatgun and my dogbowl! I have almost as much coffee stuff as does your husband.
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At a recent arts event in Seattle, an 'artist' was selling some of her homebrew as an artistic statement. She called it 'OPB' for original pussy beer. The chief claim to fame was that at least some of the yeast used for fermentation was taken from her vagina.
And no, I am not making this up. If you Google the phrase 'original pussy beer', you will see some hits about this. I was not brave enough to try it, and I am unsure as to exactly what sort of artistic statement the beer represented.....
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Kim, in your view, did the addition of the peanut butter chips add a lot to the finished product?
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Tsquare, my wife and I bought Rover's cookbook, and we are impressed. There is no way that we can recreate the presentation, (I am thinking of the scrambled eggs with caviar and lime fraiche in particular, since I cannot see peeling the membrane from the interior working through the top of an opened egg shell) but the way the recipes are written, we have a fighting chance to recreate the taste of the dishes. Reading through it, however, makes my wife and I think that our lives would be easier if we had a sous chef at home!
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Mr. Shaw may have interpreted my posting as reflecting upon stalking victims. I assure him it is not so intended. In my day job, I defend healthcare malpractice cases. Rest assured that I have had quite legitimate death threats from angry patients or plaintiffs. This has provided me with a sense of perspective as to actual vs. perceived risk.
I fear, however, that my postings on a food forum are of little significance to anyone but myself, and certainly has not advanced my career. If I was a food professional, perhaps it would be different.
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Hmm, I have used my real name in various fora for years. The number of friends and contacts made this way have far outweighed the death threats, which are currently at acceptable levels.
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As soon as I saw what the secret ingredient was, I thought that if he lost, we would have to ride him out of town on a rail! He would have no Northwest street cred left!
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I would not ask Neil to reveal any proprietary information, but I just had to check on this: when you freeze the dough/batter, has it proofed or raised at all prior to freezing? If not, I find it remarkable that a raw and unproofed yeast doughnut could go frozen right into the fryer and rise to acceptable levels just during the frying process.
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I was astonished at the news that Marco Polo is no longer in Mukilteo. I haven't driven that far down the speedway for a while. Did they move, or are they gone entirely? Does the Marco Polo restaurant in Lynnwood, at 175th and Highway 99, still do business? I liked Marco Polo inasmuch as it was one of the first restaurants in the area to serve food from the Indian subcontinent. There are certainly others now, but they were one of the first.
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In general my shots are very good but the La Marzocco I work on in the shop delivers better results with the same beans - even though it's not PID'd or modified in any way and is used with an auto grinder/tamper (Swift).
That is a very interesting data point, Owen, particularly since the same person (you) is pulling the shots, thus reducing the variables.
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Wow, $ 4500 for a one group La Marz. I wonder if I could actually taste the difference between something made on that machine vs. my Pasquini Livia. Given that I already have a Rocky grinder and home-roast my own espresso, I wonder if a machine upgrade to that level of cost would really make a discernable difference in the end product.
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The recipe looks far too sweet for my taste. But I can tell you that many restaurants and pastry chefs use up day-old or stale donuts, sweet rolls, danishes and the like in a bread pudding. I have done this myself, and it turns out pretty well. Generally speaking, the 'firmer' texture and non-frosted items give the best results.
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I had forgotten to add that Chanterelle's, at Third and Main in downtown Edmonds, just a few blocks from the ferry dock, does some pretty good breakfasts. I have eaten dinner there a couple of times with mixed results.
For good breakfasts, three other places close to me come immediately to mind:
Bogie's on Silver Lake. They also have a restaurant in downtown Everett on 41st Avenue at Hoyt.
Crystal Creek Cafe in Bothell, at the intersection of 527 and 405, next to the Bonefish Grill and Outback Steakhouse.
Sawmill Cafe in Mill Creek Town Center. This just opened yesterday, according to the paper, and it is a sister restaurant to Crystal Creek. I assume this means they have the same menu.
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While we are on the topic of Italian, Capri, near Mill Creek on 164th, about six blocks east of the freeway is only so-so. For just about the same amount of money, one can go to Lombardi's or Stella Mia and get much better Italian food, in my opinion.
But one block east of Capri, in a strip mall, is a great Thai restaurant, which does have a name, I think it might be Five Star, but the illuminated sign on the building just says Thai Cuisine. A very nice breadth to the menu, and they do some nice riffs on some of the Thai classics. And very reasonably priced, as well.
Going back to Italian, Mamma Mia's in Everett is on Evergreen Way in the 4600 block, in the same strip mall as Display Costume and Supply and QFC. They have a great wine list and do a pretty good job on the food. However, in recent months, they seem to be de-emphasizing the food service to concentrate more on the bar and the kareoke (!). The last time we were in there, the music was so loud, that we ate quickly and beat a hasty retreat.
PS: Edited to add the name of the cities, since not everyone reading this thread will automatically recognize the location of the street names!
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You people are a bunch of wankers. The only true improvement method is to drink the wine while wearing your tinfoil hat.....
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For those of us in the Great White North of Snohomish county, Henry's doughnut, on the Mukilteo Speedway in Mukilteo, is quite good. I am fond of their apple fritters.
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'or just over the county line' did not fit in the title, so I put it in the body of my posting!
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On another thread describing a restaurant in Mill Creek, Ed suggested starting a thread on places to eat in Snohomish County, Washington.
Here are some of the favorite places of my wife and I:
Fine dining
Zinnia in Mill Creek
Bistro San Martin in Arlington
Charles at Smugglers Cove in Mukilteo
Lowell-Hunt wine cafe in Woodinville
Barking Frog in Woodinville
Herbfarm in Woodinville
Casual dining
Fred's Rivertown Alehouse in Snohomish
Usmania in Mill Creek
Lombardi's in Everett
The Flying Pig in Everett
Stella Mia's in Bothell
Canyon's in Bothell
McMenamin's in Mill Creek
Olives in Edmonds
Emory's Lake House on Silver Lake
AJ's Wok in Mill Creek
Wasabi Bay in Mill Creek
Bogie's on Silver Lake
La Palmera in Mill Creek
Cinnamon's in Lynnwood
Marco Polo in Mukilteo
Purple Cafe in Woodinville
We have eaten at many more places, but again, this is a list of some of our favorites. If you have a place to recommend in Snohomish County, or just over the county line, like my Woodinville suggestions, please post to this thread. Ideally, we can get a nice list going for those of us who feel left out of the Seattle-centric threads!
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