FauxPas

I love a good cottage cheese but some of them taste awful to me. Has anyone tried the Cowgirl Creamery's Clabbered Cottage Cheese? I'd like to know what it's like, but it's not available here in Tucson as far as I can tell.

Homemade banana bread and an ataulfo mango. So good!

I've had a few glitches using Joule but most of them were due to new phones, new WiFi, new/additional Joules. I find that I don't use the Joule here nearly as much as I thought I would, so haven't been testing it much lately. I can make the usual troubleshooting suggestions but you have probably already seen them and tried them. There is a ton of information for troubleshooting the Joule's connections on the website, so I'd say problems aren't all that unusual, unfortunately. Boring stuff: - check app version (should be 2.66.5) to update, see here - check firmware (should be 105.82) - to update, see here Bluetooth or WiFi not connecting? Try this first! If you’re having an issue getting/maintaining a connection via Bluetooth and/or WiFi, try these steps first: Unplug Joule. Restart your phone, WiFi router / access point, and internet modem. Please wait until all devices have finished restarting. Plug Joule back in. If previously connected, disconnect Joule inside the app by following these steps: Launch the Joule app and proceed to the main menu (tap the three horizontal lines in the upper left). Tap Settings > My Joules > [Joule name] > Disconnect Joule. Tap Okay to disconnect. Fully uninstall and reinstall the Joule app on your phone or tablet. After reinstalling, launch the Joule app, sign into your ChefSteps account and follow the on-screen instructions to pair / connect to Joule. Need more info? Check out more connection troubleshooting steps here: Why can’t I connect Joule to WiFi / the cloud? I can’t pair with Joule or I cannot find Joule during pairing. I’ve paired with Joule, but I can’t connect.

Do you have the same problem when you are at home in your house or does it just happen when you are on the road in the RV?

Welcome and I hope you will participate here in some of your interest areas! You certainly don't have to, but there is a place in the profile settings where you can enter your location, if you wish. It's nice at times to have an idea of where a person is located.

@Toliver, I have an older friend back in Canada who is not interested in joining eGullet but I do pass bits of info on to her now and then from here. She is a dedicated bread-baker and I mentioned this book was on sale and she was so tickled, I wanted you to know that you do make some people's day with your info. (And I would have bought her the book as a gift so that eGullet could get a few pennies from it, but Amazon won't allow me to do that between our two countries anymore, though they used to!)

I love avocado and shrimp! Looking forward to your story.

And this is the problem with this cut for me. It rarely thrills, I get better return from other cuts. But I have to say that the Char Sui style pork I did with tenderloin has turned out pretty well a couple of times. but I had to add some fat in somewhere.

Yeah, their location probably makes it really tough to find the right staff. Who would want to commute from Tucson? 😞

I took a quick look at their Facebook page and saw mentions of Hannaford, Aldi and Whole Foods but had to read through a few posts to find that information. It is annoying when companies don't provide such basic info though, isn't it? I guess you could always call or email them, but they could be promoting their products better!

I think they are Intergrow brand, grown in upstate NY in greenhouses, but maybe @weinoo can confirm. http://www.intergrowgreenhouses.com/how-we-grow/

I looked at this Bayless recipe, where he gives instructions for making the paste from seeds. Is that the one you use? If I make it again, I will try making the paste myself. And yes, for some reason I forgot a lime on the kitchen counter which I had meant to slice and serve with the meat! That would have helped to brighten the flavour, I'm sure. 😄

Yes, in this case, I diced the jalapeno very finely and added them and some diced onion to the vinaigrette while assembling the rest of the salad.

Cochinita Pibil for dinner tonight. I used banana leaves to wrap the pork, used achiote paste from a really reliable local spice merchant and mixed some fresh orange and lime juice with it for the marinade. Somehow it just didn't work out that great. Not sure why. 😟 Does anyone else do this dish? My pork was super tender, cooked for 4 hours at 300F or so. I didn't make my own achiote paste, but maybe that's the missing link. Or maybe I just don't like annatto, though I'm pretty sure I've enjoyed it before. Also, had an epic fail with rice and that hasn't happened for a long time. Used a different brand of rice and decided to do it stovetop instead of Instant Pot. The rice was so bad, I just threw it all out and we had the pork on tortillas instead. OMG 😞 The fun part was unwrapping the banana leaves and the pork really did smell good and was so tender. And my pickled red onions were good! Shredded so nicely. With some queso fresco crumbled over top and also added some sauce after the photo.

Maybe it's just another Sunset-type avocado salad but we love this one! Our grapefruit are finished but we were gifted some from a neighbour's tree. We really like citrus and avocado, here combined with some butter lettuce, cucumber and a grapefruit juice vinaigrette with local honey, diced jalapenos and red onions. The bit of bite from the hot pepper makes it for me, though they don't seem visible in this photo. I am not ashamed to say that we also enjoy a shrimp salad with avocado and various greens and a horseradishy seafood dressing.

Or @kayb, sometimes the needle piercer or whatever it is needs to be cleaned. Insert a paper clip to remove any errant coffee grounds or whatever. Like this:

@Shelby, you are a ⭐! And you deserve a ⭐! Good job, girl! And I hope your steam boy will continue to steam along for some time. 🙂

Same here. And I'm not really sure why that is, though I didn't think much of some of the challenges or the way they evaluated them. For example, that challenge that had them cooking something from their own (usually mixed heritage) plus Chinese or Macanese was a bit off, I thought. For someone like Michelle, that gave her Mexican, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese plus maybe a bit of Spanish. That's an awful lot to try and combine. They seemed to be critical of taking a dish and subbing in Chinese ingredients and yet Sara got praised for doing exactly that. I didn't understand their logic there. Did you, @gfweb? Or you, @Toliver?

You folks still have snow?

Well, right now it's on sale at Best Buy Canada for $199.99 CDN ($150 US?) and free delivery (within Canada). Do you have any Canadian friends who are planning a visit? I'd offer, but I travel along the west coast side of the two countries! https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/cuisinart-cuisinart-steam-convection-toaster-oven-0-6-cu-ft-brushed-stainless-cso-300nc/10406509.aspx?

NY Times article - I hope the emphasis on growth and expansion doesn't preclude innovation! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/business/dealbook/instant-pot-corelle-pyrex.html

Perhaps you haven't seen this Instant Pot version yet? 🙂 (not very pretty, in my eyes, but I'm sure some people would disagree) Or this one?

I saw this earlier and wondered the same thing! 🙂 Maybe give them more money for R & D?

I love this style of can opener! I can't use any other kind now, especially since I am left-handed and traditional hand-held openers are torture for me to use. I've tried a few different models over the years and most have been great, though I'm not sure if I've used @Shelby's model or not. My current one is made by Zyliss, I like it because it's more compact than some. It's about 5 inches long. I see @DiggingDogFarm's preference is for traditional openers though, so I guess that rules out this type? Edited to add: Maybe I shouldn't say most of these have been 'great', but they have been mostly decent. I did have one that went through batteries like crazy and one that was stupidly slow and ended up donating or returning those.

This Salbree steamer basket with silicone handle for the Instant Pot is a Lightning Deal today, only lasting a couple more hours, I think. Usually $14.90, it's only $10 right now. I bought one. Same price for 3, 6 or 8 quart.