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I'm guessing that cost is a huge premium over the cost of a whole chicken (are "free range" chickens a thing in China)?

We are fortunate to have several excellent family-owned pizza joints nearby. Dinner last night was a Grandma style pie with crushed tomatoes/mozz/basil and a drizzle of olive oil.

Email from our town for upcoming Spring activities and they now have a community garden which costs $50 for a plot. No mention of the plot size, but I appreciate the effort to provide it, as there are a fair number of townhomes and condos in town whose owners would benefit.

On the other hand...as an egg-avoiding person...today I ordered a breakfast grain bowl that was supposed to include egg and I asked them to omit them, got $1. discount 😁

As noted above, brussel sprouts “cacio e pepe” style (non-stick alum foil is awesome). Cook’s treat were the loose leaves that were crispy like chips.

We sometimes get mice in the office when it gets cold, they come in via the warehouse which has poorly fitting doors (and those aren’t getting fixed any time soon). I soak cotton balls in peppermint oil and put them in little plastic cups lying down along the floor. Side benefit of having a minty fresh smelling office!

Stepson and his wife were in Portugal last month, so they brought this back for me

holy cow...I love the idea of a CSA subscription but something like this is really going to discourage people from continuing...unless you are preparing meals for foodservice! Given the choice of 40 lbs of carrots or 40 lbs of potatoes, I guess carrots at least give you more options for sweet or savory.

Comfort food, lasagne made a little healthier, used ground turkey and Barilla whole grain noodles. I use their no-boil noodles, which are a lot thinner, the chew was nice for a change. Some broccoli which needed to be used was steamed and tucked into one of the layers, and finely chopped mushrooms were sauteed with the turkey.

I glanced at the refrigerated case with eggs at Shop Rite yesterday, there appeared to be plenty. As I never purchase eggs, can’t comment on the pricing, only supply. Store brand large white eggs $6.69/dozen.

I had never been to this bagel shop before, apparently they went "all in" on Social Media Ready bagels. I didn't take a photo of some of the insane varieties of bagels (Dorito flavor bagel with it's dark brick red/orange coloration caught my eye), but here's a shot of the flavored cream cheeses and butters. Check out the blue "Cookie Monster" flavor cream cheese😬 I got a whole wheat bagel, which was quite acceptable. I did try a taste of the cannoli flavor cream cheese, which was lightly sweetened, a little vanilla, and mini chocolate chips.

There is a "Malaysian" restaurant near where I live (not outstanding, but there are a few dishes we like), but you can see there is very little authentic Malaysian food on the menu (similarly as noted by @liuzhou they seem to go for the easily recognized Americanized Chinese and Thai dishes).https://www.pasarmalamprinceton.com/menu.php

That does look like (as he notes in the video) a perfect biscuit to have with tea - my first thought is if a bit of almond extract would help with punching up the flavor?

I've been using a recipe that showed up in a mailer that a local Realtor sent out several years ago, I describe it as "cacio e pepe" sprouts - cut in half, toss them in olive oil, salt, a TON of coarse black pepper, and grated parmesan cheese before roasting until browned (I usually start them cut side down, then flip once halfway).

Lazy Chicken and vegetable soup made with freezer bits. Chicken breasts poached first in a flavorful stock earlier in the day, then shredded and stored in the fridge with some of the poaching liquid until needed. Chopped up some ancient carrot for the stock. Freezer yielded some roasted green beans, a cup or so of cooked rice, handful of mushrooms, half an onion. Added some fresh baby spinach just before serving.