lindag

I actually have an LC Dutch Oven from the 80s as well as quite a few newer LC cast iron pieces. IMO the newer pieces are actually better than the older ones as far as scratch resistance and scuffing.

Just brilliant! You're really on your game this morning!!!

I love sweet potatoes (yams) but not the sweet, marshmallowy kind. Cooks Country provided me with a super simple way to achieve wonderful mashed Sweet Potatoes. Just simmer the sliced up yams in a saucepan with butter and a small amount of cream until soft. Mash and add a pinch of salt....just perfect. A sum much greater that those parts.

For my Irish Coffee I used some Reddi Whip which was almost gone. But then I remembered I had an Isi Whip in the pantry that I got quite a few years ago and had never used! (I'm not a big dessert person.) I added my whipping cream and charged it up and now it's ready for the mince that's in the fridge. The plain cream from the ISI is a bit bland but I have some Torani Vanilla Syrup in the pantry that I usually use for Iced Coffee, I'm thinking it's just the right add-in to sweeten the cream a bit. I served mine up in one of these.

I used to make steel cut oatmeal for my DH who said it was the best he'd ever had. Me? I can't stand it...I think it's the texture that I find nasty. I made it in my Japanese rice maker that had a porridge setting...it cooked a long time, I think at least 40 minutes. I wish I liked oatmeal; I've tried over and over, cooking it with different add-ins but it still doesn't ring my bell.

Today I stopped at the liquor store expressly for Irish Whiskey. I opted for the Tulla more brand. Then I hotfooted it home to make my first Irish Whiskey! (Somehow I've never had one before.) 1 teadpoon brown sugar, some hot coffee, the whiskey (large shot) and the cream. Oh my, I may have to have another!

When I lived in Portland there was a Le Creuset outlet store in nearby Woodburn. If was fun to go there and find lovely pieces at discounted prices. As a result, I have quite a collection now...almost all are shiny black or white. I absolutely love cooking in them. One of my oldest, scuffed up pieces is strictly relegated to making No Knead Bread.

I watched this piece on CBS Sunday Morning yesterday. Put Irish Whiskey on my shopping list.

I've been having that same problem for the last months with Walmart.com. No less than 90 percent of the items in my cart are still out of stock. That is just ridiculous! How can they sell items if they're not available!? Makes no sense. And these are not luxury items, they're basic, day to day products that ought to be readily available everywhere.

Green onions...why don’t I just cut out the middleman and throw them out as I leave the store?!

Glad to know it’s not just me.

I keep cans and bottles of pop in the garage fridge. Since I very rarely drink the stuff it can stay out there for quite a long time. When I do need some I often find that it's flat (and one time a can broke open and leaked inside the fridge). Just yesterday I found some Coke and some Fresca that I knew were pretty old and took them out and tossed them before there's another accident.

I don't much care for flat water. I keep small (glass) bottles of S. Pellagrino around in case I want some (sparkling) water of if I need it for a cocktail. There's been so much talk about how people need to drink 8 glasses a day. Then I saw results from tests done on twins. One would drink water only when thirsty; the other drank 8 glasses a day. At the end of the test there was no difference.

Doesn't it have to be winterized?

How many months a year can you actually use an outdoor kitchen where you are?

A couple months ago while unpacking my groceries I discovered a big can of salmon that had not been in my cart. I did remember seeing it on the belt in front of me in the next shopper's goods. Somehow the checker assigned it to me instead. I had been planning to use it for add-ons to my dogs' food but so far it's still on the shelf. Now maybe from reading through this thread here I can find a better way to use it up.

Old topic, this. Welcoming the winter temps and snow here, I made my winter hot punch... Cranberry and pineapple juice, water, along with brown sugar, salt, whole allspice, whole cloves and broken cinnamon sticks. Added rum, brandy and Rye whiskey. It really warms me up.

Today only at Williams Sonoma, 20% off any one item and free shipping with coupon code 'vote'. Some exclusions apply. I just ordered my Microplane Ginger (and garlic) Grater

I’m a big fan of Two Potato Gratin. There are many recipe variations online.

On a PETA level that would bother me very much too. You could complain to Purdue, for what it's be worth.

For me it was LIVER! I was forced to eat it so I'd get up during dinner and go to the sink and throw the disgusting stuff behind the refrigerator. Didn't get caught til Mom moved the fridge to clean and found the moldy liver. By that time I'd been excused from that particular meat, along with the dreaded hominy that I also hated. Everything else I ate with no complaints.

Yeah, well I had lunch out today which means no real dinner. I survived on a handful of bagel chips followed by a half dozen Hershey minis from the Halloween sack of candy.

They're just not included in modern flatware sets. I miss having them.

combo cooker?

It's just not good business to find fault with the customer. She probably has experience with poor customer service in past transactions elsewhere. I didn’t see her pointing fingers at you.