Margaret Pilgrim

Sorry to have started such a firestorm. I thought I was simply using standard jargon re "unhealthful", as in EPA air qualities. But I see that they too have gone to "unhealthy". Showing my age, I remember being taught in first grade that unhealthy referred to the condition of an organism, while unhealthful qualified something that affected an organism. But words change in meaning.

I'd have to go back and reread the article, but I was surprised that (as I read it) the sodium level in a Costco chicken was not that excessive. i.e., not sufficient to be considered unhealthful.

Please send bowl of each.

The French have a phrase something like "Manger les yeux fermés", eat with your eyes closed. Extrapolating to Costco rotis chicken, just pull it apart and suck the bones, wings first, then drumsticks. Then slice the breasts. Thighs go without saying, luscious. Totally integrated from egg to rotis, Costco owns the farms or at least contracts to guarantee pretty decent quality and rock bottom price. Reason for blind tasting, the backstory of socio-ecological cost. Deal killer for some, but probably not much worse than most American big business foods, non-negotiable for some. My guilty sin is judging it far superior to the properly sourced, minimally treated rotis bird I buy at my local private super, for 3x cost and 1/4 flavor. Junkyard dog taste, here. Don't have a Costco membership at this time since you can only subsidize so much rotis chicken.

We have discovered that it’s crows who are munching down our infant seedlings. Scallions, chard, radishes. We were blaming faulty seeds.

I would!

Reminded of a neighbors visiting mother who "polished" his Dirk van Erp collection, erasing thousand's of dollars of value. eg

Single use plastic spoons are being phased out by some companies.

That airlines pass out in the middle of the night to insomniacs on long-haul flights.

Your salad, indeed, but, yes, braised endive and also fennel are divine. As summer advances, think of room temp also.

FWIW, dear husband has a deep aversion to greens. But he scarfs chard sauteed in EVOO heavily infused with fresh garlic. Like several times a week. And one of my favorite vignettes which I may have already described, in check-out line at a village country store in the deep boonies, the customer ahead of me commented how she hated beets and beet greens because 'they taste like dirt". The young black checker quietly said, "They don't taste like dirt. They taste of terroir." I had to refrain from jumping over the counter and hugging her.

I've had exactly the same experience. I buy it at an ethnic flea market but in bunches that, while very inexpensive, last me for several weeks!

Last I bought, last week, were $3.00 dozen, large white. Good tasting, but nothing spectacular.

and I’ll gladly contribute a battery of cookware!

I read with wonder the fabulous complicated breakfast plates, even trays, that you guys enjoy. My tribe needs/expects breakfast on the table in, say, 10 minutes. What are your group's expectations, and how long are you willing to spend on breakfast?

Blackened (under broiler or on gas stovetop), peeled and seeded, EVOO, cracked pepper, Maldon salt. You don't know what you're missing!

Word!

No, these are correct, according to my husband, who has the patience of Job in carefully watching and turning a marshmallow to it caramel perfection. Me? I scorch, to his disdain and disgust.

This is the classic IKEA joke.

Have to smile at the universal appeal of roasting marshmallows to kids. Playing with fire and being rewarded with molten sugar! It doesn't get better than this.

Oh, yes, gotta do these!

Just about to leave an "Everything $1" yard sale when I spotted this 28cm Descoware frying pan. Need it like a hole in the head, but, heck, what are you going to do?

An obvious thought, but you might have luck searching the brand/nationality of your old fridge, since it provided the template for your space.

So happy to see you with enough spunk to post funnies.

To both 1 and 2, no. Sorry.