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@liuzhou, this is what I would have loved for breakfast. Roasted a roast beef for breakfast and a Yorkshire Pudding. Both done in the Oster French Door oven. Moe's breakfast. I ate some of the Yorkshire and I'm going to take a beef dip sandwich along with the leftover au jus with me to work for lunch.

@rotuts I'm sorry. I thought I had responded to your post, but apparently not. I bought the Digital model of the French Door Oven. It was on sale at a local store for $169.00 and that is Canadian $$$$$. I noticed today that it is back up to $199.99. It would be easy to move outside. Although larger in size, it isn't as heavy as the CSO. I found the stone on line at Hubert. The 15" X 12" should be the perfect fit. Here is a link to their US site. https://www.hubert.com/search/pizza+stone. I paid $15.29 CAD and bought a couple of other things since the shipping was a flat rate of $12.99. I preheated a small pan in the oven and tossed a couple of ice cubes in. I also sprayed the loaves a couple of times in the first few minutes. My order is expected to arrive tomorrow. Looking forward to a stone that fits the oven.

To be honest, I kind of cringed when I read this. It certainly isn't advised to put a wooden board in the dishwasher. I'm surprised you haven't had a problem with your boards warping big time.

Baked these just before bed last night. I broke up a block of Callebaut White Chocolate and made White Chocolate and Walnut scones with Brown Butter Glaze. Perfect with an early morning Cappuccino.

Cooked lamb shanks in the Breville PC last night. Greek style. This is not a dinner I would usually make on a work night, but with the Pressure Cooker it didn't take all that long. I don't brown in the PC. Although there is a sear function, I've never found a deep sided pot ideal for browning. So I browned the shanks in a cast iron pan. I also added the broth to this pan to heat before adding to the PC. This shortens the time it takes for the PC to come up to pressure. The lamb was done in less than an hour. While the lamb was cooking I made the sides. Rice and Greek lemon potatoes which were roasted in the CSO. Also made a Greek Salad.

I tell our customers that a few cut marks on our Big Leaf Maple boards just give it character. You can always sand out cut marks if they really bother you. An orbital palm sander works great. A good way to clean a board that has taken on a scent is with a cut lemon, with salt and baking soda. Use the cut side of a lemon as a scrubber. You can also wipe down with a very diluted solution of bleach. Very diluted. I prefer the lemon over the smell of bleach. And keep all wood boards well oiled with mineral oil. You can't oil often enough.

Baked bread last night so I would have some for toast this morning. Put a pot of navy beans on to cook in the Breville PC this morning for Moe's breakfast. He loves beans with toast.

@Dejah, yesterday the halibut fillets were on for $3.99 a 100gs but the price changes today and is apparently going up to over $6.00. But they will still have the steaks on at $2.99 a 100gs this week. So although I prefer the fillets I will probably get a couple of steaks while they are still on at a decent price.

OMG!!!!, there are so many wonderful meals on this page. @Captain, your lamb salad platter is spectacular. So colourful. @Anna N, Duck breakfast perfectly cooked. Large duck breast. @ElsieD, I prefer the flats too. Sometimes I can buy packages of just flats. @Mmmpomps, I could eat roasted potatoes every day. Especially when they look like yours. @liuzhou, I would be happy with everything thing you cook. @scubadoo97, now I have a craving for tacos. Just like yours. I promised Moe I would make him Halibut Fish and Chips this week. So tonight was the night. Halibut fish and chips are the only ones I will eat. Light crispy batter and double fried fries. Homemade Tartar sauce.

@David Ross, I put this pictorial together a few years ago. There is also a chart on different hydration percentages. Artisan pictorial

@David Ross you can get the holes with a 65 to 68 hydration. You need good gluten development and a longer cold fermentation. This bread was baked yesterday from a dough that had been made on Saturday and left in the fridge until yesterday morning. 68% hydration. I have another 500g batch in the fridge made the same day that I'll probably bake tomorrow. Also 68%. Sliced while still warm. Sliced this morning for toast.

Thanks @lindag.

Crown roast of Pork roasted in the Oster French Door Convection oven. The squash was roasted in the CSO.

