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Mulligan stew

Made mulligan stew last night. Ingredients used were ground beef, fresh thyme, carrots, celery, onions, dehydrated tomatoes, green beans, red pepper, corn, peas and mushrooms. A bit of Worcestershire, fish sauce and harissa. Water and veal demi-glace. It was seriously good. Corn muffins on the side.

I feel that way about smoked eel.

I'd bet those cookbooks are fascinating.

@shain Are those momos in the bottom picture?

Why not have him make them?

I see Thomas Keller has a recipe for Leek Bread Pudding.

No, but I do have a hand held vacuum that I keep in the kitchen for just such an emergency.🙄

I shall never again put the lid on my Instant Pot, set it to manual high for 45 minutes and leave the kitchen without making sure the sealing ring is in the lid. A day later, (today) I promised myself that I would never again attempt to empty a 10 lb. bag of bread flour into the flour container, which was sitting on the edge of the counter, without making sure I had not inadvertently poked a BIG hole in the bag.

@Kim Shook Very impressive!

@NoahWhey What have you used your Control Freak for, so far?

The small print says consumer purchases only, no commercial.

Welcome to the forum!

I started taking one cookbook off the shelf per week and picking out the week's recipes from that cookbook, making a list of what I needed, and then going out to buy the stuff. As the week toddles along I then only have to buy say, fresh fish or whatever I couldn't stock up on in the initial major grocery trip. One big advantage of this is that my stand up freezer is slowly being emptied which is a good thing seeing as the pork tenderloin (vac packed) that I pulled out of the freezer two days ago had been put there in Nov. 2017. This week's pick which I am about to go through is Storm the Kettle, a cookbook based on what is grown and eaten in Newfoundland. I will be doing that this afternoon. Edited to add: "Storm the Kettle" in Newfoundlandspeak means " to boil water hastily in a kettle for a 'mug up' or a cup of tea. Mods: If this post is considered off-topic please move or delete.

My initial thought, too, was I'm not interested in an egg book. Then I looked inside......

@David Ross I am SO making this at Christmas. Thank you.

Are they protected by copyright?

Good question.

I like the first one @curls posted. Glad you are not getting the black ones. Idon't know why, but the handle on the knife would drive me bonkers.

Congratulations! If you were to host such a site I would certainly follow it, but I'm not sure I would have much to contribute. But, if I have something, I would be happy to share it.

@shain Are those grapes growing wild or were they in someone's garden?

I showed them to John. He does not like them. He says they look like he couldn't get a good grip on them and he said the short blade on the knife "would drive me nuts". I also agree with @gfweb that utensils that won't rest on the plate are irksome.

This is something that bothers my husband a lot, me not so much. Skinny handles on the cutlery. He detests the feel of it. I like the style you had, but then I am not a fan of anything too ornate.

Have two!🙂

Today I re-tempered the chocolate above using the Control Freak. It worked flawlessly. The execution on the molds leave a little something to be desired but I was mainly interested in the tempering procedure. Last time I tempered anything was around 2007. So I can call the tempering part a success unless @Kerry Beal you see something wrong? These little chocolate guys are made with silicone molds and because they are so floppy it is hard to plop them on the counter to get rid of the air bubbles. Oh, and the bloom on the underside is caused, I'm pretty sure, by the last of the chocolate I used to smooth out the chocolate in the molds. It was likely out of temper.