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I didn't buy it. The A4Box was given to me with the extra inserts. (Thank you Kerry)

I too, often think of Anna. I was fortunate enough to have met her in person and she was a wonderful, warm human being.

I bought a book called The Little Book of Takoyaki" Kindle Edition. Some recipes from that book that I want to try include Shrimp and Scallion takoyaki, Pancake and Sausage Pops, Blueberry Muffin Balls, Arancini and Lingonberry Aebleskiver. Should be fun.

I made something called Molten Brownie Bites in the Takoyaki pan tonight. Pictures show them both cooking and the finished product. These are great little fudgy things. When I put the batter in the pan I I inserted chocolate chips in the middle of each one. Eating them warm, as we are doing, and you get that nice melty centre. I've got some other things I want to do with this pan. Fair warning - octopus balls will not be among them.

I have some of those. You need tough soles to wear them.

Interesting.

Nice! How long before it will produce figs?

I'm thinking.....potato salad, French fries and mashed with the rest.

If this is the one where you reduce banana juice, I made it and truthfully, I couldn't tell the difference between that one and others, except for the fact the ATK one was more work. But then, I'm no connoisseur, as I make it for others, not myself.

I looked after Pluto and Oakley, 2 cats in my building for a few days. The couple owned by these cats were away in Montreal, and just picked up their keys. As a thank you, they gave us a bag of Montreal bagels from the St. Viateur Bagel shop, apparently THE bagel shop in Montreal and some special food for Zeus (our cat).

Well, then, that's a boatload of feta. I wonder who (non business) would buy that amount?

I assume that was at the Costco Business centre?.

How much butter/oil do you use per pancake?

Flushed with success, I decided to use it today for sausages and eggs. I had a package of 6 square sausages (don't laugh, that's what they are called) that i picked up at the British Store that needed to be cooked. I used the grill pan - they fit perfectly. After they were cooked, I switched to the griddle pan for the eggs. What was handy about the griddle pan was that thanks to the rectangular shape, I could keep 2 of the sausages warm while cooking the scrambled eggs. My new CSO 500 made perfect toast and voilà breakfast was served. Clean-up was easy as nothing sticks. I've made room for it on my counter. Tonight I'll make the batter for yeast-raised pancakes which will make use of the pancake pan. I'm not sure what to do with the takoyaki pan other than to copy @lemniscate' use of it to make meatballs and egg bites. Time to re-read this topic.

Thanks to the above recent posts I was reminded to use my A4Box to make chili. Here it is - bubbling away. This thing works amazingly well. Clean-up looks to be relatively easy as nothing is sticking to the bottom. I'll be using it more in the future. My only quibble is that i wish the actual convection plate covered the whole bottom. But, there is something to be said for pushing, in this case, onions to the side while you brown the meat and not having them get frazzled.