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I use my Cuisinart Electric Knife all the time for my smallish loaves, For the big loaves I use a 12” serrated bread knife. Both work perfectly.

That’s just fabulous! What great friends.

KAF has a recipe for Sourdough English Muffins that I am planning to make this weekend. A friend has made them and swears by them. I'm working up my sourdough starter to get ready.

I've never been a fan of linen, I don't really like the coarse, wrinkly look. I had initially thought I'd just sew up a pinafore based on the Rough Linen design. However, after looking at it closely I realized it was so well made that I'd never be able to replicate it such a way as to be totally satisfied.

I finally started wearing my Rough Linen pinafore apron this week...It’s been hanging on the back of a chair all this time. i love it! Now I’m going to wear it all the time...not having a strap across the back of my neck is a must, I just ordered a second one in white.

I’ve been buying Papa Murphy;s take ‘n bake pizzas for years. Sometimes I buy two and cache one in my freezer {they hold surprisingly well). If I could find a decent frozen brand I’d be happy to save a trip all the way into town to get to PM’s.

Having recently finished two of Bourdain's books, I found this article somewhat helpful in understanding the man a bit better.

When I got my Cusinart many years ago I went nuts and bought up all the optional blades I could find (the main ones and another large set I bought off ebay. I think I've only used about three of them in all this time. I actually only use the FP very rarely. It's heavy and sits in a lower cabinet shelf which makes it hard tp get out. Once I dropped while getting it out and it landed on my tile floor with a broken spindle. That's another ugly story.

I disliked using a hand grater so much that I bought a Salad Shooter. (Arthritic joints in my hands.) Now I grate cheese all the time. The parts go in the d/w so it’s no fuss.

I made what, to me, was an important discovery yesterday. It seems that Instacart will actually deliver Cst5co items to folk who don't have a Costco account! I gave up my Costco membership a couple of years ago; it's just too much quantity for s single like me. And I couldn't handle all the walking that's required as well as the loading and unloading of all the stuff. Unfortunately for me there's just one little hitch' they don't deliver to my small town. The deliver to the towns to the North and to the South of me but not here yet. But the good new is that when I move to the town South of me in August, I will be able to order. That's exciting for me since there are a few of their items I really miss, such as their butter and their rotisserie chicken for example.

I used to be able to buy Tennessee Pride brand sausage here but I haven’t seen any in some time. We actually preferred it over Jimmy Dean’s.

Yesterday was my day to host my friends for an afternoon of Canasta. I served green grapes and popcorn (Kornutopia brand) while we played. During halftime we had glazed appetizer meatballs, potato chips with dill dip, crackers and a variety of cheeses. After the game came dessert, a one-layer German Chocolate cake. It was a beautiful day, sunny and bright and in the high 70's. Last week my friend Ida made a delicious chicken salad served on toasted baguette slices,an item I'll replicate in the future. d

I’m craving savory scones for breakfast these days. i made the KAF recipe for Bacon, Cheddar and Chive Scones which are really good...but next time I’ll reduce the salt a bit; between the cheese and the bacon, they don’t need very much added salt. Today I’ll make their Cheddar and Scallion Scones. I’ve made these before and they’re a favorite of mine.

I’ve been on a baking frenzy this last week. three loaves of Cinnamon Raisin bread (some for my card playing friends) and a batch of Rosemary Potato rolls (recipes from KAF).

We look forward to hearing the outcome.

‘is Rebel the cutie-patootie Terrier I see above?

My dinner tonight will be (it’s still somewhat early here and I’m still in cocktail hour mode). @mgaretz’s recipe for Cabbage Soup. A favorite of mine now. It a cool and rainy day here and there has to be soup on the menu.

I have these. I bought them when CI top-rated them. They’re not particularly cheap but they are really excellent.

I couldn't live without these.

I largely follow this recipe.

My best ever results come from slow- cooking corned beef. And, no, I don’t use my iPot for that; my crockpot does a better job with just the right temperature. The resuly]take are simply amazing.

If it were me, I’d put tape over the switch just until I broke the habit.

I just purchased a container of Dungeness crab meat from the freezer case. 6 ozs. priced at $ 15.98. I needed it for my crab spread I'm serving to my card-playing friends. I've tried the canned stuff and what I got was really awful. This, hopefully, will be better (it should be) I'll post back afterwards.

I have the same nails as you. Unfortunately the salons here are not yet able to open. God I hope it's soon!

I placed my grocery order this morning for curbside pickup. Then I decided I wanted to make a crab spread appetizer for our card game on Friday and it was too late to add to my order. So my order arrived with only one exception, no cilantro (due to Cinco de Mayo, I’d guess). so I had to go inside the sore for the crab and I also wanted an ice cream cake for dessert. Found loads of cilantro on the shelf. Card playing menu: crab spread with various crackers and pita chips Spreadable cheeses for those who don’t eat seafood Pico de Gallo with tortilla chips Red grapes to eat while handling the cards Ice cream cake