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Yeah, no biscuits at McD's. OTOH, I'm pretty sure the Southern locations don't get McLobster. So, you know... I'm personally all over the biscuits and sausage gravy, fwiw. But I'm not fat-phobic, as so many are.

I like sausage gravy, but I don't want to be around you when you're bringing it up. (...sorry...)

Truthfully, I'd never heard of them until I resumed hanging out here in my late 40s.

That's fascinating, and never would have occurred to me. My culinary interest in sous vide remains minimal (ducks, runs) but I could see myself eventually picking one up for this kind of use. (After which, of course, it would probably see occasional kitchen duty as well...)

I've seen numerous articles and studies about its use in geriatric nutrition. Because it's not perceived the way normal seasonings are, it's exempt from the broad deadening of taste that occurs in the elderly. A lot of facilities are now using it judiciously as a way to make food more interesting to seniors, and encourage them to eat adequately.

Two national recalls, both for salmonella. Skinned tigernuts, EcoIdeas brand, and Celebrate brand frozen profiteroles and eclairs. http://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-04-26/eng/1556339192099/1556339193250 http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-04-26/eng/1556327958855/1556327960836

I'll be snickering all day over "corn in the Cobb." I'm easily amused...

Updated. Now includes Saskatchewan, and possibly national. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-04-24/eng/1556134617625/1556134619557

That's true as far as it goes, but there's always that pesky gap between theory and reality. I found myself constantly having to make adjustments based on the potatoes I was getting from my supplier. Hypothetically they should have been the same year-round (same supplier, same brand, same cultivar, etc) but that's never the case. Sometimes they were perfect. Sometimes they'd clearly not been out of the farm co-op's cold storage for as long as they should have been, and were still in their sugary "anti-freeze" state (and therefore a quick-browning PITA to deal with). At some point in the year there's the switch from old-crop to new-crop potatoes to dread, as well...that requires similar adjustment. I eventually mastered the necessary tweaks (longer soak, lower the blanching temp) but it was an ongoing battle, and I threw out a lot of fries in the process. The worst part? I also had to keep frozen fries on hand because a solid half of my clientele preferred those. 🙄

That's pretty much how it ended up, except with cabbage in lieu of cauliflower. Pan rolls and buttermilk biscuits, because we had some who liked each so what the heck. The cobbler plus a cake and caramel sauce (a favorite of my sweetie, who's back on keto now that the holiday meal is over). Only 10 of us at table, in the end, though my GF's sister joined us via Skype from the opposite coast.

I had to turn off AdBlock and Ghostery, and then disable the native content blocking in Firefox as well. Ordinarily I don't bother, but I reasoned that I was unlikely to ever visit that site again...

Possible listeria in GPM brand pea shoots, BC and Alberta only. http://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-04-19/eng/1555725095376/1555725097506

Foreign matter (pieces of metal) in Kirkland veggie burgers. Possibly national. http://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-04-18/eng/1555625098697/1555625100775

Currently I'm sipping on their strawberry-rhubarb milkshake IPA. I tried a taste of it the other day out of morbid curiosity, and to my surprise I quite liked it. The fruit is definitely perceptible, but it takes a back seat to the hops. I'm not a fan of fruit-infused beers in general, but this one's very good. They do a tour. If you're passing this way, let me know. As I said upthread it's only a few blocks from my door, and I'd be happy to meet.

I love it, but we have a large and varied crowd and lamb was riskier. Also, I got the ham on sale for $1/lb.

Yeah, I totally didn't get the wooden base aspect of it. I thought the oval part was the base, and that there were three of those round center bits with the punchout for the handle. Equally mystified, but now at least I'm correctly mystified.

Ham, scalloped potatoes, greens, green beans, squash, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower (holiday meals at my place are always "veggie-palooza"), ham gravy, dinner rolls and/or buttermilk biscuits (possibly both) and probably blueberry cobbler for dessert.

...annnnd, the pushback. https://www.eater.com/2019/4/10/18297392/restaurant-noise-decibel-level-too-loud?utm_source=pocket-newtab

My late wife and I thought about putting the pie on our farmer's market menu. We made it a couple of times, shrugged and thought "meh." We went with other desserts that were less buzz-y, but tastier.

Salmonella in Feeding Change brand young Thai coconut meat. BC and Ontario for sure, possibly national. http://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-04-14/eng/1555293947707/1555293949168

Maybe they just got no T-bone. https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/neilyoung/tbone.html (the song is 9+ minutes of repetition, but it's here if you wanna listen...)

Looking at the poster on the door, all I could think was that "Botox Party" sounds like a band name.