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I love roasted garlic. My husband probably doesn't love it that I love it....but...such is marriage lol.

This has not been trussed properly. Well, you once cooked a female pheasant that is illegal. Trussing is in the eye of the beholder. I am drooling over the chicken...top 5 of my fave meals.

I'll be right over.

You are a woman after my own heart. I love bloody mary's AND you pickle your own carrots. Awesome.

Just checking in on ya. I hope you're ok down there

Ours are usually around a tree that has fallen and rotted. Also in mossy areas. The Little Arkansas runs through our property so I hunt around there.

Gorgeous, Chris! I smelled them a couple of days ago before the rain started. I need to go and see if I can find them. What is everyone's favorite way to use them? I had the most awesome morel pasta sauce a few years ago. *drool*

MMMMMMMMMmmmmmm........RRO, your pork belly looks so porky and delicious! Do ya'll get tired of my endless nights of pizza pics lol? Beer brats Terrible picture. Not near as pretty as David Ross's. But, I made his hash the other night. BOY was it good. I didn't use the food processor to chop up the meat or the taters, I just did it by hand. And, my hollandaise is a bit too runny. And, my husband wanted to use the blue plates...as in "blue plate special" lol.

Looks like a damn good burger. And, yes, I too love curly fries. I don't care if they are squishy. I still love 'em. It's the kid in me.

I'll have one of each of those tacos, please! Your brisket looks awesome. We've always used a water pot.....interesting. May have to try it your way. Eagerly awaiting the chocolate creation.

Thanks for your response, Tiki I'd LOVE to attend some time...but , every year I look at the pictures and it seems SO over my head. I'm afraid I'd be the class dunce lol. Edited to add : Plus, I don't have one of those cool cooking coats like Chris H. has, either lol

So, even a total and complete newbie like me who has never made a chocolate in her life would fit in ok there? Loving all of the reports, by the way.

Is a strange, wet substance falling from the sky down there? It is here.........I finally figured out that it's rain.

I'd be happy to http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/sandwich-rye-bread-recipe

Kay, I just love that Pie Shop picture. In honor of St. Pat's Day, I made beef corned beef from the grocery store (we usually corn our own venison, but we thought we would be out of town for St. Pat's, so we didn't start one). I halved it and did one half in beef broth NOT using the icky spice packet that comes with the roast and instead using pickling spice that I have. The other half I did in apple cider because I read online it was the way to go. I didn't taste much difference, though. Only thing I did was wash 2 crock pots instead of one lol. I also made the most delicious rye bread ever. I used the recipe from King Arthur Flour. It uses, among other ingredients, dried potatoes and pickle juice. I was really impressed. In fact, I just hacked off another slice, heated it up, drenched it in butter and ate it. Sorry for the bad pictures, I was too lazy to get out the camera and used my phone instead.

Oh. My. God.

Hey Rich! Good to see you blogging! I love your writing style. It's very easy to "get in to" and I feel like I'm sitting next to you having a conversation. I hear you on the gardening. You and I may have to plan a rain dance together. Maybe if we do it together it will have more of an effect. I planted radishes, spinach and lettuce a few days ago and I'm afraid I did it too late. I throw a few "ya'll's" around from time to time...... Oh, and ya'll be safe today....you and I are supposed to have some major tornado possibilities today and tomorrow.

Here it is

I made a sour cream blueberry pie. I've never made one before. It was really good I took a picture, but it's on my iphone. I'll try to retrieve it and post.

If I ever get to have you cook for me, I pick all of this.

Ohhh, ok. Thank you. I missed the show last night. Hopefully I can catch it.

I missed the part where Sarah was rude to Emeril. Which show was it in?

What a breathtaking sight looking back out of your plane window! Thank you for your wonderful blog this week and I'm glad you made it home safely.

After it bakes, the top layer or two is kind of crispy/flaky, and a commercial/mediocre loaf is more like a cinnamon roll in that the layers are a little looser (the dough layers MUCH thicker) and if you tried picking up a slice you'd have layers flake and fall away and filling would spill out. Even bad povitica is still pretty good, but the good homemade stuff is way, way more dense and extremely heavy. The layers don't really flake, but you could unroll them if you wanted....they'd just be moist and buttery, and the filling would adhere much tighter. It will fall apart under its own weight, and is best eaten with a fork after you nuke it for a few seconds and add a pat of butter on top. Edited to add: I thought I'd at least find a decent example of the good stuff via Google images, but what I got was twelve pages of pretty sorry examples...nothing remotely close to the thin/tight layers you're going for in a good batch. *adding this to my list of things I must eat before I die*

The blossoms still on the squash!!! WOW! I want, I want, I want! That only happens around here if you pick from your own garden.