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@TdeV --- Sure wish I'd been on the guest list for that dinner. @gfweb -- my Irish ancestors agree wholeheartedy that a potato is a vegetable. I'm due for potato salad -- my go-to comfort food. Dinner tonight -- no photo -- is brown rice, with butter and brown sugar. Because I was in a mood. I will have to have a protein shake before bed to get in the day's requirement of protein.

I have not done venison saddle. But my rule of thumb is to do venison 1.5 times as long as I do a comparable cut of beef.

I think I'll call it "clean out the crisper drawer salsa." Yellow tomatoes, red tomatoes ( @Shelby, I peeled the damn tomatoes), serrano, Anaheim and red bell peppers, onion, mango, kernels from four ears of corn, cilantro. It'll ferment for 2-3 days and then I'll likely can it to go in Christmas baskets. Peppers were hotter than I thought. Hands are burning!

I did the same, and read it through last night. Oh...my....God. I can't wait to try some of those recipes. Marvelous sounding stuff.

I do the same. I've used the CSO on 100 degrees and steam function, too, but I prefer the microwave.

Living in a chicken-egg producing state, I can answer some of your questions. A lot of older chickens do, in fact, go to soup making plants, while others go to processors that cook, grind and reform the chicken into nuggets and cutlets. Most pet food plants work off the trimmings from other processing plants (lots of skin, fat and bone meal in there, not a lot of meat). Laying hens are generally retired at something less than 18 months old from commercial operations. Barnyard chickens can last longer, but in any event not much more than two years.

I regret, for all y'all's sakes, that Yarnell's ice cream is available only regionally. It's the best.

I've cooked and reheated successfully in an oven.

What is it that looks like an apple in a cage?

Thanks! @Thanks for the Crepes, I'm currently under a doctor's orders to eat 80 grams of protein a day. I'm not a vegetarian, but not a huge meat eater either. I couldn't do it without protein powder shakes. They're decent with just cold water, the powder mixes well in coffee, and they're great sprinkled on oatmeal or stirred into a fruit smoothie. Apparently one can use them to add into muffins, etc., as well. Haven't tried that yet. I eat a lot of eggs, and peanut butter, too. Tonight's dinner: Pimiento cheese sandwich with bacon and tomato, and a bowl of chili.

you and I are obviously siblings separated at birth. I loathe Starbucks' coffee.

@gfweb -- may I have details on that hot sprout slaw? Contemplating a different way to fix sprouts for T'giving, as it is the one green thing all the grands will eat.

I've used Kroger click list a few times, not a lot as I live near the store and find it easier to just drop in and grab what I need for that night. Have to say they've been good about subs, and the one time they had an issue with my order (they lost it entirely, and it wasn't ready when I came to get it), they gave me $20 off a $60 order. Can't complain at that.

That's a thing of beauty.

Reporting in on duck breast sandwich: First, it came with a camo can koozie, something I hadn't anticipated. It's on what appears to be a brioche bun. The bun encases a 3/4 inch thick slab of duck breast, seared well. No sign of pink inside. The advertised "cherry sauce" tasted like barbecue sauce to me. Topped with french fried strips of onion. It was fairly tender, but dry. I did not get a significant taste of duck. It was edible, but I won't hurry back for another one, not at $6.99 for a sandwich or $8.99 for a combo meal. I'll stick to the cheeseburger and fries at my local burger joint.

Wise woman. Two to eat, two to cook with.

Sigh. I thought I was happy with my Lodge carbon steel pans, until I saw those.

I'm thinking it's a spoon. Maybe. Or maybe it's a spork, and you're going to have a Col. Sanders sort of winter.

Be advised: It can be addicting.

@blue_dolphin -- were there spoons, or forks in those persimmon seeds?

Now, if you would add a healthy sized schmear of pimiento cheese spread with that, you would truly have the food of the gods.

I should have taken a picture. A slice of King Arthur multi-grain toast, spread with peanut butter, topped with a sliced banana. If it's good enough for Elvis, it's good enough for me. Although I stop short of grilling mine, as one would grill a grilled cheese.

Still waiting on my email.

Walgreen's. If they have Walgreens in your world.

Seems to me it ought to work fine.