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I made beef stew on Wednesday, not because it was cold, as the weather was muggy with temperatures in the upper 80s, but because we got a good deal on lean stew meat at the local grocery yesterday.

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Re: Contractors. This one is for you CWCdesign:

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We are STILL trying to get the renovations finished on our garage apartment/Annex that started over a year ago. While the interior just has a few minor jobs, the exterior is dragging, as we only get the contractors a couple of times per month.

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I had just perfected galettes four years ago when my doctor presented me with my cholesterol numbers. Sigh. I had a great, part buckwheat crust that was so good with peach filling and ice cream. These days, I make my buttermilk oil (half olive, half canola) pastry crust (part pastry flour and part whole wheat pastry flour), and since that crust has to be partly baked before the filling is added, I fit it into a ceramic tart/quiche dish. While it is not exactly a galette, it lets me have the experience. I'm planning to bake a tomato/zucchini one today or tomorrow.

Aaron--maybe start a thread under discussions about cookware that works on induction? That would make the information easier to find again.

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The tomato plant we got from the farmers market has finished producing. Those tomatoes would not necessarily win beauty contests, but the flavor was so sweet and so excellent. I had my last turkey bacon tomato sandwich today. The Gurney tomatoes are starting to ripen, and I hope to use them in some cooking. I doubt that there will be enough to freeze for sauce.

Our cherry tomato plant has started producing lots of cherry tomatoes.

My husband picked the first two little honey-nut squashes. We have another six on their way to ripening, and two that if the weather holds might eventually ripen. One of the Gurney seeds produced large squashes that resemble butternuts but have somewhat longer curved necks. Two of those are well on their way to being ripe. Whether the other three will ripe in time remains to be seen.

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Hurrah!

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Aaron--I agree with your point that it is better to have someone who knows about food when discussing the science. It is an issue that bugs me with some nutritionists who focus on the food values but not on how it all comes together in a recipe.

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What luscious looking turnovers, Mike!

Thanks also for the detailed report on the sheeter.

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Aaron--I do indeed re-use bread bags. I like to let them air dry after use. I have three different sizes that I bought some years ago from King Arthur. I was not in need of more bread bags, but my friend clearly wanted them out of her house and into mine.

I double wrap bread in saran, then pop them into a bag, before freezing. I re-use the bags--and the saran (from sandwich breads, not muffins), which I will wrap around an empty saran roll.

I usually store bread in a large Tupperware container. The bread keeps well for about five days, and we go through loaves, when we are both having sandwiches about every 4-5 days. Some larger loaves go into other plastic containers, but sometimes a bag is the best storage, and when I give bread away, I bag it. At one time, I thought that I might sell it at the farmers market, but there is now a bread baker there, and I'm not sure that I could do it cost effectively, since I am so far from good prices on flour.

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Ah, yes, I also would like a slice of the apple galette but with frozen vanilla yogurt from our freezer, so I can claim it as health food!

I made dough for my Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers on Monday. The dough will rest in the refrigerator until Saturday.

The drilling of the well went great, and we may have better water than from the old well. However, we are not using the new well yet because the pump installation cannot be done until Friday. I am hoping there are no problems. So, we are still being cautious with water use.

We were without internet until this afternoon, when the cable company strung a new cable to replace the one that had to be cut to allow the drilling rig access.

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I made Salmon Patties for Sunday dinner to go with our two leftover side dishes of pasta salad for me and bulgur stir-fry for my husband.

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Happy Anniversary to Joan and husband!

Happy Anniversary to Mike and wife!

For dinner on Thursday, I roasted chicken thighs. I had some turkey gravy frozen in the refrigerator, and I made a side-dish with it, noodles, and sauteed mushrooms.

On Saturday, I made a pasta-vegetable salad for me using cherry tomatoes from our cherry tomato plant, which has begun to provide abundantly. I also used cucumber and green onion from the farmers market, feta cheese, black olives, and Penzey’s Country French Vinaigrette blend with olive oil and red wine vinegar. As my husband cannot eat several of the ingredients, I made him a bulgur stir-fry with carrots, celery, mushrooms, and zucchini.

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Those turnovers look great, Mike, and I bet they tasted wonderful.

On Saturday, I baked Wholegrain Pumpkin Snacking Cake, because we need desserts to see us through until the pump is installed on the new well next Friday.

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Exciting! Looking forward to more details as you use it!

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I am about to bake three loaves of my Whole Wheat Oat Bran Bread. We are out of bread, so it's a necessity.

The drilling company is here for the well. We are waiting for the cable company to remove the internet cable so that the drill can get into position. After being told by the drilling company to have it done by 8 a.m., the cable company then said 1 p.m. The trouble is that they are on CST (we and the drilling company are on eastern time), and although they were told EST 1 p.m., the message did not get conveyed. I'm posting before I bake because we will likely have no internet for a few days, depending on when they get the cable back.

After the drilling, it will be a WEEK before the work can be done to get things going, so we have another week of being careful with water.

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Chocomouse--I had some "emergency desserts" in the freezer. We finished off a Chocolate Zucchini mini-Bundt cake tonight, and I have one more mini-loaf of zucchini bread. But I so much want to be baking!

That is good to know that subbing Greek yogurt for cream cheese can work in a frosting.

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