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Last night we had fresh corn risotto with red curry shrimp cakes and for dessert we had strawberries over (bought) angel food cakes with homemade popcorn ice cream.

Sure wish I had your problem.

What a coincidence. We had the exact same thing, but not plated as nicely.

Enough to make one gag (says she who speaks from experience).

The affected area is about an inch and a half around. The area around where the skin burned off has that nice brand new skin look, you know, smooth and shiny.

@andiesenji thank you again. I have placed my order with Amazon and ordered the refillable cups although mine are the plain ones, but also from BRBHOM. Amazon.ca wanted $32 for the coloured ones but the plain ones were $26. I am looking forward to getting it.

I will never again reach into the back of a hot and running Cuisinart Steam Oven to give a piece of bread a quick flip "because it's not very far and there is lots of headroom". Not.

I have decided to get the Nescafe Genio II. I have one question about the refillable pods, and that is, how much coffee do they hold? We like our coffee fairly strong. Also, how hot is the coffee? I have read some reviews on other coffee makers where the complaint is the coffee is warm, not hot.

I believe Costco sells the mix.

Have a safe trip home.

That feels kinda sad.

The Amazon person has sobered up.

Which way?

Everything is better with bacon grease.😉

@pjm333 Stunning, as usual. You don't live near me, by happy chance, do you?

Whenever I've been to Trader Joe's, I always check the freezer section for the Tarte d'Alsace and they have never had it. This would be the Syracuse, NY location. Mind you, it has been a long time since we were last there, so maybe they are carrying it again. I love the stuff and can now only have it if I make it as you can't find it around here.

Beef stir fry tonight, a Martin Yan recipe.

We have a Thermador induction cooktop and have not had any issues. It's about 4 years old.

Great lòoking eggs. You can really tell that they are fresh farm eggs. We are going to a farm tomorrow to stock up. They are almost an hour away but the trip is worth it.

Andie, thank you. I'm having trouble comparing models and plan on calling them tomorrow. On the Canadian web site, they are out of stock so I need to ask them about that too.

Roast beef dinner. I tried cooking the beans in the CSO (still learning!) And they got a bit frazzled.

Love headcheese. My mother used to make it, although I have to admit that when the pig's head was brought home I was glad when they removed the eyes. I always thought there was something spooky about looking at those dead eyes.

I agree with you 100%.

@andiesenji I am thinking of getting a single serve coffee maker and have been reading some old eGullet threads about them. Your post caught my eye and so I decided to ask you a couple of questions. The first one is, are you still happy with it? Also, do you need to use prepackaged pods or can you use your own coffee? I am an occasional coffee drinker but I have a particular coffee that I really like and so would want a machine that would allow me to use my own coffee. Thank you.

I doubt I'd ever buy one of these, but I'm really enjoying going along for this ride. It's quite the machine.