HungryChris

Cuban mojo rotisserie chicken. This time I stuffed the bird with the lemon and lime hulls I juiced to make the marinade and I think it added to the end product. I recognize there is a vegetable item missing from the meal, but I promise I will make up for it tomorrow, but for tonight, I chose a baked potato, the other white meat. HC

Kimchi fried rice with left over kielbasa and buffalo chicken wings. HC

Mortadella with zucchini pickles and a few dill spears. HC

I just returned from a grocery run that included Aldi for just 2 items. A gallon of 1% milk (you do have to watch the date, the one I got was May 6) for $2.29 and a half gallon of orange juice (not from concentrate) for $1.99. These are items we get there quite often. rotuts, I did get the TJs Dijon mustard for a comparison and the TJs does have more authority and sinus clearing properties so that gets moved into the TJs column. HC

Linguini with white clam sauce and garlic bread. I used to make nice salads to go along, but have learned that they almost always get put away for the next day, so I no longer bother. HC

Shelby, That's what you get for flaunting your early asparagus!

Decided to go simple this morning with a sort of Mexican bruschetta. A slice of fresh Italian bread that had been generously drizzled with a good Sicilian olive oil and then topped with some freshly made fiery hot Mexican salsa. So good, I had a second. HC

The littleneck clams we had earlier in the week with garlic and wine made us decide to do linguini with clams tonight. These are Narragansett Bay beauties and are on sale all week. Lunch today was just a little quality control effort on my part. HC

Last of the duck eggs on rye toast with irregular bacon and home fries. HC

On a recent cruise out of New Orleans, our suite came with the unlimited beverage package. At lunch on a sea day, because I had been reading this thread recently, I had the urge to order a Makers Mark old fashioned. I was pleased to see no trace of carbonation and I thought the flavor was just great. HC

I have found with most peppers, Shishito included, that one of those heating pads for seed starting makes a big difference in their viability. HC

Did battle all morning with a privet hedge that had gotten out of control. Had no energy left so I opted for finger foods. Celery sticks, blue cheese dip, the last of the beef tongue pastrami, assorted homemade pickles and a large iced tea. HC

My guess, and that is all it is, is that hot dogs were all she had on hand one day and kids, being kids liked it and asked for it again. A tradition was born. HC

Littleneck clams in white wine, chopped shallots, garlic, cilantro and parsley, a little dried sweet basil and oregano, served with oven crusted French bread. These beautiful local clams are on special all week, so we saved the sauce to serve with a new batch over linguini later this week. Deb's grandson calls them "quams" , so, of course, so do we. HC

Poached duck egg on toast with sautéed, freshly picked ramps and a pan fried sausage. HC

Noank Bluepoints HC

As someone who has used these things for years, I am more than familiar with the theory behind what they can do and what they can be used for. The fact remains that they are research tools. While they may produce flavors that are significant, using them to produce something beyond a 300 mg sample that you can impress your friends with, is just not there. The fact that you may be able to produce a blood orange flavor that you are proud of and can offer your friend a taste of, in my mind, just does not justify the expenditure, space, round bottomed flask collection and storage needs they require. The fact remains that if you discover something that you find worth pursuing, you must either work round the clock or find a way to scale up it's production. HC

I just don't get what the attraction is to a rotovap. What is it that you intend to do with this thing that is going to make your life so much better? I used to work in a lab that had a big rotovap that used a water aspirated vacuum system for the vacuum and a large and bulky water bath for heat. it was never anything I would want in my kitchen and took up more than half the counter space that I now have. What do you intend to do with it? HC .

That looks fantastic!

Smoked corned beef tongue that had been steamed into submission, Swiss cheese, pickled asparagus and onions. Not the easiest thing to eat, but, hell, that's what napkins are for and there's not much I would trade for it. HC

Home fries with peppers and onions, pan fried left over kielbasa coins and poached eggs. HC

Pepper and hot sausage pizza. HC

Smoked corned beef tongue grilled Ruben on Russian rye. HC

Many years ago, I would have to go to New Haven, Connecticut to buy coffee for the restaurant that I worked for. I would get in the door and never knew what aromas I would encounter. Sometimes peanuts roasting, sometimes coffee and sometimes discernable spices. It occurred to me that it would be interesting to have an appliance that you could just tell it what you were about to put in it and it would roast it accordingly. If this device also were to grind coffee, make peanut butter, grind mustard or grind spices into a find powder it would need to be easily cleaned so the peanut butter did not taste like mustard or coffee. Just my $.02. HC

Yes Shelby, I bought a Globe slicer on Craig's list several years ago for $100 and never looked back. I used to roll it in and out of the kitchen on a cart because it weighs a ton, but now it is a permanent fixture there. HC