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Great looking steak. Can you tell me more about how you made the potato cake? Thanks. The potato cake is from the Complete Robuchon. You basically cook a couple of pounds of potatoes and put them through a ricer. Add about a half cup of flour and a couple of eggs to the potatoes and put them in a cake pan and bake in a 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. I let it cool, then cut it into portions and browned in a skillet with butter. It wasn't bad, but I'd take mashed potatoes any day over it. Thank you! I want to try this! I get tired of mashed 'taters sometimes.....

Great looking steak. Can you tell me more about how you made the potato cake?

I still have to make one more push for the cold pizza...it's something that was such a treat for me as a kid. Having said that, again, lol. How about a butter toasted piece of crusty bread topped with thinly sliced cherry tomatoes topped with shredded mozz...cheddar...parm etc.?

I grew up in the Colorado mountains....Pizza Hut was an hour away. AND Pizza Hut (at the time) was a treat. I CHERISHED and still remember the days that I got a piece of cold pizza in my lunch box. I promise, it won't spoil...and I promise, it tastes like heaven to a kid at school.

Yes. I loved the flavor and texture. My mom felt like they didn't taste "figgy" enough. I've had nothing to compare with, so they were great to me.

I was equally perplexed and without internet access at the time. I just went ahead and steamed them but the roe got lost and mushy. Perhaps a raw prep with the roe would have been better to preserve the itty bitty brilliant almost red eggs. They appeared to be mounded with abandon on the underside of each prawn. Maybe someone with experience can clue us in. I did a pasta dish with the shrimp and I just put all of that beautiful roe on top --without cooking it. It was SO good. I found a picture

Sure. Rub it in.

Ditto.

I try to never have people over. That being said, I always make a lot of chunky spaghetti sauce that I freeze. I realize that some have low carb issues etc., but it's a good go-to meal. Also, I like to do a slow-cooker pork chile verde and then freeze the rest. I buy these awesome cheese enchiladas from a guy at work, but you could easily make your own and freeze them. These come frozen in foil and thaw out beautifully. Anyway, I thaw out the verde and enchiladas and voila, dinner. In a pinch you could always use canned refried beans, but, when I make beans from Rancho Gordo, I always freeze a bunch. They hold up great.

My husband is not going to be happy with you or me because I now must order prawns to be shipped here to Kansas. Those look so fresh.

dcarch--Such beautiful plating. I love the skate. jmahl--Your stuffed peppers with the great wine make me wish I had a picnic table! Kim--Yummmmm butter chicken! I've never made it at home before. I need to try. Norm--Your pork skewers over the rice noodles sound so good. FrogPrincesse--Gorgeous scallops. djyee100--Oh that gelato! A few small things we've had lately: French bread --my slashes actually were deep enough to make it look pretty Colorado peaches Eggplant (from my garden) salad with feta Rice noodle salad AND FIGS!!! FRESH FIGS!!! I got to taste them for the first time ever. My mom brought them from Colorado for me! I put some blue cheese out with them. Pure heaven.

*drool*

I think it might be maguro. I think you are right, toro of maguro. dcarch There's some chicken to the right of the catfish in the pic about halfway down... Thighs for $3.99? Japanese have chicken sushi. A gifferent kind of chicken. dcarch I recently learned that after watching Anthony Bourdin one day. It actually looked really good to me. Of course, the chicken they had was very fresh.

I never have trick-or-treaters because I live so far out--and believe me, it doesn't bother me a bit because I get ALL the candy Sitting in a huge bowl beside me: Skittles York Peppermint Patties Whoppers Starbursts Reese's Peanut Butter Cups--the normal size, not the little kind. I don't like the small ones due to how hard the chocolate is Kit Kats

I want to do this! Thanks for showing pictures

Thank you for sharing a week in your life!!!

Hi Scotty, I can't wait

I can't get the movie "Meet The Parents" out of my mind. You know, the part where Greg describes milking the cat?

You're a very good writer! I can't wait to read more!

Ditto x100000

This is just so pretty.

Not many around here in Kansas, either due to NO water anywhere. My husband got around a dozen or so. I managed to freeze a few for later use. My favorite way to eat them is wrapped in bacon, stuffed with jalapenos from the garden and grilled. YUM.

Are those fresh figs up there by the cheese???? I've never ever seen a fresh fig. Before I die, I swear I am going to find, hold and eat a fresh fig. I have a strange bucket list.

I can't tell you how many times I've done that.

Awwwww, I love Terry! I didn't know turtles would eat peaches. He's a lucky guy