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So... Long day. Went to a visitation for my cousin's son who was killed Friday night in a horrific car crash then to my husband's aunt who slipped away at age 81 of a disease similar to ALS. At 30C and the cupboards are, as usual, fairly meager - did I mention that I am pretty much the only one who cooks in this family? McDonald's, DD, Burger King, local delis and pizza parlors are the go tos with them . Too tired, in my nightgown... what is around? Sweet gherkins, Thai spring onion rice noodle soup, udon noodles, chicken stock. Uh.....OK. Warm the chicken stock, add the flavor packets from the soup mix, when hot enough for me add all the noodles and a couple of minced sweet gherkins. When hot enough drizzle with a bit of sesame oil I found in the fridge and eat with a shooter of pickle juice. Should hold me over until I get home around mid morning tomorrow.

John got back sick from England....and sick of scrambled eggs and chicken noodle soup tonight made him a bison burger with Ewe's Blue cheese and some thin sliced tomato and pickle relish on a soft white bun. He ate it all down. More chicken noodle soup for later along with some decaf green tea with lemon and honey.

Chicken stock going on the stove. John got back from England quite sick and ate the homemade chicken noodle soup that was stocked in the freezer in Poughkeepsie for breakfast. I figure : a) it's cool, damp and yucky here today and b) I figure I'm going to make more chicken noodle soup for him. Sounds like a good time to make stock.

You can have my share of the shad roe and bluefish. Is the shad even running yet? Our shadbush isn't even close to blooming yet!

I grew up off the east end of Long Island and we really relied on local cookbooks like Seafood Recipes from Local Waters by Jacqueline Pell Tuttle and Catch 'em and Cook 'em and Hook 'em and Cook 'em by Bunny Day. No SV in there but just good basic cooking.

Thank you as usual....I want to be you when I grow up(or John decides to not travel around the world). We have talked for years about roadtripping to Detroit then Duluth then down to Corpus Christi for the fall raptor migration; we have done half of The Lincoln Highway; I want to finish it and do Route 66 with some birding in SE Arizona...…..we have talked about renting one.

John wanted to try them but high up on the ingredient list was lactose.....that's a no go for him.

I understand totally.... we have to be down the shore a week from today and it is supposed to be in the mid to low 50's.

Uh, Nancy, you might want to rethink that whole"3 days" thing?! While Duluth may not be getting it you will still have to go through a hefty snow / blizzard band. Didn't this happen last year as well? Maybe a gentler re-entry next year … like mid May?

So along with my paper this morning I was able to secure small bags of the Flamin Hot Dill Pickle remix and the Electric Lime Sea Salt chips. Brought them home and just opened each bag up. Spread them each out on their own tray. My thinking behind this, especially with the flamin hot dill pickle, was that I could try chips with different concentrations of seasoning. Electric lime and sea salt - could taste the pucker of the lime as well as a nice balance of the salt on all chips I tried. I would definitely buy these again as I am a sucker for a good pucker. I might also use a green goddess dip with these chips. Flamin hot fill pickle remix - SIGHHHHHHHH. Disappointment. Chips were unevenly coated with the seasoning. This was a GOOD THING as those that had less seasoning on them showed a bit more dill flavor while those that were coated were almost unbearingly, searing hot. I notice they include sour cream in some form in the seasoning but dang it I want dill and pickle!!!! Even worse is that though the expiration date for the bag is 21 May 2019, about half the chips I sampled seemed stale. Now to see if I can find the Beer Cheese ones......

Two out of the three I can find within a mile of my house...NOT in a supermarket but in convenience stores and markets attached to gas stations. Have to get out tomorrow morning for a paper so will investigate. I just hope the dill pickle part really is dill pickle like. So far the best dill pickle taste we have found is from Utz...none of the others have that pucker power - including Route 11, one of my favorite chip companies.

Not in NJ yet... OK... did you at least roll down the car window and yelp at that wild turkey? (I know - I've spent waayyyy too much time outside dealing with wildlife over the last 30 years}. Any cuisines you can't find around the mother ship area that might be neat to check out? Party on.....

H E double hockey sticks if I had roasted lamb shank bones (now my MIL has passed NO ONE in the current famiglia can stand the "stink" of lamb) I would make Scotch broth. Barley, onion, carrot, parsnip, some thyme and a bit of tarragon....only minus is that I can't eat celery anymore so NO celery. It was one of my mom's and my favorite soups....along with Pepper pot.

Last night: celebration BIL's 59th birthday - pizza(1/2 plain; 1/2 Hawaiian - for the BIL!!!), lobster bisque for BIL and shrimp marinara for John from Madison's in Pleasant Valley, NY. Did you notice there were no vegetables? Not unusual in Poughkeepsie. If/when John gets home there will be a roasted chicken, roasted carrots, baked sweet potatoes and a small amount of mash. Oh... and dressing; herb dressing with sautéed shallots and apple. And Ahh! Bisto chicken gravy fortified with the skimmed drippings. Leftover dark meat chicken off the bone with noodles for pho tomorrow.

Hey, at least YOUR Shoprite had real Key Limes. Mine didn't and had to make good with Nellie & Joe's key lime juice for John's drunken shrimp from Margaritaville.

Giancarlos's or Anthony and Son's? Got a friend who is Irish and Polish; wife is Jewish. We compared info today and he said latkes today(brisket on Good Friday didn't seem like a good idea); brisket tomorrow and lamb on Sunday... I am a UU and husband does not celebrate Easter so right now it stands at my "free" Kosher chicken then goodness knows what else if/when he gets home Sunday.

For years I have seen this sign for pierogies at this little hole in the wall deli. I decided to stop on Monday....OOOPS. Closed. Stopped yesterday on my quest for food for John and his friend. Scored a dozen frozen potato and onion pierogies. Dinner tonight was 4 of them cooked up and served with some applesauce and sour cream. These are possibly the best I have ever had...except for my friend Rich's.

went to visit a friend yesterday. She asked if I wanted some split pea soup - H E double hockey sticks!!! YES. I adore split pea soup; I love split pea soup. NO one in my current familia likes ham so NO HAM BONE!!!!! I had a bowl with some toasted (Shoprite) yellow American cheese and tomato. I even shared it with a friend of John's who was visiting for a concert and had NEVER had split pea soup!! He allowed as it was tasty(he is originally from North Carolina).

John has the same reaction to eating and it usually lasts 15-20 minutes. He says "It's the blood rushing to my stomach to digest the food".

I WANT a Boston Cream toaster strudel... I'm going to have a small glass of mango juice and some key lime yoghurt

it was soy sauce, white vinegar, bay leaf, garlic, salt and a scooch of Worstershire……….

Sometimes too much can be TOO MUCH?!

please move this … I wasn't sure where to post it. and it is too late for April Fool's day but reminds me of the dreaded zucchini drop off: https://patch.com/mississippi/jackson/mashed-potatoes-show-odd-places-mississippi-neighborhood

Mentioned in the dinner thread I'm doing a pork adobo....think a Jezebel sauce mixed into the jus and put on the pulled pork in a roll would work?

WOW!! Imagine how it looked during the dustbowl time? Don't rush north anytime soon.... Too bad you missed that Hatch green chile burger but I'm sure you will figure out something....😀