Kim Shook

My lemon curd recipe calls for both juice and zest. Do you have a good one that only calls for juice?

I'm going to try it, too. Can't resist. I, too, am snot-adverse 😁. Would it work in a custard cup? Or would that be too small?

I loved Mary. Prue Leith (the new judge) is fine, but no one could really replace Mary for me.

So, my next question is what the heck do I do with the juice from a dozen lemons?

It's not something that is really in our budget. Mr. Kim retires in a couple of years and we are planning on this being our last home. The idea of moving gives me the horrors😉. And our location is really convenient for us.

It is. It's our second one. I am not a coffee drinker, but Mr. Kim and Jessica are and of course during normal times we have guests who are. We do not require much of our coffee (we use commercial beans and no home roasting), but we do grind our own and I got tired of doing them separately. We discovered the two-in-one machine and have used it for years. And thank you for the sweet compliment! Having never really had good counterspace anywhere, I've learned to adapt. I think if I ever won the lottery and got to have my dream kitchen, I'd still end up in the corner using a couple of square feet of counter space! 😁

Well, @FauxPas asked for pictures, so here is the entirety of my counter space: This is 22-inches wide. This is my real work space. Basically whatever I do, I do on top of those two 18-inch long cutting boards. If I'm doing a big bread/cookie rolling out project, it means removing all the pieces on the back of the countertop and putting them on the dining room table, so they aren't covered with dough/flour/batter. The last bit: Nine inches wide and utterly useless as a workspace of any sort. Good for putting things on only. This is all somewhat mitigated by having the small island/peninsula that @Ted Fairhead made for me years ago. It normally holds a bread box and bread/snack basket, some jars of candy, a cooky cannister, and a few decorative items. For really big projects (Xmas cooky decorating, Easter egg dyeing) we clear it off. But day to day, it doesn't offer much work space beyond holding plates prior to being loaded up for dinner.

I love that book. I end up rereading it every couple of years. I also have a few of those Culinary Arts Institute booklets and they are hilarious.

That's incredibly disturbing when you consider the sustainability and health issues. So, how do we avoid fake fish?

Oh, this is great, @blue_dolphin! I was SO hoping to find something from Katie! I must have not done the right search!

My BIL just sent us 7 1/2 pounds of lemons from his garden in Phoenix. I need to use them before they go bad. I'm thinking lemoncello. Do we have a tried and true, really good recipe for it somewhere. The only thing I'm seeing is one for Meyer lemons, which these are not. Thanks!

@Ann_T and @Margaret Pilgrim - I would be up for breakfast at y’all’s houses every single day of the week. Both breakfasts were truly swoon-worthy! @AlaMoi - great pancakes and you got such good color on the banana slices! Yesterday: Sage sausage, IP eggs, and a leftover carry out pancake. This morning: Ham, scrambled eggs, a Belgian waffle, and L'Epicerie de Provence Fig syrup. The waffle was purchased - brand name was Oakrun Farm Bakery. Really good, though.

I grew up the same way. We ate canned hash and corned beef, but not Vienna sausages or Spam. If you're curious, you don't have to go all in on a full can. They sell little envelopes of Spam singles for about a dollar.

suzilightning sent me some Spam when she heard I'd never tried it, bless her heart❤️. I guess 60 is just too old of a dog. I didn't mind the flavor, but I couldn't fry it hard enough to get past the mush. It seems to be in plentiful supply at my stores.

Lapping myself again! This morning: Sage sausage, bread machine bread – one with Tiptree Little Scarlett and one buttered for the eggs to perch on. I got distracted and the eggs ended up a little omlette-y, but they tasted fine.

I love girly stuff (witness the Gaga Oreos) and would have bought these JUST for the glitter. And been very disgruntled at the lack thereof.

That is just lovely!

@Shelby – I would 100% eat a Burger Bomb. Sounds like a beef hand pie or kolache to me. And if you left off the jalapenos and siracha I’d eat that pizza, too. @Ann_T – beautiful fish and chips. Another reason I wish I lived in Britain – I’d have a local Chippy. Sigh. @Captain – great looking fried rice. @kayb – one of my favorite meals. Whenever @Ann_T makes the real thing, I go to Costco and get a rotisserie chicken for that meal you made and then hot chicken sandwiches the next day😁. @patti – I think smoked sausage fried rice sounds great! One dinner last week was pulled together from the bread box and the deli drawer: And because I had a “test” on Monday this was basically B, L, & D on Sunday: 😉 Last night: Fixed up Kraft mac n cheese, IP collards, and pan fried canned corned beef. I know that this is just gross to some people, but I grew up on it – canned corned beef was a common breakfast meat in our house. And I don’t think it is any worse than Spam. Also, a salad with blackberry/chèvre vinaigrette and whomp cornmeal rolls:

@shain – that gooey toasted sandwich is perfection! Yesterday was an ET bagel w/ smoked salmon cream cheese and hash brown patties topped with basted eggs: Today: A pancake leftover from a carry-out breakfast on Monday (an order is 3 pancakes and feeds me for 3 days) and a couple of IP eggs.

Pretty sure I remember that. I'll try to remember to try it this time.

@chromedome - I have a house. And, in spite of my kitchen being 10.5'x13', I bet that I have less cabinet and counter top space than you do. It is truly the most ridiculous and space wasted kitchen I've ever worked in.

I, for one, find it fascinating and am anxious to hear more!

I'd love to have that! It actually looks like it gets a lot more juice out than the regular squeezy-types. With those, I find that the cut edges curl down into the pulp and prevent all of the pulp from being juiced. It looks like that one really reams the lemon.

Wow! $89 at abebooks.com!!!

Oh, I love them. Great essays.