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There is a Sichuan place near me that has wontons in a spicy Sichuan sauce. It is very orange, slightly sweet, with a dark earthy flavor. No garlic that I can detect. I thought it was a combo of Chili oil and brown sugar. I'll have o go there again and check it out.

David Rosengarten!?!? Is he still alive? Last I heard of him was when he closed down his subscription email letter right after I renewed my subscription. Sorry, I can't support this by buying his books.

I found the Whole Foods in Nashua has some backs in the freezer case. Not as cheap as I'd like ($1.49/lb) but at least I can get some stock made. I wasn't looking for prepackaged/industrial chicken backs. I was thinking more along the lines of a grocery where I could pick some up after they cut up the chickens for sale as pieces.

I'm interested in making stock and am looking for a dependable source for chicken backs. In the past I've used chicken pieces, chicken wings from Costco, and whole chickens. I'd rather not pay a lot for the raw ingredients. At Thanksgiving, Whole Foods was selling chicken backs for cheap money but when I asked today, the were pretty unhelpful suggesting that they could break down any whole chicken I picked out. When I said I was only interested in the backs, they said not very often. Any ideas? I'm north and west of Boston (south of Nashua.

I hadn't thought about doing any gardening this year. I tried the potato tower last year and threw some pea plants in pots with mediocre results on both. We stopped by the local nursery and they had one last pot of tomatoes (Sun Gold) that I couldn't leave behind. I guess I'll be doing some gardening after all.

I order from the place next door. They aren't throwing fish around and will cut it whatever way you ask. I just received a notice that they are taking orders for copper river salmon (king and sockeye). We went to the Olympic Peninsula for a wedding one time and stopped at the stall at Pike Place Market. We got a whole salmon cut into steaks and packed to travel. People were raving about the salmon when I cut out the bone, tied it into a "burger" then grilled it up. We have ordered some sent to us on the east coast a few times. Unfortunately, we sibned up with Cape Ann Fresh catch and they have salmon equally as good. Check the two of the out: Pure Food Fish Market Cape Ann Fresh Catch

We were looking at getting a counter top oven in addition to our microwave. We decided to get the GE Profile microwave convection and it has been great! We can use the microwave when called for and the oven when required. It not only cooks, but reheats, and keeps food warm before serving.

We have tried shiso soy. We, too, only use it for dipping. Our local sushi place has taken it and showed it to their Japanese customers - we've given them a small bit to taste and it has led to some interesting conversations.

All molds are still available.

molds are still available.

We have used the no-cook lasagna sheets before. They come out OK. Recently we found the Rana Lasagne sheets that I like even better. No-boil and cooks up faster. You still need to use a sauce with more liquid but I'll be using these whenever I want to make lasagna.

Sure. It shouldn't bee too much extra to ship the third mold.

Tikidoc, No longer interested?

It's about the size of a half-bottle.

USPS Priority mail is $11.50 I didn't check regular USPS service or UPS. If you don't want priority mail let's figure about $6 for shipping. Dan

Too much time at hospitals. I'll get to it this week.

I'll check and get back to you.

The 12 well one with the car badges or the shapes?

I've got a few molds that I'm not using so I thought I would put them up for sale. About half of them are unused and the rest have only been used once or twice. Here is what I have: Single molds 32 piece ribbed domes 16 piece car logo 32 piece @ sign 12 piece oval/round/square/circle mold Double molds 1 piece double champagne bottle mold with clips 24 piece double cork mold with clips 6 piece double grape cluster mold with clips Single molds are $12 each and double molds are $15.

My wife wants to get some macadamia nuts. She wants roasted and low salt. I used to get macs from Purcell Mountain Farms but they only have raw nuts that you have to roast yourself. Does anyone know of a source for these? Thanks

We tried Ostra for my birthday. I really liked it and would go back in a heartbeat. We go to Legal Oysteria in Charlestown on a regular basis. It's pretty good. You will never get a bad meal at Legal but you will never get a great one.

Any updates to this topic? I've been thinking about ordering some tangelos/honeybells but the place my mother used to use has gone out of business. I'm looking for someplace to replace them. I'll probably order some grapefruit too.

I make my beef stew exclusively with boneless short ribs. I usually by them from Costco in a big package and divide, vacuum pack and freeze them. But if I run our, a few stores near me sell them. So in a pinch I can get them.

This reminds me of the Rodney Dangerfield skit "Broken Leg of Lamb"