BeeZee
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It is officially Fall, first batch of chili made. Had an avocado (Haas) which was from Peru, rather than Mexico, which is not my preference…it was nicely ripe, but the flesh has a watery quality, unlike the Mexican ones.
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Dave's Killer Bread, Good Seed thin-sliced. Lightly toasted (barely toasted - office toaster oven is highly inefficient) with chunky peanut butter. I love seedy bread. First time buying this, I've wrapped a couple of slices and put them into the freezer to see how well it reconstitutes.
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Drove to Asheville for a wedding this past weekend, not much sun but we avoided the worst of the hurricane’s leftovers. @Kim Shook had given some good rec’s for our stop in VA, but we crashed in the hotel and didn’t go out. As we arrived in Asheville around lunchtime, we had lunch downtown at Tupelo Honey. I had the grilled pimento cheese/fried green tomato sandwich with crispy salt+pepper brussels, DH had a shrimp po boy with fried potatoes that were sprinkled with rosemary and parm (as you see, he was not waiting to get to those).
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Wow, really pretty, wonder if they turn gray/brown when cooked?
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1 hour ago, blue_dolphin said:
Edited to add that I can’t imagine anyone here would want to make this, but just in case, the recipe can be found online here. I omitted the sugar.
Never say never…that looks like something I would make and portion for weekday lunch!
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1 minute ago, MaryIsobel said:
I have a julienne "peeler" that works like a charm. It is deadly sharp and does a great job. Mine is very similar to this: https://www.amazon.ca/Sunkuka-Julienne-Stainless-Cleaning-Vegetable/dp/B01LYWRRIT/ref=asc_df_B01LYWRRIT/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=292955320285&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5854034741885585706&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001524&hvtargid=pla-313536859093&psc=1
Thanks, since I didn’t want to drag out the Cuisinart, this would have been handy!
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Components for Vietnamese bun with shrimp. Next time not cutting carrots by hand, I can’t julienne. And deeper bowls would have been better for eating…but scratched an itch.
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If I am truly looking at something to eat that included no prior prep whatsoever, that is ready to eat in mere minutes, it's tuna. So many better quality canned fish products are readily available, I like tuna over Trader Joe's white beans in tomato sauce. Tuna mixed with diced avocado and tomato served with Wasa. Otherwise it's leftover bits 'n bobs I've saved in the fridge or freezer for the express purpose of making some kind of grain bowl. I specifically cook 4 servings for our 2-person household to allow for freezer stock. As far as popcorn, before I had multiple crowns, popcorn sprinkled with parmesan and washed down with V-8 juice was sometimes a meal.
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Working my way through my batch of LGD...when yellow summer squash is thin and tender, I make a raw squash salad by using a Y-peeler to make ribbons and then dressing with some kind of vinaigrette for an hour to soften slightly. Last night I mixed my squash ribbons with a couple of spoonfuls of LGD, a bit of salt/EVOO/rice vinegar and quartered cherry tomatoes. Mixed in some crumbled goat cheese before serving. Very tasty!
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Perk of my neighborhood, DeLorenzo's Tomato Pies (a Trenton legend for many years, moved to the suburbs when the neighborhood got too dicey). Pie with mushrooms and a white pie with garlic and chopped clams. Super crisp charred crust. You'll notice one of their trademarks, it is cut in irregular shapes instead of the usual slices.
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I picked up a 6 pack of organic Altulfo mangoes at Shoprite on Saturday, every one of them was ripe, only one verging on over-ripe. Three were cut up for quick eating, the other three were cut up and frozen for future use. My fridge is full of various fruit at the moment, I couldn't resist buying a lot this week.
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Desk lunch...little Persian cukes sliced and tossed with Little Green Dress and tuna.
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There are 2 supermarkets close to my house, they are a block apart from each other, Shop Rite and Acme. As @gfweb notes, Acme is pretty terrible...except for some reason, the store near me generally has better produce than Shop Rite, and runs good sales on it. It doesn't matter as much in the winter, but with the summer fruit, I'm finding it worth my while to make a separate trip.
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As I was reminded that I haven’t made LGD in a while, and I had 2 jars of olives, I made a quick grocery run for some fresh herbs and a nice, fat, organic lemon. Made a batch and used it to dress some baked cod fillets for dinner. I have some Persian cukes and I think I will made a salad with them, some feta on top sounds good.
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Fralinger’s salt water taffy (now owned by the James Candy Co.) is a NJ shore icon, they had a shop on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, I think they are now just in the Casinos’ retail shop areas. One of my former co-workers used to bring a box back for us after their summer vacation. When it is fresh, it is pretty good.
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I went to Whole Foods to get lunch today, and for the first time I can remember seeing recently, they had unattended food samples out for the taking under plastic domes. All in little portion cups, except the grapes which I saw some guy stick his grubby paw in to. I did partake of a cube of cheese, which I popped in my mouth, and then re-masked.
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Cherries have never gone down in price here, the lowest I've gotten is $2.99/lb and they weren't great. In the past, I could buy them on sale at $1.99/lb for about 2 weeks.
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Good grief, all of those egg people...if my husband or I saw deviled eggs we'd make a warp speed u-turn. I don't know a single person in either of our families who likes them.
I try to bring things that won't potentially poison people if left out too long at room temp. That means no mayo. I'll make a potato salad, grain-based salad, or marinated veg salad, which can stay nicely at room temp with oil-based dressing.
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For restaurant portions, I'd even call it "normalizing" rather than "shrinkflation". I agree, I'd rather have less food and no leftovers if it allows them to keep prices reasonable. Or give people size options, like how you can order a cup or a bowl of soup, I've seen restaurants (generally in an area with large senior clientele) that offers "light" portions that have smaller amounts of protein.
The mass market brands try to trick consumers by modifying packaging so you can't readily see the reduction in volume. For example, a couple of weeks ago I saw bottles of Gatorade on the shelf in "old" style and "new" style shapes...upon reading the label the liquid volume was reduced in the new bottles. Likewise I saw something on TV where they showed the underside of a peanut butter jar being concave to reduce the internal volume while keeping the apparent visible jar size the same. I guess restaurants could buy smaller plates to visually trick their customers, too.
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Chutney is great on turkey sandwiches, also, for that sweet/sour/spicy kick.
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Everything on the grill - swordfish, corn, broccoli rabe (cooked in foil packet with oil and garlic, dressed with some oil when serving). Wasn't sure how the broccoli rabe would turn out, but it steamed very nicely with just the water from washing it clinging on the stems/leaves.
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Pizza at work yesterday, white pizza with spinach and tomatoes. Could have used a bit more garlic, but tasty.
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Grilled tuna (roasted pepper/kalamata relish), green beans (thanks for the idea, @heidih), multigrain pilaf.
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3 hours ago, heidih said:
Opinion on that chickpea pasta? The pasta shelf t local market has been skimpy and for some reason half is taken up by fully stocked gluten free such as you mention.
If you like whole wheat pasta, it has a certain simillarity. I have tried store brand once, Barilla is better. It does work better with the briny flavors than with milder ones, since the pasta retains a bit of the legume flavor. When you cook it, keep testing since I have found it takes a bit longer than the minimum rec on the package. I use it because of my husband being diabetic, the nutritional profile is better for him.
Winter squash
in Kitchen Consumer
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At Whole Foods yesterday, I spotted Delicata squash (one of my favorites), $1.99/lb for organic. Usually they have a sale on Winter squash at some point, used to be 99 cents/lb, but I suspect I'm not going to see that low of a price this year. I also like roasting up the seeds, they are small and get nicely crunchy.