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weinoo

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  1. I think I'm giving up my bean club membership, which had been reduced to a semi-annual membership a year or two ago.

     

    1. Too many beans for us to use, unless we were to become more reliant on beans. Which I don't think will happen.
     

    2. I can now get RG beans at one of my favorite shops, and they carry an extensive variety.

     

    3. Someone else has to be able to make better use of the club than I do - perhaps my #1 reason.  

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  2. I guess the advantage (or disadvantage, depending on one's state of thinking) of living in a small apartment is my lack of space.

     

    I am guessing the saved jars (if they're from commercial products) can't be used for something like canning, since isn't a new lid always the necessity with a Ball or Mason jar when canning?

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  3. I just received this order from Alma Gourmet...

     

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    Along with a nice black winter truffle (tuber melanosporum), already in the fridge in a container with a few eggs.  There are any number of online shopping portals, not much more expensive than what one would pay over in Italy (in this case) , for these types of products.

  4. 15 hours ago, gfweb said:

    So tell some stories?

     

    I understand (from what I've read) that she ...uh... got around a bit.

     

    She certainly was quite capable of telling those stories.

     

    I think on my first dinner out with Gael, I knocked over a glass of Pinot Noir all over the table!

     

  5. 22 hours ago, rob1234 said:

    Patrice Patisserie would be a must stop but I think it closed.

     

    It closed.  We were in Montreal a few months ago, and had some wonderful meals.

     

    Dinners at Mon Lapin, Beba, Le Vin Papillon...all places we'd return to in a heartbeat. We did want to have smoked meat for lunch one day, and since I won't wait on line at Schwartz's, we chose another place and it turned out to be very good - Snowdon Deli.

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  6. 10 hours ago, gfweb said:

    The eggs are scented by truffle flavor  that escapes the fungus during storage.  Eggs capture that wasted flavor which would leave the truffle whether eggs are  there or not.

    And then they are perfect for making brouillade aux truffes!

     

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    Here I served it with some toasts and potato pancakes.

     

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  7. Here is a little primer on the types of truffles...Truffles of the World

     

    And a reasonable truffle care guide.

     

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    Tip 1: Store fresh eggs in the same container as your truffles. The slightly permeable eggshell allows those amazing fresh truffle flavours to infuse, giving you the perfect ingredient for a deliciously rich, truffled omelette.

    Tip 2: Don’t throw away the paper towel once you’ve unwrapped the truffle. Putting it in your jar of arborio rice will add tantalising hints of truffle to your next risotto.

     

     

  8. 7 hours ago, AAQuesada said:

    I've been told no rice or eggs then you get great tasting eggs but it dulls the actual truffle flavor 

     

    I've certainly read that rice is not good, as it dries the truffle out, but never heard or read anything about eggs taking anything away from the truffle flavor.

     

    7 hours ago, AAQuesada said:

    I  was told paper towel in a glass jar with a microfiber towel or sous vide.

     

    I don't understand this - can you explain microfiber towel or sous vide?

  9. 11 hours ago, Norm Matthews said:

     

     

    11 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

     

    The world is waiting...I vote for pineapple.

     

     

    I vote for some sort of kimchi.

  10. On 2/3/2014 at 10:22 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

    I've had very good potatoes on Prince Edward Island, but that was about 1970, so things may have changed. On my baked potatoes I like olive oil and sour cream better than butter. As I recall earthworms are an invasive European species and not at all native to North America.

     

    I just bought a 3 lb. bag of organic Yukon Golds yellow potatoes at Trader Joe's today.

     

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    https://www.redisleproduce.com/

     

     

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