JoNorvelleWalker

I thought that was Mexican.

There is something else? (Except for canned bacon of course.)

I'd love another Watanabe but I can't decide what. I seldom butcher octopus.

Pictures or it didn't happen.

Is there something about North American nuts that evokes a pejorative response? By the way those butter cookies look much like the ubiquitous tins of Christmas butter cookies we get here each year from Denmark. Perhaps not much to write home about, but as my son might say, not half bad at all. Particularly with a glass of milk.

What? No amazon prime in the desert? http://amzn.com/B006POH22Y This is the asafetida I have.

Done!

I shall never again leave a very sharp pointed meat carving knife where I can back up into it.

At work today someone brought in a bag of lucky candies. It will be lucky if there are any left tomorrow.

Small world. On my pile I too have Madhur Jaffrey's Vegetarian Indian from the library. Currently reading my most recent score: Emily Hahn's Time-Life The Cooking of China.

39 minutes? How many seconds?

That is beautiful! I have to ask: what is the salmon being served on?

My point exactly. Thing is I have only a lime and a half left and the grocery store is so very far away. Come to think of it the Wray and Nephew is a little low as well.

Tonight I have a cold. I cannot taste my mai tai. I believe I may be beginning to feel it though. Need more vitamin C.

Ironworks? For barrel hoops?

Beats me, but I don't have much choice of where I plug things in.

I believe there are settings for this in the app but I have not played with them. I just ask her to stop.

Tabaka, Tkemali (red tonight), Ispanakhis Pkhali. Steamed potatoes. Bread. Wine. Whistlepig. Move along, nothing you haven't seen before.

I only drink at home. My pours are seldom short.

I learned something. I can't use my DeLonghi and the CSO at the same time, it trips the 20 amp breaker. I just want my dinner. (Though I must confess I was most relieved the CSO had not burned out.)

I can't envision basmati producing a wonderful crust but I have not tried it.

Isn't that called halvah?

I read that as "most of the day" ...anyhow Persians I have known say to use an Iranian rice cooker. My Japanese Zojirushi has a setting for crust, but it is not as deeply golden. Probably also depends on the type of rice.

I have run into a problem with Alexa and timers: it seems timers are specific to one Echo device. I can't set a timer in the kitchen and then come sit down by the computer and check the status of my timer. After spending just short of an hour and a half on the phone with tech support the timers are working as intended. I am shaking with frustration. The particular issue was this afternoon. I set a timer and left the apartment to go to the store. My watch is broken so as soon as I got home I asked Alexa the status of my timer. The Echo closest to the door informed me that I had no active timers. Naturally I assumed that the timer had expired while I was out and I acted accordingly. Only to have the first echo faithfully notify me sometime later. Who writes the code for these things? I hope not the same people as program Jeff Bezos' rockets. Does anyone have a workaround?

Liked the meatloaf and the chives.