I've been testing the different settings on the new Oster Digital French Door Convection Oven. So far, it has passed with flying colours, except for toast. It does toast. But it isn't ideal for toasting. It is just too big and takes too long. And besides, I didn't buy it for that function and since I'm never going to toast again in it anyway I don't care. Today, I decided to baked bread in it. The dough was hand-mixed on Saturday morning and left in the fridge until today. I ordered a stone for this oven. Found one that is the perfect size. 15" X 12". But in the meantime while I'm waiting for it to arrive, I used three small stones that I already had, to line the rack. Unlike the CSO, this oven doesn't offer the steam function, so I also preheated a small loaf pan so I could toss in a few ice cubes to create steam. The oven will hold four baguette/batards when the new stone arrives. Today I baked two baguettes. One was 15" and the other 13". (after 15 minutes) They took 25 minutes to bake on the Turbo Convection Setting at 450°F. Sliced while still warm.

What about boning out and stuffing a game hen with a wild rice stuffing? Recipe Link

@suzilightning , Moe is fond of lake fish, like walleye and pickerel, white fish, and perch. Was always on the menu when we lived Michigan, New York State , and Sault Ste. Marie. So he would often order it. Not me. Hate fish with bones.

I bought a yellow cauliflower yesterday and it was $3.99 a head. The white was the same. On Vancouver Island.

@Rotuts, for me Halibut is second to none. The only fish that I like. Even though I grew up in Ontario, it was Halibut Fish Chips that were sold in the Fish and Chip shops. And Halibut Fish and Chips is the only fish and chips I will order. Promised Moe I would make him Halibut Fish and Chips this week.

Halibut season opened this week. Halibut is the only fish that I can say I really love. Both Moe and I look forward to the first meal of the season. It is on sale this week at $2.49 a 100gs so about $11.30 a pound. Which is almost a steal. If it is anything like last year, in another week it will probably be up to between $22 to $28 a pound. Simple preparation. Started skin side up in a hot cast iron pan , browned in butter and oil, then turned and finished in a hot oven. Drizzled with a brown butter with lemon. So moist. Cooked in the new Oster French Door Convection Oven. Trial run.

Used the new Oster for the first time tonight. The first Halibut of the season. I can't believe how much bigger this oven is than the CSO. Normally I would have finished the Halibut in the CSO, but I wanted to give the Oster a test run.

@gfweb, I did look at the Breville Air. And the BSO. The Breville Air was $300 more and for what I wanted it for I think the Oster will do the trick. Basically it will just be used for roasting larger meats than what will fit in the CSO. Not sure but I think the Oster is bigger. Will hold 2 - 16" pizzas. Although I don't plan to bake my pizzas in either oven. @andiesenji, good to know. Thank you. Going to go into town after work and pick up the Oster. Ann

My Waring Pro died today. Been reading this thread from start to finish and I think I will buy the Oster with French Doors today. A local store, London Drugs has the Digital model on sale for $169.00 Canadian. I was trying to find some advice as to whether the manual dials had less problems than the digital but couldn't find anything on that, so since the price is right I'm just going to go with the Digital. I use the CSO for almost everything, but the Waring came in handy for when I wanted to roast a larger bird/ham, etc...

Why didn't I think of that. Thanks @blue_dolphin. @kayb, it really did. And we started this morning off with dinner. Moe and I shared a platter of Wings, Rings and Roasted Potatoes. With TBQ dipping sauce for the wings. The potatoes and the wings were both cooked in the CSO. I find if I roast the potatoes first on the Bake Steam setting and put them on top of the CSO while the chicken roasts, they stay warm. And another 3 minutes in the oven when the wings come out. I had some buttermilk to use up so I soaked the rings for a couple of hours in the buttermilk before tossing with seasoned flour.

Yesterday's breakfast. Small New York Strip roast with Yorkshire Pudding.

Thursday night's dinner. Wings and Wedge Salad with a Buttermilk Gorgonzola dressing. I decided to make an Antipasto Platter Saturday night. Both Moe and Matt love this meal. Blackened green. red, yellow and orange peppers and eggplant and zucchini on the grill. Put together Honeydew melon with prosciutto, drizzled with olive oil and black pepper along with Kalamata olives, Genoa salami, Gorgonzola cheese and grilled garlic bread.