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We had this Pork Tenderloin for dinner. I made a Peach, apple cider vinegar, mustard and maple syrup glaze for the pork. A bit thin on the Ps or Ts, I'll admit. I promise to do better.

Hmmm. Maybe I'll pass.

Is Cumbrae's really that good? If it is, I'll have to stop in there next time we are down that way.

I took out some ham croquettes today that were made from the Christmas ham. As you can see, the H and/or C is sorely lacking. So maybe that is worth half a point? Or does the H in H&P sauce that John had with it count for something? Or my Roasted Pineapple and Habenero Sauce which is my preferred go-with? Or maybe I am in a minus position because 3 packages of jumbo chicken wings went into the freezer with a fourth to come later today? On the other hand, I have a pork tenderloin thawing for dinner tonight.

@Shelby. That is gorgeous!

Chicken wings aren't a health food? Shocking!!! We have a WF right here in Ottawa. We are probably going there this afternoon.

Thanks, Anna, for chiming in. That was my second thought - to get a portable induction unit. I have a good quality stove top pressure cooker (it's made by WMF) that would work just fine as the pot. I have spent some time looking at the ones on offer but I keep dithering about that as well. One thing for sure is that it would take up less room.

I'm going to Whole Foods here this weekend so let me know if you want me to check on anything. They have marinated chicken wings on for $9.99 per kilo and depending on the kind they have, I may get some.

@rotuts thanks for the link but that is not the one. This is the one I am looking at. https://www.amazon.ca/Breville-BREBEW800XL-Hot-Wok-Pro/dp/B00BTZIPH0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486149068&sr=8-1&keywords=Breville+hot+wok+pro @rotuts

Strange. I wasn't able to find it on Amazon.com. I'll have to have another look. I did ask if anyone had done any deep frying in it and I got a reply to say they had and they were pleased with the result.

We go on grocery shopping expeditions. Ogdensburg is about an hour from here and they have Aldi and Price Chopper. We have also been known to go to Syracuse (3 to 3 1/2 hours) where we amble around Trader Joe's and Wegman's. We try to stick to stuff we can't get here, including Rotel tomatoes in the 10oz. tin. For some reason, I really like them. Normally when we go to Syracuse we spend the night at my niece's, but we have been known to make it a day trip. Oh, and TJ's peanut butter pretzel things are likely my husband's favorite snack food. We can get something similar here but the shells are thicker so they don't have the same sort of snap.

I am thinking of buying one of these. This particular model has an 1800 watt heating element and according to the reviews on Amazon.ca, gets really hot. It also got good reviews there, 24 people gave it 5 stars, 2 gave it 4 stars. There were no other ratings. One of the reasons I would like one is that I can use it on my balcony to deep fry stuff. While I do occasionally deep fry in a pot on the stove, I don't like living with the smell of cooking oil afterwards. Does anyone have this particular model?

Indeed. But at least I didn't buy the jumbo chicken wings which you so seldom see. Not yet, anyway.

Today I grabbed some ground Pork out of the freezer. There were two packages so I decided to turn it into chili con carne. The meat was browned, Peppers and onions sautéed, garlic added, then ancho chili powder, chili con carne spice mix, cumin and oregano. That was followed by 3 cans of my very precious Rotel tomatoes (precious because we can't get them here) salt and pepper. We let that simmer for a bit and then tasted it to adjust the seasoning. Bleech! It tasted of old meat. Very old meat. It was trashed. This time I looked in the freezer to see what we had that was already prepared as it was now 7:00. Found some stuffed peppers and they are currently heating up in the oven. So no points for me today but on the other hand, three more items have been removed from the freezer. Almost, but not quite, makes up for the 4 packages of pork back ribs that went in this afternoon.

The BAE spoon by itself is not available, so says the web site. I checked out the shipping costs for the spoon set to have it shipped to my niece in NY state and it would cost $14.15. When I do a conversion to Canadian dollars for the spoons plus shipping, it amounts to around $60 and that assumes no duty charges. So, no spoons for me.

The freezer has been relieved of 1 package of Pork Sausage. With it, we had mashed Potatoes, (thanks, Anna N!), apple Sauce and a mixture of Spanish onion, red Peppers and charred corn. Rotuts, are you keeping track of the points?

@Anna N I didn't read your post as carefully as I should have or I wouldn't have asked the question. @blue_dolphin has answered the question and I don't guess I'll be getting one either. $18 shipping is a lot.

Well now, darn it all, you've got me lusting after those spoons, particularly the egg one. What were the shipping charges like?

@kayb. Thanks for reminding me about those delicious mushrooms. I'd forgotten about them.

@Anna N. I made the spuds tonight following your directions. I'm glad you warned me about what was under the lid. It looked a mess. But wow, are they ever good. Even my non-potato loving husband thought they were great. I do believe that is the only way I'll be making them from now on. Thank you.

@Anna N Next time I want mashed I'll try this. Maybe tonight, depending on what gets pulled our of the freezer. I use 1% milk but I always have whipping cream on hand so a bit of that should transform the 1% into 2%. Thanks for posting this.

I tried cooking potatoes in the IP exactly once and haven't done since as I thought they retained too much water, resulting in gloopy potatoes. Maybe there is a secret to cooking them that way I don't know about?

With the best of intentions, I reached into my freezer and pulled out a package of chicken thighs............that had been placed there last week. I was at the grocery store and they had some thighs on for 50% off (enjoy them tonight! the sticker said). So I bought a couple of packages of thighs and one of drumsticks, came home and plunked them in the freezer. I did not need them, I truly didn't, but I have a hard time passing up a bargain. Because I pulled out chicken that was purchased AFTER the challenge started, I'm not sure if this gets me any points. But, cook them up I did. We had Japanese curry Chicken thighs, with peas and red pepper in the sauce, pan roasted Carrots and a Cucumber salad. The curry was served over rice. Rice and curry were cooked in the IP.

Today I grabbed a smoked pork sausage. I remembered liamsaunt's post showing a beautiful meal that had sausage and perogies amongst many other beautiful dishes. So, we had perogies and pork sausage. Unlike liamsaunt, the perogies were not homemade. No picture because, well, it wasn't picture worthy. The perogies also came from the freezer.

@liamsaunt Is there a recipe for the beet salad or did you wing it? The whole meal looks delicious but I am a huge fan of beet salads.