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Forgot to add. Here in Kansas it's more about the pancakes (not for me, but for most). In Liberal, KS the Pancake Race will be this morning. Women race with skillets, flipping pancakes to see who finishes first. It's a competition with Olney, England which is pretty cool. The race has been going on for 60 years. Here is a site that explains more if you wish to read about it.

HAPPY FAT TUESDAY!!!! I'm staring at some blueberries that were left over from a cheesecake I made.......I suppose I should make pancakes this morning, but I'm feeling lazy. I know @kayb made several King cakes......I had toyed with making sort of a version of that only doing a monkey bread and rolling the dough in the different colored sugars. We shall see how adventurous I am today.

Those pitas look delicious! The one on the right just has a little bit more "character" than his partners on the left lol.

But, did you lick your fingers?

It's already been quite the FABULOUS beginning to the week (Broncos Nation--parade tomorrow...hoping they show it on the NFL channel) and now we have Fat Tuesday tomorrow!!!! What'cha making???? I have all the fixins for muffaletta sandwiches. I cannot wait. I am also going to bust out some fresh (frozen) oysters. Been hoarding them specifically for tomorrow.

WHATTA GAME!!!!!!!!!! AND THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE!!!!!!!!!! One of my guys, Talib said "There ain't no Easter Bunny, there ain't no Santa Claus, and there ain't no Superman" LOL Yes, I'm on cloud 9. My mom woke her household up by playing Queen's We Are the Champions Roll-ups had cream cheese mixed with a bit of sour cream, diced onions, green chiles and black olives.

Alrighty, here's the rest. The chili and pork verde and the tamales are prepped and ready to go ...prolly will eat right after halftime. Salsa Guac Tortilla rollups Annnnnnnnd, the first of many glasses of wine in my Broncos glass

Oh most definitely --we have a big bowl of tortilla chips going......I have more pictures to post.....just not yet. Gotta get everything done, get my wine, prop my feet up and focus on the game

Really hungry for pasta, CHMike. Kinda jealous over here

Ok, the super difficult to make cheese dip is done. Munching on that .....I've looked forward to this for weeks. Made a cheesecake in the Instant Pot. Glazed with some peaches I canned last summer (orange) and blueberries that I froze last summer (blue).

Just to clarify, the oil doesn't have to be cold...like cold from the fridge. Room temp oil is fine And, when the fries get brown..or golden...I usually gently stir them around a bit. You'll be able to tell if they are fried enough to move safely without breaking them up.

Yes, spuds into cold oil. Just enough oil to cover the top. We usually do 2-3 taters. Put heat on medium. Let taters just sit. Do not stir them or they will break up. The oil will start to simmer ....let taters be until they get slightly golden then turn heat up to medium high until they get crisp and brown. I'm always doing other parts of dinner while these fry. I'd guess it takes about 45 mins to get them done, but I never rush them so you might be able to do them faster if you want to. edited to add: Yes, I use Russet taters.

Franci, I'm wowed! Each cake looks perfect. One can tell that you really enjoy what you do . When you start selling over the internet, I'll be your first order.

Oh but they are so easy. Seriously, if I can do it, you can certainly do it. Chop your taters up, fill a pot with oil, drop the fries in, turn heat on medium, let 'em sit there and simmer for a bit, turn the heat up a bit higher, let 'em cook until they are as done as you like (my husband likes them kind of crunchy...I like the squishy ones).

+3 Good to see you RRO!!! I wanted some good deli meats and cheeses to celebrate Fat Tuesday with (making muffalettas) so I used Mr. Google. Landed on a Polish deli . Everything looked good so I ordered an assortment of meats and cheeses, a link of kielbasa and 3 lbs. of their barrel sauerkraut. If their kielbasa and kraut are an indication of how good their deli meats are, I'm going to be a happy camper. Soooooo good.

I get it...it's not as fun when you don't have a team that you're passionate about playing. I've been a Broncos fan since I was old enough to know. My drawing is all free-hand...I love to draw If nothing else, cheer for a good game

I would GLADLY take any and all snow. I just want one huge one before spring. Sigh. Yes, they are fried. Oh yeah, your way sounds SO good. I actually wanted to sous vide some last night too, but Ronnie wanted fried. Will try with butter and capers soon. Thank you!

I should have gotten some orange juice so we could have mimosas (orange for my Broncos) but it didn't occur to me until now. I do have 3 fresh grapefruits....maybe Greyhounds for a cocktail? Got my chalkboard done:

I know you would like them. They are tender...with a texture like chicken only a bit more fish like...but not flakey. I've cleaned all sorts of game in my day and I am not a squeamish person. However, bullfrogs did me in. I won't do those again. The smell bothered me to the point that I didn't want to eat them....and getting the skin off....just...no. I will leave all future frog cleaning to my husband lol.

Man, I felt bad for Isaac this episode. The girls were so dismissive and mean. I do not like it when people feel like underdogs. I guess I have a soft spot for the guy. Baaaaaaad choice to only concentrate on the judges food. I don't think I've ever seen a team that didn't feed all the people in their restaurant. How embarrassing. Marjorie was smart, IMO, by asking the guests if they would like champagne in order to get them to vacate their table.

Elaina, that potato/ham gratin looks heavenly. Pure comfort. Chris, I WANT SNOW LIKE THAT. Send it over here! I ordered from Cajun Grocer the other day (had to stock up for Fat Tuesday) and decided I needed some frog legs, too. We used to hunt them in July around here, but there just aren't very many any more. These are farm raised from somewhere in China. Really tender and good. Was going to SV them, but decided on frying instead. Fried mushrooms, shrimp, frog legs. Cheesy broccoli and rice. Oysters and some shrimp for cocktail too.

SV bbq pork sandwiches

Well, I think everyone has some damn good eats coming their way on Sunday. All the pork butt talk has me jonesing. @Beebs That IS quite the triple whammy! My step-dad's bday is also Sunday. I'm taking that as a good omen for us winning. @kayb Still jealous of your local caviar. @ChocoMom LOL....Bring wine....will make the stories better. I will await them with anticipation lol. I do hope your back is feeling better and that snickers salad sounds decadent. We've decided on pork verde over tamales. I just got the tamales shipped in from Texas. Ordered from a new place, we will see how they are. I'll thaw some venison chili out, too, so we can have one or the other or both. Easy peasy and no major game interruption. Might make some tortilla roll-ups and salsa OH and the Velveeta dip. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. I'm watching the NFL channel all day every day soaking it all up.

Had another package of venison thawed out so I thought I'd make a meatloaf. My meatloaf varies....I never use a recipe and I never write down what I did to make it good...or bad lol. So, after reading and seeing @kayb 's meal the other night I thought I'd try her recipe. 'Course I used venison and I couldn't find any saltine crackers so I used homemade croutons that I crushed up. This meatloaf is very good. Tender, juicy, bacon-y. There will be sandwiches in the near future. Thank you Kay for sharing!!