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On 5/19/2025 at 5:51 AM, Shel_B said:
This is a joke, right?
it was mostly in jest, but I do get a craving for a nice piece of prime rib every decade.
That said I think Ruth’s Chris is trash. I’d honestly rather go to Outback.
John’s is a good recommendation.
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House of Prime Rib
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5 hours ago, Alex said:
MF5, did you notice the small print in the ad? Two minutes is for 500 ml, which would be enough for tea or a small bowl of ramen, but not much else. And I'm not sure what you mean by "charge," as it's a plug-in unit.
honestly I didn’t. So thank you for that. I’d like to find something that independently of a stove can heat a decent amount of water to a boil quickly.
Got caught up in random Amazon ads.
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I have a few needs that a glass kettle that can boil water within 2 minutes would help me out with.
This is their site: https://cosori.com/products/cosori-electric-tea-kettle?srsltid=AfmBOopRjlRCTV73TkjMVj5Z9ob3C1jvMKl2kg6JQf-Rb4qmQVPWlDMy
Has anyone used or bought one before? I’m still looking at how they charge as that will affect the charging time.
At that price, I could make ramen with it, tea, tea to turn into iced tea, and also use it to have boiling water to clean with.
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I’ve done it with mustard.
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3 hours ago, JeanneCake said:
I don't think that's a big ask at all. Tell them that's what you're craving.
If you have anyone who routinely cooks Italian, ask them to make you pastina
If I lived closer, I'd make it for you. A catering company or personal chef service would likely do it too. Pastina was what we kids got for dinner when my parents were going out on a Saturday night; it was the first clue we were getting a babysitter that night LOL so I completely get that craving.
The closest KFC is 9 miles away. I could order it via UberEats or DoorDash but I don’t want it that badly (I tip per mile).
My mom might be up for making me pastina. It would probably make her feel better to do something useful for me, instead of my hiding. Thanks for the idea.
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13 hours ago, Alex said:
That was my favorite pasta dish when I was a young'un in NYC! And now I can't even find it in the supermarkets here.
I can usually get it easily @Alex and I’d be happy to mail some to you. Barilla is the brand accessible to me. -
To clarify, when I said I “lost my girl”, I meant Maisey. I don’t have any children and now am living completely alone for the first time.
I feel you all of snack/ convenience foods. I kind of graze a bit whenever I get a rare hunger pain.
I lost a lot of weight when my husband left me—- nothing appealed to me. Now I just don’t have the energy to make an effort and nothing is appealing.
The only thing remotely tempting to me is pastina with butter and S&P. Maybe I’ll order a “fasta pasta” agin because I’d rather use “chef Mike” than stand and watch pasta water boil.
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I’m fortunate since my girl died I have had my parents and neighbors offering food for me. My friends know me better, I’m just not interested at all in eating while grieving.
I don’t know how to politely and continuously say no, other than being like “drive to the nearest KFC and get me a large mashed potatoes with gravy” which is a big ask.
What foods comfort you during a loss?
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Thanks for recommending The Grey. I was able to snag a reservation for 9:30 on a Friday.
My friend isn’t thrilled with having dinner so late but I am used to eating late. The menu looks awesome.
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Any recommendations? I have never been and it looks like there’s a solid mix of awesome dive bars and seafood restaurants. Being from the frozen north I was hoping for warmer temperatures but even temps in the 50s are welcome.
I’m thinking crab, pimento cheese, fried green tomatoes, etc.
Thanks in advance!
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Is the ocean warm and safe to swim in (it looks a bit rocky).
I do love conch and am jealous! Enjoy!
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Idk the eggs available to me are shockingly reasonably priced.
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I’m not wasting over a Half hour to boil an egg at their current prices. It seems pointless.
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On 11/17/2024 at 8:59 AM, Shel_B said:
English "Pizza" Muffins: Yesterday I made a pasta sauce using whole Calabrian peppers packed in olive oil. I used a pepper and some of the oil, along with fresh and roasted garlic, to make the sauce which I used on the English muffins this morning. The muffins were toasted, sauced, and grated Reggiano was generously applied over the concoction and then browned in the countertop oven. Beverage of choice was Nepalese Himalayan Black tea.
I make a similar version after a night out.
English muffins drizzled with olive oil, smeared with Don Pepino’s pizza sauce, a sprinkle of sea salt and a ton of shredded mozzarella.
Done in the toaster oven.
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On 11/10/2024 at 12:04 PM, Shelby said:
I've advocated for years to do lasagna for either Thanksgiving or Christmas to no avail lol. I think that we are no longer going to get together to do either any more (it's gotten to be too much and everyone seems to have at least two to go to.)
Anyway, I'd do a big lasagna, a nice salad, good bread.....antipasto.....Italian themed. Doing a lasagna is also nice because you can make it ahead of time and just pop it in the oven.
That's my 2 cents.
