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Thanks, @KennethT - looking very much forward to your adventure 🤗

Any warm place will do … I am just the practical type 😜

Join a gym and start heavy lifting. Soon you’ll have leftover egg yolks …

Starting really to enjoy the emergency pizza dough - convenient & really nice baked results. We have a sleepover guest today, so preponed pizza & movie night, featuring Disneys new Strange World and … Pizza with salami, mushrooms, ham and dots of Bolognese sauce, modeled after my once favourite pizza from a place I used to live next to (Da Sebio - nice memories) … … plus a “Salami only” one (in the background), as for some reason all out houseguests seem not to be very adventurous eaters … Texture was fluffy with a crispy crust, and the combination of Gouda and Raclette cheeses makes for an aromatic and melt-y topping. No complaints.

Leberkäsebrötchen with a fried egg …

Tonight pantry/freezer raid: Tteokbokki for me (rice cakes, mandu, fish cake & eggs) … … and individual hotpots for the other two. Little one wanted to try the tteokbokki, had three rice cakes with some sauce and five glasses of water: “Very good, papa, but also a little bit spicy” 🤗

Thank ! Had to google that, but yes - a Barnsley chop aka Lammkotelett 🤗

This is a dried tomato / herb compound butter … No movie, just regular workday night (finished by a round of Rummikub).

Lamb cutlets with hummus, zaziki and a tomato/cucumber/olive salad …

Falafel (in a wrap) …

I am not sure which information you are looking for, but Calvo is one of the leading brands in Spain. When we drive down to my parents-in-law, I usually return with 10-15 packs of exactly the one you bought (the 3+1 „special“ offer is the rule, not an exception, though). Very good, also the oil, and at a decent price.

What is the remaining 30% ?

Came home late & hungry - luckily there were copious amounts of Cassoulet in the fridge. Maybe not as nicely plated as yesterday, but every bit as tasty …

They don't need to be. I think the English Wikipedia entry needs an overhaul ...

Everything that starts will eventually come to an end …

Not on a Sunday …

#54: Wei No Do Fu

Maybe Pici / Bigoli ?

Was it solid or did it have a „tunnel“ ?

May I be pedantic as well ? At what point was it implied that all sushi is raw fish ? @Tropicalsenior reported that with the introduction of sushi people were for the first time confronted with eating raw fish, because - well - some of it is and the chances of crossing a piece of raw fish in a sushi shop are rather high. Sashimi isn’t raw fish, either*. Raw fish is raw fish. If we are pedantic … —- *Sashimi can be made from raw fish, seared fish (tataki), boiled seafood (cephalopods), raw meat (any), seared meat (horse, beef), braised meat (boar, chicken), tofu products (yuba), vegetables (young bamboo), …

Let me calculate while I go along … Today: making the confit

Here it is about 3.50 € plus a leisurely 1h drive. I find the beans a tiny bit mushy, but that might be their interpretation of „melt in your mouth“ … I haven’t tried la belle chaurienne; Casino is a storebrand from - well - Casino 😊

I usually buy the one I shared before, plus this one, which is not only „cooked with duck fat“, but contains actual duck confit: Another brand I used to buy is William Saurin, quite popular in France. They have three different Cassoulets, I believe. I switched to the Reynal Roquelaure brand, because their beans have a little bit more integrity. And - of course - all the French supermarkets (Carrefour, Cora, Super-U, …) have their storebrands, which might or might not be ok … I haven’t really tried because when I have the opportunity to shop in France every 2-3 months or so, I usually don’t go for the economic brands* 🙄 —- * I know that sounds snobby, and I apologize, but why not get the nice stuff when you already make the long trip …

“Sacred cows make the best hamburger”* —- * by unknown

Of course I should emphasize that homemade Cassoulet is a different league, blah, blah … but truth to be told this specific brand (which isn’t the cheapest) makes an excellent product and I am not ashamed to admit that I have three cans in my cupboard for a quick fix ☺️