Darienne

This entire thread has been most useful to me. I've never bought a potato which wasn't in some more traditional potato format really and now can see how useful the dehydrated forms might be, particularly for mashed potatoes...which are not a favorite of mine. I always thought that buying boxed potatoes was a cop out and now I see how wrong and judgemental I was being. Thank you all.

Thanks. Never thought of that one....

I don't care how yummy and nutritious they are...I'll either eat Real Canadian Superstores (Loblaws) brand or I'll buckle down and eat a real hamburger.

Ed and I love French Fries which is the main reason we bought one. The fry trucks in my area...East Central Ontario...leave at Canadian Thanksgiving - October - and don't open again until May 24th weekend, Queen Victoria's birthday (it's a Canadian thing). We have a wonderful one just outside our local library branch. So on occasion, Ed will stop and buy a big order of fries at a restaurant and bring them home for lunch. Putting them in the microwave, as we all know, is the kiss of death. So next time, they go into the air fryer. And yes, I've now used it once in about 8 months. Our son came last summer and used it a lot but neglected to show me how and I'm very slow about working new items into my repertoire. Otherwise I have no idea what I would use one for. My oven and my wonderful, but now dying, Breville toaster oven do all the rest.

Welcome Neely. You've come to a good place.

Reading it right now, as we speak.

The Kumato tomatoes are delicious and I'm so glad that we now have them. I'm also using bottled Mutti Passata and it tastes good...skinless and strained.

Never eaten it in my life nor even purchased it. And I am a Canadian.

Would you by any chance have a photo of what you are talking about?

Welcome to you, C00kman. And good luck with your endeavors.

I REALLY like this one! ❤️

Well, I finally did it. Made French Fries in the air fryer which I have now owned for at least a quarter of a year without using. Even our son Ken used the air fryer which he was here last summer. So this morning, I bit the bullet and in they went. And so disappointing they were. No crisp at all. Until I realized that the air fryer was tripping the circuit breaker. Moved the machine. Plugged it in again. Reset the controls. Etc. And voilà ... French Fries...and for breakfast too. ❤️ * Oh, make that at least half a year owned and not used.

Good heavens!!!

Martha Stewart's instructions:

Zucchini and potato soup here. Nothing exciting but tasty enough. Next for red pepper soup and then carrot soup next. Hmmm...then another batch of Hamburger Soup. Livin' the dream. Oh, and potato and bacon soup.

This topic just popped up in the 'Similar Content' section and this is quite fortuitous. Peeled my first tomato (Kumato, thanks @ElsieD) for lunch today. Martha Stewart is always there to give useful advice. Bacon and tomato sandwich...yum...

Ed brought home a package of Kumatos and I'll try them out today. First to find out how to skin a tomato. Thanks, @ElsieD and the others who have helped.

Kerry Beal, aka The Chocolate Doctor, has the most amazing chocolate room. Friends and I took courses from Kerry many years ago and were mightily impressed with her layout. I can only imagine how it looks now.

We don't have a Loblaws in Peterborough, however we do have a Superstore. I've added Kumatos to the grocery list with the words 'ask in produce' and now we wait. Thanks for the help, all.

Never heard of them. Please where did you find them? We don't have a full complement of stores in Peterborough so if it was Farm Boy, we are SOL.

Tomatoes I love to excess. And mostly Ed buys the grape/cherry tomatoes because they actually taste like tomatoes. But right now I can't eat those little tomatoes because I can't deal with the tomato skins. So my question is has anyone had any luck at all buying any other kind of fresh tomato in the chain grocery stores in Ontario? What kind and which store, please. Thanks.

Ed found it locally in one of the chain groceries. That weekend I tried 3 K's: kimchi, kombucha and kefir. Afraid none of them are going to make it onto the preferred list. Kimchi is not unlike other vegetable mixtures we are already using. Thanks, @blue_dolphin for asking.

Some plans are finally in place for Christmas. Ed has agreed to make Tortière and I am delighted. We have Thanksgiving's turkey still in the freezer...no working oven at that time...long story...aren't they all?...and so that's a start. Daughter is coming from Toronto for the weekend and alas, she's a vegan. Still she says if she makes the rules, she can break them when she feels like it and yes, she will have some turkey. And yes, she will bring some food with her. I've made Shortbread cookies but that might be it, except for the easy peasy Wacky Cake. Daughter will eat that because it is actually vegan. The Christmas bits and bobs are up in the Drive Shed and we have snow this morning up the wazoo and I hesitate to ask Ed to bring them down. If the tree is going to go up and be decorated, daughter will have to take charge this year. I'll manage my favorite Santa and reindeer set-up.

Horrific. Absolutely horrific.

Mind boggling!!!!!!