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Love the lights!

I hate when that happens.

I ended up doing it for 24 hours then a quick sear. What a revelation that was. It was one of the best steaks we've ever had. Goodbye strip loins, hello flank! It was tender without being mushy and full of beefy flavour. Really, really good.

Well, at least you weren't taking a course in viennoiseries at Le Cordon Bleu and came within a hair of throwing a big bowl of flour into one of those huge bins of sugar.

Are they Tommy Atkins? They look too big to be atauflos.

Having had the same experience, the only mangoes I buy now are atauflos.

Thank you. How was the texture? I'm going to simply sear it in a cast iron pan on high heat.

I have a flank steak swimming away for dinner tomorrow. I have been trying to decide how long to leave it in there. It is at 133F. I have read to do it anywhere from 1 to 3 hours to 24 hours, the latter time mentioned by @Okanagancook and @KennethT. I can pull it out before bed or let it go until dinnertime tomorrow. I'm looking for a tender but not mushy steak. What would be the best time? I have done lots of steaks but never flank.

Hi Chuck! Welcome.

Steel cut oats for me, need a dab of maple syrup. All the Stoked Oats need is a bit of salt.

I love oatmeal. Once upon a time a used to buy those instant Quaker oatmeal packets. Then I graduated to steel cut oats which I still like. Then I came across a Canadian product called Stoked Oats. I buy the Bucking-Eh and the Stone Age Oats and mix them together. They too are an "instant oat" but it isn't gummy and actually has texture. I really like it.

I picked up the Pie and Pastry Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum yesterday for $2.99 which i was pretty happy about.

Zeus is doing well, thank you. He's thinking of moving from the Mini Mite league to the Mite league. Unfortunately, they are age driven and he doesn't remember the year he was born in, at least not with 100% certainty and that is a problem. He has been working out every day and says he is in the best shape he's ever been in so he is ready to put on his goalie pads and advance to the next level. He thanks you for asking and sends his regards to MC.

I have two unopened containers of the stuff in my cupboard. I haven't used it in a while but I used to use it in place of liquid buttermilk. I think i used it in pancakes. I'd put the powder in with the dry ingredients, sifted if clumpy. The amount of buttermilk called for would then be replaced by water. It always worked just fine. At some point I decided to use regular buttermilk so now when I buy some the rest of it is put into 1 cup amounts in baggies and frozen.

That is absolutely hilarious. Made my day.

I got all excited about the Edna Lewis book. But, when I went to buy it on Amazon.ca it was listed at $14.99. I am no longer excited.😢

Our condominium is in the process of setting up plumbing inspections for all units to make sure all plumbing fixtures that connect to water source are connected with metal wire mesh hoses. There have been problems with folks buying new appliances and the installer not using that type of hose resulting in leaks and not just little ones. So you should feel pretty confident that yours is okay.

Our neighbour had a big Samsung fridge that was only a few years old when the ice maker went and flooded half of her place. She was in the process of trying to sell it. She needed kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom flooring replaced along with some cupboards and drywall. Since she couldn't show it while the repairs were being done and yet had to continue paying condo fees and taxes it was a pricey undertaking. She had already moved when this happened. Instead of getting the fridge fixed, she gave it to us as long as we promised not to use the icemaker. No problem, we said. We got the Samsung, and she replaced it with a non-icemaking fridge. Our current fridge, an LG, has an icemaker. So far, no problems. We had a Kitchen Aid at one time and the ice maker broke twice. T h e first time we had it repaired, the second time we didn't bother.

For how long did you end up cooking them?

It looks absolutely wonderful. Happy cooking/ baking! It's so nice and bright.

It 's beautiful. I have to admit I'm a teeny tiny bit envious of your pantry. I love the sink. When we re-did our kitchen we put in a double sink like you have. I sure do miss it.

I can scarcely believe my eyes. When we moved into our house in 1985 that it the flooring that was on our kitchen floor and the hall. We lived with it for 6 years.

Yes and yes.

Sounds like the fan is starting to go.

@weinoo what do you use the Ume Plum Vinegar for? I have a bottle but I have forgotten why I bought it.🙄