Kerry Beal

Birthday cake for dinner.

I picture @Fat Guy looking down smiling!

How would you feel about a totally round one?

This one looks narrower on the bottom but is described as square.

ThInk I found them at Sur la Table. Checked their website - don't see them - vague memory that it might have been in the bargain bin.

That is a sad looking butter tart. A nice gooey one would have melted your teeth even better!

But you can get the Electrolux I think which might be superior.

It's more the fire department that has decided what we can have in the kitchens in various places I have worked - after too many smoke alarms going off the toaster oven often gets the boot.

Yup!

Hope not! Don't share the IP but the CSO will be out in the open.

Starting to put together the green beans with tomatoes. Sautéed the onion for a bit, added the tomatoes and pressure cooked on high for 10 minutes. Steamed the green beans in the CSO to speed things up a bit. Getting ready to assemble. Will let them stew together a bit on the slow cook function of the IP with the lid open.

Christened the CSO with some almonds. First batch will be perfect for Burnt Almond Bark. Second batch will be good for eating! Picked up 4 chicken Marylands at Sobey's for less than $3.00 - steam baked a couple at 425 for 30 minutes - with Anna's advice I cut the tendons. Lovely crispy skin.

Here's the new baby in it's new location. Got several people involved in finding something to put it on! Picked up a few odds and ends at the market - some strawberries that went directly on the desk in the ER for snacking. Planning to make green beans in tomatoes for dinner. There is a cauliflower and a couple of nice little delicata in the car.

So at one of the hospitals in which I work I have an Instant Pot, an Anova, an inexpensive immersion blender - and today I added a Cuisinart Steam Oven. Picked up a refurbished one inexpensively. Interesting thing - I don't think it's actually refurbished - it's just one of the newer models in one of the older boxes. I work either 12 or 24 hour shifts here - so it's nice to have the opportunity to cook rather than brown bagging it. Another bonus - if I'm working on a Saturday - up until Christmas the farmers market is open and I can hit it on my way in. There is also a 24 hours Sobey's in town and I've found some excellent deals on proteins at times. Thought I'd keep track here of things I'm cooking at work - and would love to see postings by others who cook at work.

Anna got some.

We met up with @mkayahara in Owen Sound - wandered around Deals Surplus Store to see what odds and ends we could find. Matt was headed up to Tobermory so it worked out nicely that we were headed down at the same time. We picked up lots of things - notebooks are one of our favourite things to get there - very inexpensive. One thing I was looking for were some raffle tickets in different colours - the Luxury Chocolate Show is coming up and I do several classes that 35 people can attend. @ChocolateMom helped me out last year and will be again this year - this was her suggestion - which will make it much easier for her to keep track of who's who when they shoe up for the classes. Of course I got more little lab bottles - because with thousands already in the house - what's 8 more? One of my sessions for the Luxury Chocolate show will be on the main stage - "Wrapping it Up - Champagne Packaging on a Beer Budget" - so we kept an eye out for all sorts of inexpensive ideas for that.

Glad we took @Wayne's advice and stopped at River's Edge Goat Dairy. Thought we were just getting there in time but apparently as long as it's light they are working. Enjoyed the barn tour - the cat is enjoying the smell of my shoes and clothes. The old girl in the middle is the one on their label pictures. She's in retirement. Look at this lovely girl - mother a meat goat, father a dairy goat - horn on one side that swirls! Apparently an excellent milk producer. The goats go up the stairs to be milked. They have their favourite spots and fuss if they don't get them. Came home with a couple of containers of milk and some chèvre.

They need to fix the width of the shelf where you pay - trays go south. Apparently they fixed the same issue in front of the hot food service where people's trays kept going to ground!

k Runs quite efficiently now - was a huge issue in the past

Looks like they refurbished the mess over the winter

Too warm in the car to get out for pictures

Sadly no! Nor was the cheddar cheddar

Awaiting the ferry - Pierside restaurant omlette for me Sunny for Anna

It's always too short when you spend all your time thinking about how you are going to have to repack that closet!