JoNorvelleWalker
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I say shoot the messenger.
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Can-can looks like a knock off of the Hamilton Beach 932.
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Most recently I have been favoring Oomda. Non-homogenized Halal whole milk yogurt. Good stuff. Once you get past the "CONTAINS MILK" warning.
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Menu on a box?
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Tonight I confessed my addiction to my boss. "May I remind you where you work?" gently she chastised.
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4 minutes ago, kitchen_muse said:
Thanks for your warm welcoming, Smithy and Kim!
I like to work with meat (I'm a carnivore at heart). Another passion of mine is baking, but I'm afraid that I haven't inherited my mother's talent.
And mostly I cook alone. It might be sad, though I'm pretty happy that the kitchen is all mine and I can do whatever I want (following instructions, of course!). Yes, I'm an eater but isn't it a good reason to start cooking?
Here I cook and dine alone. You can always share your success and failure on eGullet, and find good company.
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6 minutes ago, gfweb said:
I bet the steam clean setting would fix that pan
I never even thought to try! Next time for sure.
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5 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:
Here's the WSJ article in case any can access it: Checking Out New York’s Online Grocery Stores and All Their Trimmings
The three services discussed are FoodKick (operated by FreshDirect), Amazon Prime Now and Jet (owned by Walmart).
Foodkick is the service that @JoNorvelleWalker refers to as having a limited selection and simple to use interface that made it very easy to use. Here's what else the author had to say about it:
Had I seen this first it would have saved me writing down the information...
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1 hour ago, blue_dolphin said:
Gigli with Chickpeas and Za’atar from Ottolenghi's Simple.
A quick pantry dish where the cooking method and seasonings (thyme, cumin, garlic, onion, anchovy, lemon juice and zest, chicken stock, parsley) infuse a good bit of flavor into the chickpeas.
I'd just as soon use more greens, skip the pasta and serve with pita or flat bread and yogurt.
I've been waiting and waiting to get a copy. A friend has Simple sitting on our hold shelf. I hate her.
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6 hours ago, Toliver said:
As a former cafeteria dishwasher in my college days, that roasting pan made me cringe. All of the cooks in the cafeteria were ex-US Navy and didn't give one rat's ass to charring/roasting the heck out of their food because they didn't have to clean the pans themselves. I cursed each and everyone of them and thanked God for whoever invented the hot water hose with the forceful spray nozzle that dispensed boiling hot water that helped me clean those burnt-on pans.
Soaked it over night in the sink and it cleaned right up. I probably should have used parchment though.
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5 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:
Can you remember the name of this service so we can avoid it?
No but she was serious, she liked it! Limited selection and high prices but easy to use interface and good delivery. This afternoon when I'm back inside the paywall I'll try to take another look.
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Last night's dinner:
Whole Roasted Branzino from the CSO Recipe Booklet. A favorite dish of mine. Citrus and fennel, herbs and shallots, garlic and Piment d'Espelette.
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3 hours ago, gfweb said:
Re vacuum sealers there is a middle ground between the food-saver and the Vac Master 2000. Cabella's has a sturdy piston pump model for about $250. It was discussed well on eG
I have a Polyscience 300. Not as fancy as the Vac Master, and the external vacuum port does not work but the 300 meets most of my needs. I don't remember how I ever lived without it.
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Wall Street Journal today has a review of online grocery stores operating in NYC. I'm home, on the wrong side of the paywall, but as I recall they favor Prime Now. There was another grocery service the reviewer said was good if you were drunk. She did not have a high opinion of Jet which is owned by Walmart.
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9 minutes ago, Smithy said:
Thanks, @Toliver...I think...
..."Casablanca" and "Olives, Lemons and Za'atar" (hey, they were only $0.99 each) led me also to
Turkish Delights: Stunning regional recipes from the Bosphorus to the Black Sea
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Both are also $0.99 specials. Not that I need any more Indian or Middle Eastern cookbooks so much as I need to use them. Hey, maybe if I sleep with my tablet under my pillow I'll absorb all this electronic information by osmosis. I think I tried that with high school chemistry.
...works for some chemicals I hear.
Three more cookbooks for me. I note The Indian Cookery Course is almost a thousand pages.
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4 minutes ago, gfweb said:
Wouldn't an Uber car solve the problem?
Do they have attachment loops? I suppose in some way Uber might be a solution if one is willing to pay the price. And if one had a cell phone.
