Kim Shook

Nothing like a pot of beans on a winter night: (Though, to be honest, it was 74 degrees in the house tonight and we've turned on the AC). Kielbasa, beans, mashed potatoes and a split and toasted roll from our Greek dinner out last night: We’ve gotta try a local artisanal kielbasa next time. I’ve been underwhelmed by commercial kielbasa lately.

Chris calls Indiana the northermost southern state - someone you know has a Bundt pan you can borrow!!!

Thanks for posting that link @Shelby ! @rotuts – I’m sure that the recipe would work just fine in a round pan. I just love the unusual look of it made in the Bundt. Do you have anyone you could borrow one from?

Made Norm’s Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake for a birthday party at Mr. Kim’s office: This thing is just delicious. I made sure Mr. Kim had a small plastic container to sneak me home a piece!

Welcome, Ernie! I have a nearby connection, too. I spent every summer of my childhood on my grandparents' farm in Reidsville, NC. So glad you joined us and I'm looking forward to your contributions.

Mmmmmmmm! Wish I could meet you at the Cozy Corner. This time, I'd get the cornish hen AND the bologna. I honestly STILL crave that bologna. They had wild caught Venezuelan blue crab on sale for $10/lb. at Tom Leonard today. So…. Crabcakes, cheese croissant, sweet potatoes and purple Brussels sprouts. Bite:

I cannot make grocery store pork chops taste good. Other people can - I know, I've had really good grocery store chops at other people's homes. I can make great high-end butcher shop chops. Because of the expense, they are a once in a while treat. Other people can have pork chops whenever they want. <pouting>

@racheld, momma of @caroled uses this in her chicken salad: "Special Syrup---this is essential to the final dish---make the day before and keep in fridge in a jar---we're never without it. This makes a scant cup: In a small saucepan, put 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup cider vinegar, five or six cloves. Simmer like simple syrup just til sugar dissolves, then put into a small jar and chill." She is from Mississippi, so maybe a 'thing'? (I'm not giving away any secrets - she posted this on her blog.) (NO idea why this last bit is in Bold and why I can't make it stop) sigh

Lunch today: Ramen soup, onion rings (leftover from restaurant meal) and a turkey and Gouda sandwich on rye. Did Meals on Wheels this morning and after this lunch, I feel quite sure that I've earned a nap. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I can eat it, but have a hard time looking at it. The holes get to me.

I love this stuff, but can't eat a lot of it - even the mild is too spicy for me. The best pimento cheese I've ever tasted is a recipe from @racheld, who doesn't come here much anymore (), mom of @caroled. who thankfully does! Rachel's Paminna Cheese.

Thank goodness those aren't red anymore! Everyone knew that you'd been gorging for days afterwards (what? you mean not everyone gorges on pistachios?).

A few days ago, I bought 8 boxes of these at Aldi: I think I paid about $2 per box. As opposed to over $4 per box for these. And they taste exactly the same.

We have an Ethiopian congregation that uses our church on Saturdays. They thanked us by making us a huge banquet of Ethiopian dishes. It was truly amazing. I couldn't eat a lot of it because it is spicy, but Mr. Kim RAVED and what I tasted was delicious. I ate LOTS of injera . Despite growing up in the Washington DC area, which supposedly has the largest concentration of Ethiopian restaurants anywhere in the world outside of Ethiopia, it was my first taste of the cuisine.

See? I told you! LOL. Seriously everything looks so, so good! Just exactly my kind of meal. And I love your Christmas tree platter that the cupcakes are on!

I guess it's time for me to make it again!

Genius!!! I'm using this idea the next time that I make World Peace cookies! Now, I just have to remember to save a paper towel roll next time I have an empty one!

Dinner last night: CI pot roast, noodles, mushrooms, collards and the last of the scalloped tomatoes.

I adore Nutella - especially on a hot croissant or Panera cinnamon crunch bagel. Though, not as an eGullet snack - too much flaking and dripping.

Not in the grocery aisles, but most of the grocery store bakeries have them around here.

This, from Costco: My daughter calls it Pork Crack.

Crap. That's just about the only lettuce I buy on a regular basis.

Ok, don't tell @Anna N this, but I've sprinkled the egg wash brushed pastry with a little grated Parm and that was lovely. However, I really agree that Cheddar just wouldn't go. Cheddar goes GREAT with those little cocktail sausages that you make pigs in a blanket with (and they are SO much better made with puff pastry than with Crescent roll dough), but it just doesn't go with sausage roll, in my opinion.

Here you go: Scalloped Tomatoes.

Mark - Mr. Kim gave me an Anova for Christmas. I just showed him this and he is so excited. We have a rib roast in the freezer and he's ready to brave the 14F temperature to go out the the shed freezer and unearth it! Wow! New Year’s Day dinner. Cornbread and Scalloped Tomatoes: Ham, collards, black eyed peas, tomatoes and cornbread: