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Nope, not a lick of oil. I turn the machine on with the lid open, plop a tortilla on, place the fillings, plop another tortilla on top, close the lid and that's it. I use shredded for quesadillas....and usually slices for sandwiches. It is easy to over-cheese .....but, like you discovered, the cheese crisps up and it's one of the best parts.

I use my panini maker for quesadillas. Works GREAT. No oil or anything. Healthier and they crisp up wonderfully.

I need to start baking bread again. Or beg Ann to move in with me....

Valentine's Day is Wednesday! I'm trying to decide between the two lobster tails I have left in the freezer or......something else lol.

Fat Tuesday is upon us tomorrow already. I have my usual muffuletta from Central Grocery on order. Hopefully it gets here tomorrow.

A lot of chicken dishes these past few days. Mostly because we picked up a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. I can't pass that up for $4.00. Chicken/hatch chile enchiladas Mushroom salad With chicken pot pie and a Caesar salad Canadian bacon/mushroom/green pepper (poor Rotuts isn't going to like this lol) Chicken piccata with angel hair and Brussels sprouts Chicken quesadillas Chicken Pho-ish

WHAT A GAME!!!!! We loved every second of it. I ended up doing more cooking than I wanted to during the game. No matter how early I start that always seems to happen. I fried up tons of livers and gizzards (pressure cooked the gizzards for an hour after frying) Duck/goose hearts, livers and gizzards Yeah. It was a lot of frying lol. Gravy for dipping Asian chicken salad Pigs in a blanket Deviled eggs and pickled mushrooms I bought these cute little football truffles for dessert Only 6 more months until pre-season starts!!

Frito pie. Yes. Well, that just sucks that you can't see the game! Ronnie would be having a meltdown.

It's tomorrow. Anyone doing anything? My poor Denver Broncos....sigh. But, the Chiefs are Ronnie's team so at least we have that. Kind of a love/hate relationship for me. The Chiefs, not Ronnie lol. My late Grammy and Ronnie love them.....My mom and I love the Broncos so we are arch enemies unless the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl. And I do like Kelce (not because of Taylor Swift I swear) and Mahomes. Anyway. I really don't want to be doing a lot of cooking during the game. Ronnie requested fried livers and gizzards again. I have chicken, duck and goose. I'm going to try to get everything else done before game time. Arby's frozen curly fries. Maybe deviled eggs. Pigs in a blanket. Maybe some kind of salad to be a bit healthy-ish. Football shaped brownie bites for dessert. I'm going to look at past Super Bowl threads here for more ideas. Edit: I see in the past I was booing the Super Bowl Chiefs.....I must be getting soft in my old age.

I was going to say potato soup.

Thanks for this! Your ears should have been burning yesterday because I talked about you to Ronnie. We decided to go to the Asian Market. Yes, I've been reading this topic with relish. No, it didn't strike me until we pulled into the parking lot that it was the day before Chinese NYE! OH the store was more packed than I've ever seen. Both with goods to sell and people. I wish it hadn't been so packed because I could have spent hours in there and I would have taken pictures. The seafood and meat sections had so many items--tons of fish and whole chickens. All over the store there were banners and lanterns. Predominately red and gold colored. The aisles were so packed with excess things that you could barely get your cart through. The line to check out was enormously long. I wish you would have been with us--I really enjoyed seeing what everyone else was buying. We definitely stuck out like a sore thumb being the only non-Asian people in there lol. I know now that one lady was buying pomelos after reading your post. They were wrapped in protective netting and tissue paper. She had several of them. Another person seemed to have tons of the ingredients to make a huge hot pot. I imagine the family that runs that store were completely exhausted by the end of business hours last night. I also learned that I was born in the year of the Tiger and Ronnie was born in the year of the Snake. Which is ironic because he's deathly afraid of snakes lol.

I just want a glass liquid measuring cup that the measurements don't wear off. Thank you I'll peruse these tomorrow!!

Thanks to all of you for your help and input. I guess I'll begin with Ebay. You'd think this day and age it wouldn't be this difficult lol.

I dropped my last one and it shattered ...I think during a blog here a few years ago. I had no problems with that one. I replaced and they suck.

I have two Pyrex liquid measuring cups. On both most of the measurements have been erased. I don't use a scrubbie or anything on them....it happened in the dishwasher I guess? I want to find something that doesn't do that. I prefer something that is colored, not just raised words and numbers in the glass due to my eyes not seeing well close up anymore. Yes I need to go to the eye doctor but that's beside the point lol. Any suggestions?

So nice of you! Thank YOU!

I'll be the outlier. I use old buttermilk all the time--way past the exp. date. You'll know by the smell if it has gone off I promise.

Yeah....sigh.....and then at times I lament not having another one lol.

@dcarchBeautiful popovers and steak @liuzhouI agree, what a feast! Pasta with venison meatballs that I froze a while back. Need to make more of those. Fried a couple of chicken quarters Decided to SV the goose legs. Seasoned with some Lawry's salt and vac packed with some butter, thyme, sage and rosemary. SV'd for 24 hrs. at 165F. Turned out tender. I made the Deviled Duck Hearts recipe again--only it was goose hearts, livers and pressure cooked gizzards. My mom brought wagyu beef patties for us when she visited. I had never had wagyu before. We loved it! Last day of duck season Ronnie got a few teal so I roasted those. Found some walleye in the freezer. SV'd lamb chops

I see. Mine are brought by FedEx so I have double alerts--FedEx always has a tracking number etc. so I can stay on top of it (side note, my box was supposed to be here yesterday....FedEx says it's delayed due to weather sigh. ). Misfits must not have a great system down yet to alert you of changes and that's too bad

That's really too bad. I'm guessing it's Misfits and not FedEx that is doing the deliveries? Have you tried writing to customer service? In my experiences they respond within 24 hours and always have a solution. Often they offer me $5 off my next order due to what ever problem had happened..... Where do your boxes ship from? Mine are from San Antonio, TX.

I'm sorry I missed the second question! Chalk it up to me needing stronger reading glasses? Very carefully. Ronnie is very very good about getting the shot out before he brings them in for me to rinse...trim...etc. But, occasionally I find one. I poke my finger gently in every shot hole to see if it's empty. Aside from eating one, one of them going down into the garbage disposal is awful.

I browned it in the CSO at 350 for 20 mins. No, I didn't make a sauce--I should have! That's a good idea for next time

Oh don't be!!! I haven't even taken Christmas decor down yet. I've been super lazy. Trust me. Cooking is the most effort I've put into anything this last week lol. I made a marinade out of this: 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup light brown sugar 2 tbsp hot Chile sauce 1 tbsp grated ginger 1 tbsp minced garlic 1 tbsp Red Boat fish sauce I put the sauce and the belly in a bag and vac packed it. Marinated for 24 hours. SV'd at 165F for 8 hours. Thanks guys

More reuben sandwiches and yes. Six fries Made some lump crab stuffed ravioli--cheated and used wonton wrappers. More chicken enchiladas Red beans and rice. Used the wrong kind of beans because I didn't have any of the right kind. SV'd a bit of pork belly. Made egg rolls....now I have some in the freezer. Drunken noodles to go with Breakfast using more of that wonderful Canadian bacon that Ronnie's brother made Ronnie finally got a couple of geese so I roasted one--removed the legs for future use. Potato cakes and green beans to go with Venison bierocks Venison taco soup