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Made Moe cream of mushroom soup for breakfast. I'm working today so I'll take some for lunch.

@rotuts, Thanks. It really was good. I need to bake quiche more often. I even liked it leftover. Took a piece for lunch to work yesterday. Moe's breakfast. Bacon and basted eggs with toasted focaccia. Made wonderful toast with all the little pockets for the melted butter.

@JoNorvelleWalker, thanks.😊 My Kitchenaid is old. Bought back in 1979, the year we moved in Grand Rapids Michigan. It is one of the Hobart machines. I used it for years to knead dough, prior to getting the Magic Mill. It is still going strong and, I'm touching wood as I say, it has never been serviced. I can't even tell you what speed I use to knead on it. It just depended on the amount of dough in the machine. I used the speed necessary to do its job. Baked a focaccia last night using the same dough as the pizza (Posted in Dinner thread). Dough was in the fridge since Monday. 750g flour, 600g water ( 80% hydration ), 6g of yeast and 22g salt and a glug of olive oil.

@robirdstx, those ribs look incredible. I had dough in the fridge since Monday, that was intended for Pizza. Moe wasn't that hungry tonight and just wanted a salad. Made Matt his favourite Greek Potato Pizza. 17" pizza baked on stones on the grill. Rim Shot And made a focaccia with the remaining dough. It is still in the oven.

@lindag, I have the Electrolux, Magic Mill. Bought it when we lived in Sault Ste Marie back in the early 90's. I used it for years, until 2014 when I started using the Forkish method. Haven't used it since. I started taking food photos and hosting them on Smugmug in 2004 and have a number of bread albums . Went back recently and looked at breads i made back then and the machine mixed breads look pretty much the same as the breads I now make by hand.

@Okanagancook thankfully I didn't have to pay for these crabs. The man I work for is a sailor with friends that prawn and crab, and are very generous in sharing. They currently sell for between $3.49 to $3.99 a 100g, so about so about $15 to $18. lb. Last time I bought them they were around $36 each.

WOW!!! your photos are the best.

Last night's dinner. Garlic and Black pepper roasted Dungeness crab. And for dessert, Mae Dawson's Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie.

@IowaDee, thank you. Decided to make a Quiche for breakfast. Made the all butter pastry and got it into the fridge around 4:30 AM. The filling was sausage, mushroom and leeks. Along with four eggs, heavy cream, fresh grated Gruyere and Parmesan, salt and pepper. Cooked the filling and left it to cool. Pie went into the oven around 6:30. Served with a side salad.

Yes I realize that the mill in Illinois was not local. It was just an example of one of many flour mills throughout the US that sells locally grown milled flour. They also ship. There might be something similar in your area. https://www.themillatjaniesfarm.com/

@JoNorvelleWalker, 11.7 % seems low for making the kind of bread that you make. Any chance there are some local mills in your area? If so you might try and buy some locally milled flour. I have a friend that just ordered some flour from this Mill in Illinois that has 14.4%. CHICAGO" ORGANIC SIFTED BREAD FLOUR

Moe's breakfast. Chili and Toast.

Same day bake. 1000g batch at 72%. Last loaf out of the oven after 9:30 last night. Sliced this morning.

Had a craving for chili. Put a big pot on to simmer early this afternoon. While the chili was cooking, I cooked pinto and black beans in the Breville PC. Served with topped with cheese, homemade salsa and homemade flour tortillas.

I love potatoes on a pizza. But haven't tried mashed potatoes. But will be trying soon. As for pineapple, you couldn't pay me to eat pineapple and ham on a pizza. @Duvel, amazing pizza. Love the idea of oxtail. Tonight's dinner. Moe and I shared a Grilled New York strip. Sides were Parisienne Potatoes, and tempura zucchini and onion rings.

Was thinking of making Chicken Stew with Southern Style dumplings for dinner tonight. And then realized that I still had hours before leaving for work so I could make it for Moe's breakfast and take the same for lunch. See there is an advantage to being an earlier riser. And by earlier riser I mean 3:00 AM. Although I don't start cooking until Moe wakes up which is usually not much later.

@Okanagancook, I don't like shrimp, but I love the local spot prawns. The season is so short in the spring, so it was nice to have a friend who is a sailor who shares.

A friend share some local Spot Prawns with me today. So I made Firecracker Prawns for dinner. Ready for the oven. Moe and I shared a platter.

Last night's dinner. I boned out Halibut steaks. Seared and then finished in a hot oven. Served with a pesto lemon butter sauce.

Pulled a baguette out of the freezer this morning. Just as good now as when it was first baked. Toasted for Moe's breakfast.

OH MY!!!! Now that is the perfect pizza. And oven!!!

@Margaret Pilgrim , The seasoning is what defines them as Greek. http://www.thibeaultstable.com/2011/02/greek-night.html

Greek tonight. Baby back ribs, Roasted Potatoes and Greek Salad. Usually I do Greek ribs on the grill but tonight both the ribs and the potatoes were roasted in the CSO.

No, once the dough is stretched out I top and then bake immediately. I want a thin crust with a puffy rim.

@Franci, baby zucchini are so cute. @Margaret Pilgrim, I can't show Moe your dinner. Chile Rellenos are a favourite of his. Duck breast with a Pear and Green peppercorn sauce. Potato Gratin, Broccoli and Delicata Squash.