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What I do is lightly butter one side of a slice and place buttered side down, in a frying pan. Once lightly toasted, I flip it and heat it through on the second side.

We enjoyed some of Gouter's Soma panettone this morning. Excellent, as usual.

@chromedome That is an amazing array of cookies. That's what I call a job well done. Congratulations!

@Duvel Wow, just wow!

Looking forward to reading your blog!

@FauxPas Oh no! Of all the times to get sick. Wishing the two of you a speedy recovery

Given that the recipe calls for fresh cranberries, the recipes calls for very little sugar.

Where is the recipe from?

My sister and I decided that except for giving each other a jigsaw puzzle this year, we would do a Christmas cookie exchange. My offering, left to right: Samosas, candy cane shortbread, speculoos behind them, turtle cookies, shortbread, triple ginger cookies, and candy cane cookies.

Another sign that Christmas will soon be here!

@KennethT What is special about a Lloyd's pan?

Look what just arrived! Now to find freezer space......

@Ann_T That sauce sounds delicious. Can I freeze it rather than can it? I no longer have my big canner.

Lentils?

I'll second that. Costco sells them in their usual large quantity and they freeze very well. Ask me how I know.

I'll be curious to read what the Tourtière from Costco is like. Is the brand Kirkland? Are you having the cranberry chutney with the Costco ot the bakery one?We have a local restaurant that makes really good ones at Christmas and sells them as a fundraiser for a local charity. I bought one last year and it was really good so I ordered 3 of them this year.

I know that as I'm shop there. I guess I'm surprised that BC doesn't.

Do the Costcos in BC not sell wine and beer?

Rao's

Purolator is a Canadian shipping company. Your parcel is in good hands.

Their apple pie is terrific.

Thank you, @Shelby. I love your blogs and appreciate the time and effort you put into it.

@KennethT let me see if I understand you correctly. I'm planning on making some arancini and cooking the rice in the IP. The recipe i have calls for 1 cup Arborio rice and 1 1/2 cups water to be cooked at high Pressure for 3 minutes and NPR for 10 minutes. Are you saying that if I put it in my CSO which has been preheated to 250F on the super steam setting, would also take 3 minutes? I would then turn the oven off and leavs the rice in there for 10 minutes? If so, i might never cook arborio rice any other way again.

Yes, diversol sanitizes as well. @TdeV any brewing supply place will have it. That is where we buy it, sorry, I don't know where else you night find it.

We use diversol to remove stains from coffee mugs and whatever else needs stain removal. We buy it at our local brew-your-own place. It works very well.