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Never seen dried whole Lion's Mane. From what I understand they are often used for medicinal applications (all of the 'brain boosting power' of this mushroom is purportedly best consumed in a dried ground form). Fortunately these are from a local 'gourmet' mushroom farm which will be able to supply year round. Good idea with the fried egg, might have to try that one.

In my accelerated last minute research, I too read that duck eggs make the best baked goods/pastries/desserts. From said research it also suggested that the healthier the diet of the duck (natural - not processed) and the more bugs it eats, the thicker the yolks might become. I was quite shocked and concerned at first, as any yolk I have experienced when poked would simply ooze out. This one just held its shape!!!

Look closely. And still some still claim global warming is a farce. It’s almost June ffs!!! 🤦‍♂️

Could not get a hold of her. But I asked another relative that gets eggs from her as well and he said he has had similar experiences. With the limited reading I did in the last 30 minutes, it seems it is normal for free range ducks who eat lots of high quality bugs and other proteins (which I know these buggers do) to have very thick yolks. They were delicious, rich and very 'eggy'.

I was given a dozen duck eggs from a friend who recently started a farm. While I have had duck eggs in the past, I have limited experience cooking with them and could not recall the last time I did. I went to crack 8 of them just now and nearly all of them had yolks that were essentially malleable, they were so thick and dense!! Is this normal?!

Local organic farmers market. Not sure the legalities of shipping shrooms cross border, but if you want to investigate, I am happy to send some down south

Fresh.

I use the paper bag method every week for Avocados - works like an absolute charm, 4-5 days and they are perfect. Curious if the same can be said for mangoes.

Have you tried ripening them in a paper bag? The increased ethylene might also help with quality.... along with increased ripening speeds.

Located a new source for gourmet mushrooms, including one of my new favourites - Lions mane. Forget the unreal health benefits from this fungi, the taste and texture are unreal. Buttery beyond beliefe. Initially I would slice these but most mushrooms are easily and naturally tear - so I tried that method. Dry sauté just salt and high heat butter added at the end served in crisp gnocchi, fried prosciutto end bits, ricotta salata

No worries. Though as I consider it, it couldn't be bad (though I would not waste a $40 ribeye on it!). Tartness/acidity of the goat cheese, especially warmed up, perhaps with herbs added, might cut through the richness and fattiness of the beef nicely. Who knows (surely someone does!).

If it's good, pay for it! I recall our honeymoon in Kauai - all over the island, the very best mangoes were the Hayden (totally different than what we see here) - size of a football, unreal flavour - but also $5-7 a piece! And they were local!! (this was both from a fruit side road stand, a farmers market and from a local selling from their house) Thankfully the passion fruit at $0.25 a piece, balanced things out.

Just a little joke to bring some fresh air to our love/hate relationship. The suggestion was a sound one and sourced from a desire to see any human (including yourself!) well and healthy. Bonne Chance.

Purchase some empty capsules and make your own supplements - you may also want to investigate what other vitamins/minerals help increase the bio-availability of the beets. And stop stressing about scallops and just go meditate

You both are faster than I! Not sure about the beef (though I will try one day!) but surely the goat cheese - I will also add arugula - the 3 make a wonderful salad, along with some roasted nuts.

This is my preferred method as well. Dig bigger whole than you might need, mix in compost at the lowest levels, and then plant atop - it will help promote root growth vs throwing the soil on top of ground.

I find weeds make their way through the fabric solutions after 2-3 years. I tried the cardboard lasagna method this past fall with mulch and organic matter. There have been a few grass blades poke through, and a few other little things thus far, but easily pulled. We will see in a few months. Black plastic is good, but you have to figure out watering methods to permeate that layer. Plus I dont like having anything plastic near/around what I am growing/eating.

A few garden shots - still catching up to you folks down south... love dense lettuce sowing - 4-5 varieties lettuce all self seeded, perennial arugula and garlic chives, lemon grass and some Vietnamese coriander Confetti Cilantro, miners lettuce, purple lettuce, prize choi and mustard greens

Bet you can't say that 5 x fast!

Clearly why she was so adamant.....at least she was graceful in her request! 🙄

Clearly I read the above post after a long day and nothing to calm the proverbial nerves! Curious how many mangoes make it in that. Decent price with shipping...my guess is you will get around 12-18?

Mangoes ripen in the fridge??? Nice score, @KennethT. What did the 10lbs cost you? Mango season is upon us here thanks to our friends in India/Pakistan. But at $50/box ($5/mango!?), they can go fly a kite.

Please tell me which Canadian Bars are offering Pappy - have car, will travel. Seriously though, Pappy is the unicorn North of the border, wish I could find a bottle. Certainly getting into bourbon. Lately my go-to's have been Eagle Rare and Angel's Envy. Very envious of the selection you all have down South!