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I didn't make my bacon jam until yesterday because I wanted some really good jalapeno bacon that I can only get from a meat packing shop in another town. So I cooked it up and spread some on my grilled burger last night. OMG!!! What a revelation! The best burger I've ever had. Now I need to go buy more of that bacon and make a double batch. I assume it would freeze well?

I cook salmon and steelhead all the time. I usually just broil it for a few minutes on the meaty side, l perhaps undercooking it slightly.

In case you might be tempted, Wild Alaska has a Spot Prawn available for a limited time. You just need to add it to your order.

Portland being the city where I lived for 36 years, it's a real treat to revisit some of the popular places. It makes me proud to see the chefs behaving so civilly, unlike some we've seen in the past. I'm hoping the show will give the city a well-needed shot in the arm. Downtown has taken a terrible blow from last year's destruction...many stores and buildings are boarded up and/or closed for good.

My good friend and neighbor has mentioned more than once how much she liked her Ninja Foodi. So, of course, I caved and bought one too. Well, despite the silly name, this is one very versatile small appliance. I have made baked potato, grilled chicken, halibut and cod, hamburgers and all kind of vegetables. Fast and efficient with easy clean-up (everything goes in the d/w). I've only used it as an air fryer once for French fries. It's this one: Ninja

I received my second order from Wild Alaska today. I got the Wild Combo which consists of 12 total pieces: Salmon, Halibut and Cod. The quality is wonderful and it arrives in one day, still frozen solid in dry ice. I bough at white fish combo last Summer and I'm happy to order more.

I'm not a big cookie eater but the last thing I have every evening is 3 original Oreo Cookies. They're just as good now as they were when I was 12. Although there are many iterations of Oreos these day, I must have the 'original'....don't be screwing with my Oreos.

OUI?

was it under the sofa?

Kudos to you for having the ability to fix it yourself...I'd be waiting for the new one to arrive.

You are such an over-achiever!!! I look at your meals and breads and feel like a sloth.

Where is the 'shocked' emoji?

About all I can add is that I bought the GE Cafe range six months ago for my newly built home. I have cooked on just about every kind of stove made and I can honestly say I LOVE induction. This range is not only beautiful bot a dream to clean.

I bought some Rainier cherries yesterday at my fortnightly trip to Win-Co. My experience was the same as yours...don't think they were really quite ready for the picking.

So true! My one and only case (brought about by fresh spinach) turned into pneumonia and kept me in hospital for two days.

"I love, love, love Brussels Sprouts and will try your recipe next" Me too. Thanks @kaybfor the suggestion.

Is it possible that this would work for breads to help toppings stick?

Depressing? Not at all. I find it terribly interesting to read about other people's oddities.

I'm sorry to be veering off the subject for a moment but I have to tell about my friend who rode the bus to work every day and always came back with a story about the weirdos on board. My favorite story was this one:" My friend was in her forties then and was really quite pretty. One day her bus was quite full and she had a seat on the aisle. Riders were pushed together. The bus was bouncing along and folk were getting off here and there. There was a man pressed up against her shoulder until she noticed that most of the standing passengers had gotten off or found seats. The man continued to rub against her. She was forced to get up and move to another seat.

It just baffles me how people like this (the woman in the chef's hat) can manage to function in the real world. I mean, is there a meltdown every day?

After all your recent renovations at home, I believe you deserve a well-earned vacation. Fish on!

Wonderful story!

Thanks for the great stories! I know we can all relate in some way.

A follow-up on my purchase of the FBSO: Now that I have had it for a couple of months, I'm getting acquainted with the controls (which wasn't easy for me). An now I really love this oven. So much so that I got rid of my CSO and replaced it with my old Kitchen Aid toaster. My CSO was very well used and really cruddy. Almost everything I've made in the F Blumlein has been a success although there was a learning curve that frustrated me for a while. All in all, I'm crazy about this thing, my breads are wonderful, which was primarily what I wanted it for. (I did buy the bigger model that there would be enough interior height for big loaves.) The only complaint I have, other than the early on difficulty learning the controls, is that there is a whine when the unit is working, but it's not so bad that I can't tune it out.

I doubt it. My friend served her burgers with the jam and it was a hit with all her family.