Kim Shook

Vanilla bean ice cream subbed for milk. Same idea - just a little more festive!

This is so funny. My habit is to look through all new cookbooks and cooking magazines and write down recipes I'm interested in trying (otherwise I'd never find them again). I only found 4 I was interested in trying in this book. Look at what the last one was: 😂

One of those salad kits: Stir-fry with sirloin, snow peas, onions, and bean sprouts on Jasmine rice:

Sunday brunch at SB’s Love Shack (a big favorite with us) with Jessica. We shared two things. First was pineapple bread pudding done French toast style, topped with maraschino cherry whipped cream, vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of chocolate syrup: Really delicious. We ate more of this than we thought we would. The whipped cream could SO easily have been overdone and was not. Perfect with the pineapple. And a crabcake Benedict – 2 lump crabcakes, poached eggs and Old Bay hollandaise: Really nice crabcakes compromised by red bell peppers. Luckily, they were fairly mild and when I picked them out, the flavor wasn’t completely pervasive. Wished they’d done classic Eastern shore crabcakes, though.

Made a La Bete Noire for Mr. Kim to take to work today for a co-worker's birthday. It was very much appreciated. He managed to bring me home a sliver and it was as rich and delicious as always.

Couldn't resist this fun thing at our used book store: It was originally published in 1973 (you can tell by the recipes) this was a 2005 reissue.

Thanks for posting this. I don't think I've seen this brand, but I'll look for it.

I'm 60. I'm appalled at the behavior of so many men. If someone thinks their sons or husbands might act like this, they need to re-educate the men in their lives.

@andiesenji – those cinnamon rolls are lovely and look delicious! What a great texture! @lemniscate – gorgeous cakes! Thanks for posting the link – I’ve asked Mr. Kim to print that out for me. I’ll definitely be trying that!

Wow. That's intriguing to me. I've always felt that the coating was protective as much as anything. I looked at your picture and that thigh looks great. Also, now that I think about it, lots of places don't batter or even flour their wings. Hmmmmm. I'll have to try this out. Coating can be a mess and time consuming - I might find myself frying nekkid chicken fairly often! I'm glad you asked the question!

I am also someone difficult to numb - my dentist jokes that he goes to lunch after numbing me and I'm finally done when he gets back. Takes forever to wear off, too. I got lucky - when I called this morning my crown had come in and they had an opening on Wednesday. I have the crown repair on one side and a couple of fillings on the other, so my entire mouth, lips, cheeks, etc. will be numb. I hope no one needs to talk with me that entire day. 😁

Flavor and crunch enhancement. Also, any bare flesh (there's always some) would get seriously tough immersed in boiling oil. Or have I misunderstood your question?

Not, @kayb, but mine (with the whipped cream) is actually supposed to be frozen. It still tastes fine. I was a bit surprised.

Temporary crown + Storck Riesen Me: "Is there something crunchy in these Riesens?" Waiting for call back from my dentist. Sigh.🙄

What did you think about the cheese with it? It looks to me like you used a lot less than she did.

Social Teas. They are lovely, plain cookies. I try not to buy them very often - I can go through an entire box in a few short days.

I'm so sorry you are going through all this and hope you will get to go home soon. That food is worse than anything I've seen in a hospital in years. The vegetable mixture was truly horrifying.

I want to be able to punch both the "like" and the "haha" buttons!

Those eggs give me the gagging shivers. Ewww.

Growing up, we had a place on Chincoteague Island and driving from Northern VA to the island we passed through MD – and dozens of farm stands. My mom would stop and buy enough Silver Queen and tomatoes for the weekend. Sometimes our meals would be just that – corn and tomatoes. The only condiments being butter, Miracle Whip, salt and pepper. Can’t ever find Silver Queen corn anymore, but that was my favorite. My mom always boiled corn, but now I do it one of two ways – if I’m just doing a few ears, I use the microwave method of cooking for a few minutes, cutting off the end and shaking the ear out of the husk. If I’m doing a large amount, I do the cooler method – husk the corn, put it in a cooler and cover with boiling water. My favorite ways of serving having corn (other than dripping with butter, sea salt, and pepper) are Maggie's Shrimp w/ Corn & Basil: Fresh Corn Chowder with paprika oil: And the way it is served at our favorite central American restaurant – Al Carbon in Charlottesville VA – mayo, cotija, chili powder, and lime:

Mennonite-made sweet potato biscuits and sage sausage:

Well, I'm not really sure these qualify since I made them with a box of leftover Anne's Flat Dumplings that I found in the freezer: But they were good! Just brushed with oil, docked, and sprinkled with Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning.

@Toliver – thank you for sharing your taco salad memory! When they started turning up everywhere in the 1980’s, I was shocked - I really thought my roommate had invented them! @Owtahear – that salmon looks so good. I really need to cook more fish! @Ann_T– I get a craving for mashed potatoes and gravy a couple of times a week. But somehow it never turns up in my kitchen☹️. Such a gorgeous meal! Yesterday was Mr. Kim’s birthday. Jessica offered to make Mike his dinner. He requested spaghetti, apologizing for being boring. Well, she did it, but it was NOT boring! She did a roasted Roma tomato marinara. Tomatoes: Sauce: The flavor of this sauce was fantastic. Really deep and rich. She also did a buffet of different toppings so everyone could choose what they liked, including Sausage Craft (a local, amazing artisanal sausage maker) Italian sausage, Parmesan, and sautéed mushrooms: Plate: Greek salad: Garlic/Mozzarella bread: This was so gooey and garlic-y! Delicious. Five of us almost finished an entire loaf of this. I made dessert. He wanted a lemon icebox pie:

It was Mr. Kim's BD yesterday and he requested Lemon Icebox Pie. I just saw it made on Pioneer Woman, so I gave that recipe a try. Pie and slice: It was very good - light, refreshing, and really tasty - but we all agreed that there was too much whipped cream to lemon filling. I’ll adjust that next time. Also, I’ll add just one drop of yellow food coloring to the lemon filling – it was so pale that you couldn’t see where it ended and the whipped cream began.

He wanted to go home. To a HOUSE. Still with the dog. 😁