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I am not as enamored with my little green dress as I had hoped. I thought it was wonderful as a base for ranch dressing as a change from Momofuku, but not so great for coleslaw. Nor did it work for me as pesto. Don't worry, I will almost certainly use it up.

Does orange blossom water go bad or lose its flavor? I have a bottle with a best by date of 2013. Would it be OK to use it?

I shall never again run out of cubeb. Possibly I never had cubeb. Most likely I have cubeb and cannot find it.

I use stale bread for bread crumbs, Bugialli recipe. But be it known, stale bread can be resuscitated by heating to 77C. Waste not, want not.

I drink whole milk. I use heavy cream on cereal. Real garlic goes with almost anything. You've never had garlic ice cream?

The only fruitcake I have made was from the NY Times recipe. To my taste the texture was ruined by fig seeds. If I ever make fruitcake again* I'd probably use the NY Times recipe but omit the dried figs. *which is by no means assured.

On sale for $39.99. I have an onion to grate but I don't think delivery would be in time.

APO made Wall Street Journal's Tech Gifts of 2020 list.

Tonight I put LGD on pasta. I thought the flavor was too sharp, that is, too acidic to work as a pesto. But then I mixed it with some leftover tomato based meat sauce and I thought the result was pretty good. Not as exceptional as adding it to ranch however.

This afternoon before work I made a recipe I saw on the Williams Sonoma site: golden beets, apple, and an inch of ginger. This was like ambrosia. Unfortunately I was timing how long it took and I neglected to put a glass under the juicer spout. From starting to prep the produce to cleaning the kitchen floor it was almost 30 minutes. Normally I do not eat before work, but I must say, I felt I had more energy today. Maybe there is something to this juicing business.

I let my Little Green Dress sit out for a while tonight.

I shall never again use my new Kuvings juicer without something in place to catch the juice.

My mother used to make baked Alaska. This was in the early '50's. I confess I have never tried it. I think the trick is to insulate the ice cream.

Thanks @Toliver, I picked up both of these. Nigella disturbed me with the old trope oil prevents butter from burning. And I cringed when she made Hollandaise in a double boiler. But, hey, $1.99. I was an early adopter of Rose's Cake Bible. I was reminded of this last night when a friend and former coworker called last night to check up on me in the midst of the pandemic and remind me that twenty five years ago I blew up at him for sticking his finger in the rosewater buttercream of the cake I had made for a couple of my friends getting married. The bride was the CIA trained chef of a local restaurant. I was so humiliated.

I seldom use my ulu, but when I think of it and do, I have always been delighted. I've used it twice in the last week or so.

I used my Lamson Ulu knife.

I completely missed that picture of the Tabasco bottle. I even have Tabasco on the shelf (though my Tabasco is Family Reserve). However I can't help but notice she seems to be chopping her parsley on a block. As mentioned somewhere I added LGD to a batch of ranch. Served with APO chicken and romaine. Usually I don't crave the same meal two nights in a row, but so it was.

Dinner tonight was lovely organic romaine lettuce.

Some winters ago I picked up a State sponsored pamphlet at the state park about a mile from here. The state says to eat ice cream to stay warm in the cold. This is New Jersey, I'm sure someone in the park service was paid off.

If the choice was starvation or kale I too might choose kale.

My Little Green Dress after a night at the refrigerator. Does it need to be dry cleaned?

I am sorry, Anna. I realize you are more challenged than I. I assumed what was easier for me was easier for anyone.

Fridge, really a hundred years? When I was growing up the appliance was called the ice box.

APO chicken and romaine. Pseudofuku ranch. (I declined to open a fresh jar of pickled ramps.) Informed by Vivian Howard's Little Green Dress. Some days life is just a bowl of cherries, even if they are not Rainier. Finishing with milk and cookies.

Fridge, veggies.