Kim Shook

Google "hot bacon dressing brands" and choose "shopping" and see if anything that comes up is available near you. There are lots of them.

Those cookies are fantastic. I'm sitting here in my dining room/office (😁) looking at my own bag of the same.

LOL! I wrote this in March and my poor Pandemic battered brain can NOT remember what it was I saw that made me ask this question (it had to be a show I watched). I had completely forgotten this post until you and @Violin_guy responded to it. It sounds really good, though😄! We don't have a fireplace or firepit, so I'm thinking that Mr. Kim needs to rig up his smoker like @chileheadmike suggested. Kroger sells duck fat in jars, so the goods shouldn't be hard to come by.

I'm always happy to share and I'd love your praline recipe! Here you go! These are the easiest ones I've ever tried.

I'm with you - there is no way I'm really cooking for Xmas morning. Pretty much every single thing is something that can be shoved into the oven. And I've got lox on my "last minute" shopping list.

Made cinnamon pecans a couple of days ago: Yesterday was great day for candy making – very dry and cool. Peanut brittle: Sponge candy: I ended up with one perfect batch and a slightly sticky batch. I ran a little short of dark corn syrup and used a little Golden Syrup and am wondering if that is the culprit. I also made these silly little things that everyone loves: Pretzels, Rolos, and pecan halves. Glad I didn’t wait until today to make the candy as it is pouring. Please pray for me – we are off to the post office to mail our packages. At LUNCHTIME 😳.

I feel the same way about bourbon and live under threat to have my GRITS card revoked. I assume you live under the same threat for the collard hate. 😁

Mr. Kim went to our bagel place to get bagels for Xmas morning and brought me back a BEC ET bagel: And a black and white cooky.

@robirdstx – Mr. Kim is working from home most days. I showed him your brisket and sausage and he thinks that we should reciprocate for the trip you made a couple of years ago so that you can show us good brisket joints! 😄 @Shelby – I’m really impressed with your gyro. I should try to make it myself, but we are blessed with really good Greek/Middle Eastern restaurants, so I’ve never done it. You see we got some below and it was great. What I’d really love is a pile (at least 5 or 6😁) of those gorgeous fries beside mine. I wish I knew someone who made stuffed cabbage. I’ve never liked cooked cabbage (except for this non-squeeky version), but suspect I might like stuffed. Yours looks good! @patti – I adore anything stuffed with crabmeat and grew up eating crab stuffed shrimp whenever I found them on a menu. That said, I haven’t ever made them myself. Where they really fiddly? Or did you just not find the two together as good tasting as separately? Mr. Kim picked up dinner at a little café we love on Friday: We shared the falafel and gyro and Mr. Kim also got a steak skewer. Delicious, as always.

They are a strong green, but to me much milder than mustard or kale. I detest kale and only like mustard if it is mixed with turnip or collard greens.

Vodka and Tonic with lots of lime is my family tradition alcoholic drink of choice, but you'll most often find me quaffing Mt. Dew. With Wheat Thins or Triscuits and Cheddar.

Wecome to eGullet, @TabethaRules! I think you'll have lots of fun here - I know that is a topic with lots of interest here. Looking forward to your comments.

Welcome to eGullet, @Cbear311! That is quite a project you've got going! We'd love to hear what kinds of foods/cooking that you are interested in. I'm looking forward to your contributions!

Hi, John! Welcome to eGullet! Why don't you tell us a little about yourself. Are you a cook, a baker, just interested in food? What kinds of things are you interested in doing/learning about. Looking forward to your responses!

Any one else following this thread only to see if any of the chocolate makers are selling them yet? 😁

Growing up in the 1960's, I can remember duck being on many menus. My mom was between marriages and young and pretty and she insisted on me being included in many dates. I ate duck at a very young age - I can remember getting a half duck in an order many times (a l'orange, naturally😄). My mom worked for a group of men at one point that went hunting together and would bring her a dressed bird. I have no memory of what she did to it, but I loved all her versions. I was at the office one time and someone mentioned that there was cold duck in the refrigerator (they were a bunch of former fighter pilots/journalists and it was the 60's) and I was deeply disappointed to find nothing but a bottle of WINE!

Apples from the “misfit” produce box, IP eggs (so weird – Wednesday’s eggs had the green halo and this egg had none at all – same batch, too) and leftover cornbread from last night’s dinner. I love when there’s leftover cornbread! ❤️

Sausage rolls for Christmas morning went in the freezer yesterday: I am such a goober. When I wrote the recipe I put one of the most important notes at the end of the directions instead of in the notes at the beginning of the recipe. I didn't read the whole thing before putting the sausage mix together and therefore missed this statement: "I halved this recipe and ended up with probably 35 little sausage rolls." 😳 I did NOT halve the recipe. I have a billion little sausage rolls! 😄

@Toliver– this was just the frozen garlic toast, but I’ve done that same skillet method in the past with both the frozen and homemade. I generally do it in the CSO. It is so small that it heats and toasts it at the same time and is really fast. @patti – Your crab-stuff shrimp are gorgeous. What a great job you did with them. I’d love a dozen of those for lunch today! Last night - cornbread should look like this going in the skillet: Out of the CSO: Ham slice that looks dry, but was not at all: Slathered with honey-mustard. Peaches, cornbread, ham, butterbeans, and mac and cheese: The butterbeans were some fresh ones that I’d gotten from a produce stand in September. They were shelled, but not processed at all. I froze them and cooked them in water and a three-finger pinch of kosher salt. They tasted so salty that we found them inedible. 😟

It didn't come through for me.

I agree with @weinoo - it's a bit of both. But the one that Jessica's been getting (a gift) has had very good produce. I know that she got to choose what she got, but I don't know if she could have gotten a smaller portion, which would be better for us. As far as whether this stuff is actually "misfit", it's a mix - the apples were very small and oddly shaped, but the red pears were huge and perfect. Hard to say. Those giant carrots: We are still eating them. They are so sweet. Good thing we got them - poor Mr. Kim's carrots are still just orangy threads with robust foliage. It's his first garden and he's had limited success, to be kind.

Glad to! 😁 I, too, need to make crumpets. Those, my dear, are store bought and I haven't the slightest idea if they are good or not. They taste good to me.

Bologna, ham, and American cheese on toast, a clementine, and apple cider vinegar chips:

Last night: spaghetti and meat sauce, salad, and Texas toast garlic bread

I never boil when I can roast or fry. 😁