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I now try my best to go to Thai Noodle once a week and get two duck dishes L my favorite , duck // broad rice noodles // green peppercorn and thai basil they will make their various curries w rice noodles , rather than rice . R Duck Panang Curry. I forgot to mention to put the curry on top of the noodles , as rice noodles can gum hip a bit mixed it up at home and it came out fine. I now carefully remove the green peppercorns from the stalk and distribute through out the dish. they gave me a lot of duck and it was delicious. I hope that if you like Thai , there is a place near you that tastes as good as this. Not Pictures : two Hoponius Union Beers , one at a time , icy cold. hard to get better than this in my area.

@dcarch this is what I was thinking for colder climes. BTW squirrel's eventually ate most of the figs , before they were nicely ripe. they also shelled out the walnuts and ate them too. drove my father crazy.

I dont recall the tuna noodle casserole i and growing up at home from scratch in those days , of course had cheese in it. it did have a potato chip crust ! but , of course , back then I wasn't yet the bonVivant , and Gourmet I am today.

i grew up , in CA , w fig trees. indeed they were , well, standard tree like structures.

5 hours not so nice did they offer to refill your wine cup ? plasic or notr,.

Tasty ? how full is the train ? How long does it take to get from the GTA to Ottawa. I used to love to travel by rail , in Europe growing up 2 years in Spain and 2 years in France. " no wine was served "

not to derail this post see the train sequence // Dinning Car in Casino Royal , v 2008

even better than The Train , is an old fashioned Dinner Car w sit-down service ! Ive been fortunate to experience this several times , but a long long long time ago R.I.P. Thomas Cook & Son

@CantCookStillTry the courgette i get but not the rest

I can't even imagine 2.3 Million lbs of beef !

@KennethT that Salmon looks so delicious , I wouldn't notice eating the cucumbers.

a P.S.: if you live near a Chinatown , or a large Chinese Market , look for these stainless steel Chinese cleavers. they come in a variety of sizes , this one is is a # 3 blade is 8 " x 3.5 " I use it for coarser work ,, frequently w the mallet , for control and never worry too much about the edge. inexpensive

Ive been freezing fresh , un-peeled ginger for some time. I used to use a plastic shopping bag , and then just grated off the freezer-burnt end discarded that , then grated the freshly exposed end for use. I now chamber-vac the ginger , unpeeled , but with the little projections cut off which makes for a smoother surface for Vac'ing I now also slice thin // thick bits off , rather than always grate but its not that easy I now do it this way , which protects my finger tips , as the Fz ginger can march all around the cutting board. materials : inexpensive chinese cleaver , SS. HOmeDepot mallet Ginger has a flat side from previous use , and that goes on the board to make a stable hunk of ginger very very useful to start this way. hold the cleaver on the ginger's business end , and lightly tap w the cleaver to get some ' purchase ' in the ginger then tap away ! as you lightly tap , you can sort of control the thickness by turning the cleaver into the ginger for a tap or two , giving you a thicker slice or turn the cleaver toward the cut end for a thiner slice. don't be in any hurry , and you will be pleased w the results as will your finger tips. i then re-bag the ginger in the same bag that is now a little smaller from cutting off the top and Vac again

I made some failed pork belly , SV then CSO as noted above Im posting my conclusion here as the Failed PorkPic is above. the Rice + Ginger ( from Fz ) + LemonGrass ( From Fz ) is the pot's work saved FPork , + CSO drippings . Note the whiter fat , and the Jus below FP sliced diced sauté until crunchy with the T-fal pan , a favorite of mine : added to IPot'd Ginger-LemonGrass basmati : I keep the ginger and LG fairly large so they can be taken out of the IPot Pot easily : this was delicious : the pork was saved , crunchy and tender at the same time , and porky ! I added Tj's dried cranberries and cashew nuts after an initial taste turned out to be very tasty. If you have Ginger and LemonGrass , and like those flavors , try adding them to your next batch of Bowl-in-a-Bowl basmati or rice of your choice very nice as is. well , you could add some butter to the finished rice if you like.

it was a bit of a joke. pls ignore. sorry

@lemniscate certain " table wines " I think are excellent value at TJ's their Varnish-Shaw's wine keeps Tj's in business not for us. for me a Table-Wine is inexpensive , dry , no oak , and no ' benzene ' I define ' benzine ' as flavors , chemical like , that don't reming me of grapes. I prefer grape flavor , not so much cherries , tobacco , etc. these are not chit-chat wines , but decent ones to enjoy w a meal andy meal , or while Re=Hydrating studying e.g..

@Ann_T Tow of my three favorite food groups : Hot Turkey and Trimmings Club Sandwich's and the one not represented : Mea Loaf dinner w trimmings in my case Turkey rather than Beef Loaf : TML.

found this site : https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/trader-joes/inside-trader-joes/e/62129503 its a little dated and i don't know how often over time . also https://www.bustle.com/p/why-does-trader-joes-discontinue-products-heres-the-reasoning-19201696

@emniscate did you amortize your membership fee ? $$ 110 or so ? what about the tendency to ' buy more stuff ' once you are a Prime Member ? just saying.

SV'd it, now that you have it. 140 F 36 - 48 hours/ cold smoked after that.

never though of putting egg-salad on a sausage !

@David Ross again . a few Kudos Your Way the various Beties , Frumps , Crisps and Crumbles all have fresh fruit in them. I love them all Pears are interesting , as they are the only ' stone ' fruit that ripens off the tree . i.e. they have seeds. pleased you are on top of things.

@David Ross Apple Tarte Tatin is one of my favorite deserts. yours looks perfect and has the mandatory vanilla ice cream. congratulations . Im sure your work was well worth it .

@blue_dolphin nice. very nice .. I hope your plan was to Lick the Plate or the granite Im not sure how the MoneyEggShot became popular here but not mater Id have knifed out that delicious yolky center and have the Chef enjoy it Personally for all the work, just saying guess there are smoke Fine Folks Here that enjoy liking the plate ! sure you got everything ? I just the 100 % system I have : my mouth

indeed. way back when ( bring up the Violin section , please ) Schwartz's didn't have a line , but was always full never understood why MHSM never seeded itself Here , There , Everywhere. and this discussion has been had here. I guess I should be great full : a " Medium Plate " from time to time would have by now possibly killed me but w a smile .