Katie Meadow

When snag becomes gag. If you keep buying it they'll keep making it. I'd love to see the packaging for the Chinese version. Shelby you kill me. You're such a cheap date. When my husband disappears I grab caviar. The grape caviar is good, but the raspberry is better.

She had me at butter, she lost me at glucose, potato chips and pretzels. I would suggest trying the TJ's version before making your own. It's a labor of love. Or a waste of good potato chips. Compost indeed. I once went to the original Milk Bar and tried the cereal milk ice cream. Fawful, but then I was over thirty. I'm sure my four year old granddaughters would think they had died and gone to heaven. I shudder to think what would happen in the evening when the coffee grounds and the sugar take wing. Christina Tosi doesn't have a sweet tooth. She has fangs.

@blue_dolphin, you did indeed post about the lima beans before, but it was in the succotash thread. I have no doubt that I have repeated myself more than once (haha) in a number o f threads. So, for all of you who know me too well, thanks for not pointing it out. It's only going to get worse. I have a sister-in-law who told the same long boring story twice during one Thanksgiving dinner. Her excuse was too much wine. No one at the table was rude enough to call her attention to it, but we sat in stunned silence the second time around. That was a relatively memorable turkey day.

Did they cook quickly? Did you stop them cooking in time for them to keep their shape? I've always winged it when it comes to succotash; it's one of those things I didn't grow up with. I take corn kernels off the cob and sauté them for a few minutes with a little garlic and basil or other herbs. Mix the corn, lima beans and halved cherry tomatoes and a little red onion and dress as you like. If you are into bacon cook a few strips first, then fry the corn in the bacon fat and add broken bacon pieces to the salad. Would be good with Indio oregano and roasted green chile, you think?

I don't go there either. As a former card carrying member of the SF Mycological society I would never advise eating raw mushrooms, even the white buttons from the grocery store.

Like so many people I have rather negative memories of lima beans. Many years ago there was a man who sold fresh shelled butter beans in very limited quantity at the Berkeley farmers' market. They were fabulous. At the time I had no idea they were either closely related to lima beans or were actually lima beans by another name. I finally tried the RG baby lima beans. I cooked them very simply with onion, a little minced celery and carrot, and garlic, in vegetable stock. They cooked surprising quickly and a bit unevenly, and some did not retain their shape. By themselves in a soupy bowl with generous salt they were delicious. A drizzle of Frank's didn't do them any harm. They were really creamy, but not potato-like, more silky. I had intended to use some for a succotash, and I did, but I think for that purpose they might have been better if I had cooked them less, so they had more integrity. I think they would be great cooked with ham stock I think they are too delicate and cook to fast to make good use of a ham shank or smoked pork neck. My marriage to Domingo Rojo is now an open one..

@blue_dolphin How do you like to make slaw with it? What else goes in? Do you use it by itself with oil or mix it into mano? What else do you do with it? I've got a bottle of the one pictured on the right.

I tried the Delice de Bourgogne cheese today. Delicious, and a deal at $14 lb. One thing, though, it's pretty salty, so beware if you are not a person who likes salt. Still, creamy x 3 and rather addictive.

A hallucinogenic bolete? What's not to like?

Another vote for burgers on toasted bread. I hardly ever eat beef any more but once in a blue moon I get a great yen for a green chile burger cooked on the grill. Usually it's an Italian batard, or it could be rye. I just find those buns to be inedible.

I thought for ten seconds about springing for a Vitamix, which was seriously discounted yesterday, but the truth is I use a Ninja bullet thing for smoothies and find that the Bamix immersion blender works great for creamed or blended soups. So my haul for Prime days was, to say the least, modest. The Sciara pistachio cream I like was reduced. My favorite cotton socks were heavily discounted, so I bought a pack of those. So,no serious investment that challenges my counter space. I can't bear spending time scrolling for deals. Usually I'm glad when Prime Day is over.

The one thing my granddaughters like more than a dip is a choice of dips. Do a taste test with them and give them three dipping sauces to pick from. Then let them rate them on a scale of something: flavor, dipworhiness, whatever is fun. Although I don't eat chicken nuggets I can imagine that honey-mustard or duck sauce might be a hit. The girls will dip just about anything in guacamole if it isn't too spicy. They also will drink soy sauce out of the bottle if given the chance, so Asian style dips that include soy sauce might appeal. A mild BBQ sauce would work. Then you can upgrade them to paprika aioli or hot queso.

There was grower at the Berkeley Farmers' for several years that sold fresh Piment d'Esptete peppers. They were delicious. I haven't been to the BFM in several years so I have no idea if those people are still there.

To respond "like" means the sun has not stated to set. That's just lovely.

Rare duck is stomach-cringy. But so is any rare poultry, as far as I'm concerned. I love that hanging Chinese BBQ duck. We used to make Bahn Mi with it. And also duck noodle soup. Now long gone, there was a great restaurant in Oakland Chinatown that served Duck Leg Pho. So good.