Kim Shook

We had company for a few days and I made @Norm Matthews Pineapple Upside Down Cake: It was really delicious! Everyone loved this and it served as dessert, snacks and also a breakfast sweet the whole time they were here! Thanks for the recipe, Norm! An old HS friend came for dinner on his way through town. I did a Kentucky Brown Sugar Poundcake w/ peaches and plums: We have been getting wonderful stone fruit. Except for apricots. I haven’t had a good apricot since I was a little girl. Cinnamon Toast Cupcakes for a birthday celebration at Mr. Kim’s office: They turned out just ok. They sunk down a bit in the cups. And I tried a new butter/marshmallow crème frosting that wasn’t what I hoped for. I was kind of expecting an easy 7 Minute frosting-type. Too much butter for me.

Welcome! I am really interested in your passion! I adore old cookbooks and the pamphlets that used to be handed out with appliances - a little before mid-century, but it is all fascinating to me. Can't wait to see your posts!!

So sad to hear this. I've loved reading his writing for years - back to the Chowhound days, I think. He made huge contributions to my travel eating!

Another Stretch-tite lover here. I especially like the optional slide cutter - I have poor tearing-off-the-plastic-wrap skills.

Too funny! I had the same thing plus bourbon dulce de leche and toasted almond the other morning!!!

Saturday lunch with Mr. Kim at Metro Diner. My lunch: Eggs Benedict and wonderful hash browns with cheese and onions. Mr. Kim had a chicken salad sandwich w/ tomato bisque:

Ahhhhhhh! Of course! And thank you, @Anna N! I was a bit foggy last night.

@Kerry Beal - is that chocolate coconut pound cake a Bon Appetit recipe? It looks just like the one that I make. Need to make one again soon.

@Thanks for the Crepes - thank you! I actually buy those Campari tomatoes all the time. They are great all year long, it seems. And, yep, I get them at FL. I love grape tomatoes, too, but they are hard to make a tomato sandwich out of, so I was thrilled to find the Campari when I was jonesing for a tomato and Dukes sandwich in December! Last night started with salads w/ ginger dressing: And, as Bruce (eG) used to call them, eternal cucumbers (in summer, at least, we ALWAYS have marinated cukes in the fridge: Sloppy Joes – just fixed up Manwich – and corn:

?????? I am lost.

That is some good looking bacon. I love the curliness. The only time my bacon gets that curly is when I deep fry it. Yum!

@Kerry Beal - you can send those caramels to me. I adore super chewy ones - Storck Riesens are just about perfect for me. I have a hard time finding them chewy enough for my taste.

I looked it up, too, but only got people named that and an asteroid. So what is it? Looks intriguing!

Had to giggle at this. I have a plastic grocery bag with assorted marshmallows hanging in my pantry at all times! When I am in need of something simple and sweet, I'll grab a couple of the big ones.

@ElainaA – I have a half a container of ricotta in my fridge right now. No idea what I will do with it. Probably nothing! @Thanks for the Crepes – I always cook steaks in an iron skillet. I love the crust I get. Glad you liked the experiment! The other day I found what was supposed to be a local tomato and had to have one of these: It was ok. Really too early for good local tomatoes, I guess. Sigh. Mr. Kim’s Father’s Day gift was an Edwards petite country ham: Sliced: It is fabulous. This little guy is going to last us awhile. I could make an entire meal of it with nothing more than a sharp knife. Called for breakfast for dinner: Two biscuits – one with the addition of a friend’s fig preserves, tots, scrambled eggs and another go at that tomato from the night before: Helped by a big clop of Duke’s, but still not great. Tonight was salad, chicken Kiev (frozen – a guilty pleasure) and the bits and pieces from the fried rice that I made the other night – more like snow pea and bean sprout stir-fry with rice:

Pop a large marshmallow in the container of brown sugar. Never had a problem since I started doing this.

I wanted to let everyone know that Rebecca Salame, who posted on eGullet as Rebecca263 has passed away. She hasn’t been active here in over a year, but I’m sure that I’m not the only one who remembers her sweet and generous contributions here and I know that I’m not the only eG’er who has kept in touch with her. Rebecca battled Cutaneous Lymphoma for a long time. Her sister posted this on Facebook: “Rebecca has passed away and is finally free from pain. She was surrounded by family and close friends. We were greatful for the outpouring of love from everyone, it made this difficult time bearable. Rebecca's father is in poor health and has not been told of her passing, we appreciate anyone who may visit or speak with him not to mention it. Thank you all for your compassion and love during her life, it truly meant the world to her.”

Meat and bread. I think maybe I was Russian in a former life. Hope the trip goes well, Chef!

@chefmd – so sorry for your dad’s health issues. Will be thinking of you! @rarerollingobject – oh, how horrible! That happened to us (BIL, also) and there is just nothing anyone can say or do to fix things. So time and some good liquor are not bad ideas! Love and light right back! Company for dinner last night. I did @Norm Matthews' Korean Chicken as thighs instead of wings: These were just delicious. I brined them for one day and they were very, very moist. The crunch of the coating is amazing and the sauce is sweet, tangy and just barely spicy with ginger, soy, brown sugar, vinegar, and a little hot sauce. Thanks so much, @Norm Matthews! I served it with a slightly too starchy, but still good tasting fried rice: With eggs, snow peas, onions, bean sprouts and Wegman’s Peking Pork. A Napa and hearts of palm salad with Benihana (ginger) dressing: Soy, teriyaki and ginger marinated grilled pineapple: Garlic naan:

So sorry to hear this, Liuhou! Hope you are better and home soon! I think that the under seasoned food you mentioned is endemic to hospital food the world over. The whole "sick people need bland food" mindset seems to cover all cultures!

Tonight’s dinner was assorted leftovers and refrigerator clean out stuff: Fresh corn, baked beans (NOT black beans – they just got incredibly dark), Fig & Pig Pizza (fig preserves, prosciutto and gorgonzola) from last night’s dinner out, the rest of the Shrimp and Prosciutto pizza sans shrimp, bread from last night.

Welcome! I think you've found the right place! Questions are always welcome, I think, and many of the folks here are incredibly knowledgeable.

Yep - Taste of Inspirations. FL used to be where I shopped for non-fresh things - canned, packaged, etc. But they are our nearest store and I started experimenting with different things. I have found that they are on par with other stores here and superior in lots of ways: the deli is fantastic - their store brand ham (the Off the Bone one) is the best deli ham I can find. For the past few years they have had the best stone fruit of any of our local stores. And I can almost always find really good short ribs. And they sell chicken 'paws' and beef rib bones for my stocks. Doesn't hurt that the people in my particular store are all friendly and recognize me. We now have a HUGE Kroger and an Aldi within sight of this FL and they are still going strong and my go-to store. Publix is coming, though, so we'll see.

Father’s Day desserts - Brown Sugar Peach Pie w/ ice cream and bourbon caramel sauce & Kiwi-Lime Pie: I missed getting a picture of the whole peach pie. It was fantastic, but had NO structural integrity. The Kiwi-Lime was a new recipe. You bake a lime zest/juice, egg yolk and sweetened condensed milk layer on a graham cracker crust, chill and add sliced kiwi: Then a layer of sweetened whipped dream and decorate with more sliced kiwi: Very pretty, refreshing and really good. A perfect summer dessert.

Lunch today: Peppered turkey and provolone. I never used to like deli turkey until I tasted this one, from Food Lion, oddly enough!