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I read this in one of our newspapers. He is a fellow Canadian.

I just wrote to Cuisinart and asked if the CSO has been discontinued. Will post their reply.

Comes in at a good price for you Americans paying in US dollars.

Still available at Amazon.ca for $194.98.

@Anna N (and @Kerry Beal) everything looks wonderful. I take it the cheese has been aged 30 months? I imagine the balsamic in the small bottle with the white cap must be pretty special stuff. I'm sure you will enjoy consuming everything as much as Kerry delighted in getting it for you

Hello Simon and welcome to the forum.

@andiesenji I'm starting to think you must have a museum or a display centre of some sort. Just when I think you can't possible surprise me anymore, you do. Thank you for sharing them.

@Smithy Smoked turkey tails? I need to get out more. @kayb I had a look at that recipe. Looks good. I need to cook mine up.

BTB beef nutritional label:

I have used More Than Gourmet and Savory Choice products. I really liked Savory Choice but I cannot order it directly anymore and the one store that I know that carries it here charges more than I want to pay. Then I switched to More Than Gourmet and I was very happy with those but I can't order direct from them anymore either and I don't know of a store that carries them here. @blue_dolphin The mushroom one is very good. So now I have to rely on store bought ones and I use Better Than Bouillon, both the chicken and the beef. I also save chicken bones and when I have enough, I'll make a stock, just the bones and water. This then gets reduced as much as possible and I portion it out into ice cube trays. The jellied blobs I then keep in the freezer.

I haven't made them yet but will post when I do.

I do it at 140 for 3 hours.

I just had a thought. I think I'll brown the panko in some bacon grease.

Yeah, I've been googling recipes too. I also now have a dozen or so jalapenos in the fridge. I like the idea of topping them with panko crumbs, toasted, I think. Then, I wonder about cooking up some bacon while they are baking and sprinkle some bacon bits over the finished product rather than fiddling with bacon slices.

Thank you Kerry. I really, really, wanted to dive into those pastries. All of them.

We'll all sleep so much better tonight!

That worked. Did not work. I got the picture of the soup but no recipe.

Well, this is truly weird. I tap on your quote and I get an error message saying that the page does not exist. Anyway, thanks for quoting it in full. I appreciate it.

This is what I get:

Link goes to lamb shanks.

Try cracking the egg into a strainer and those wispy bits will fall through the strainer and then you won't have those bits.

Let me know how/if it works. I have the control freak also so I'm curious. What were the whites like?

Um, yes, before you put the water in.

It wouldn't do anything. All the lights went out, nothing worked. It just stopped.

John just picked up and re-installed the microwave. It was the fuse as @chromedome mentioned, as well as a switch. The repair was considerably cheaper than a new one, we'll see how long it lasts. Thanks, everyone, for chiming in.