Shelby

It was my first time doing endive. A couple TB of butter, when melted I added the endive and about half a cup or so of white wine and juice of half a lemon (a big lemon). Then I put a lid on it and let it cook on low for at least 45 mins. Remove lid and turn up heat --braise until liquid gone. Salt well. Then I topped with dollops of Little Green Dress from Vivian Howard's new cookbook

@Kim ShookYour char siu looks amazing! @robirdstxHappy Anniversary!!! I'm sorry it wasn't like you had planned, but your food looks delicious. @DuvelI want that bread. @pattiI want that shrimp. I've been out of shrimp for a while. I miss it! @weinooLamb isn't usually a favorite of mine, but yours looks delicious. Ronnie loves lamb. It's really hard to find around here. Sandwiches again...I seem to be having a major craving for a big fat sandwich lately. Then for Halloween, spider deviled eggs, more endive, ribs and Mac and cheese

Vivian said LGD goes well on any type of egg....soooooo it was perfect to put a dollop underneath my spiders for Halloween..plus, it's green! And more endive. this time I braised it even longer like @gfwebsuggested. I'm sad that this was the last of it.

But also, I can get those olives at Walmart 😀

I think you're wise to get the Castelvetrao olives...they are very different from Spanish olives.

Definitely good!

Well, I like pasta in any shape, form, country of origin, type of flour made with etc. Give me pasta, or give me death!

I've added poncy to the list of words I need to incorporate daily.

yes! That's what I thought was so funny. I don't remember ever coming across endive in the store before....it's like it was meant to be lol.

It's delicious. I literally ate it from the jar with a spoon yesterday. It tastes bright, fresh, like a very very light pesto in a way only no basil taste (of course). I get no mint taste at all, it just adds a note of fresh...that's the only way I can think to describe it. I highly highly recommend making this.

Oxtail ragu over penne with braised endive and dollops of Little Green Dress (Vivian Howard recipe.)

While I was at the store getting the mint etc. to make LGD I noticed a big bunch of beautiful endive. I was surprised to see it. To my knowledge I've never eaten it. For sure I've never had it braised. So, to go with last nights meal, I braised some in butter and lemon juice (and salt, of course). Then plated it up with dollops of LGD. Oh my, it was good. Highly recommend.

I'll show just a couple more Wesson oil. I think the booklet must have taken a dive in the oil at some point. And finally, the every popular Watkins Cook Book

And, in case the above didn't give you enough man pleasing recipes, here's a whole 'nother one Thought I'd show some ideas for the upcoming holidays..... Also, when the women are away, men broil! This one wouldn't be socially acceptable at all these days. I always loved Aunt Jemima. When I was little I thought that she must give really great hugs.

This is one of my favorites...it's a paper doll, well paper grandma I bust this one out when Ronnie is mad at me....I fix him these menus PROVEN that men prefer and POOF! He's not mad any more. Yes, I strive to be the apple of his eye See? A JURY of men voted that they like meals with FLAVOR. Who knew? Yes. Every night before bed I lay out a platter of sandwich fixings in the fridge so that Ronnie can have fun rustling up a midnight snack. And never forget. Men prefer Bond Bread. Except I think they went out of business.......

Help during war time More baking powder (who knew there were so many different brands?) This is from the gas stove company With special recipes for when your wife is away...because wives hate Italian spaghetti?????

I have a ton of these things. Saved from great grandmothers on both sides passed through my grammy--and probably some she saved too. You might be sorry you asked 🤣 I will make several posts so there aren't a ton of pics in each. Not 100, but 101! uses for salt A lot that I have are baking powder and baking soda related Flour Canning/Pickling salt More baking powder Even more baking powder lol Corn (contemplating sending this to @liuzhou--I know he'd adore it. No idea who's signature is in it

Totally right. Very very mild...a slight hint of sweet, very slight. Edited to say make sure you get the pitted ones...

O M G @curls and @blue_dolphin are BRILLIANT people. Thank you so much!!! LOL I guess the recipe did have celery seed......

Damn it. Mine will be here Tuesday.

Went through all the peppers yesterday and weeded out the ones that needed to be dealt with immediately. Steam broiled in the CSO for about 7 mins on each side. Peeled nicely.

Venison roast in the slow cooker last night

You need Deep Run Roots and you need this new one too. (I'm out of shelf space and now have a stack of cookbooks on the floor 🙃) Ok, so yesterday we had to go to the liquor store (can't be out of wine) and once in the car I decided to go to the grocery store....Little Green Dress was calling me..... Somewhere in this new cookbook Vivian says that the herbs found in the grocery store in the tiny portions in the little plastic boxes makes her sad or angry or something like that. That stuck out to me because (sadly) in the winter, I've been known to purchase those high priced suckers 🙋‍♀️. I zoomed over to those little plastic boxes and saw that the mint didn't look too bad, so, even though I was disappointing Vivian, I put them in my cart along with some parsley. Not the freshest, but it wasn't too bad. Another confession: I don't care for mint. I steer clear of recipes that use mint. But, knowing how much I like her recipes I decided to try this. I tasted LGD after it was done...it tastes SO GOOD. Fresh, briny, not like mint at all! A third confession: (this is turning into a couch session) I had never heard of castelvetrano olives. So, I googled on the way to the store and found that Mezzetta brand (which is prevalent around here) sells them so I had hope. Lots of people must be making LGD because I got the last jar! Anyway, here is my LGD all ready for some serious usage

I hope she did! I can't believe I was so stupid sigh.

Well, dang, the link to the cowboy candy recipe that I used doesn't work anymore (lesson to Shelby: don't depend on the internet, write stuff down!). I'm not seeing anything online yet that looks close to what I did. I know I didn't put any celery and I don't think I did any turmeric.....I'll keep looking.