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How about stuff like ghee, asian sauces, hot sauces? Fridge officially died Wednesday.

Our fridge died this week and a new one is coming tomorrow. I have already thrown out everything that was in the freezer and the " must keep refrigerated stuff -e.g. Cheese, yogurt, eggs etc." moved to a bar fridge. There is still stuff in the fridge, mainly sauces, pickles, juices, horseradish and the like. That stuff stayed there as the bar fridge had no more room. I am about to make a list of what is in there so I know what I have to replace. Will some of this stuff still be good or should it all be pitched? Are there any general guidelines? I don't want to risk getting sick but it seems to me that some of it should be all right. The temperature in the fridge is 58F. Thanks in advance.

Elaina, nice crumb you have there!

It is a specialty of the Alsace region of France, also called Tarte Flambee plus other variations on the spelling of Flammekuchen. It can be made using a pizza dough, a non-yeast dough or puff pastry. I treid them all and prefer pizza dough. It is very simple to make. You cook bacon lardons until most of the fat is cooked out of it then in a bit of the bacon fat you cook some onions. When the onions have cooled, they are mixed with Creme fraiche, salt, pepper and a bit of nutmeg. That mixture is spread on the dough and topped with the bacon. I baked it for 8 minutes at 550F. It doesn't sound like much but it's delicious.

Flammekuchen

Thanks for this. We are going to give it a look. I used to read his reviews and he can be hysterically funny.

I went to Costco today and looked for the peeled garlic. I couldn't find any so I asked at the service desk. They do not carry it. What they do carry is chopped garlic in what, if I remember correctly, were 1.2 kg jars. The label said it was "grown, harvested and processed in California" but I didn't get any. It said 1/2 teaspoon was equal to one clove. I have tried jarred garlic in the past and was never impressed by it although I might be persuaded if anyone said this was worth buying.

How long do you leave them in? I have been using the pressure cooker to do mine which works well but I do it that way because I am not sure how long to cook them sous vide.

My SIL actually has live silkies on their hobby farm so I am familiar with them. Kosher chickens are readily available here as are halal. T & T carry chicken with head and feet attached.

Anna, now you have truly gone and done it. My MIL gave me a recipe for sausage rolls many years ago and while I made them once when she gave me the recipe, it (the recipe) got filed away and I had forgotten about it until now. I am off to get some sausage meat and will made these for supper.

Oh my goodness, Anna, that looks so good! Is that on PC puff pastry? (If it is, I just happen to have some in the freezer.)

Yum. Looks good.

I can't remember where I read this, but I think it had to do with ice cream. It said to add the vanilla AFTER the custard had cooled, because heat is harmful to vanilla. Hopefully, wiser folks than I will chime in.

Cakewalk, looking forward to the recipe. Shel_B, I would appreciate that. And KennethT, I always used regular peanut butter like Jiffy or Skippy which is of course, already sweetened. Maybe that was part of the problem?

I have a friend who has just had surgery for a serious health issue. I want to make him a batch of his favourite cookies. I used to make peanut butter years ago but stopped when I found all the recipes I tried to be cloying sweet. Would anyone have a recipe they would be willing to share that showcases the peanut butter rather than the sugar? It would make my friend very happy and he could use a bit of happiness right now. Thank you!

I made butter today following the instructions on Andie's blog and using the Thermomix. It turned out great. I had just shy of a litre of cream and got 12 ounces of butter. I used Maldon salt which I squished in using my gloved hands. Very nice clean taste.

Ciabatta. 95% hydration.

I got this the other day. I plan on printing it out and keeping it handy. I thought it was very well done.

As far as their online membership is concerned, and unless they have changed the way they do things, access to many of their recipes required an "upgraded" (read more money) membership. I got so frustrated by that I quit the online membership. At that point I had already stopped buying their books and had given up on the magazine. I have online membership to other paid websites but they don't suffer from the incessant marketing that is now a hallmark of the CI one.

Darienne, I too have owned many of CI's cookbooks and I agree with Honkman that they use the same recipe in many of their books which is one of the reasons I stopped buying them. However, if you don't own ANY of their books it is likely worth buying as I have found their recipes to be, well, not exactly exciting but they are foolproof.

I have really enjoyed your description of your Swedish Christmas. Thank you for taking the time to do this and I look forward to your Easter account.

Thank you Melissa and Tyler for responding. I am making some now and have just made one, cooked it up and ate it to see what it was like. It has some "chew" to it but I don't know if that is because I maybe overprocessed the dough or if it has an egg in it as Tyler suggests. In any event, I am going to make enough for supper then put the dough and filling in the fridge. If we like them this way, I will make the rest tomorrow. If I don't like the "chew" I will try to make a different dough.

Ditto.