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How is your reno going? Any pics to share?

We're going to San Fran( from SW Ontario) too from Sept 11-18th. I'll be watching this topic with interest.

Ok, I went with my gut and ordered this one.

Thanks for all the replies so far. We currently have a double sink but NO dishwasher. We have a dishdrainer in the one side, so really, we never use it. I think I'm going to go with my original thought of a large single bowl. Dont they always say " you're first thought is your best thought". Or maybe that just applies to test taking.

We're about to embark on a major kitchen remodel. I'm having a really hard time deciding on a kitchen sink. I really thought I wanted a single bowl sink, but the Kitchen Designer is trying to convince me we need a double bowl. We're going with an undermount and we will have a dishwasher. We're also probably getting a reverse osmosis system and we'll have a garbage disposal. The countertops will be granite. I'm looking at this company Specifically, model's 405,405d,s112( although my spouse thinks that one is way too big). Do you like your sink? What type is it? Do you think I need 2 bowls? HELP!!!!

I think everyone who goes to Vegas should experience at least one Buffet. I thought the Bellagio's was great. The breakfast was very reasonable( 3yrs ago) at 12.99. eta: to fix spelling and to let you know, I posted this before I saw your plan of hitting up the Bellagio.

I've done personal cheffing and I've sold my baking ( Informally). I'm in the process of formalizing prices and menu's for xmas baking. I found a commercial space to use( rent free) and I'm going to bake and freeze starting in November. I'll have everyone pick up their goodies by Dec 15th and then I'm off to Florida for Xmas. Hopefully, it will work out as I envision it.

I freeze my ginger and grate in on the microplane. I dont even peel it first.

I do this too, I always leave a bit of flour in the bag for the flour coating portion.

I love them too. As Pookie can attest to, I have a few fav's in London and I pretty much stick to those.

Would the Vietnamese chicken thighs work for you? Calls for bone in, but would work just fine with boneless. ← I'm not getting any email notifications that show new replies. Grrrrr.... Anyway, I think this might be a bit too "ethic" for The Seniors. They thought the pulled pork was strange. ← Yeah, everyone loves the taste but the name gets them. You could call it ginger chicken. Anyway sending you CI's Teriyaki chicken recipe that uses boned thighs, though that might be a bit ethnic too. ← I have that recipe and I was thinking of that, but I think you're right. It might be too ethnic. This is a population that thinks chicken balls are Chinese food.

Would the Vietnamese chicken thighs work for you? Calls for bone in, but would work just fine with boneless. ← I'm not getting any email notifications that show new replies. Grrrrr.... Anyway, I think this might be a bit too "ethic" for The Seniors. They thought the pulled pork was strange.

I ordered mine last week and have received notification that its in my mail box in MI. I'll pick it up on Wednesday. I can't wait to start baking from it!!

Karen, Your meal sounds great. I'd love to see some pictures. I wish the Seniors would be as adventurous as your guests. I cooked the above meal 3 days in a row. Last night I served it where I normally cook and I had a few complaints about the corn on the cob. We had to cut it off for a few people that couldnt eat it. I had a few people ask what pulled pork was and one woman refused to eat it. The tomato basil salad was very popular. I really try to give them as many fresh fruits/veg as I can afford. Because the meat was so inexpensive, I was able to spend more on other items. I was in the grocery store the other day( for the 10th time this week) and the butcher was chasing me down asking me if I wanted boneless, skinless chicken thights for .99 a lb. I bought 8 packages and each pack has 17 thighs. Each pack was a little over 2 bucks. How do you suggest I prepare those? The next meal I cook is Sept 27th( I'm missing the Sept 13th meal, we'll be in San Fran) and its our Thanksgiving meal. For those that don't know, Canadian Thanksgiving in the Second Monday in October so we're doing the meal before the actual Thanksgiving. For this meal, I get paid an extra 2 hours for the extra work. The main office is currently deciding if we're going with boneless turkey rolls (3.70lb) or Utility turkeys(1.79lb). I'm really hoping its the former!!!

You might be able to make apple butter as well!!

There is one in West Hollywood, CA called The French Quarter or something to that effect and another one in the area called Mark's ( I think, Its been 4yrs since I've lived in the area).

I totally know what you're talking about!! We ate them growing up in S. Florida. I'd like the recipe too. My family loves them.

Peach tarts. These were purchased tart shells( No Name brand for the Canadians) and Fresh Ontario peaches with sugar, lemon juice, corn starch and vanilla. The Streusel is flour, brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon and melted butter. Plated with PC Butter Tart Ice Cream.