I’m with you there! My cousin plays college football at a D1 level and has a 12pm game the Saturday after Thanksgiving. So we gathered tonight.
I brought bruschetta and marinated mozzarella, salami and prosciutto. My my brought shrimp cocktail and a salad. My aunt made meatballs and sausage and pasta and broiled salmon (my dad is in a heart healthy diet along with some other relatives).
My (much younger) cousins weren’t able to come— one was obviously playing football tonight, the other works for the MLB network (I posed with his Emmy award!) and the other is on vacation from the LSATS. Damn over achievers!
I’m thankful for the leftovers and my parents and I will enjoy the “free” ShopRite ham next weekend.
I’ve never really loved Thanksgiving, as my father is allergic to all poultry and I used to eat lobster with him as a kid on Thanksgiving.
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7 hours ago, Smithy said:
@MetsFan5, any updates on this product? Is the oven kaput, or have you made friends with it, or is it simply languishing in a corner somewhere?
I definitely still use the oven and find it useful. I wouldn’t rely on its supposed air frying capability though.
I paused the meal plan because you have to order 4 per order and I grew tired of the selections. I don’t regret the purchase— the meals I received in order to pay $199 for the oven weren’t bad.
I just wish there was a larger variety, and that breakfast items weren’t add ons/ only sold in servings for two.
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Carvel is my childhood ice cream. I’d get the 0’Cookie Puss as my birthday is st Patrick’s day
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It’s too hot, almost hot enough to not eat!
I had half a Jersey Mike’s sub. They’re pretty good for a chain!
Tomorrow I’m thinking of getting a rotisserie chicken, arugula, some local tomatoes and fresh mozzarella and drizzling it in olive oil with fresh ground pepper and sea salt.
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With the heat locally I have my eye on this recipe;
https://blog.workman.com/woodstock-farmers-market-carrot-dip
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A treat for trash pandas.
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1 hour ago, palo said:
Should have bought an APO 😁
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Probably, but when steam ovens became popular I had a double oven, two refrigerators, a six burner stove and a big green egg my ex used a lot.
I also wasn’t cooking for one.
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After reading what I could find on Reddit and other various sites, I was not surprised today when, after cooking a meal, I discovered my oven is malfunctioning.
I have been adding water— more than would seem needed for days now. Zero leaks, it seemed weird. After tonight’s meal I knew it had to be low as the steam function was being used and I could see the steam being released.
so, I kept slowly adding water, and then the moment I took my eyes off the bottom of the oven to peer into the top, where I dispense the water, I had a flood on my counter.
I’m not surprised as I said. The scanner doesn’t read, or at least my own doesn’t read, any of the cooking times for products that are supposed to be “Tovala friendly”. It quickly reads the code on the meals but it hasn’t successfully read a code on any other product.
I view it as a somewhat higher end toaster oven. The meals are great to have on hand when I just eat because I need to and most meals are tasty enough. I have one more meal delivery I already paid for and then I’ll quit. I’m not about to haul this 30lb oven to be shipped in return for a new one. I’ll use it as a toaster oven. The meals create (as well as the oven did) a LOT of packaging to breakdown and that is a real pain in the ass for me as I have to walk everything out to various recycling and garbage receptacles and that involves stairs and lifting everything over my shoulder (I’m 5’7) to throw into the receptacles. I get enough online deliveries, I don’t like the huge box the meals come in with heavy insulation— one box is all I can carry with both hands and even with everything meal wise removed, it weighs a solid 10lbs. If the box was smaller and I could see where I’m stepping while taking it to the trash, it wouldn’t be so awkward.
I’ll contact support tomorrow regarding this issue, they aren’t live right now and last time I emailed with an issue it took them two days to respond and by then I had figured it out.
I’m pretty pissed about this water leak mess but, as stated, not surprised.
Overall I would not recommend it. I’m glad I tried it, as I am the type the market to, and the meals were mostly good but I’m not the type of customer to send a product back and get a replacement when it comes to products like this.
Also the “air frying” feature, which the oven should scan for products like Ore Ida fries, might work if the oven scanned the barcode, but since my won’t, it’s just crap. It burns everything, even when following the “airfry” instruction and using the “airfrying” tray.
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Suvie, the kitchen robot
in Kitchen Consumer
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I have been getting a lot of advertisements for Suvie now. Ironically, every time I watch live tv there’s a Tovola commercial.
This is the commercial I keep getting, on their home page:
https://www.suvie.com
It does not appeal to me at all. And I call bs that one machine can supposedly bake, air fry, sous vide along with another 4 settings.
I still like my Tovala as a higher end toaster oven but it doesn’t air fry. It does steam well.
but this Suvie looks like a monster in terms of counterspace and space don’t even bother to look at the cost of meals.
I figure if Tovala takes off in popularity, I’d be willing to subscribe if they offered more choices.