Maison Rustique

I have no idea about it, but how interesting! Thanks for posting all this info.

I haven't had a problem before, but I did this one in the toaster oven and the center of the crust never cooked properly but it was going to burn the rest of it if I left it in longer. Partly my cheap toaster oven, I'm sure. Just didn't want to fire up the regular oven on a hot day.

@Shel_B, just realized the brand isn't showing in the photo. It is Ritika's.

My former husband came from a large family of mostly boys. The first time I was invited there for dinner, he told me, "If you see food on a platter you want, you better grab it fast because it goes fast." They did not know what leftovers were. We used to have a calendar with Dave Barry "Sniglets" (funny made up words). The one that always stuck with us and I use it to this day was Pig Slice: the last piece of pizza that everyone secretly wants but no one wants to seem piggy by taking.

Made up a soup with some of the chicken from the skewers I roasted the other day. Used a packaged cilantro lime rice, some chopped tomato, chicken stock and a dollop of jalapeno something from Trader Joe's that's been lurking in the fridge for a long time. I have to admit that I am really getting hungry for "real" food, i.e., meat to eat with a knife/fork, veggies and a nice glass of wine. My dear friend who always brings me food texted me yesterday and asked me what I'd like to cheer me up and he'd make it for me. I politely declined. I was afraid it would be chicken drumsticks. LOL.

A friend dropped off some wonderful chili lime chicken skewers while I was visiting my husband. I popped them into the oven for a quick roast before it got too hot. Froze some for later and ate some tonight with arugula, sliced tomato, avocado lime dressing and buttered baguette. And as long as I had the oven on, put in the shriveling cherry tomatoes I had and a huge green pepper to roast for freezing to use in whatever.

I have a Samsung, but mine has the controls on a back panel, thankfully,, so isn't included in this. Those covers are really ugly. If That was the fix I was presented with, I would not be happy.

@KennethT, hope all is OK now and flooding is over. @Tempest63, that sausage/bean dish looks wonderful! Almost like a quick cassoulet variation. I'm saving that recipe for cooler weather.

Groan!!!

Yeah, not sure when they planted or what varieties. It may be just because of the extreme temperatures we had for a while. It was hard on all things growing. I had baby potatoes that needed to get used up and I had bought a large container of tzatziki a while back. I cooked the potatoes and added some of the tzatziki and onion and it was delicious!

My sis brought me some pasta salad Friday and what she said was their last home grown tomato of the season. So, last night I had some pasta salad, tomato and a bit of the potato salad I'd thrown together the other day.

Rather like Americans going to Mexico (any part) and being disappointed that the food isn't Tex Mex.

@Kerala, I see nothing terribly unhealthy about it! @weinoo I was hoping you'd ordered a veal chop because my eyes went right to the veal on the menu. I can't remember the last time I saw a menu with veal chops on it!

That would be truly revolutionary!

Now I'm craving a chili dog! I might finally be getting the hang of cooking for one. A loaf pan fits nicely in the toaster oven with supper for tonight and leftovers for another night. Penne with a little creamy white wine tomato cheese sauce topped with paradise locker (local purveyor) bacon, soffrito and more cheese.

@YvetteMT, I'd love to see photos of that wood stove!!

Try white vinegar. If that doesn't work, you may need to bleach it. I find that certain plastics are difficult to completely get mold spores out of. I go through this with my hummingbird feeders.

"It is unclear if the lasagna also contained tiny meatballs." Ummm...OK. If there is one thing I know, it is how to recognize a meatball when I see one.

Homegrown tomato from my sister and local bacon from my friend. I had myself a delicious BLT despite the abundance of Olive Garden carbs in the fridge and all the chicken legs in the freezer.

Good gravy Marie!

I love that!! As someone who has a very limited budget and health issues, I would love to get something like that. Instead of something that I need to find stuff to go with and cook from scratch.

OK, I will embarrass myself and tell you what I did. In another topic I posted about a friend gifting me a huge quantity of chicken drumsticks which I don't like. I portioned them up and stuck them in the freezer to deal with when weather cools down and I'm not in such pain. In the meanwhile, he brought me THREE MORE drumsticks that he had smoked. I tried to eat one of them night before last and I think I got about 4 bites before I tossed it in the trash. I may try making some sort of smoky broth with the other 2. Or not. They might end up being raccoon food. So last night I really wanted something more than tomato and cottage cheese and definitely did not want a chicken leg. I went online and ordered eggplant parmigiana from Olive Garden (just about 5 minutes away) with a bowl of their zuppa toscana and a second carry-out entree of 4 cheese ziti. So, last night I had half the eggplant and half the spaghetti that came with it. I still have half of that, the bowl of soup and the pasta entree. Enough to last me 3-4 more days and including tip, I think it was only around $25. I'm not that wild about Olive Garden, but I felt like I have not been eating enough and I need to do better, so there you have it. Didn't bother with photos--nothing spectacular to see, though I do like their eggplant. I still have a homegrown tomato from my sister and my friend is bringing me some local bacon that he just featured on a TV spot he does. Just keep your fingers crossed that he doesn't bring me more chicken legs!

@Ann_T, your freezer must be ginormous! Another hot weather/bad pain meal for me. Cottage cheese with a healthy glop of tzatziki (a delicious combo and went perfectly with tomato) and my sister and BIL's home grown tomato. Ate some potato chips with, but I was really wishing I had a nice hot, buttered biscuit. (Too hot to even think about turning on the oven.

I hadn't thought of mixing in with some white meat, but am sure I've got a breast or two in the freezer. And, yes, it will end up being very little leg meat, so I think I can make something palatable of it.