Darienne

Hooray for us. I am so looking forward to this. And I am over the moon that once again I can stand and walk and actually attend an event. :wub:

Of course. First big smile of the day. I mean to photograph my breakfast...but oops! I ate it first. Smoked salmon with two scrambled eggs, scrambled by me for me. Not by DH, who is a great cook, but I like my own scrambled eggs exclusively.

And just who is going to complain about the nicks and smudges and refuse to eat them?

And I am also a fan of second-hand and yard sales too. Not a great selection often, but it's amazing what we have found over the years...including yesterday. (However, I did buy a set of special pots just for my use with chocolate and confections. NO ONE else gets to use them. )

I see that Google has you listed as an olive oil geek. Interesting. And what kind(s)/brand(s) of olive oil do you use, please?

I know very little about this topic, but one thing I do know from traumatic experience: when you forget take the dill out of the chicken soup, which your Aunt has told you to do, the soup will taste overwhelmingly of dill the next day, which your husband will remark rather carelessly to you the next lunch, and if you are then 8 months pregnant with your third child, you might throw the much-dilled bowl of soup at his head. Which I did. About 44 years ago. And neither of us ever forgot.

I know, I know, it's a bit early to be thinking of ice cream, but I found this wondrous recipe for Lebanese Milk Ice Cream which includes both rose and orange water. I really need to make it and soon. It was on 'Always Order Dessert' a blog. I found a few interesting ice cream blogs the other day: The Ice Cream Fellow, Scoopalicious, Japanese Ice Cream, Ice Cream Geek Blog (well, haven't been there yet), and The Ice Cream Forum. No doubt there are dozens of others.

We're in the city again tomorrow. I'll look. Thanks. p.s. The 'city' being Peterborough. p.p.s. No they don't have one, and I read the reviews of the nut chopper and so many of them were downright scary that I think I'll pass on this one.

Canadian Tire was originally just an auto store. Then they added more and more and more, including kitchen wares of all kinds. Now believe it or not, they are going to add groceries. It was announced in the newspaper a few days ago. So, this morning in the city, we went to Value Village and there it was, a mini-processor for $4.99. I bought it. I'll still keep an eye out for something more suitable at yard sales which in this frozen north don't start until late spring I think. Thanks.

Thanks Andie. Needless to say these are not available on Amazon.ca (Canada). Invariably, the prices for the same items on Amazon.ca are much higher than the prices on Amazon.com (USA). T'was ever thus, as others have already pointed out. It's the second-hand store for me...well, for Ed. He frequents them while I'm at various appointments in the city.

Thanks Kerry. Did not find that topic because it was in 'Pastry and Baking' and of course I looked in 'Kitchen Consumer'. Now to look in the second-hand stores for either an old fashioned nut chopper or a little food processor.

Interesting, or rather distressing. The 'old' one was metal and glass...the 'new' one is plastic, and therefore will break more easily.

I put the word 'nut' into the search in Kitchen Consumer and found only two unrelated headings. It seemed safe. Can anyone point out the recent thread?

Unless there are some really good nut choppers out there that haven't been mentioned so far, I'll probably spring for a small food processor. I'll get my DH to look at the local second-hand stores. They're the sort of thing that people get and then get rid of...too small to be of much use really.

Thanks all for the information and suggestions. Perhaps I wasn't very clear about what it was I wanted. I don't want to grind the nuts, just chop them into small pieces.

Good Heavens, sir! They are beautiful. Today I gave away chocolate-coated toffee in which the chocolate had come away from the toffee. Now that is cause for embarrassment...if I were so inclined.

Chopping nuts this morning in my latest style Pampered Chef Food Chopper which I got at a second-hand store in Moab, I thought my arms (used both hands) would fall off before I managed to get the ruddy almonds chopped finely enough. What do other folks use for nut chopping. My food processor is way too large. (I was chopping one cup of a few different kinds for a breakfast dish called "nutolla", a sort of granola without grains and sweetener.) I suppose I could try the Bullet which someone gave me which is somewhere in my life. Never could get the 'hang' of the thing. What about finding one of those one-cup food processors? I had one and gave it away because it was so small. Never thought of nuts. And I was much younger then and could pound away on the chopper handle with no problem. What to do?

My feelings exactly !

Wonderful, Dave. You may be new, but you will certainly catch up quickly, being so prolific.

Thanks for going to that trouble on my behalf. They look delicious. What's not to love about cheesecake?

I would love to see a photo of your cheesecake lollipops. Sorry about your problem. Can't be of any use to you there.

Lunch today was a breakfast dish - or supper, for that matter - and I didn't think about photographing it until we had eaten most of it and the remnant looks a mess. How it would ever feed 12-14 people as noted on the recipe is beyond me. W, two, ate more than half and we did not 'pig' out. It's a Blintz Souffle and not incredibly rich. It puffed up beautifully...and then fell down soon after. Still, with yogurt and raspberry sauce in stead of the called for sour cream and fresh fruits, it was delicious. Quick to make. Could be served easily as a brunch dish. Couldn't possibly have it for breakfast in my life because it baked for 50-60 minutes. Perfect for a light lunch.

Excellent idea. Presented in this light, the thought of weighing ingredients is not in the forefront. DH weighs the dogs' portions all the time. But then we own several sets of scales and they are constantly used. Wonder how I ever managed without scales????

Thank you tino27. Looked at both websites and then went back and read this thread again. It sounds like a wonderful weekend. I'm looking forward to coming now. ps. Voted OK for both dates, because there was no 'prefer' choice. Would prefer the earlier date.

Is there a description of what goes on at these gatherings that I could look up? I might be able to make it to Ann Arbor in August. That would be incredible to take part in an 'eGullet' event at last.