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@chromedome. I love your, um, weird sense of humour!

A little while ago I had some apriums that were getting soft so I pureed them, added a bit of sugar and stuck it in the freezer and promptly forgot about it until today. I spun it on sorbet and it only needed the one spin. It is a bit soft but we ate it anyway. It was very tasty.

I too remember them from Spam cans.

Welcome to the forum, @xDraug, it's a great place.

I can't bring myself to buy the Itty bitty chicken wings you see in grocery stores because I look at them and think "those poor little chick's never had a life". I do, however, buy them at the Costco Business Centre. They sell big chicken wings. As for the grilled cheese sandwich, they air fry up really crispy and even better, both sides stay crispy as you eat it. No flabby underside.

@blue_dolphin. When I first got the Breville, I tried air frying things like chicken wings and French fries, both regular and sweet potatoes. Everything stuck to the basket and when I tried to loossen the food the skin came off the chicken and pieces of potatoes stuck to the basket. This happened even when i used a food spray on the basket. I found it also cooked unevenly. Since he BSOA replaced a BSO and I did not buy it for the Air function I didn't really care that the air frying function didn't work for me. I'm very happy with my recent purchase of the Vortex Plus Air Fryer. My wings come out perfectly crispy and I love that I can stick an egg in there, time it to hard cook and walk away. This things like tator tots turn out nice and crunchy and I love the grilled cheese sandwiches. I don't do anything exciting with it but for what I use it for. It's great. As a final note, the air fryer is much faster than the BSO"A" ever was.

Being the squash lover that I am, I'd be ecstatic to be in a place like that.

I made this tonight for dinner. I thought it was terrific John thought it great at the beginning but a bit too sweet by the end. I used homeynut squash, next time I'll use a squash that is not as sweet. I adapted the recipe for the IP and that worked nicely. Thanks for the recipe @Okanagancook!¡

I recently made Biscoff-Stuffed Brownies from Small Batch Bakes. John liked them, I did not particularly care for them. I'm not a big brownie fan to start with and these were VERY dense.

Today I made Sweet and Salty Chocolate Cake. from Small Batch Bakes. Since the measurements are in grams, it was easy to scale this to one layer. It was (is) delicious helped by the dulce de leche buttercream. It's a keeper.

I'm chiming in to say that I have the BSOA and the Vortex Plus. They are each good at what they do but the one can't be compared to the other. I have never been happy with the "Air" part of t he BSOA and now never use it for that purpose. When it comes time to replace the BSOA, if I replace it with another Breville I would not get the "A" version. Just my 2 cents worth.

Could you elaborate on blanching the squash? Time? Skin on or off? I'm thinking it might be a good thing to do with my thinner-skinned squash, e. g. delicata.

You're going to be one busy lady!

When you say vanilla biscuits are those wafers or something else?

Oh, wow! Do you have a recipe you are able to share?

That looks really good. I have saved the recipe. Thank you.

Today's squash haul from the farm gate. I got a box that I filled for $22.00. I paid a small premium for the Turbans. That boxfull is presently residing in the walk-in closet.

So it is. I didn't get that far as I wanted to look up the various squashes I can get this afternoon at a farm gate and that was all I was interested in when looking at the article. I'm definitely going to try it. Thanks for pointing that out.

I'll try that. Thanks for the suggestion, we'll see how it works out.

https://whatscookingamerica.net/squash.htm I came across this web site this morning. I thought some of you might be interested. I'm going out to buy some other squash this afternoon.

Thanks. I'll give it another try.

I got my stash of winter squash in last week. We have already eaten 2 delicata and one carnival acorn squash but the remainder should do us for a while. We have 9 delicata 5 carnival acorn and 2 butternut. There is another location where we go to buy different squash from those we have and we may take a trip on the weekend to get a few more. A couple of days ago I stuffed a carnival one with with quinoa (and some other stuff) and quite enjoyed it. @Okanagancook should you have the book Yum and Yummer by Greta Podleski of Looneyspoons, Crazy Plates, and Eat, Shrink and be Merry fame, the recipe is in there.

How do you get the crud on the seeds off? I tried washing them once and could not get seeds without stuff stuck to them.

I have 2 Cameron stove-top smoker grills. For what I want, they work like a charm. I have both the regular size and the mini. Both are induction compatible. The other day I smoked a rack of baby back ribs. Tonight I will do some fish. https://cameronsproducts.com/product/original-stainless-steel-smoker-value-pack-3-bonus-pints-wood-chips/