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Hello, @alexburt. You've found a great site here. Welcome to eGullet. What kind of food do you like?

Hello @AnC, glad you found us. 'Tis, indeed, a great place here. What research were you doing that brought you here?

Agreed!

Measuring how much spaghetti to cook?

Welcome, @Annie_H. eG is a great place. 😀

I hope it was paella pans. As you say, for baking individual servings.

I just ordered 4 of No.15 . 😀

How does one make blender pastry cream, @JoNorvelleWalker?

Seemed like satire to me. 🙄

Yes. Send me a PM with your address.

Well, @dscheidt, it appears some sweet talking is in your future. 😀

Is that watermelon @DesertTinker? Looks lovely!

Me too, I took @Kim Shook's advice. Exactly right. What I did not understand previously was dumping the fruit into ice water afterwards.

Oh, I have been looking for something like this!

I was cooking dinner for outdoor diners and decided to raise/lower the temp by 5°. Instead of letting me do this, the machine started the descale cycle. I hit a few buttons to try to stop/cancel the descale cycle but was unable to. The program emptied tons of water into the oven (no tray at the bottom of the oven at the time). The way I got the machine to pay attention was by unplugging it. What a mess! The Descale light had been on for a while, but that automatic behaviour was preposterous.

Palo, this is a very provocative statement. Could you please expound?

Yes, if I'd spent $50 for a lifetime membership I would have thought that a good deal too. I keep trying out the free version because I *want* to want a subscription! 😄 But so far, no dice.

I have tried out the free version a few times. Generally my searches are not successful and then I write to "support" who inform me that what I'm looking for can't be done. An example is wanting to limit results based on type of cooking vessel (e.g. Instant Pot). I own a few hundred cookbooks, so this is a meaningful search criterion.

Calibre Companion is/was THE app to query the Calibre database (looking for a new book to read). A large upgrade was necessary and Chaley (original author) wanted to retire and found another guy to take over the app. But the new guy released a paid upgrade which failed to implement most Calibre Companion functions and was a total catastrophe. So, the new iphone app was utter trash and useless. Fortunately I immediately turned off upgrades to Samsung Android so I am still able to use the old Calibre Companion app there. You'd think I would have remembered that I learned not to be on the bleeding edge of (mostly Microsoft) software decades and decades ago!

You know, it will be no time at all when he'll be taller than you! 😄

Thankfully, I have my device set to my needing to confirm upgrades (very bad experience with Calibre Companion). So I'm usually behind the times when it comes to upgrades.

Please report other things you do with it!

Homemade pesto and rehydrated tomatoes (from neighbour's garden), Parmesan-Reggiano, Butterkäse, and fresh goat cheese. Rather a lot of cheese actually. Good reports from eaters.

Do you drink a lot of juice, Jo? Or mainly use the juicer to prepare your Mai Tai(s)?

Happy Birthday Gully. I love this place. Plums baked in port. And the best I could do for a candle on short notice. 😇