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Tonight’s dinner will be Hot Italian sausage with pepper and onions and tomatoes. I’ll roast a few of my Hatch peppers on the Ninja grill and toss them in as a test.

Cooked a 3/4" pork chop in the Ninja for about ten minutes on the second highest setting. Excellent! Tender and juicy. Baked potato and fresh corn sauteed in butter.

@mgaretz Have you tried grilling pork yet? I went to the nearby meat packing shop yesterday and got some beautiful loin chops. I plan to cook them on the grill. I'm just not sure which temperature setting to use. We have a Hutterite farmers market here in town on Saturdays where I got some super fresh corn and beefsteak tomatoes.

I’ve been streaming “Parts Unknown” the last few days. today was Quebec and Montreal; it was wonderful. Now I want to visit Montreal.

Okay, I’ve never understood the rule that you cool down cooked foods before refrigeration. I do it all the time so I don’t forget and leave it on the counter overnight. ‘Why is this a rule?

The Land-o-Lakes was salted. I was comparing salted to unsalted, my assumption was that both salted butters would taste the same but I haven't tried them side by side.

I've been buying my butter from Costco for many years, always unsalted for baking. Recently I had a revelation! I was low on butter so I picked up some Land-o-Lakes and added a cube to my butter dish. I was stunned when I spread some on my toasted bagel, it was SO GOOD! I never new there was such a difference. I'll continue using Kirkland butter but now I'll buy both types; one for cooking and one for spreading.

I'm just now seeing fresh Hatch Chiles in my nearby supermarket. I've never cooked with them but I'm ready to try.

I broil mine, flesh side up for about 4-5 minutes. Sometimes I brush it with Soy-Vay. The skin peels right off.

This is one of my favorites for the Ninja. I grill mine on the lowest setting and brush with Bull's Eye toward the end of cooking. Super good. Has to be thighs for me too.

I use it mostly for grilling. To air-fry I spray on a little olive oil, not Pam which they don't recommend saying it will get sticky..

Hear, hear!

@KennethTThat could be the issue, all my AC is stainless and it works fine.

@Indirect HeatMy All-Clad works perfectly on my GE Cafe range as does all of my cast iron. Maybe it's not the cookware?

I'm a fan of summertime Gin & Tonics too. However, I've never found a diet tonic that didn't spoil the drink. What do you use?

In my newly built house I put quartz on all the counters. It came from a Canadian company whose name I don't know. It's white with a touch of light grey veining. Quite nice and I like it better than the CaeserStone and the granite I've used in the past.

WHAT!?????

I like to use the cream cheese spread on Ritz along with red pepper jelly.

My friend brought me a small loaf of Rhubarb Bread yesterday; I'd never had that before and couldn't believe how good it was. She shared the recipe with me and I picked up some very nice fresh rhubab at WinCo. If you can still get your hands on some rhubarb I can guarantee you will love this recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17970/rhubarb-bread-i/ Note: She uses buttermilk instead of the milk/lemon juice.

I've tried several of the quiche recipes and all were quite easy as well as tasty.

thanks for my first laugh of the day. You never fail to amuse even in the worst of circumstances. That description was perfect.

Your beef and cabbage recipe really speaks to me, I’ll definitely try that.

Whoa! She has her own pizza boxes too?!

yesterday when I was making my sloppy joe recipe and needed to measure out 2/3 cup of ketchup, I had to take the cap off the bottom of the container in order to squeeze out anything more than a teaspoon. Since they still make the bottled version I think I'll choose that next time.