JoNorvelleWalker

Yesterday I put together an Amazon Fresh order. In the middle of the night I remembered I needed King Arthur flour*. Amazon makes it easy to add items to your list. *Organic all purpose for my baguettes. Would be silly to say King Arthur Flour flour.

Thanks, but 12cm is too small. I've been searching by about everything but Angstroms.

Odd, I thought I replied to this? It may be the heat or the rum. I don't do eBay but when I looked around I did not see anything of interest.

Once upon a time I had a tin lined Charlotte mold. Back in the '70's when I was enamored of Irma Rombauer* and tended to make Charlottes. My Charlotte mold is mentioned here: https://forums.egullet.org/topic/27031-updating-the-kitchen-essentials/?do=findComment&comment=2023190 I say "had" because I think I threw it out along with the Mouli graters and other corroded cookware. If it is here I can't find it. Anyhow, today I perused a recipe that calls out for a Charlotte mold, and spent the afternoon and evening searching the internet for same -- stainless or stainless lined this time, if you please. It seems most molds are too big or too small. De Buyer makes a range of sizes but I can't find a US source. Around 14 cm to 16cm was what I had in mind. Closest I've found is an 18cm Mauviel from WS** and hence expensive. The nearest size Matfer Bourgeat offers is 20cm, which is too big. Thoughts or suggestions? *I am still enamored of Irma Rombauer. **The US Mauviel site does not mention Charlotte molds and I cannot find a French website for Mauviel. Plus I don't speak French.

Seldom I fix lunch because I'm lazy. Anyhow... The mise. And I seldom eat at all by daylight. Been a bad year here for berries so the currants are courtesy Wilkin & Sons.

Looks great @Anna N except possibly the broccoli. Much as I love my CSO I blanch broccoli briefly in a great deal of boiling water. If I may ask, what is the definition of "claggy"? You see I've been thinking about polenta since last night. I read that the Venetians esteem fine white corn for their polenta. That is my preference and I always thought that I was queer. And how do you get your orange slices so pretty? Sitting here with my mai tai nothing could be wrong with an orange rum sauce. And those scallops really do look good. Payday, and Amazon Fresh is calling out to me.

@ElainaA I envy you your chicken thighs. I've been working my way though a batch of Buggialli's chicken cacciatora. These pictures were actually from a few days ago, but as they pretty much match what I had last night, here they are: Sage and rosemary from the balcony. Thirty second green beans. If it's not obvious...chicken leg cacciatora. Insalata. These tomatoes were store bought. Last night's were my own.

Instead of the IR, consider the Thermoworks surface thermometer. I have one. I've never seen it on sale though.

Tonight was supposed to have been the last of my batch of Bugialli's chicken cacciatore. Good as it was, I can only eat so much. The chicken cacciatore lives for another day. Bread was excellent. It is not always so. I'm sure the kitchen was over 100 degrees*. Hardly need the CSO steam proof function. Here at the computer it is 88 degrees, now down from 90 something. I went out at midnight to pick basil and parsley. Insalata was tomatoes, first fruits of my balcony, and torn basil. Dressed with 25 year aceto balsamico tradizionale di Modena and a few drops of Oro Bailen. *38 deg C. but ice cold Soave helps.

Unless my son is standing here coercing me I never make a shopping list. For one thing I can't read my writing and I do not have a printer. OK, I see that is two things. Sorry, I am not good with lists. Alexa would keep a shopping list for me but I don't want to impose on her. If I had a cell phone I might try that.

While I can still stand...the last of my recent pesto sauce -- this time with Giuseppe Cocco pasta. I confess I liked Giuseppe's version better than my own. Can't say I enjoy raw pasta. Not being Neapolitan. Baring results of DNA test, of course.

New meal kits in the news: https://forums.egullet.org/topic/152908-tovala-smart-oven/?do=findComment&comment=2112146

The Wall Street Journal just published a rather favorable review of the Tovala oven and their meal kits*: https://www.wsj.com/articles/taste-test-the-oven-that-makes-dinner-without-you-1499876217 I own a CSO, of course, or I would be all over the Tovala. The question remains...does it fit a quarter sheet pan?? Still, it is amazing what a little steam can do. I wish them success. *or maybe "meals" since most everything arrives done for you but the cooking.

Sorry to hear for the residents of Manitoulin. I can empathize. Though I am a citizen of the sovereign state that invented Bridgegate, the local bridge problems have been more insidious. I live on a river, OK actually about two thirds mile from a river as the crow flies or as the local stream meanders. This town is hard on bridges, Rochambeau and the French army pulled down the bridge north of town. Washington and his troops pulled down the bridge to the south. The current bridge was closed for repairs just over a year ago, 7/7/2016. Two days later the state stopped all road construction because of budget cuts. I shan't say more for reason of politics, but work resumed last winter only to be blocked for environmental concerns. The bridge finally reopened to traffic two months ago. Meanwhile commuters went through hell and local businesses failed. Not to mention logistics problems of fire fighters and rescue squads. My advice to Manitoulin is to keep the old swing bridge as it is, but leave it open to shipping. Build a new bridge high enough to pass an aircraft carrier. Get the government in Ottawa to pay for it.

My favorite Canadian whisky is WhistlePig.

This may help: http://www.pre-pro.com/midacore/view_distillery.php?did=DST385

There should be a number somewhere on the bottle that identifies the distillery.

Well, I bought the book I mentioned with the $5 off coupon: https://forums.egullet.org/topic/155222-amazon-prime-day-your-loot/?do=findComment&comment=2111800 The books in this series are excellent by the way, and not likely to be found at the local library. I also saw an ancestry testing DNA kit at half price. Now I may know my native cuisine,

I passed on the amazon prime day IP. I'm still not convinced it would do something new for me. Your mileage may very.

Wow! Amazon and Amazon Fresh* offer Bar Harbor stocks. Thank you, thank you. It may be obvious, but the larger the shrimp the easier they are to peel and clean. * $0.22 per ounce.

Did you ask Alexa?

Any word on getting blueberry plants to eat birds?

Thanks. And here I was all set to purchase Plenty till amazon thoughtfully reminded me I'd bought the book two years ago...not to mention I've posted my take on his cover photograph: https://forums.egullet.org/topic/151304-dinner-2015-part-3/?do=findComment&comment=2021776 P.S. My eggplants on the balcony are about four inches at the moment.

And no need to soil a glass.

http://amzn.com/4908325065 I notice there is also a promotion to get a $10 credit if you ask Alexa to reorder something for you.