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As an update, the ghost rice is lovely but I'm not sure I could distinguish it from the less expensive Bineshii at about $3 a serving.
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6 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:
Jo,
You need to buy a carabiner or two. They are large easy open, easy close clips that hook onto the strong loops most backpacks have. (Mine has three of these woven nylon loops.) Plastic grocery bags can then be clipped onto the load on your back, making it easier to carry. It leaves your arms free to swing with your gait and saves that biting pain that can come from trying to carry grocery bags long distances in your hands.
Carabiners are used mostly by rock climbers so are sold in sporting goods stores, but I know you can find stuff online when you can't get it within walking distance locally. They are cheap, light aluminum, and I guarantee you will think this one of the best purchases you ever made.
I know the things you mean. I never thought of them! Unfortunately (I just got up and checked) my backpack has no points of attachment. I also have a big backpack that holds a ton but is pretty much too large and heavy for me these days.
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Locally here there was a small chocolate shop that successfully branched out into making renowned ice cream. The owners sold the business and one opened a pizza place. The other moved to the big city selling chocolate. Anything is possible.
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The weather has not been cooperative for grocery shopping so this afternoon I was putting together a Prime Now order for delivery from Whole Foods. All well and good till my dinner started disappearing from the shopping cart from being out of stock.
Reluctantly I strapped on my faux Gore-tex booties and headed out to Shoprite (with a well earned detour by way of the spirits monger). Shoprite was full of people, horribly crowded and this largest supermarket I have ever seen. I had made a list but triage was necessary, both for expense but more so for what I could carry.
By the time I finished checkout it was dark. My backpack was full and I was juggling three bags. The trip home was no fun at all. I was hiking through dark deep water which is why I guess they call it "Nautical Twilight". My arms were failing.
Now it's midnight, I am showered, and the rice is cooking. Dinner is plan B.
But I did my good deed for the day! Prime Now was sold out but I had wanted a branzino for my dinner (plan A). Shoprite had decent looking branzini so I took a chance and bought one. The recipe is from the CSO instruction booklet. It is a favorite of mine. The recipe calls for fresh thyme and oregano. Oregano there was but no thyme. I overheard a young couple devastated that there was no thyme. I asked the woman in the produce section if there was any thyme in back. She said whatever there was was out.
Then by happenstance I found another display with thyme! Why a store, even a large store, needs four locations for fresh thyme is beyond my ken. Some while later I ran into the young couple at the other end of the store as I was buying eggs. I apologized profusely and asked if they were the people looking for thyme. They were. I described the location as best I could and they seemed most grateful.
Plan B was necessitated because my amazon same day delivery never came. If indeed I eat this morning it may be in the dinner section.
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11 minutes ago, DiggingDogFarm said:
A friendly heads-up.
The aluminized coating promptly flaked off—in spots and in short order—on the last USA Pan Bakeware pan I bought.
That was a "USA Pan Patriot Bakeware Aluminized Steel Quarter Sheet Pan."
'Unique' feature of the Patriot line compared to their other pans (all else being equal): "Fluted surface design that resembles a waving flag- adding extra strength and durability to help resist warping"
"Oven safe up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit."
The pan was never used at more that 350 degrees.
Purchased January 3rd, 2018.
I won't be buying their products again.
Now you tell us.
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And here all these years I have been trying to reduce my overrun. Seriously, with your Cuisinart you should be getting plenty of overrun. More than enough. If you whip your mix before churning that likely would reduce your overrun (though not the amount of air in the finished ice cream). I once had a KitchenAid (as I remember) that allowed for overrun adjustment by means of a horizontal churning chamber. My current Cuisinart ICE-100 allows some overrun adjustment by the choice of two different paddles, one for more overrun, the other for less.
If you would, measure your overrun and report back.
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2 hours ago, ElsieD said:
No USA pan set on sale at Amazon.ca. Too bad because I really like their pans.
Unfortunately I don't live in Canada and I didn't have a popover pan. Camelcamelcamel showed this was the lowest price ever.
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8 hours ago, prashamk said:
I plan to make or sell ready made ice cream in a waffle cone or waffle sandwich but at a later date as I may be starting this winter.
Thanks for sharing the article. While Indians living in US crave for Indian taste, the local Indians crave for new international taste which is why I am interested in Waffles and Donuts.
Call it gelato.
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Naw, she worked our adult reference desk for I recall seventeen years. She does not take her holds lightly. But she is my neighbor so maybe I could steal it from her house. Unfortunately we tend to read the same books.