FauxPas

Sipping on some sparkling rosé, husband is about to cook the filet mignon, a crab leg and some asparagus.

Is the Braun the one that Ina used? Whatever she used is no longer available, but apparently this is a really close match: https://www.cassandraskitchen.com/products/all-citrus-juicer My little B&D has similar measurements. About six inches in diameter and nine inches at its tallest point. It's lightweight so easy to get in and out of a cupboard. It will do anything from small limes right up to large grapefruit and it cost me maybe $15 or so. I have a real fondness for it, homely and noisy as it may be. 🙂 @Toliver, the juice really is lovely. We're having Screwdrivers for our NYE cocktails, I think! 🥃🍹🎉🎇

We've seen you make some lovely soups though! Stay warm, I think you said you have a space heater?

I seem to recall there used to be a hot chestnut cart during the winter in Victoria BC that worked the downtown pedestrian areas. But I haven't lived there for ten years, not sure if such a thing is still around. And it wasn't there every year. Same with Vancouver, I know there were vendors now and then, but don't know if they are still around or not. I agree, it's a lovely option when you are out walking on a chilly (or cool, in BC) day.

My husband would LOVE those, I will have to keep an eye out for them!

Brr, is that your high temp for the day? It's quite cold here for the next few days (cold for southern AZ, that is) with some freezes overnight but at least it warms up to 11 to 14C during the day. And we should be out of this cold spell toward the end of the week. But, in the meantime, my husband was thinking along the same lines as yourself and asked for Shepherd's Cottage Pie.

it's a lovely time of year for citrus here in southern AZ. We have a few of our own trees but they are small (we had to replace some previous ones) and not producing too much right now, so we take advantage of it when neighbours are sharing their bounty. Most recently we were gifted with several big bags of fruit, mostly a tangerine hybrid and also some kind of navel orange. We'll eat some of the navels as they are, but the tangerines make such a lovely juice and we can freeze some of that. This is my very inexpensive Black & Decker citrus juicer, which has been going strong for ten years. it's a bit noisy but it does the trick and I've used it on a lot of fruit!

On a whim I bought TJ's turkey en croute this year. I think they have a similar version each holiday season? We had been quite busy with social events for a few days before the 25th and wanted something simple for Christmas dinner. This was actually quite good, the puff pastry crust browned nicely and the turkey was tasty. The leftovers were not great, turkey seemed a bit too dry and crust too soft the next day, so I'd recommend it for a single meal.

Yes, please! I tried making it once or twice, but that must have been years ago, and the recipes I used weren't as tasty as the soup versions I had other places. When it's good, it's one of my favourite meals.

And this one, on the Bake Mode:

I think this video is different from the others:

Or this one?

@ElsieD, can you see this video on Vimeo?

Probably does have some geographic restrictions, but why bother? Most products are going to be available in other countries at some point. Unless there is some reason why they cannot sell that product in Canada?

I like the idea of up to three separate cooking zones, each cooking at different temps. But it's a bit pricey, starting at $995 and only a 1-year limited warranty. Looks like you can use two trays at the same time, but interior space still looks limited. I couldn't find interior dimensions, but maybe just missed that info. I think it has a camera so you can watch your food cooking on smartphone, as can't open door while food is cooking. I wonder how awkward it is to enter your own info for cooking, everything I could find is their pre-programmed meal choices and they area going to be selling meals along with the oven, it seems. But if you want to cook your own stuff, do you have to measure it and position it just so? Does everything on a cooking tray have to be at the same height? It's infrared light/heat, which I struggle to explain/understand. Is that just me? 🙂

Can't you scroll through the web site, @ElsieD? https://www.brava.com/

Haven't used them, but I see they have a range of these starters on their Web site: https://www.williams-sonoma.com/search/results.html?words=instant pot starters

I'm so happy for you! It looks amazing and not far to go to have everything finished, right? You are going to LOVE this space! 🙂

I am in AZ and can buy it locally or order it for a reasonable price through Amazon, could send it to you now or once I return to Canada (BC) in April, if you would like.

Yeah, I like that waterfall countertop, really nice detail.

And Amazon has their book promo available on the US site, which will save $5 on a book purchase of $20 or more. Not available for e-books. Promo is good through tomorrow only (Dec 21).

Sure, why not? I haven't done one myself, partly because I like the crust 🙂 but crustless quiche/frittata IP recipes seem pretty popular and the photos don't look bad. I also like a bit of a browned top so would still put the dish in the oven after pressure-cooking and then it seems almost easier to just cook it the whole time in the oven. I guess I'm not really much help, as I can't say if there is a definite benefit to cooking these dishes in the IP, though I would guess the ingredients may stay moister? I think i did an egg strata in the IP once and seem to recall it being pretty good, but I can't remember if I finished it in the oven or anything.

One of our neighbours makes a very tasty beef jerky. He's in his 80's, but still makes it regularly and gifts it to the people around him. I made him a quilt in return and still feel like i got the better deal! He just dropped this off today: