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I have a new oven , same as the old one , but new. decided to make some Tj's cornbread , from their mix. Ive done this many times in the distant past , and like the result. this is a CB mix that ends up on the sweet side of the CB spectrum, but not too sweet. for me , 1 ) its right in front of me @ TJ's and 2 ) I can work with it . the Rx asks for you to add 1 egg , 3/4 C milk and 1/2 C oil . lightly mix , bake 8 " x 8 " 30 - 35 M sorry for the blur. I added a Tb , or so of Tj's green dried chili. I decided to use parchment paper rather than butter etc the 8 x 8 . I have PP. PP in a baking dish takes a little patience , but not that much 35 Min. removed from the pyrex after a few minutes , still warm Pyrex dish . simple hot water hand washing : Done. easy peasey. cut warm on the PP the bottom result , cooking this way : outstanding this was . next time maybe 1/2 the oil , some day 2 eggs maybe more green chili flakes , and some Benton's bacon tiny ' lardons ' def : Bentons ' tine lardons ' slice the Benton's bacon into 1/8 " lardons . fry a bit, or maybe not. next trip to Market Basket , Ill look for a Bob's RedMill mix , thats not sweet. easy to work with , fine starting points for all sorts of MixIns

@ElsieD I don't recall if ( white ) Lillet is sweet. Id use its sweetness as a guide . and the sweetness of any sub. have any dry sherry ?

can not imagine why anyone would by Boars Head products ever again.

@Ann_T I love meatloaf. my go to involves ground turkey what is your ML Rx ? did you coat that ML w any thing ? looks delicious.

@ElsieD Yes. its a Japanese thing-ey for making pressed rice packages . wrapped w dried sea weed Popularized here by the great @Anna N sort of a rice package sandwich.

My mother cooked every day . Meals were good , but not complicated. She worked , and ran a nursery school. the books I remember , and still have , Fannie Farmer , edition circa just before WWII. and my favorite growing up : Betty Crocker , in a loose leaf binder . the loose leaf binder fascinated me , as my father was a teacher , and had lots of binders for his various lectures. I still have both of them. Betty had pictures , and a style that was a bit outline-ish.

@KennethT looking forward to your trip. nice time for it , w snow on the ground here. thank you for taking the time to share. Food looks delicious.

if you can please measure the top surface of the A.O. mine might be released from it Box fairly soon , and Id like to place a Cuisinart Steam Oven on top. if the top of the AO get hot , Ill figure out some sort of buffer between them the CSO feet are approximately 15" x 10" thank y0ou.

its odd people prefer brown eggs w the price difference being what it is.

@Tropicalsenior brown eggs in my area are more expensive than white. they taste the same. It my understanding that the brown egs are more expensive as they come from a breed that takes longer to produce an egg. time === money why people , in this area , would pay more for those Brown's is , Sociology ?

@Tropicalsenior the doz. MB white large are 681 gms.

I shop at Market Basket , a family business in the North East same stuff as Stop&Shop , and RocheBro , but lower prices due to their business model : all eggs in MA are now cage free. I doubt that's the same as pasture-raised.

@gulfporter Id love to try Chili Ash sauce You bet !

as an added note of caution Ive put all my Spice Trekkers and Hot Mama ( ? ) spice blends both *** delightful *** products from Canada . in the freezer . to think about their situation here. as a precaution .

@Smithy its plastic . Ive tossed it out. for me , this has only been chili, so , w my new fancy pants refrigerator , Ill keep the dried chili in the 36 F refrig. I have one more unopened Tj's green chili and put that in the freezer until I start to use it , the the refrig. this has not affected any other spice mixture Ive had , as far as I can recuall.

this sort of thing , for me has only been in dried chili. as leat that's what I recall .

Tj's has stopped carrying the green dried Hatch chili. I love green hot dried chili over the red. so I splurged and got this : Ive also had a bug problem , from time to time w dried chili , both red and green I mentioned it over here https://forums.egullet.org/topic/167329-bugs-growing-in-dried-chili/#comment-2441566

from time to time , w both red and green dried chili I get some sort of bug over growth . I cant see the bugs , but there is a fine lattice through out the mix : what is this ? in this case its very unfortunate as Tj's no longer carries the green dried chili. Ive gotten 8 oz of dried hatch chili , as an eventual sub. I like dried green hot chili , and they dont need to be Hatch , which is a ' named ' chili just geen hot , rather than red. when I open the 8 oz new one ; Ill keep it in the frig , orfreeze it from time to time. has this infestation visited you ?

This thread reminds me of a ' medium ' onion for some reason. its right there in front of you , in the onion bin . Done.

@gulfporter Ive lived in Spain for two yewars , my parents teaching there. there was the same sort of gifting , and the same sort of ' cake // sweet bread ' sort of thing and indeed a plastic Jesus . if it was in your slice , good luck for the year . would have been better had tamales been involved .

I drink less red wine. W/O food , these days , it causes more acid secretion then in the past . but Im hardly the Index for wine trends these days .

Fruitwood is in fact a hardwood . Fruitwood bears Fruit , rather than Nuts Hickory bears Nuts. All are Hardwood .

@Maison Rustique thanks for those links. great fun looking over their sites. Local Pig does not ship to MA and the shipping charges for PL are a bit high. but fine looking stuff would be nice to love near any of theses sites.

@TdeV I have not had Broadbent's hams. just bacon //hocks//bits and ends. too bad they cant ship ti MA. I called Broadbent. they can ship cooked products , and a honey bacon but not plain smoked products . #)_%@Y#&%*Y&@#)%Y@#&%.

@liamsaunt fine looking food. your salmon , w the char , and hopefully on the rare side always looks perfectly inviting Happy New Year