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You betcha! 😁 First up, though, I want to try tempering chocolate, possibly tomorrow. I have dark, milk and white on hand.

@CanadianHomeChef No, not yet. I got the dark chocolate a couple of days ago but then I decided I may as well try the milk and white chocolate while I was at it. Theee two I bought today. The three require tempering at different temperatures. I expect I may do some tinkering tomorrow. I will be posting my results here, for sure.

@CanadianHomeChef You are fearless. Should work though.

Starting Wednesday, Food Nerwork Canada will start airing Iron Chef Canada. I thought I would start a thread on it in case anyone is interested.

Something called English Cottage Pie from the cookbook Cooking Light Global Kitchen.

I just remembered that America's Test Kitchen had a segment on Millionaire's shortbread. This is available on-line for those interested. Their caramel layer consists of: 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup white corn syrup 8 T unsalted butter, cut in small pieces 1/2 t salt 1/2 cup whipping cream. This was cooked over medium heat to between 236 and 239F, stirring 9nce in a while. I have never been able to make this successfully and plan on giving this recipe a shot one day.

Had my first perfectly poached egg this morning, cooked at 183F for exactly 5 minutes. Runny yolk, set but soft white. Nice to know that I can duplicate this with ease.

So is Canada. I've never seen so much pumpkin stuff.

@JoNorvelleWalker Ooooh, that looks good!

I bought some chocolate the other day that I am going to temper in the control freak. I'll report back.

Another review. https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/instant-pot-blender-review-article?mbid=nl_1012018_weekly_WellEquipped

Me neither. I like walls around my mess.

Thai red curry beef over rice.

We went through this also. The end result was well worth it. Our kitchen was completely gutted and I still have this image of one of our cats, sitting there, peering in and looking from side to side as if to say "where did the kitchen go"?

@boilsover Re: your no. 5. Do you live in a hot climate?