Shelby

@liamsauntI'm so sorry for your loss. I'm not good at words like the others here are but I know your mom will be with you...... We've decided to stay home again for the holidays this year. It's safer health-wise for us (me especially). I hope my in-laws understand.....if not then I can't do anything about it. I'm still making my usual bread and we will drop it off over there on Thanksgiving morning. Anyway, Ronnie bought a turkey yesterday. It's thawing -it's in the garage hanging up and it's really cold so it's probably not thawing much lol. We're going to brine it then I plan on doing half of the breast SV and then roasting a quarter in the steam boy. The rest we will freeze for later. I would like to find a really good gravy recipe......before I freeze the rest of the turkey I could use some bits for that. Still pondering side dishes. Thank you @Smithyfor linking us to all of the older threads. I'm going to start reading now to get some new ideas--or some ideas that I've forgotten about.

I used to make a crust for pot pies that had cream cheese in it. It was good and I never failed at it but I can't find the recipe now (typical of me). All other crusts, I suck at. I've tried. My Grammy made the best crusts in the world. My M-I-L makes a good one, too. Crusts and biscuits are two things that I'm just not good at. Yay for Pillsbury lol!

🤣 I'm on her side although I think you should have tried it on and taken a picture for posterity. I love that you can leave everything out like that and no one will steal it. I'm afraid that wouldn't be the case some places around here. Those are some huge raspberries!

Neither can Ronnie

I love the compliment but I cannot lie lol. It's Pillsbury refrigerated crust 😬

that was Ronnie's plate

Double yolked egg! Managed to break one.

You have now blown my little mind. This. Is. So. Cool.

This doesn't look like much, but it was good--stuffed portobello mushrooms. Spinach/Italian sausage/tons of cheese. Pork pot pie to use up the rest of the pork and veggies from the other day. The mid-size grocery store has an excellent sale going on this week. Ronnie bought a 10 lb. bag of uncut NY strip, a 6 lb. ham and a turkey (turkey was 59 cents a pound if you spent an additional $25) for just over $100 (and that included a few other groceries). So we spent some time yesterday cutting and packaging meats. Had to have ham and Swiss on rye last night.

So, last Friday Ronnie had a colonoscopy which meant Thursday was "clear" liquids only. They used to ban anything red colored but this time it was ok. Anyway, in trying to do all I could to make him something he might like, I made two different boxes of jello. He took a couple bites and that's it. I know...it's just jello, but any ideas about a dessert type thing I could make with already jelled jello?

We almost always SV our pork loin. It always turns out so tender and juicy. We like 2 1/2 hours at 135F. I usually don't even sear it afterwards.

That tent and the mattresses look awesome. We used to camp a lot when I was in my 20's. It wasn't near that easy to pitch the tent. One trip it poured for like a day and a night. Water pooled up on the top sides of the tent. Despite Ronnie telling me not to poke or touch where the water was sitting, like a child, I couldn't resist. That made the water start dripping in. Boy was I in trouble lol.

We are not a patient bunch.....as you know 😬

🤣 The Last Drop doesn't mean what I first thought it meant I love the dishes that the haggis is on.

Brilliant

This is so cool (and completely foreign) to me! So, you drive your car onto the boat and park. Then, you go to a room that has beds and you can cook in there--or at least heat meals up?

I'm going to put my kilt on. Be right back. Don't start without me. Oh some quick questions: Was haggis involved? Did you see Nessie?

Oh @Steve Irby those oysters look delicious as does the eggplant parm. I have oysters in the freezer that I should dig out for tonight. This last week has been not fun. Lots of just plain yuck actually. Among the yuck, Ronnie had a routine colonoscopy yesterday and we all know what that means. The dreaded prep. In solidarity on Thursday night I drank really crappy store-bought broth out of a mug just like he did. To top it off the doctor had 9 colonoscopies to do yesterday and, yep, you guessed it. Ronnie was number 9. We waited for what felt like an eternity. I swear if he wasn't already in a gown and hooked up to the IV he would have left. Anyway, it's done and with good results (have to test one removal but it should be all good). Relief was abundant last night. He got to pick what ever he wanted for dinner. Since he couldn't eat raw vegetables for a few days he wanted a salad With fried chicken and fried chicken livers Yay it's Saturday!!!!

Take the liner out of my crockpot to wash and then place the lid with plastic clasps upside down on said crockpot while leaving the crockpot on low all night. Sigh

It must be fish week! Panko fried crappie, spinach Mac and cheese Last night pork roast with potatoes and carrots. I made a really good gravy that I forgot to take a picture of. I know I know, pictures or it didn't happen. 🙃

There must have been....that's the only thing that could invoke the Delight part.

LOL! I've never had boba tea.....but I do not like despise tapioca pudding so the things that float around in that tea remind me of that.

I've never had this but always wondered what it was like.....Ronnie says he won't ever try it (I suspect largely due to it's price 🤣). Do you eat it rare or does the fat render it down to totally nothing? To me it looks like fat with a little meat.

I tried uni a year or so ago. I didn't care for it at all. Maybe I would like it if I had the kind @Duvel did.......

This is one of my earliest memories....I was probably 4????? Maybe a bit younger. I was watching Bugs Bunny on TV munching on delicious carrot after carrot. I thought those things must be the best thing ever. In my mind I likened them to cheese (maybe because they were orange????). Anyway, I asked my mom to give me one. She told me I wasn't going to like it. I told her I would love it. OMG the horror and disappointment.