Kerry Beal

Interesting - cooks.com seems to have a number of similar recipes (with better cheese and butter in place of margarine) - they call it Mock Oyster Stew.

Last of the lamb chops. Mash done in IP, peas started in CSO - finished in nuke.

Sorry - just correcting the inadequacy of the sour in the sour - somehow I translated 3/4 ounce lemon to 1/4 ounce - and our sour wasn't very sour. I was going to post about the chocolate before I was taken off for the very important task of squeezing another lemon and rectifying our cocktails. Second batch of black garlic caramel - first batch as you may recall I forgot the butter! Took the side rails off this am and after we returned from the Flee Market I discovered it had slumped. So threw it back in the saucepan, melted it out and reboiled to 123º C. Original recipe called for 118.3º C. After it had firmed up and I removed the sides and determined it didn't slump - I put a back on it, cut it into pieces and dipped them in a mixture of milk and dark chocolate. With my leftover chocolate I added some cut up dried strawberries and made some bark.

Rainbow sour

Shrimp Rolls - mine with Miracle Whip, Anna's with Hellmans, and green pea coconut soup.

Interested in the cracker dish - can you describe a bit more?

Oh my god - I got those once - haven't been able to bring myself to buy any other tortilla since!

My first time - didn't find out about it until too late last year. I'm hoping they'll let me do a demo to the professionals on tempering - my proposed subject "what to do until the Selmi arrives"!

Yup - Instant Pot - one of the 2 current abbreviations that are driving people on eG crazy! Just rubbing salt - don't mind me.

I for one, shall miss the tea! Still have a lovely little tea pot up here with me in Manitoulin that Connie gave me at one of the gatherings.

Dinner via CSO and IP.

Buddy at the LCBO mentioned that to me the other day when I was searching for a couple of things that had been discontinued. He mentioned that you might be able to get some things online that were not available at the stores.

Rafa's 'The Man Comes Around' - with adaptations.

Alrighty then - we over here on Manitoulin Unravelled are also honouring Rafa with a 'The Man Comes Around'. The Man has a couple of prostheses - lacking the correct Mezcal and the correct brandy - and using homemade mole bitters. But damn it's a fine drink even allowing for the missing limbs.

But not today! Was just working on my submission for a workshop for the NorthWest Chocolate Festival and lost track of time. Today we plan to honour Rafa's return to eG and have a Prodigal Son - no wait - a "The Man Comes Around". I'm going to go and get to work on that right now - then try to massage my chocdoc CV a bit for a Presenter Bio.

You may have noticed the premade pizza crust in the last pictures

Anna and I thought it interesting that they keep the thing she thinks should be binned next to the thing I think should be binned!

Loaf 2

Didn't realize they show up on weekends - perhaps this one is on the return leg. Wonder if they will take the passengers to the Wiki PowWow? A weekend with Hawfest and the Wiki PowWow is definitely not the one to be on call overnight. So decided it was the day to use my homemade pectin - took a couple of cups of berries from the freezer - blueberries, raspberries and currants - added a couple of heaping tbsp of the pectin - a couple of cups of sugar and boiled until it sheeted (recipe said boil one minute or make sure it made it to 220F - not the same thing!) Forgot to add lemon at the beginning so threw it in at the end. Meanwhile - baked up a loaf of Jacques Pepin's Soda bread - after you remove the bowl from over the bread you are to cook a further 30 minutes or so - of course setting a timer would be useful! Titch browner than I would have liked - but still satisfactory with still warm jam and enough butter. I have a second loaf cooking at 25º F less and I will set that second timer and check earlier in the game. Edited: to correct the spelling of currents to currants to quiet the little voice in my head (make that the big voice sitting across from me) who is quite determined to make an english major of me yet!

Ah yes - same thing - officer sticks his head in the window and gives you a little sniff!

There was a RIDE stop on the road on the way to work - told the cop that unfortunately I had had nothing to drink - perhaps tomorrow! Cold dinner far better than no dinner.

Damn - no cocktail for me tonight!

Perhaps Bob was referring to my home made spirits?

Interesting question - I know that certain brands of bitters and vermouths bring different flavours to the party - I'm not sure on the generics vs the name brands though.

I went and stood in front of the liquor shelf tonight - saw the bottle of Nonino and decided to work around that. Plugged it into Kindred Cocktail - looked at my options determined by what I knew was on the shelf - and walla! as Lior would say. But I do have a spiral notebook to consult as well.