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Where is @lesliec when we need him?

Looks lovely Anna. Something I'd not heard about. What did you use for beef? I see Kenji suggests frozen shaved steak intended for cheese steak. (That's Philadelphia cheese steak for the benefit of any Philistines not from Philadelphia.) I have a couple of strip steaks* in the refrigerator. Might be interesting to try to slice the meat thin enough for gyudon. *denizens of the respective municipalities may feel free to debate their issues for our amusement.

I noticed Bien Cuit: The Art of Bread on sale for $0.99. I am challenged when it comes to crafting links to amazon.

Now that it is fashionably close to two o'clock I got to thinking about real dinner. No tomatoes. I'd planned something Georgian but I had no cilantro and I had no dill. How could this happen? I went with half a chicken in the CSO, peas and mashed potatoes. Got the job done well.

I have a Fissler...

Just noticed Tsuji says a donabe may be used on an electric coil. Not to mention run through the dishwasher.

I put a hold on the book, can't wait to read it. But I don't have gas and my landlord would take a dim view of charcoal. I've successfully used my unglazed tajine on the electric stovetop.

There's a reason not to open my refrigerator. Seriously when I get the level down I'll make more sauce. But canning and freezing aren't practical.

Nor have I, I've tried.

PM if you want my address. Fortunately Atlas is determinant and in another six months I may be able to look at a tomato.

A very pretty pot. I'm not sure I need a donabe but I don't have a donabe. I bookmarked a couple items from the site! Why shouldn't clayware work with an electric stove as long as one took precautions? Also I thought if not using a rice cooker, the Japanese traditionally prepared rice in an iron vessel? So until I get the iron rice maker that Zojirushi won't export I'll stick to the one I have. I'd sleep with it if it were not so big and heavy.

About a dozen tomatoes, mostly cracked, all but one were small. Washed down with bread and Hellman's. This wasn't dinner, this was triage.

Cuisinart is going to try again to replace my CSO. Perhaps I shall get a hairdryer.

I ate nine perfectly red ripe tomatoes yesterday. About the same number the day before. I'd almost rather see a green pepper on the counter than the pile of tomatoes. And most of the tomatoes are in the bedroom. (The Atlas ones weigh almost two pounds.) I haven't dared check the plants in three days.

Tonight I finished The Minimalist Kitchen by Melissa Coleman. No one has accused me of Minimalism. Ever. I wanted to see how the other half lived. Her kitchen has stuff mine does not. But one really good idea is the junk drawer. I share this belief. Mine though is in the living room. For some odd reason Coleman assumes it is in the kitchen. I was bemused the sumptuous photographs subvert the text. Beautiful wooden cutting boards where Coleman says she uses polyethylene, not wood. Curiously lovely knives not in Coleman's battery. In the recipe section bread and tortillas spring full blown as from the mind of Zeus, no telling where they come from.

I hate tomatoes.

The site said Trenton. Maybe they come over the line into Somerset Country?

Not available here but there is always UPS.

One should not use a knife on acid.

I've been sometimes cheating and using baguette dough for my pizza. The Modernist Bread Neapolitan ingredients are not that different but the technique is not the same. Edit: lovely pizza by the way.

Last night I may have misspoken. About the apple butter book that is. Or I may really have seen an apple butter book. But today I spied the newsletter of Rockingham (Washington's residence when he lived in Rocky Hill). This fall there will be a demonstration of traditional apple butter making. You know, caldron over an outdoor hearth and all of that. Visitors are invited to help stir.

Cuisinart replaced my failed CSO. With a fancy coffee maker. I do not drink coffee.

...I wasn't the one asking though.

When he forgets why not have him bring back the shine with Barkeeper's Friend and SOS? In my experience once aluminum gets corroded there is nothing that can be done. Maybe I've never been aggressive enough.

Yesterday at work in the library I came upon a book whose cover featured making apple butter. Unfortunately my youth featured too much apple butter and so I did not note the details. For the benefit of @Anna N apple butter is a traditional accompaniment of scrapple.