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Here is a Harvest Grains bread. It is made with a soaker and poolish, both of which were started yesterday. The breads were finished today. I overproofed the dough, as it proofed quicker than I was expecting, and so deflated a bit. I cut a piece and toasted it and we each tried a half slice. For toast, it is fine, not quite the crumb I wanted but for a first time effort and knowing some of the errors I made, not too bad. But the taste is a bit off and neither one of us can put our finger on it. It has an almost background note of rancidity and yet both the grains mix from KAF and the whole wheat flour are fresh. Weird.

Look what the cat brought home - the IP Mini!

I just checked Amazon.ca 2 rolls of 750 sq. Feet is listed at $29.94 plus $9.94 shipping for a lofty total of $39.88. The dispenser will set you back $50.55 but shipping is FREE! I'd hop across the border to Ogdensburg but there are no Costcos in that general area.

That sure looks good! I love focaccia.

For Canadian eGulleters, Canadian Tire has a sale on the Instant Pot Mini this week for $79.99.

The one I have is blue with a bit of yellow lettering. It contains 750 sq. Ft. The box is 2.75" square. The orange/yellow ones are a lot bigger than that.

I went to a 5 Guys here once and swore I would never go back. Between getting our two orders totally wrong, they blasted us out of the place with music going full tilt. It was so loud we could not have a conversation, not even with our voices raised.

Kerry, is that the stuff in the blue box labelled Food Wrap or the stuff in the orange (I think, or maybe yellow) boxes? I don't know what the stuff in the orange box is labelled as, but if that is the Stretch-tite, I'll get some next time I'm there. If it's the blue box, that's what I'm already using. Not bad stuff, but not good as the old Saran Wrap.

Costco did not have it in stock at my store. Yesterday we went to a Costco in Quebec they didn't have it either so unless I order it from Amazon, which looks expensive, I'm out of luck getting my hands on Stretch-tite.

In which case you might not want to binge watch the show.

Yes. The inner pot ALWAYS needs to have water in it.

I've been testing recipes for them for a long time, although I only do the ones I'm interested in, which means there are long stretches when I don't do any. I still make one of their ecipes to this day for a pork chop. Given my love for the IP I'll likely test everything that comes my way

Cook's Illustrated must be coming out with a "multicooker" cookbook. I received an email today from them asking if I owned one and if I did, would I be willing to test recipes. So I said yes, and yes.

I too see it on both .com and .ca, with slightly different pricing. I am a Prime member of .ca but not . com

So clear Pyrex good, blue Pyrex bad?

Yes, it is $3.16 US$

It is there because I just bought it. Have a look again, it is right on the bottom of the listing.

Is your business looking for more staff?

Amazon.ca has his Elements of Pizza on for $2.99, Kindle version.

@Kerry Beal and @Anna N Thanks for taking me along. As usual, I enjoyed myself. Get home safely.

And thankfully, it was.

@Anna N out of all the yummy looking foods you and Kerry have posted pictures of, nothing makes me green with envy as much as those eggs. I have been looking to buy eggs like that without success. I do occasionally get some from my SIL who has a hobby farm but she is about 1 1/2 hours away, a bit far to go for a dozen eggs.

) Speaking from experience, Mr. ( or Mrs.) Chest Pain isn't going home any time soon either.

Thanks again. I'll check at Costco tomorrow to see off they have it. The Canadian site, Costco.ca does not but the Costco.com site does. It doesn't necessarily mean they don't have it in their store, so we shall see.