[chocomouse]

And your dinner is going to taste great, too!

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Since the temp was in the 40s, we grilled steak tips, and had roasted brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy.

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Looks like that photo did not attach. Trying again.
Edit: And now we have two of the same!! Sorry about that.

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Yes, BakerAunt, that's the dispenser I bought.

Here's a photo of our sugaring operation last year.

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I did make that recipe about 2 years ago. I'm planning to make it in a week or two and send it up to the sugar house in a cookie (squirrel and mouse proof!) for my husband and son to snack on. I'll probably use raspberry jam since Rhett doesn't care for marmalade.

Does your pour spot drip? The syrup dispenser bottle I recently bought from KABC does not drip, and pours out a thick drizzle of syrup. We like it.

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I'm glad you like the syrup and got it repackaged OK. I think that granola recipe you make is loose granola, not a sold bar, right? I've tried for many years to make a good solid cookie-like granola bar. I've used maple syrup, nuts, choc chips, oatmeal, coconut, sunflower seeds, etc, but never been happy with the outcome because they are either hard as a rock or crumbly. Any suggestions for me? Thanks.

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I baked the Tuxedo Cupcakes from the Iambaker site; I do not recall ever making cupcakes before in my whole life! They are good. The cream cheese chocolate chip filling stayed nice and gooey, a special treat inside the cake. This filling is simply dolloped on top of the cake dough before baking, and most of it sinks in to the center. They are a touch dry, so next time I'll try baking them for only 23 minutes at 340*.

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I baked cinnamon chip scones in my countertop oven - still experimenting and learning how to use it. I set it for 375 instead of my usual 400 because it is convection, and I never used the convection in my regular oven. I used the same timing, 24 minutes. I felt the top was too browned; it looked ready/done in about 15 minutes. However, my husband said it was fine that dark, and it was not at all dry. I think next time I make scones I'll try 350.

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For dinner tonight, I cooked a small pork loin roast, and made a fresh mushroom-onion gravy on mashed potatoes. With it we had a Greek salad with mozzarella instead of the usual feta.

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I had a problem with my bread today, too, Mike. The first rise was fine, but I didn't get hardly any oven spring, which is very unusual. I baked it in my new Breville Smart Oven, first time using that for bread. I used my usual Lodge cast iron bread pans, with the oven set at 325 for 40 minutes. After 20 minutes, the top crust looked done, very brown, but it didn't seem to get much darker during the next 20 minutes. When I took it out, it was very very crusty, hard, very unusual. We'll see what it's like when cut.

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I'm letting my Aerogarden stop producing lettuce now. The lettuce and spinach and scallions I have under the gro-lights are producing more than enough for our salads. I just can't keep up with so much. And I could live on green salads. I had to cut back on how much I was eating because I was getting an excess of Vitamin K, and since I'm on a blood thinner, I was getting huge bruise spots on my arms. By the time I finish up with the gro-light lettuce, I'll have some to eat from the planters on my deck!

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We had tuna sandwiches and soup tonight -- split pea for my husband and mushroom for me. Perfect on this cold night as we look forward to another (small) snowstorm to arrive by morning.

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I got my vaccine tonight! Driving was OK in spite of the ice storm. The worst part about the appointment was observing the lack of sanitation procedures. There was no hand sanitizer in sight. We had to answer questions on a clipboard using a pen. When finished, put the clipboard back on the counter. No sanitizing before the next person in line used it. I doubt they wiped down the small room that I had to wait in for 15 minutes after the shot. All this in a medical office! At least, the medical office staff was not involved, it was the Covid vaccination clinic staff who ran the vaccinations. I got my second shot scheduled, but unfortunately there was a change so I now have to go to a clinic 30 miles away instead of 20 miles. Oh well, in 4 weeks there will be more daylight hours so I will feel more comfortable driving after dark. Good luck to everyone else waiting to get appointments!

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I made burger buns today, and added a heaping teaspoon of onion powder.

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Love the Georgia roll idea (I lived in Savannah for 2 years). They sound yummy, plain or Danish.

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