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@kayb it wasn't me.

Those biscuits look interesting. Are they regular yeast biscuits with pineapple and what looks like a maraschino cherry on the bottom?

Excellent advice and welcome to eGullet.

Thank you, @Toliver. I had been wanting the bread book and now I have it.

Thanks! Is that in Markham? I wouldn't mind going there in one of our infrequent trips down that way.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is J-town?

Mmmmm, toutons!

Is this a flavoured rice cracker of some sort?

No, and it is very unlikely that I will.

I bought some of this and plan on serving it Thursday night. Most of the suggestions on this thread and what I have read elsewhere include bread, which I don't want to serve as I will be serving other stuff and the bread would be overkill in the amount of food served. Someone else suggested tomatoes. The only worthwhile tomatoes worth getting right now are Kumatos, both regular and cherry size. How does one serve this ham with tomatoes? Also, would cantelope work with this, assuming I can find it. Any other suggestions? A cracker of some sort? Wrapped around some cheese? I've never had this so hard no idea what it's like. Any suggestions are welcome.

Had to look Hoosier cream pie up.

@gfron1 Fascinating. Thank you.

I have two sauciers, they are a 3 quart all-clad and a 2 quart Volrath. I love those pans and use them more than any other pan I have.

Beautiful!

I have the Demeyer stainless steel wok. I hate using it. Stuff sticks to it no matter how much I pre-heat it. It takes up a lot of room. I should sell it.

I got this the on the 18th. John got it a few days later. All social outings were either cancelled or re-scheduled. We managed to open our gifts Christmas Eve with a modicum of enthusiasm. We also managed to cook our Christmas capon, but ate none of it. I had just enough energy to cook up the bones and bits and pieces for stock (thank you Instant Pot). Yesterday we packed the capon up in dinner sized portions and stuck it in the freezer. Here we are on the 27th still without much of an appetite, a hacking cough (but getting better) and not a whole lot of energy, but more than we had at the start. Still sleeping 10 hours at night. Hope you feel better quicker than we are.

@kayb Loved the story. Thank you for posting the link to it.

@Anna N That is a beautiful gift.

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Oh dear God that sounds good. Thank you!

Welcome to eGullet.

Whew! Tell us more about the caramel apple pound cake.

@FauxPas Thank you. I can watch both of them.

I get a page telling me that it will only be available in the U.S. Maybe the site is filtering me out because I am in Canada? The page I get has no menu, it's just a picture and the notice.

I could not see a way to scroll through this.