Maison Rustique

I would put that out near the woods for the snakes and raccoons to eat.

@Kim Shook, Yes, I should have said before that the cream cheese is lightly flavored and not terribly sweet. The cookies go great with it! All your other choices look great!!

Yes, it does seem to lose potency. Can you freeze mustard to extend that potency? Or would that lessen it even more?

Not exactly appropriate for hot weather, but I made a mock version of posole verde to use up some stuff on hand.

Are you sure it isn't Soylent Green?

@rotuts, I love those butter waffle cookies! I'd forgotten about them. I should have gotten some to eat with my peaches and cream cream cheese spread!

I need to look for that recipe--I've always got discard to use! EDIT: Found the recipe!

Hot and humid here. My sis brought me some pulled pork. i used some to top a salad along with parm, almonds, brioche croutons and lemon vinaigrette.

I had no idea hostas were edible! You learn something new every day...

OMG! Those eggplant dumplings!! I'd likely not make them just for myself, but they look wonderful!

Sorry to hear that!

That pineapple looks delicious! No photo because I was starving, but I had a meatloaf sandwich with s/p, plenty of mayo and sharp cheddar. Potato chips. Pinot grigio because that's what was open in the fridge. Delicious. Meatloaf sandwiches might be my very favorite food.

I love the 2 French "pizzas". I have tried others but can't recall which or if I liked them.

Interesting about the difference in Brita filters! I just bought a package of Kirkland clones. Will have to see if it says anything on them about what they remove. A package of 10 filters will likely last me around a year, so I won't be buying again for a while.

A hot day meant salad--topped with crispy pepperoni and I added shredded parm after the photo--and a sage-thyme croissant from my neighbors' baker daughter.

Been having this for dessert every evening (until last night when I had the cream cheese with a croissant). I love this cream cheese!

I have everything in this house needed to make meatloaf. Did I make one? Nope. I bought one from my local milkman. I am definitely getting lazy in my old age. It is quite tasty and I did not think $9.99 was a bad price for an 18 oz meatloaf that was ready to pop into the oven. I roasted some potatoes and brussels sprouts to go with it. While I was prepping that, my neighbor popped over with a couple of croissants that their daughter (who owns a bakery) left for me. I had one later with the Peaches & Cream cream cheese from Trader Joe's.

Thank you! I plan to move to a new house in a few months and will look into those when I do.

I seldom like the taste of tap water and mostly don't trust that it doesn't have something in it that I don't want so for years I've used Brita filters. Now I hear that Britas don't remove anything from water except the chlorine taste. I'm not sure what I want to do about this. If anything.

Yum!! That meatloaf looks great!

I had the good fortune to have a couple of meals out this week. We have a new place in my little area. I met friends at Osteria Bianchi for Happy Hour the other night. I had their Pizza Finnochio and it was fantastic. Took home half, which I had for another night. Yesterday after we decorated family graves, we had a late lunch in Independence at Ophelia's. I did not take photos but had a delicious brunch item It was a thyme and cheddar biscuit that was topped with cheese, coconut chicken, thick crispy bacon, an over easy egg and drizzle of hot honey. It was delicious and enormous. I'll be having the rest for a supper. We followed lunch with cocktails at a little place on the Independence Square. The Sentinel Room is a very small intimate bar in the old newspaper building. Delightful people and delicious cocktails. Did not take many photos but here are my BIL's smoked old-fashioned and my sister's champagne cocktail of some sort. That is my older sister in the photo who would be horrified that I put that photo of her on the internet.

Yep! Only spaghetti. And in fact, spaghetti and egg noodles for chicken and noodles were the only pastas that existed in our house. Mom was a great cook and she made a lot of different things--we always had lots of different veggies and dishes, but she was not known for her international cuisine.

@Shelby So glad you are OK. We sure have had the storms this month! The food looks fantastic. Hope you enjoyed your Mom's visit.

It was spaghetti sauce in my house growing up, too.

I'm not sure jarred hot dogs are any stranger than jarred Vienna sausages, which I'm pretty certain have never been to Vienna.