Holy God, this was a lot of work. Even with 2 volunteers helping me, we worked non-stop from 9am until 12 noon. I made tomato basil salad. Of course I'd love to use fresh mozzarella, but we don't have it here and even if we did, it would be way too expensive. I got bars of black Diamond Mozzarella for 3.99. I think they're about 400 gram packages. I made a quick dressing with Evoo, red wine vinegar( I was going to use Balsamic, but there wasnt any) and dried oregano, S + P. The tomatoes were perfectly ripe as well. I scattered some fresh basil over top. I had one gentleman ask me about the dressing( he liked it). potato salad( do you like the paprika on top? I tried to make it look a little less store-bought) corn. I used 30 ears and I served 38ppl. I had about 10 ears leftover. I pulled all the pork first thing this morning and reheated in a low oven. I think this might have been too spicy for most of the seniors. I only had 1 takeout meal and I usually have a lot more than that. I have more pork cooking in crock pots for tomorrow. I didnt use any chili powder in the sauce this time because of all the spice already on the pork. I had a lot of pork leftover. Btw, I had one of the volunteers put a roll on each persons plate and I asked her to let them know that the buns were for the pulled pork. Hardly anyone listened as I saw lots of people buttering their rolls and eating them.

It would indeed. Last week they had a blueberry crisp so I'm doing Peach streusel tarts with butter tart ice cream.

They are shoulder and when I unrolled them, they were really thin. They had lots of spice on them. Garlic, pepper, paprika, chili powder. They werent stuffed and No, I threw the fat out. I was actually pretty grossed out by it and I wouldnt serve it to the Seniors and I try to stay away from excess fat.

I cook tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. I normally only cook every other Thursday, but I'm filling in this week. Tuesday's meal is in my town and Wednesday's is in another town about 12 miles away. I bought these porchetta roasts awhile ago and froze them. They were 1.99 each. Little did I know what they would look like when unwrapped. I'm kinda freaking out here, I hope I didnt screw up. When I unwrapped them, I decided to remove the strings and lo and behold I see that these "roasts" are wrapped in a large sheet of fat. Since I'm cooking these in the crock pot, I didnt think the fat would be necessary. Please someone tell me I didnt screw this up. I started them around 10am on HIGH in numerous crock pots. I made a homeade BBQ sauce ( ketchup, onion, cider vinegar, water, worsteshire and garlic). Actually, I stopped adding garlic when I saw how heavily spiced these roasts were. I'm going back to the office at 3:30 to check on them. I really hope they're done by then. This is what they look like when unrolled and in sauce. This is a large slow cooker so I put about 5 of them in here. I have 3 other crock pots going with 2 each. I hope this will be enough for 45 ppl. I bought some whole wheat rolls too. I'm hoping they will eat them as a pulled pork sandwich. I also bought ready made potato salad( Resers brand) and 40 ears of corn on the cob. I'm thinking some of the ladies might only eat half an ear. I also bought fresh Ontario tomatoes and mozzarella cheese( Both on sale). I'm going to make a bastardized caprese salad). I know it doesnt really go with the pulled pork meal, but I got great deals. Please someone tell me I didnt mess up by removing the fat. eta: to correct the time I started the roasts

Depending on your location, there may not be anything better around. Witness my hometown (backwoods of western north carolina) No red lobster (yet) but just about the best food the county proper has to offer is a Chili's and a Barley's. Local acts are for the most part inconsistent or mundane at best. an RL would be an improvement (and probably isn't there because of the arcane liquor laws the county sticks to despite the people who leave in droves for entertainment elsewhere, but i suppose that's another rant) ← We ate at RL last night in Port Huron, MI. We live in Ontario so its about an hour drive for us. We didnt specifically go to eat at RL but we have to eat dinner and the choices in Port Huron are slim. We have our choice of Chili's, RL, Olive Garden( no way in hell), Applebees, and Ruby Tuesday. A Golden Corral just opened( the parking lot was packed) as well. Would we chose to eat at RL if there was something better availble? No, of course not. We're going to San Fran next month and we wouldnt dare step foot in a chain. Same thing applies when we got to FL a few times a year. But, like the above poster stated, some people dont have a choice and to me RL seemed like the lesser of a few evils. I had fresh fish( whitefish) with a sauted shrimp topping and a baked potato(18.99). The fish was perfectly cooked. My spouse had a new dish on the American menu( grilled shrimp, split lobster tails). The shrimp were ok, the lobster was overcooked. The entire meal( with an appetizer) was $48.00. The entire time we were eating dinner I kept saying to myself " I can't believe I'm eating at RL".

What is a can of tamales?

You find the BEST deals!! I need to go yard saling/thrift store shopping with you.