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WOW!!! Thank you!!! Edited to say I ordered!!! I'm so excited. You guys always come through for me

I'm sad, too, because my beloved shishito peppers were gone. I will miss them. I even googled to see if I could buy online just now.

I definitely want to make something like was shown to me earlier . I loved the texture of the meat I tried before. I just need to do more research and see if different types of meat can be used. My original plan was lamb and venison.

Had to go to the big city grocery today so I put ground lamb on my list so I could begin the Gyro making process. No ground lamb. No lamb at all. Ronnie doesn't think I'll find any anywhere around here. I'm eyeing the neighbor down the roads sheep....... (kidding)

@Franci I need to write the name of that fish down and hope to find some. Looks interesting! Pepperoni and sausage pizza Chicken taco salads Venison stroganoff with beans from the garden Hot wing. Really hot. Paid for that the next day lol. Had this cute little watermelon in the garden. Perfect for a Deep Run Roots meal . I made Vivian's tomato pie and the pork with watermelon. Hit the spot.

I have one of these!

BOTH lol. Thanks for the link. I will delve in tomorrow and look. Most of you will find this weird...but I've had gyro one time in my life and I'm pretty sure it wasn't even a good one, but I loved it. I'm CRAVING one now because I saw you could order from Goldbelly. It's not as hot now and the place is in Houston so not too too far from Kansas. I really want to order. It's crazy expensive, but we don't go anywhere--even before Covid. I haven't bought anything for myself fun for ever it seems like. I dunno. I just wonder how it would ship.....

I need something fun.

You are NOT an idiot. You have TONS on your plate --no pun intended--cooking for all of the people that won't eat one thing or another. On top of all the other things I'm sure you have to do. You're doing great!

I had never seen them before until this summer in the big city grocery store (Dillons--which is part of Kroger and I know some others....). I was shocked. I really want to make one more trip and see if they still have some. They really keep for a long time...like 2 weeks.

These are my new fave thing this summer of pandemic. I'd love to grow some...but we have trouble growing anything pepper out here. Anyway, I didn't know this topic existed! Thank you @blue_dolphin your peppers look amazing.

You're nicer than me. Ronnie would have gotten salted flour.

I've put up enough tomatoes so I'm back to making sauce for the freezer. Probably doesn't "go" together but I was out of lettuce and wanted shishito peppers so I did those with elk meatballs and vinegar cucumbers and onions. Went to the store for lettuce and decided sub sandwiches sounded good so I picked up some deli meats. I'm sure there were fries included. Fried up some catfish last night. Decided to smoke some more mushrooms and I fried them too. Worked well.

I've been thinking about this topic for a couple of days .....agonizing, trying to find some weirdness in me. Then I realized that I was having a hard time because I think everything I do is normal 🤷‍♀️, but when I stepped back and analyzed, I realized...I was wrong 🤣. When eating spaghetti and red sauce, I don't like the pasta all mixed in with the sauce. I like a pile of pasta with sauce on top, leaving some of the edges plain. But if eating say, an Alfredo sauce on pasta, I like it all mixed together. I peel my tomatoes --however, me and @Kim Shook truly are the most normal for doing this--the non-peelers are wrong. I like the skin that forms on top of pudding. That's it for now. I feel cleansed.

I wish they would do that here. If I had kids no way would I let them go sticking their hands in a bowl of candy that a zillion others had been in.

Roasted teal, salad with @Norm Matthews' China Coast dressing and pasta with @ElainaA's Slow Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce

Harvested the pumpkins yesterday. I only got 4 big ones. That's ok...but so weird. Sigh. I chalk it up to 2020. Did get a few of the cute little guys, though

@ambra You say you're in a cooking funk, I say it all looks amazing and delicious!!! I was hungry for a good ole macaroni salad so we had that with BLT's and fries Yesterday I put a pork roast in the slow cooker along with some of our new potatoes that I've stored in the basement and some carrots. Made a pretty good gravy to go with.

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Amen. Today I threw a pork roast in the slow cooker with the usual onions, carrots and potatoes. I'll make gravy from the broth here in a bit. Slow cooker can be our friend......but if it's hot , I know that kind of food isn't wanted.

I think you are adjusting very quickly in this pandemic time. Everyone has a learning curve right now. So, pat on the back for you!!! And have a cocktail. You've earned it.

Count me in. I'm still cooking, but if it weren't for being married, I think I'd live on wine and an occasional bite of raw hot dog. Where we live grocery delivery is not possible --unless it's like 2 day shipping or overnight from someplace (not a local grocery store...I'm talking specialty places). So, I've still had to go into the grocery store every few weeks (I've become so used to my mask, I feel naked without it). I've tried to find new things for me...that always helps me want to try.... Shishito peppers were my new find lately. I'd like to spend money on some shrimp etc. but not in the cards right now. Especially with UPS and FedEx being super unreliable...and the heat. I have a lot of stress ( I have major anxiety anyway for no reason so pandemic has added a great load of "fun" lol) because of upcoming events that I'm against happening but I don't know what my other half is going to do....I'll leave it at that. My best advice (and what I do) is even if I have a plan for dinner, if I'm not hungry for it, I'm not making it. I switch. Or if I'm absolutely not hungry at all, Ronnie has to pick and I'll make something for him and I'll pick at it.

The recipe I use for IP sushi rice adds the vinegar after the rice is cooked. (I use all rice vinegar, no white wine vinegar)

Yes! One of my favorites too. I like to use it in lasagna soup.

WANT I had Ronnie pluck some doves instead of breasting them out so I could roast them. Chicken quesadillas and stuffed peppers last night