ElsieD

That was my first thought too.

I had read about this in one of Nagi's columns some time ago. She even showed a recipe of hers side by side with the one Bellamy had in her book. The were indeed identical, save for a word here and there.

Anyone try curing and smoking bacon yet? Planning to?

KAB?

I used to be able to eat spicy food but my husband wouldn't go near it. Now, in my older age, I can't eat anything too spicy, but my husband laps it up. One time when we were in a Vietnamese restaurant we used to frequent, the chef came out and presented him with a Bird's Eye chili. My husband happily ate it up. Go figure. I make a Scotch Bonnet hot sauce that he loves - i can't go near the stuff. I make it in my Thermomix on the balcony.

This may be a dumb question, but are all sambals spicy? I use sambal oelek so I know that one is, but I'm wondering if they all are?

Looking forward to reading more about your eating adventures. I always have a bottle of ketjap manis in the cupboard. Good stuff.

That's for sure!

I did do a search for garlic scapes but I got a message that nothing could be found. I thought that odd. Now that i've checked again, there are a bunch of ideas. I must have searched on "topics" rather than "everywhere". Thanks you.

Does anyone use garlic scapes? If yes, how to you use them? I have a bunch and don't know what to do with them. They came from a joint garden we have with my SIL.

I tried.

I think those monstrosities are disgusting.

After talking to several Amazon people, I still don't know why they won't ship to Canada when they say they will. They even have import charges showing. In the end, when I add it all up and do the exchange rate conversion, buying it no longer makes sense. I'll wait until GE starts selling them here. Not that I'm going to buy one, mind you, but more as an um, curiosity.

Did you ever scale the recipe? I'd like to try it but don't want 3 1/2 pints.

Except that when I go to place the order I get a message saying they won't ship to my address. Following up with Amazon.