Maison Rustique

I have faithfully used one of these flat rubber jar openers for decades. Not just jars but anything I can't get a good grip on. This particular one is probably at least 20 years old?

Yikes!!

I read a lot of eBooks on my Kindle, but not cookbooks. I've tried with a few samples I've downloaded and I just can't. I'd rather check out the real book from the library and if there is something I want to save, take a photo of those pages and put it in my recipe files on my PC. Probably not strictly legal, but I somehow doubt the FBI will show up to search my 10,000 recipes on my PC that are only for personal use. Well, OK, I might send one to my sister occasionally. Lock me up!!

I have 4--3 Echo Shows and 1 little round gizmo that I can't recall the name. I use them constantly--reminders to put the wash into the dryer, timers for the kitchen, measurement conversions, news and music while I cook, on and on. I never imagined I w ould use them so much--got them free with rewards points of various sorts.

Yes, smoked salmon/cream cheese and I'm also imagining an open-face BLT. Would also be a great accompaniment to potato soup later this year when the weather cools down. Thank you, @PatrickT!

@rotuts, Shrubbery Sauce? I'm not familiar with what this is.

I wish I'd thought of that before I gave away tons of cupcake liners!

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Also not a lamb fan. I think mostly because Mom and Dad hated it, so I did not grow up eating it. The smell gets to me. I've cooked it for others and it is a true labor of love to have to stand there smelling it. Raw or undercooked/seared fish disgusts me. You know, I never consider myself a picky person, but I seem to be finding a lot of stuff I don't like. 😝

Yep. Not a pork belly fan at all. Not a fan of big globs of fat on any food. Well, unless it is butter. 😉

Yes, has air fry. Will report back after using it!

@Tropicalsenior I very nearly ordered that one yesterday, but went with a Black & Decker Crisp & Bake (I think that's the name) that is very similar in size and features--it comes in 4, 6, and 8 slice sizes. I went for the 6, which also takes a 12 inch pizza.. A friend here highly recommended it. It will arrive today, so will see how it looks and works!!

Hot dogs and any sausage must be grilled until black. Best hot dog is on a soft bun with mayo, yellow mustard, chopped onion and shredded sharp cheddar. Now I'm craving one.

We got a GE toaster oven as a wedding gift nearly 39 years ago. Would you believe the darned thing died a few days ago? Huh! Nothing lasts anymore. 😉 Trying to decide what I want to replace it with. I'd like to get something a little bigger so I can heat bread or a small dish instead of turning on the oven every night to make dinner. Counter space is valuable real estate in this tiny kitchen and budget is very limited. I've had lots of recommendations, just need to go physically look at them to decide if I'm willing to give up that much space. Timing is not bad, as I've been working to re-do my countertops to get appliances on the counter instead of stored away so I will actually use them.

Interesting. I'll have to take a look at some of my old cups/glasses to see if they are marked similarly.

@PatrickT, thank you for posting that. I am drooling!!

And I am surprised to see the worker handling the raw chickens without gloves. I thought that was some sort of food safety requirement.

I'm fairly certain that the rotisserie chickens that are not sold by the end of that day, get the meat pulled to use in their prepared meals that they sell there at Costco. (Husband worked for them for a few months when he first retired.) I'd ask him, but dementia has likely wiped those memories.) So, if you buy their prepared meals with chicken and are watching your sodium, it is likely to be high in those meals, too. Just saying. I'm also in the never-had-a-Costco-rotisserie-chicken-or-prepared-meal camp.

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I follow Nik Sharma on Facebook and get his newsletter. I just love his recipes. And he seems like a really nice guy, too. He has plenty of delicious recipes that even non-experts like me can easily make.

Positive, healing energy for you, @liuzhou!

Thanks all! I do think a dressing is needed. Maybe I'll just make up my own version and see how it goes.

After reading about this potato chip salad at Stretch Pizza this morning, I'm obsessed with knowing more about it. Have any of you been there and had it? I'd love for someone to try it and concoct a recipe for me so I can make it. A note that when I was Googling it, I came across an Indian Chaat Potato Chip Salad that I might need to try, too, though it is very different from the way the Stretch salad looks.

Wonderful photos! I want to try all the chips!! (Does anyone in So. Calif. remember when we had the eG potato chip tasting get-together a couple of decades or so ago?)

I keep saying I am going to make a trip to Trader Joe's--I'm way past due. I need to bump it up so I can get some Diamond Crystal, cheeses and cat food. I try not to have to go during the hottest months even though I take a cooler with me. I have no idea why TJ's won't build one closer to us. We are a hotbed of affluent neighborhoods and people who love to eat--they would do well around here.