JoNorvelleWalker

I don't associate asparagus with Chinese cuisine, but after a tragic misclick on amazon I am desperate to use up as much organic asparagus as I can. Dinner was Black Bean Asparagus from Carolyn Phillips' All Under Heaven (p292). Simple and good. And every grain of rice accounted for.

My biggest complaint about Pizza Hut is they put ice in the beer.

This evening I turned my attention to the outdoor garden. I cultivated the balcony, cleared the old tomato plants, harvested moonflower seeds. Well after dark I planted peas.

I wasn't wearing the apron but the 24 inch Rough Linen napkin contained the chicken I dropped into my lap.

@rotuts could you say more about what exactly you have against the Whole Foods -- Amazon business model? That dry aged rib was pretty good. And, no, I couldn't find Kool-Aid listed on the site. Interestingly when I ordered a couple days ago before the price reductions, organic asparagus was $2.99 a pound. At the moment organic asparagus is $4.99 a pound. Though a Hass avocado is $0.68.

I already had The Slanted Door. I've cooked from it. But I was gouged for $2.99.

I would be sanitizing without plants. I need to be sure that whatever I use doesn't affect the plastic. I'm not quite ready to sanitize because one pea plant is currently struggling to produce a pod. Meanwhile I put my Burpee order in today. I was a bit tardy this year and zinnia* seeds I wanted were out of stock. How can you be out of stock of zinnia seeds? *note: zinnia are edible.

Tonight I needed to go to the pharmacy so I stopped at Shoprite for a couple things. A girl cannot have too many limes. And I was short on sour cream. However grocery shopping after dark around here is ill advised. Coming home I was almost run over twice, once by a police car in the parking lot.

This looks like something @gfron1 could help with. I believe it requires fried chicken.

Starting from household laundry bleach, what would be a good dilution for sanitizing my Click & Grow growing unit? I seem to have a fungus problem.

@jbates any US customs fees?

Brunner contacted me today to ask how I liked the egg. Indeed I like it. The interesting news is that policy has changed and Brunner will now ship to the United States. I feel like giving the catalog another look!

Mine came! I think I may need to rehome some legumes.

I asked Rustic Linens how to tell whether the apron I received actually has extra length straps. I measured and it does.

Though most of the NY Times items were not things I would buy.

I too got natural in regular but I asked for longer straps. I'm not sure I really received longer straps. Edit: does the bottom reach your knees?

Tonight's pizza did not deserve a picture, nor does the inside of my stove. Tasted OK though.

Huzzah! I am relieved. I'm minded of an ancient Goon Show skit [from memory]: "Sir there are rumblings among the crew down in the hold!" "Insolent cur, how would you like a taste of the cat?" "Oh, please, sir! Anything but more beans!"

When I posted earlier I had put it on over my head. I have the pinafore on now but I confess I could not replicate my success. This time I stepped into it and looped the straps over my shoulders. Don't tell. There is a problem with the apron though, at least for me. It is not as long as I had hoped. It does not quite reach my knees. I'm thinking about what to do. But I have to say lovely material, workmanship, and color. Edit: though looking at the picture the pinafore sits on the model about where it sits on me. I guess it's working as intended.

Though you've mentioned many times you use cornstarch in your recipes. Cornstarch is a stabilizer.

My Rough Linen pinafore arrived. Took a while to figure how to put it on.

I must speak favorably of the WF dry aged steak.

P.S. For the color I don't even cheat in Photoshop.

Forgive me for poor taste* but what came to mind for my baguette tonight was Thalidomide loaf. *I knew a Thalidomide victim and, yes, it is not all that funny.

@Ann_T jinxed me.