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I have also made Collards Break Character and served it over brown rice. Very tasty. I used Thai Kitchen green curry paste and did not find this to be overly salty. Sorry for the quality of the photo.

@mmlstarr I have various sizes of all three of the brands you mention and would recommend Magic Line and Fat Daddio pans.

@blue_dolphin I’m so glad you tried the But-a-Nut soup and liked it! Your citrus shrine looks good in quart jars too. Don’t know if you saw it but Vivian Howard demoed making citrus shrine on her Instagram feed. I think she is demoing items from her new book once a week.

Well I learned something new today, the toothpick method of deveining shrimp! Will definitely give that a try. Thank you @liuzhou.

Haven’t been in Costco for over a year and they offered me a $10 gift card to renew my membership. Went shopping at Costco yesterday and discovered all sorts of new products! Happily it was not too crowded and 99% of the people were properly masked and distant. I tried two of their sous vide refrigerated meals: Kevin’s natural foods paleo Korean bbq-style steak tips and Cuisine Solutions turkey sausage & cheese egg bites. The Korean steak was fine as a quick low-fuss meal but one could easily do much better with their own recipe and a bit of prep. I’ll get the egg bites again. They are better than the ones that I have made and now I won’t have to scrub glass jars to remove egg bite residue (and yes I greased those jars before pouring in the egg mixture). The Cuisine Solutions egg bites are so similar to the egg bites at Starbucks (I heated them in the CSO at 400 F for 11 minutes) that I suspect that Cuisine Solutions makes these for Starbucks. Update: Cuisine Solutions makes the egg bites for Starbucks and Costco — https://www.sousvideeggbite.com

Beautiful! Love the combination of citrus and the Weck jar.

When I have frozen spanakopita, I have frozen them pre-cook and that worked out very well. But I make mine with phyllo dough... not sure how well it would work to freeze puff pastry spanakopita pre-cook. They look yummy!

Good luck on the move. How does the kitchen in the old place compare to the new place?

Did both boxes ship from the same location? If so, definitely weird that they sent it as two boxes! Your haul looks good.

I'm guessing potatoes were easier than onions.

And to add to Anna's post, a list of links for all the workshops 2009 - 2020 Reports · 2020 workshop Buffalo, New York, USA – postponed due to COVID-19 · 2019 workshop St. Louis, Missouri, USA · 2018 workshop Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada · 2017 workshop Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · 2016 workshop Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2015 workshop Merrifield, Virginia, USA · 2014 workshop Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · 2013 workshop Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada · 2012 workshop Woodbridge, Virginia, USA · 2011 workshop Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada · 2010 workshop Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA · 2009 workshop Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada Planning · 2020 workshop planning Buffalo, New York, USA – postponed due to COVID-19 · 2019 workshop planning St. Louis, Missouri, USA · 2018 workshop planning Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada · 2017 workshop planning Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · 2016 workshop planning Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2015 workshop planning Merrifield, Virginia, USA · 2014 workshop planning Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · 2013 workshop planning Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada · 2012 workshop planning Woodbridge, Virginia, USA · 2011 workshop planning Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada · 2010 workshop planning Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA · 2009 workshop planning Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada Host's note: this index has been pinned near the top of the Pastry & Baking forum, for future reference and upkeep. You may find it here.

Quite a few of us met the owner of TCF; he joined us at one of our eGullet chocolate workshops in Vegas. I have also purchased guitar wire from TCF. Got exactly what I ordered and it was shipped quickly. I’ll second Kerry’s recommendation of getting the ends of your metal bars polished if you go the metal bar route.

I have their french press. I wanted something sturdy and insulated for camping trips. It works great.

sage or marjoram or oregano, chili powder, cumin, salt, black pepper other additions: poblano chiles, jalepeno or serrano chiles, onion, garlic, tomato, cilantro, scallion, lime

Yes that is $30 USD. I could probably get a better and/or cheaper selection of produce by shopping around myself but given these COVID times, this is a great solution. I’m going to the store for the larger / stock up shopping trips and using Misfits/Imperfect to keep fresh produce in the house. I’m also using this as a way to try new (or difficult to obtain) produce. I’m also enjoying the ordering and unboxing — kind of a mystery box with known parameters.

The butternut squash from my Misfits Market box became but-a-nut soup. Great recipe, I'll definitely make this one again. My husband preferred the soup without Vivian Howard's suggested garnish (which included spiced pecans, leeks, and apples). I loved the soup and loved it even more with the suggested garnish. The soup reheats well and we were able to make a few meals from it.

Ha! I wouldn't order the garlic again - it was a very small head of garlic and I paid an extra 50 cents for it. The mango smells good and I have it in the fridge, will try it soon.

Including tax & shipping that box was ~$30.

Instant Pot black beans from Melissa Clark's "Dinner in an Instant". I've made this recipe a few times, I really like the combination of peppers and spices that Melissa Clark recommends adding to the beans.

Salad with lettuce, Instant Pot black beans, persimmon, steak, and boiled egg.

The contents of my late December Misfits Market box. Package got lost for a few days and while everything looked great, some of the greens were a bit floppy (they were fine for cooking but not for salads). The mandarin oranges were fantastic. I think I'll give Imperfect a try next.

Had time for some baking and candy making and wanted to bring some cheer to the neighbors. @patris thank you for the marshmallow recipe; I really like how they turned out!

Recently I bought a new NordicWare cake pan. Baked a cake today using the included recipe. Very tasty almond cake! I was concerned that the cake might not come out of the pan nicely but I softened butter, brushed it in with a silicone brush, and coated the butter with flour. It came out of the pan perfectly!

Indeed, that is what you do for the single serving hot chocolate bombs. They also make larger ones that make a few cups of hot chocolate -- if that is the case, bring milk to a simmer in a pot and add the hot chocolate bombs to the milk, let melt, stir, and pour into suitable drinking vessels. https://player.vimeo.com/video/296300793

Hmm... maybe I should reconsider! I like blue_dolphin's idea of a raspberry hot chocolate with Chambord. 🙂 Still, make mine with dark chocolate. 😉