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I love asparagus too. This time of year I like to say I could eat my weight in it. Well, seems I try. For me the fat spears are so much tastier than the thin ones.

Damn, that looks good. Never met a potato I didn't like.

Sounds almost exactly like mine except I like to add a couple tablespoons of drained, sweet relish.

I'd put them in the same category as canned spinach. Yuck. Ptooey.

If I were to use evaporated would I need to dilute it?

Yesterday I was making a loaf of sandwich bread and the recipe calls for 1 cup milk. I was almost out of milk and didn't want to make a run to the store and I wondered if I could sub some (diluted?) evaporated milk. Would that work?

I really like rice a lot. Any kind....(well, brown rice, not so much). Recently I discovered Vigo Spanish rice and it is excellent! Vigo

I'm not a huge brownie fan but I did make some once that I considered remarkable: Clickety

Haven't had a Thomas' muffin in many years, as I recall I didn't like them very much. I've been buying mine at Costco; love their cheese and their onion varieties. Theirs are far better than any of the grocery store brands I've ever found. Oh geez! I just realized I was having one of those moments when I read 'English muffins' but I was thinking I was seeing 'bagels'. Duh!

It's too early here for rhubarb and I really wanted to make a rhubarb dessert. So, instead I went to the best in-store bakery in town and purchased a strawberry rhubarb pie. Now I almost never have dessert at home because I don't usually want something else after I've had my dinner. So what I'm going to do is have the pie for breakfast! Hey, it's got fruit in it!

There was a post recently (and I can't find it now) about a new Thermomix-type mixer made by All Clad(?) I have been really curious for a long time since reading about this unit here in this forum. I've never seen one in person and can't quite understand its usefulness. Several members have mentioned using one and I'd like to know what it's most useful functions are.

I reheat my (Papa Murphy's, usually their Hawaiian) in my CSO using the warm setting. Way better than in the microwave. In fact, since I have to drive into town this afternoon, I think I'll pick one up for tonight.

I was watching the first episode of the season of "Better Call Saul" on AMC last night. He was climbing up to a billboard that looked to be at least 100 ft. (or more) in the air to rescue the worker who was putting up a new sign. The photography was so vivid that I absolutely had to look away and my hands were sweating. I am seriously adverse to heights!

I did order this book tho I opted for the print edition; I just don't care for cookbooks ithat are digital, i just need these to be in print.

Just so you know, the ebook is no longer available at that price, it's now $6.29 but it is rated 5 stars.

TFTC, I had granite counters installed about 7 years ago and they were sealed at that time but I've never done it again. My counters look just like they did the day the were put down, Mine is a single person home and I'd describe myself as a 'light' user though I do put my hot pans on them straight off the range or out of the oven (this is actually my favorite thing about granite!)

Yes, I see this as a truly questionable item, If I were looking to buy a home with one of these installed I'd have to know that it could be removed without ruining the whole sink area. Even if I made pasta every day I really wouldn't want one of these cookers. I find the whole thing quite ridiculous ( while I can appreciate that someone could fall in love with a completely obscure item, I know I have).

I'm having a hard time imagining what a built-in pasta cooker would look like. Is there a site where I could see this? Just really curious.

Elsie, Did the manager make that call or was it the server?

My Mom often made Creamed Beef on Toast for us, it was my absolute favorite breakfast. My dh wouldn't eat this stuff either as he developed a distaste for it after his time in the army. My choice these days is to buy it frozen, made by Stouffers. Now that I think about it, I remember I have a package in my big freezer....I haven't had breakfast yet so I'll be having creamed beef on toast!

Although I have not experienced dietary restrictions (other than I'm not allowed grapefruit), one of my favorite simple and easy breakfasts is a toasted English muffin (as LisaS mentioned) with a tiny bit of honey and then spread with peanut butter. It's about as tasty as any quick breakfast I know of.

I got one of their first issues and, indeed, as AnnaN speculated, it was w-a-y to edgy and over-the-top for the kind of cooking that I enjoy. I looked no further. (I would have described it as downright weird.)

I'm thinking that I need the Inner Pot for my IP; I usually use my pot for slow cooking and braising and don't really need the s/s pot for pressure cooking. I'm sure it would be much more easily cleaned up than the s/s pot which sometimes is a struggle to get nice and shiny.

The James Herriot books are my favorite reads! I read his entire series (I think there were five or six) at least 30 years ago and recently I downloaded all of them in audiobooks (narrator is Christopher Timothy) and, while reading the books was just wonderful at the time, nothing can compare to the audio version, Timothy's narration is the best. I only wish there were more of them.

How do you keep other people from sneaking in a eating all your food while you are otherwise occupied?