Marlene

I have one chocolate chip cookie recipe that uses lard. I also use a small bit of it in my roasting pan when I'm roasting potatoes with the roast.

Cheese. Blue cheese, stilton, a sharp cheddar, grana padana

Funny, I was thinking about you Sat night when I was using mine I wondered whether you had tried it yet. That's what happened to me too. I got the small one first and I loved it so much I went out and bought the large one! Happy roasting!

Radio Shack?! Who'd of thunk? Is it their own brand?

Welcome Malachi! I've added your recipe to the eGRA recipe archive Texas BBQ Sauce

As usual, these are not available in Canada. Any ideas where to get this in New York?

I've edited the recipe to give credit to Charlie Trotter. By the way brig, I assume then you had permission to post it?

awbrig's tart imortalized in the archive Bacon and Carlmelized Onion Tart

The Velvet cloak is my first choice. I saw those pics of their rooms I was just teasing about Jaymes anyway, but don't you get an "Alice in Wonderland" feeling about how this whole thing has taken off? I feel like the White Rabbit saying "I'm late I'm late, I'm late for Varmint's pig pickn' date" Besides, I told you I plan in advance. I just emailed my ex with our holiday dates for next year

Leftover beef stroganoff (close your ears pixelchef )

OK Jaymes. It's Friday. We're waiting on the news we can use....

The great thing about Elizabeth's recipe is that the brownies are frosted upside down, so you still get to taste that nice crust!

Has anyone made any of these brownies? Can you tell me a bit about them? I would love to have a great brownie recipe in my repertoire, but haven't been able to master one yet. I am looking for a moist, chewy brownie with a light crust on top. Just like mom used to make.......... I've made Elizabeth's Ultimate Brownie recipe twice, and it rocks!

Brownies gathered from a previous thread.

Yay Flossie!

Walking is the most amazing exercise. When I was losing all my weight, the only exercise I did was walk. Not only did it help me lose weight, but it was the best stress reliever. I never got up at 5, not with a small child to take care of, but when dinner was done, I left the child with my husband and walked for at least 45 minutes with my walkman on. When I came back, I was so calm, but energized. You go Varmint. You are going about this all the right way!

I have the Thermador cooktop shown in the picture. We just installed it a couple of months ago. I got the Thermador, because it was the only electric cooktop with a bridge burner. I like it just fine, but a couple of things to note. It does not heat up as fast as coils or gas, so it takes a bit longer to boil water for pasta for example. The other thing is ceran cooktops are a bit of a pain to clean. You have to use a special cleaner on them. Watch out for spill overs too, as there is no way for the spillage to be contained, it can run right off. The only cooktop I've seen designed to correct this problem is the Miele. Miele The Thermador had a couple of features the others didn't, including the bridge burner. t has electronic controls rather than knobs. It has a zone smart feature so that if you don't have a pot on an element, the element will turn itself off after 10 minutes. It has a panel lock feature which is nice, so you don't turn the cooktop on by accident. It sits very flush to the counter, whereas the Miele sits up a bit. Even though all my other appliances are white, I opted for the black cooktop, because white cooktops just don't look right. I think I looked at every cooktop on the market before we settled on the Thermador.

Grilled fish and a raw egg are for breakfast. Oh gag. (sorry, automatic relfex )

I can get fish sauce. You know, this will be a first for me. I"m not a huge fish fan, so fish sauce is a huge quantum leap for me

Um that would be me. I have never gotten past the "eggs are for breakfast thing". Nor have I ever cooked Thai. However, mamster's article is inspiring me to give it a try. Is this a good way for a novice to begin?

How do you deal with the lack of prep time available for competitions? Do you always have the right ingredients or is there a lot of on the spot decision making?

Brilliant, and very helpful Steve, Thanks!

I can't believe I actually read through this whole thread. Um Ben, could you use a rolling pin with your toasted rice in a Ziplock bag? I used my rolling pin and ziplocks extensively to grind up nuts and other things before I got a spice grinder. Just a thought.

I have a contact at Head Office for Tim's in Oakville, and I'm advised that yes, they do this for some of the remote locations that are nowhere near a larger Tim's. I know that in Oakville, the larger Tim's bake their doughnuts on premises and then deliver them to various locations like the drive throughs in Oakville. I know this because my best friend's son is one of the delivery drivers. There are lots of Tim's still making their own doughnuts though.

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