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as many of us know , its been hot recently and will be for several more days. No AC here , by choice so ... pre-heat wave I iPot'd two baskets of red bliss potatoes , cooled and refrigerated. placed a couple of decent avocado's in the refrig to retard ripening so last night this is what I managed : nothing chef-ey here potatoes and avocado ( Im a scooper , not a slicer ) cold. no energy for making potato salad , which I make ' fresh ' from refrigerator ingredients each time , rather than make larger quantities for several days and refrig. TJ's Kalamata Olive oil ( a fav ) salt and Penzey's Fox point seasoning https://www.penzeys.com/online-catalog/fox-point-seasoning/c-24/p-393/pd-s oddly very tasty and hit thee spot.

@dcarch very interesting idea. I grew up in CA and ripe melons were the norm and very easy to obtain here in N.E. : rare as hens teeth , except for a spurt in the summer of about 1 week. most are shipped un-ripe Im wondering how other melons , smaller in size , and ' Market Un-Ripe ' might fare esp cantaloupe , honey dew , and my all time favorite when ripe : galia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galia_melon

Yah I too noted the seals . everything about that presentation suggested TopNotch

Wow ! Johnny Iuzzuni doesn't mess around of course I know nothing about those chocolates but the presentation is First Rate !

Hot Hot Hot

its the heat then. actually , in N.J.

OK I have no idea what your post about B.S. was about.

Well perhaps the Heat or not I missed it

@Anna N fine ref. thanks

@Barrytm Oooooo Oooooooooo you have a Combi ? I do wish you might post about it w many .jpg's I don't really Lust after a Combi I do have a CSO and one on reserve so Im fine do you know anyone at Miele ? if you do they need to get to work Now in this https://www.yaleappliance.com/Ranges/Miele/Induction-HR1622I.aspx w a reservior

@DianaB very very nice I do like this : "" having reached a stage in life where we are trying to reduce the amount of things we own rather than add more "" Would it be possible to post a .jpg or two ? way back when on the budget I had I purchased two blue LC's sauce pans w lids one at a time. I sued them Foreever from Crate and Barrel when they were quote new and posted on a blackboard which ships were due from where and what the cargo was. until I wast fortunate to be in France in mid 80's when the FF was more or less ' cheap ' I came home w some very fine heavy copper pots and these were saved , but retired. Ive brought them out will do something w the handles vis IKEA so you did the right thing pics are always nice cheers on your find.

@Edward Dekker Nice on the Lodge L2SP3 2-Quart Serving Pot the question the is : What can I buy at Amazon for $ 0.01 ? but more importantly what might this do for me that the other Lodge items i have that fit in the CSO ? and yes when it begins to Snow Hard Here [ed.: 96 F 48 % H outside , 80 F 72 H inside I don't choose to have AC ] I will be getting a few new items from DARTO I do have this : cheers

another large thank-you for including us on your trip. Looking forward to pics of Zeus when you get home.

I also have a Back-Up CSO Sooo you say you have three ? quite nice. consider a Perfectly Aged Brie Toasty some time. CSO'd The Heavens will part and the Sun will Shine [ed.: on a cold day , not just this week ]

@chefmd always nice to fine a Brie Brother or Sister. would you have a CSO w 2 umamis 'high' one can take the CSo outside perhaps and make a Killer Toastie keep that in mind like the candle BTW that bad ?

if you have not been to SS Id try it if the line was not too long , or you go on the later side of lunch w a shorter line. no fries , unless they are a lot better in NYC than BOS.

ShakeShack " smoke-shack " https://www.shakeshack.com/food-and-drink/ is a decent burger ask for it med-rare to as rare as legal ignore the fries terrible. Id not wait in a vary long line. 'Burgs had no lines. NYC probably , but have not gone to one there

BezosBot matches prices. the HomeDepot in the earlier case of 237 USD it now 299 as noted Amazon still 237.

that's 175 USD ! wow ! BTW : BB-USA no longer caries the CSO maybe they are discontinuing it mort go the boarder ?

by thermometer : does Anova mean your independent thermometer's read of the water temp at equilibrium ? and ' system ' meaning the Anova's digital temp for that water's equilibrium temp ?

Trader Joe's Chicken enchiladas : http://freezermealfrenzy.com/2018/04/trader-joes-chicken-enchiladas-review/ these are decent in a pinch. I added some TJ's Wisconsin sharp cheddar and some ' windowsill ' green onion tops and some green tabasco micro'd intil bubbly , a little torching , then the GO and GT decent for so little work.

it didn't look very grainy.

Oooooo I like grits forgot about the potatoes next to the *** grits ***

come on. so,e sort of potato thing-ey.

Ive had some exceptional brown rice sushi. I was very surprised. none of that hippy crap . moist , light etc here : https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32849-d364542-r504470473-Homma_s_Brown_Rice_Sushi-Palo_Alto_California.html now https://www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/p/2018/02/27/palo-alto-brown-rice-sushi-restaurant-replaces-hommas of course , it was not in a supermarket. I do agree supermnarket sushi can be very if-ey at best