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Was afraid someone was going to ask me that LOL. It was ok..... I know that my rice to egg ratio was a little off. Too much rice/too little egg but I got the point. The best part was the yolk on top. It needed something..... I couldn't find my nori sheets and was uninspired to get a chair and dig around for it.

YUM! I need to get more ribs.

Saw this and couldn't get it off of my mind.

Thanks Anna! It's nothing fancy. I had a head of iceberg lettuce that was going south so I used that mixed with some lettuce from the greenhouse. Your micro greens would be lovely in there, too. A few green onions, some capers (love those things), some of my canned tomatoes that I patted dry and chopped up (couldn't face the tasteless store bought ones on my counter). Eggs from the IP. Homemade croutons from a loaf of French bread that I made and we didn't eat fast enough. Forgot I put some broccoli in there, too. And (don't look Rotuts) a few black olive slices from the dreaded can. Ranch is as follows: I made a batch of immersion blender mayo so that helped the flavor of the dressing I'm sure. I put the following in a mason jar: 1/4 C. mayo 1/4 C. sour cream 1/4 C. buttermilk 1/2 t. or so of: chives dill garlic powder salt and pepper to taste Put the lid on the jar, shake well to mix and throw it in the fridge for at least 30 mins.

Salad with SV steaks. Homemade ranch dressing on the salad....also dipped a few fries in it.... Why don't I make homemade ranch more often? So much better than the store stuff.

I just recently took the plunge into SV cooking. I'm sad that it took me so long to try it because we LOVE it. I don't know how much you've dug around EG but this thread was tremendously helpful for me: Also there is the Sous Vide Index: @Chris Hennes recommended this Gourmia circulator so I bought it and it works great. http://www.amazon.com/Gourmia-GSV-130B-Immersion-Circulator-Precision/dp/B017HX1FTC?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage I use a Food Saver vac. packer. Never tried zip locks. For longer or hotter cooking times I, like others have said, cover my pot with Saran Wrap. I also use a towel underneath my pot as well as on top if it's colder in the house. I hope you take pictures and share your meals with us

LOVE the guy in the middle's suit. Very cool. Looks like a very good time. I have to suck it up and make some spring rolls here...been craving them. Lots of interest in the EZ I assume????

Norm, those are gorgeous! A long time ago when we lived in an apartment we tried to make sausage using a very cheap stuffer. It was an awful experience. What we got into the casing was good but we had busted casings and sausage strung all over the place.

I know Deb would like it too! Oh well, more for you That looks AMAZING. Do you have a meat slicer or did you do that with a knife?

Aha!!!! Thank you both very much.

Nice haul from the asparagus garden yesterday. Storm alert just went off a while ago to warn me of a freeze tonight. Sigh. 29 degrees. Glad I didn't plant my 'maters yet....... A bit worried about my peonies. I've already sucker budded them so they are quite tall and I don't think I have buckets big enough to put over them.

Turned 15 lbs of crawfish into a couple pounds in just 2 days lol. We spent about an hour shelling the little guys. Goes faster when you drink wine while shelling Ronnie had gone fishing at the river and brought home a nice big drum so we had that along with some fried crawfish tails. I can't make those very often. They are addictive. Like popcorn shrimp. Only better.

Is that a garlic sauce up top? And I have only had fried ice cream once...SO good.

You might be on to something. Also, I read how your beans tasted on the bitter side and mine did too! I chalked it up to using too much molasses because I didn't measure but I think you are so right about the overcooking.

Looks super good, Chris. I don't think I've ever had beef tongue.

I can't find my post, but I had the same thing happen with some RG beans. They were not the same kind as you used. I did at least 3 45 min rounds (was making baked beans like you were) and they still weren't done. I gave up and did another round the next morning and they were great. Not blaming the beans at all. They were not old. I decided that I needed to plan ahead better and soak them next time but I dunno if that would have helped.

Ordered a 15 lb. bag of crawfish from Cajun Grocer. Ohhhhhh soooooo gooooooooood. They were very lively...we only found 2 dead ones in the whole bag. I like to throw a bunch of stuff in my boil....corn on the cob, garlic cloves, brussels sprouts, sausages, hot dogs, broccoli......and of course the requisite lemons and onions. Lots left over...going to be peeling for a while today. I see crawfish pasta and crawfish pie in our future

I'm an everything girl. Runner up would be plain onion and just plain.

Wow, cream is cheap there. I'll have to tell my husband about that (he likes to scavenger for bargains lol). A couple months ago I had cream on the grocery list...I forget why I needed it so badly but I needed it no matter what. The cream was over $10 for a quart. I am not kidding. I thought the store had rung it up wrong so he went back next time he was in town. Nope. That was the price. I was shocked.

LOVE the frogs.

SO neat. I don't like tea but that would make me tempted to drink it lol.

One of the neatest things I've seen in a while. I like stuff like this. I would have (very wrongly) guessed they were chopstick holders lol. Thank you for telling us about them!

Wait wait wait, is that a little hand holding your egg??? That is so cool!

Venison bierocks , baked beans and fries

SV chicken breast stuffed with cheese, salami and spinach with more asparagus from the garden, a few brussels sprouts and fresh pasta with my last batch of sauce from last summer.