Darienne

I just got it out of the library yesterday and have started to read it. I'm not Celiac by any means, but who knows about that intolerance which so many people have and their health is much improved by giving up wheat. Have you read it? Do you have any thoughts about it?

I would say that 'seductively crispy' would be my very favorite.

Come to think of it, our flyers used to come on a Thursday to start on the Friday. Then some smartie no doubt moved his up one day and sooner or later, they all fell into line. Ed does the shopping in our family and he likes to shop the sales. Somehow he figures the money saved is worth the extra expenditure of time. And he'll happily go to four stores. Some of us certainly don't agree with him, but some of us don't do the shopping any more.

Wednesday night we get the local regional free newspaper with all the ads and flyers in it. And the flyers start on Thursday. Still some of the chain grocery stores no longer produce paper flyers for inclusion in the newspaper, and some put in only a skeleton page or so, but all are online now. Why do the specials in the grocery store begin on a Thursday?

Can't eat a bacon and tomato sandwich on gluten-free rice cakes! Now to find a decent pasta. My first purchase ended up in shreds after cooking. The second one, red lentils, not too bad. Sister-in-law tells me of GoGo Quinoa and now to find a location....

Bought it and tried it and was pleasantly surprised at how palatable it was. Mightily surprised even. And I see that it comes in several formats. It's made in Ireland and imported, maybe by elves. And it ain't cheap by a long shot. Today, a bacon and tomato sandwich for lunch. On bread.

We do have a Sobeys...the only store in town which carries Poblanos, although they are deemed 'hot'...and will hie ourselves off there today. Thanks so much, CD.

So I am gluten-free for a month anyway...along with sugar-free, dairy-free, coffee-free...and so far so good...except for the bread part. Ed bought two kinds of gluten-free bread for me to try last week at a regular grocery store in Ontario. The whole grain bread was from Little Northern Bakehouse and it was awful, both untoasted and toasted. The sandwich bread was from Glutino...now there's an appealing name...and it was even worse. Is there such a thing as a passable...not good...just passable...gluten-free bread to buy in a grocery store in Ontario? No American brands need apply...I won't be able to buy them in East Central Ontario in a small size city. Thanks.

This sounds like exactly my cup of tea. Thanks for posting.

Here's a way to safeguard against such a thing. https://stoveguardintl.com/ We used to have one because Ed left the stove on quite often. It no longer works many years later. It was one of the best investments we had ever made. Ed is better at the stove now, and we haven't replaced it. I believe they now have a version for gas and propane stoves also.

Found online this morning for our American friends: As of Friday, only red onions have been linked to the multinational outbreak, but U.S. officials say consumers should error on the side of caution when it comes to onion consumption right now. “Thomson International Inc. has notified FDA that it will be recalling all varieties of onions that could have come in contact with potentially contaminated red onions, due to the risk of cross-contamination,” according to the FDA update. “This recall would include red, white, yellow, and sweet onions from Thomson International Inc. Recall information will be made public as soon as it is available from Thomson International Inc.”

Dear CD, Thanks for keeping us up to date and safe on these issues. And I am delighted to report that our current bag of red onions...without which life would definitively lose some of its sparkle...the onions are Ontario-grown. The tag was still on the bag.

I've never heard of sheet pan recipes before, but your idea sounds brilliant. Thanks for posting it.

Welcome to eGullet, Alexandra. It's a good place to be to find recipes and help with your somewhat challenged cooking life.

Ed really favors a base called Better Than Bouillon for chicken, beef and vegetable stocks.

Could you please point me to Jaymes squash recipe? Tried to look it up and got nothing useful. Thanks, Shelby.

Don't know whether to laugh or to cry.

For us it's the same with our vast amount of blackberries and raspberries...one day they are not quite ready...the next day the bushes are denuded by the birds.

Go for it. I have no idea which tequila I used. I'm not much of a drinker at all and so I would have used whatever I had on hand...probably brought by the American visitors who come each summer to the Dog Weekend, where we drink Slushy Margaritas. Yumm. Once a year.

Here's the recipe as I wrote it down many years ago: "Cut little white things off. Add cooked carrots, diced small (1/2 cup?). Add raw onion, mayonnaise, salt, etc. Red pepper." Good heavens, I forgot to read the part about the red pepper. So, you see, it's all up to you. And I certainly cooked a lot more than 1/2 cup cooked carrots. You know, I don't think that's my handwriting to begin with...

Very simple. Salt, pepper and mayonnaise. I added some parsley. Amazingly delicious.

Made a salad this afternoon which we haven't eaten in more than 30 years. My first 'much older than I was' friend ever served it to us up at her cottage and gave me the recipe many years ago, long before I ever considered cooking as something I wanted to do. I know nothing of its origins but a quick look on Google did not find it. She just called it Carrot and Cauliflower Salad, with the carrots being boiled before joining cauliflower florets and chopped onions. Brought back such long ago memories.

For the bottled water drinkers out there from Consumer Reports: https://www.consumerreports.org/bottled-water/whole-foods-starkey-spring-water-sold-on-amazon-contains-high-levels-of-arsenic/?EXTKEY=NA06NHC4&utm_source=acxiom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200701_nsltr_home

Don't count on it, my dear. And I can quote you several variations on that theme....LOL.

I'm with the two posters above. Welcome to the forum. The generosity of the eGers is wonderful. Everything is shared and like the others, I've learned so much. And I am not a confident cook either. I just pretty much blunder along as best I can.