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During our years in Bangalore, we fell in love with momo's. So many options and variations. One restaurant served only momo, each flavor in a different shape, and a unique sauce.

I am generally of the same opinion, however, I have discovered that in hot-pot, it is one of the finest ingredients. There is a Chinese hot-pot place that we go to regularly, and the Cauli is a must. It absorbs the flavors of the broth incredibly well, and is usually my favorite ingredient to drop in.

My input can't help you, as I live in South Africa, but just talking about honey makes me happy. We can get some absolutely extraordinary honey's here. The two that have rocked my world the most are one from a local vendor that mixed honey from wild hives in the Highveld. Every time you tasted it you got a different flowery kind of flavor. And the other, my absolute favorite, was Blue Gum or Eucalyptus honey. They range from very mild to very potent, but they are all truly incredible. Honey so good you go looking for excuses to use it. And of course, being in South Africa, with the ever present Rooibos tea, honey is the perfect (and in my not so humble opinion, only acceptable) accompaniment. Honey really brings Rooibos to life.

Congratulations!

Your breakfast will definitely meet a good portion of your protein needs for the day!

You know we're all waiting for YOUR cookbook to come out, right? If anything, just so we can cut out the pictures and hang them up!

Friends like you are what make the world worth living in!

Amen!

Can you describe your growing setup (or have you elsewhere that you can link to?) Thanks!

Great, what city are you based in? We lived in Bangalore for a few years, back in 2007-2010.

Looks outstanding! The kind of brekkie that could get me in trouble.

Looks absolutely amazing. I would love a slice with some zesty-lemony whipped cream.

We lived in Bangalore, India with our three oldest children for a few years a while back. Several of our favorite restaurants were Nepalese and Manipurian-influenced, and momos were our favorite! When we moved stateside for a time, it took a while to stop calling every dumpling/dim-sum we saw momo. Looks fantastic!

Just want to say, I’m going to miss Breakfast 2023! I’m not a breakfast eater, but this thread in particular has been a winner. And I think @blue_dolphin wins an award for exemplary breakfasts all year long! Looking forward to everyone’s breakfasts in the new thread!

We were flying on NYE so our last meal of 2023 was a regrettable airline tray about 30,000 feet above the Sahara, and our first few meals of 2024 were all airline/airport food. All sad but for one good pretzel in Frankfurt. Finally got to Arizona and had a decent bowl of Pho to close out the longest New Year’s Day in a while. I think we spent 33 or 34 hours technically in Jan 1.

Amen to that. I've buried three in my immediate family.

The whole meal sounds great. And I learned something new (never heard of Feuerzangenbowle until just now). But what caught my eye is my knife - I've been using a pair of those Globals for coming up on 17 years now.

The cake sounds amazing.

Look great! Although 'beans on toast' seems very generous to the toast at hand. Looks more like 'beans hiding their friend toast so the teacher can't find him.'

Sounds intriguing, can you elaborate?

Too cool! How many generations are there, and where do you fall?

We're Americans living in South Africa. The last couple of years we've done a pretty traditional Thanksgiving here, which was fun. This year, we had decided instead to go to our favorite Chinese Hot Pot restaurant to celebrate. However, late in the game we ended up taking in three children from a bad situation (friends of our kids). They'll be staying with us while their mom gets treatment. Because of their background, hot pot was not likely to go over well, so we cobbled together a last minute meal. We roasted some carrots, got corn and green beans, mashed potatoes and even found a jar of cranberry sauce that was quite nice. For the meat ... We first tried to order a couple of roasted chickens from two different places, but kept striking out (not available, out of stock). By the end of the mad scramble we had one roasted chicken and one bucket from KFC (which is far better in this country than my experiences back home). Store bought apple pie to finish it off. There was some kind of 'pumpkin pie' but it was terrible. We had fun, despite the chaos and less than ideal circumstances. It was the first Thanksgiving meal these kids have ever eaten, and their diet in general has been pretty poor up til now. Kind of reminds you why we stop to be thankful in the first place!

Always a little sad when you have to put it away...

I think Moe eats better for breakfast than many of us eat for any meal...

I was having a dinner meeting with my staff to plan an upcoming conference, and since we're in the Southern Hemisphere, my brilliant wife suggested we do 'Christmas in July.' I can take credit for precisely zero in this - I was busy on other things, but in no particular order: Bacon Candy, by my wife: She cooked it slowly with brown sugar, fresh orange juice, black pepper, and some chili flake. This was a hit and disappeared immediately. Eldest daughter knocked herself out on desserts: Banana loaf, lemon loaf, orange loaf, chocolate chip cookies, and ginger cookies. As for the ginger cookies (star shaped ones in the white dish): The recipe said ground ginger, and she (a naturally gifted baker) had a brain fart and though they meant literally 'ground fresh ginger' rather than the ginger you use from the spice jar. However, it was amazing. They were very spicy (I'm eating one now), and somehow ended up with a deep molasses-y flavor as well. My wife made the pumpkin pie, which is a huge hit here. Charcuterie boards by my eldest daughter: And...I didn't even get picture of the 'real' food. My wife made an amazing sweet ham, others brought: 2 different curries, a leg of lamb, a very traditional South African chicken stew with dumplings, beet-root salad, potato salad, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some. By the time we were eating I was stuffed on the charcuterie and headed toward a food coma.