Margaret Pilgrim

While it's not in my repertory, I got to "Jonesing" for cornbread and buttermilk. It was interesting, satisfying, but maybe you have to be born to it to have it resonate as soulfood. And peach chunks.

Avocado with sweet chili sauce Black beans with jalapeno bacon, cumin, cilantro, sour cream, cremosa Mexican cheese, green onion Corn bread

5am pre flea market breakfast. 8 year old granddaughter begged to spend the night after a family dinner last night. Okay, but we're going to the flea market and get up when it's dark. OK! "Mother approved" organic and whole grain dry cereal and milk. "Frambled" egg with cheddar. Hot chocolate. So far, fairly within her mother's guidelines. With her settled in, I dropped a couple of slices of cinnamon raisin bread into the toaster. "RAISIN TOAST!!! AMA... I LOVE RAISIN TOAST!" So mom's limited menu out the door, she wolfed a heavily buttered slice. Not a bad breakfast to ward off "getting up too early " malaise.

Son brought over brood for dinner while wife was in class. Kid friendly menu = pork belly and mac and cheese. Roasted carrots. Cantalope And crowd pleasing lemon dessert dim sum. Must have been success because 8 year old granddaughter decided to spend the night, committing to get up at 5am to go to the flea market with us. We'll see how this goes.....

and indeed cheese is something one might shop for as one does produce. Plan your menu AFTER you find the best product and price! TJ's used to be on our rat track, but after having spoilage problems with fresh dairy at our TJ's, our shopping pattern changed....to Grocery Outlet. Excellent fresh dairy, and many interesting cheese finds but not as much artisanal, small producer as TJ. Must go back more often.

Consider yourself a master shopper! This, from my fridge, bought for dinner party last week.

Small dinner party Guest brought homemade spring rolls for living room nibbles. Avocado and crab filled. Yummy! Starter = sauteed chanterelles and white mushrooms, raw white mushrooms, mache, EVOO, lemon juice, egg yolk. Breton cotriade fish soup included monkfish, salmon, mussels, sorrel... Sorry, no time for more pics. House made bread. Soft goat cheese with figs baked with brown sugar, cinnamon and rosemary Chocolate pots de creme with chile powder and Malden salt, lightly whipped cream Fresh mint tea

Chocolate pot de creme. Hey, I needed to test it for tonight's dinner party. You wouldn't want to serve guests an unknown quantity would you?

Marinated green beans "Swedish meatballs", hash browns

Reheated chicken and noodles from Tuesday night's dinner. Like a warm comforter. Hey, it's foggy and 60 degrees here!

Lust.

I'll have flatware place settings for 12 and several orders of the fries, thank you very much. Maybe three.

Busy day + skimpy larder -> "mushroom carpaccio" Followed by sausage and pepper spaghetti and daily greens

Use a single edge razor blade to clean major crud off mirror. Wash down with Windex or ammonia, with final wipe down/rinse with vinegar water.

I have a simple all metal no gear model, My D-I-L's mother ships me a bushel of Meyer lemons every Christmas. I spend a lot of time prepping them for various dishes. And this juicer has served me well for some 4 or 5 years. These are plump and juicy fruit, not tough or dried out specimens. Before I bought this juicer, I used several bowl types which I thought were super, but not after trying the handled one. But I read here that YMMV,

Where we came from, change the references from music to eG names and...

Threw supermarket roast chicken carcass in 275 degree oven with half an onion and garlic clove, covered with water and covered with glass lid. Took a 2 hour nap. Awoke to scent of rich broth. Added egg noodles and chicken meat. Totally effortless meal. Plus leftovers.

Magnificent! My mother used make the occasional steak and kidney pie. I haven't had, even SEEN, anything close in many, many years.

Off thread topic, but IMHO the best toasted cheese sandwiches are made in a frying pan. Butter one side of the sandwich and fry until brown, then flip and fry the other side in the butter that remains in the pan. Incomparable! Or use a teflon pan if you must, but know that you are missing out.

It was absolutely ground breaking! It began in the days when internet interaction depended on usenet, newsgroups. Yes, Virginia, there was a time before social media. I remember Buxbaum telling me, in the context of "rec.travel.europe", that this guy Shaw was going to start a forum about food and I should join. "What's a forum?" I asked him. "It's the next thing. Special interest forums will replace usenet." I couldn't comprehend this, but went along.

Well, there are English muffins and there are English muffins. A couple of years ago when I was in the habit of doing "breakfast club" at our son's house, new baby and all, I would make fresh English muffins. They were hot off the griddle and would have been a sin to toast. Just break oven and lay on butter...

What "aha" moment have you had on eGullet? Some 18 years ago, Cabralles, a young woman who shared her love of travel and fine dining, remarked that she frequently came home from work and enjoyed a glass of champagne as she relaxed and contemplated dinner, advising that an open bottle would last a week if well sealed with a champagne stopper. No need to wait for "an occasion" for this refreshing quaff. Salut!

Lazy country dinner: bottom shelf of oven pizza. Mozzarella, mushrooms, onion, pepperoni on his, additional brush of red sauce and fresh basil on mine. Crazy lighting bleached out the right hand side which was much darker in reality. DH is requesting "thin crust pizza". This was 3/16 thick at center, 1/2 inch edges. Not thin enough. Any advice, other than less dough per pie?

The dog ate my manual. The dog has eaten ALL my manuals.

What's a butter tart???? Googling suggests is a cousin, close cousin, to a chess tart. Both wending their way from England probably, or at least maybe!