JoNorvelleWalker

I don't believe I've ever had mackerel, neither tinned nor fresh. How does it compare to sardines?

I was all out of sack.

Having some organic raspberries to use up I made a trifle. The whipped cream on the serving portion was courtesy of nitrous oxide. Whipped cream used to lighten the pastry cream for layering was whipped by hand by me. I never use a recipe for trifle. This made just enough to fill my 2 1/2 quart CorningWare soufflé dish: 1 recipe pastry cream 1 1/2 cups (more or less) heavy cream 1 package (7 oz) Whole Foods lady fingers 1/3 jar Mackays seedless blackberry preserve 1/3 bottle Pusser's Navy Rum raspberries Seconds are OK. Thirds and you may not be standing.

In order to assemble a trifle, I prepared a pastry cream. If only for my own benefit, herewith is the recipe: 500 g whole milk 100 g sugar 50 g KAF all purpose flour 2 eggs 4 Tablespoons butter vanilla to taste Mix flour and sugar together. Add all ingredients except butter and vanilla to Blendtec or lesser blender of your choice. Blend till 85-90C. The mix will have become quite obviously thick. Cool a bit. Add butter and vanilla and blend on low speed to incorporate.

Thanks. You will be among the first to know.

The only meat advertisement I recall is the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wienermobile

My princess phone fell on the floor and cracked, but it still works. Unlike one broken burner on my stove.

Feeling depressed I splurged on fruit* from Whole Foods. I've not seen Concord grapes sold for many years. I do love Concord grapes. I took a chance on a pound of Thomcord. Thomcord I understand is a cross with Concord. Thomcord grapes are vile. Unlike Concord seeds, which non-masochists are compelled to politely spit out, Thomcord seeds are small, gritty, unpleasant, and still require some degree of mastication. Thomcord volatiles hint at Concord, but so does the gallon of bird repellant I store in my second bathroom next to the 409 and mold remover. Then there were the organic raspberries on sale that compelled me to make a trifle. They look beautiful. The raspberry verdict is not yet in. And I've taken a chance on a Piel de Sapo melon. "Toad skin" is not known for being non-toxic. From what I've read Piel de Sapo melons store at room temperature for a long, long time. In my apartment this is good. Lastly, of course, there were the limes. *and ice cream. But the ice cream was McConnell's and it was on sale.

Yes. "Campari tomatoes can be produced from different varieties with similar characteristics, the standard being Mountain Magic." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campari_tomato

I used to before I had to stop my garden. The variety is Mountain Magic. How I miss them. This time of year my counters were covered with little tomatoes and little fruit flies. Not sure if you can find them in England. (The seeds, not the fruit flies.)

Rib steak. Sister of the wretched one that pulled out my crown the other night. This time not grilled but braised into submission for five hours. Tender and delicious. Surprisingly so. Special mention for the mashed potato. This heroic tuber was old and soft some weeks ago when I almost threw it out. But while a little flaccid it wasn't really rotten so I awarded it a second chance. Besides, I remember fondly selecting it from the potato bin at Shoprite with much promise in its heart. One of the finest mashed potatoes I have made. May its memory shine as long as the sun, or at least as long as eGullet lasts. There are leftovers.

What about a deba?

Don't you have nine more?

Do you know what audience you're asking?

Batch 22. 90g blanched Spanish almonds 90g apricot kernels 350ml water 280g sugar 30ml orange flower water Almost the same as Batch 21 except that I homogenized on low speed in an attempt to reduce the amount of foam. I can't say I noticed any difference.

May have inspired Pointillism.

I could always ask Alexa.

When I was four, or maybe five or maybe six, my school class visited the Acme bread bakery in Philadelphia. Only time I have been on television. (Evening news was different back in the early 1950's.) Would that I had been exposed to Ann's bread at that early age. I fondly remember the pleasantly overwhelming alcoholic scent of thousands of fermenting loaves. Possibly illegal under current OSHA regulations.

Read to the end! Edit: never mind. I misunderstood the question.

Better yet, press the SOS button to have limes delivered.

I don't have a cellphone, but I do have an SOS device. In addition it has a flashlight and displays the location of nearby restaurants.

Thanks to the magic of the mai tai I had the endurance to choose fresh arctic char. Good it was. And tonight's French fries were really deep fried, not oven baked. (Plus I managed not to burn myself.) However I am exhausted.

This may be another of those nights. I am not a morning person by any means but once every four weeks I must work an early shift. This means leaving my bed and home in the morning cold at 8:00 am, setting off on foot, only to arrive at the library dehydrated in the heat an hour later. Last night I splurged on an amazon Whole Foods order, delivered this afternoon. My pantry is now overwhelmed with dinner options. What is a Piel De Sapo melon anyhow? And don't enquire about the ice cream. (Hint, McConnel's was on sale.) What I should cook first is the lovely fresh arctic char. Now that I've had most of a mai tai I am feeling more than a little better. Maybe I can do it! I have sufficient coleslaw remaining from two nights ago. The alternative is frozen cod. Good as it is, one must resist.

Very attractive. How large is it? I assume it is lighter than a cleaver?

Weird but many thanks.