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BeeZee

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  1. @SLB, I like the color of the new tablecloth better overall, as well. Agree also that having the leaves in the table makes it a junk collecting platform (oh, so much space, I'll just put these things on the one end and I still have plenty of space to sit on the other end...)

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  2. I had a container of soup lingering in our office freezer for a really long time. Probably a year. Finally defrosted/heated it today, I had sort of forgotten what it actually was. I had made soup (chicken broth) with some leftover Greek salad and grilled veg, greens (likely romaine), grape tomatoes, chickpeas, grilled zucchini and red pepper and a little feta (which had disintegrated, but added good flavor to the broth). Thank goodness for the little tomatoes and red pepper strips, it was sort of olive greenish, but it was actually very tasty!

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  3. I actually used a small amount of our leftover turkey from Thanksgiving, had some jarred red mole sauce so I threw in the chopped up turkey after simmering some veg and beans.

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  4. I'm spoiled, the imported ones that my BIL brings during the holiday season are so good...they aren't hand made, but good quality. A local Italian deli had an Instagram reel showing shelves upon shelves of imported varieties, I'm trying really hard to stay away. BTW, I had the brilliant idea of using two pieces to make an ice cream sandwich, like how they sell gelato in brioche in Italy. (oink oink)

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  5. @Mjx, I know what you mean, I've had plenty of the square knishes and the dough is pretty thin so I think the potato filling fuses slightly with it. I think because the fried ones cook faster, the filling stays more "fused" to the shell. The round ones definitely have more of a thicker dough/crust aspect and do separate from the filling, but they are usually baked.

  6. 21 minutes ago, AlaMoi said:

    my method is utterly heretical . . . but they sure do disappear right quick...

     

    make your filling - typically mashed potato, onion, (++++)

    use phyllo dough - cut, rolled/wrapped around the filling.

     

    That's a borek, not a knish - which is certainly delish in it's own way. But my Jewish Bubbie would smack you for suggesting it as being "knish like"😄

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  7. The turkey carcasses (plural, I had 2 bone-in breasts) were turned into stock yesterday. I picked a lot of meat off those, since I carved them quickly for service. It will be used for enchiladas or something in the future. I have to skim the hardened fat off the stock today, then into the freezer it goes. I like turkey, but I don’t want to see it for a while.

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  8. Thanksgiving, redux. Minus the desserts, which we sent back with the baker (who runs marathons, and can burn off those calories). Turkey, mushroom/shallot stuffing, twice baked potato. The green beans with toasted hazelnut gremolata were a great counterpart, some lemony brightness.

     

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  9. Anyone done some planning or prep yet for Thanksgiving? At this point, I've got a loaf of (stale) bread in the freezer for stuffing/dressing, but nothing else done. Probably will have 10 people.

    Since I do a "make ahead" turkey gravy, I'll probably buy turkey wings this weekend and contemplate doing that to get it out of the way.

    Hardly anyone in my family will eat homemade cranberry relish, so I'll just throw in the towel and buy the cans.

    I think I'll start dinner with a salad that includes butter lettuce, citrus, and nuts (maybe pomegranate seeds if I get a good one, which hasn't happened yet). I always make too many vegetables (I'm the primarily the one who wants them) but I'll probably keep it simple and just make roasted green beans with lemon zest, and maybe some roasted delicata squash with a maple drizzle (leftovers freeze well).

    Mom will bring her reliable "twice baked" potatoes, stepson's wife will bring desserts (she's a baker, thank goodness). Sister will be requested to bring wine since I never know if/when she and her husband will show up, I can't put any critical tasks on her.😉

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  10. Meal prepping stuffed peppers, GBP haters avert your eyes 😆

    Used combo of ground chicken and minced tofu in the filling…I cook the minced extra firm tofu first in a hot pan to dry it out and make it chewy. Lots of veg in the filling (mushrooms, zucchini, onion, tomato, spinach).

     

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  11. Won’t win any beauty awards, but made a “stewp” to feed my comfort food need while home sick. You may have heard the phrase “future you will thank you” and I was thankful to have some good stuff in the freezer. The meds are screwing with my sense of taste, but salty savory generally works. Bunch of leftover cooked carrots and parsnips from the freezer, fresh lacinto kale, brown rice and soy curls (protein) all simmered in garlicky chicken broth.

     

     

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  12. 7 hours ago, ElsieD said:

    This is what they look like today.  The one on the bottom, second from the right is completely black so I assume that one is ready for baking and the rest should look like that before I use them?  I've tried two along the way to this point.  The first was starchy, not very sweet.  The second, half black, was really sweet at the ends but hard and still starchy in the middle.  The ripe ends, however, we're amazing.  Also, the peel is quite thin.  Is that normal?

    I've noticed that with the little bananas, which are not always identified fully at the market (I've bought from 2 different places and they were clearly different varietals), some are still somewhat starchy when ripe/sweet. The ones you have are probably the same as the ones I last ate, the description matches. Just watch out that you don't let them go so far that they ferment!

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