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I too have aprons (mine have mostly cat motifs) that I seldom use. My clothes also have the stains to prove it. Every now and then I'll wear one as these were given to me as presents and to never wear them seems....unappreciative of the gift. It is interesting to note that the givers of said aprons are not much interested in cooking. Maybe they are the types to wear aprons?

No trick. I just dice them as you dice anything else. I had a few pieces, mostly from the outside layers, that the machine did not dice.

I have both the 8mm and 12mm disc's. I use them both, probably in equal measure.

We're calling this Mulligan Soup. It's what's for dinner tonight along with focaccia currently baking in the oven.

Good, aren't they! I have a full chocolate and a full fruit one in the freezer, along with most of another chocolate one. I'll be sad when they're gone. These are from Gouter.

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@Shelby. What's in the broccoli salad? It looks really good.

I'm not @DesertTinker but I did do up a couple of ham and cheese sandwiches in the A4 a couple of weeks ago.. That was my first time using it. I had the lid on, but the temperature i started with was way too low so it was taking forever to toast and melt the cheese. Once I cranked the heat up, it worked well. Nice and toasty, cheese melted.

Here in Canada, Costco Business centres sell chicken wings that are 6 - 8 wings per pound.

Thanks for taking us along. I find your travel blogs fascinating as they take me somewhere I'll never get to.

Are you related to @JoNorvelleWalker ?

Thank you. Can you tell me the company's name? Maybe I can contact them and find out who they supply in Ottawa and go from there.

Thanks for the suggestion but I'm trying not to buy alcohol that I might use once a year or less. I have a cupboard full of various kinds, most of which was accumulated when I drank the stuff. Now I only drink white wine so most of it just sits there. I do use marsala and spiced rum and the occasional something else like black currant liquor. Here is my collection of seldom used liquors:

I used Lillet. Since I'd not made the recipe before, I can't compare it to using dry vermouth but the sauce was very good and went well with the lobster ravioli. I'm going to see if i can find an airplane size dry vermouth to use the next time I make it.

As mentioned, I don't have the Paradice but do have the dicing kit. I've used it to dice vegetables before dehydrating them, such as squash, carrots, celery, etc. I hate chopping onions so bought a 5 pound bag one day, diced them, packaged them in 1 cup amounts, and froze them flat. That way, though admittedly I have to eyeball it, I can break off 1/4 or a half cup.

I spent a fair bit of time this afternoon acquainting myself with onigirazu. I've put nori and sticky rice on my shopping list. Thank you for bringing it to my attention as I had never heard of it before.

Sorry I'm a bit late. I have the dicing kit, not the paradice 9.

Easy when I am able to buy puff pastry tart shells! @Dejah. Where do you buy puff pastry shells?

No, but i do have dry marsala that I use as a dry sherry sub. I was in a hurry when I posted my question (dentist) but now that I'm home, read the responses to my question and did some googling myself, it seems Lillet can also be substituted as it has citrus undertones. I have white Lillet. I've never had any, the bottle was given to me and has not been opened.

I wantt to make sauce for lobster ravioli that requires dry vermouth. I don"/ have any. Can I use Lillet? Something else? The,sauce,calls for tomato paste, onion, whipping cream, pasta water and red pepperflakes so is not a heavy sauce.

Does anyone know what this is for?

Got it, thank you.

Thank you. I looked at their site and they make no mention of a manual.

Anyone use the A4 lately?