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Mike, it sounds like you've been having great fun with the souls vide. I wonder what Vibeguy would say about it.

We were in Massachusetts last week - we drove up and back. I asked my local fish guy up there if there was anyway I could keep swordfish fresh for 3 days on the road. They have their own boats and they only sell harpooned swordfish - it's always the best and I miss it down here. He said they were getting fresh ones on Friday and Saturday (they also clean and cut it themselves) and he would pack it for me so it would last a week! So I got some for my friends we spent Sunday night with and some for dear friends down here for Tuesday. I did put Tuesday's batch and the ice packs in my friend's fridge in PA just to help with the 12 hour drive on Monday.

I can't take credit for Sunday's fish, but they grilled it perfectly and we had a lovely dinner with fresh Vegas from their garden. They sent me home with little plum tomatoes which I roasted ala Ina for our Tuesday dinner. The fish was still fresh and I grilled it perfectly - it was a treat and made my friends and my Mom happy.

Last night I tried salt brining my chicken breasts per my friend in PA and they were definitely more tender than my previous attempts with the supermarket chicken.

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It finally arrived today!!! I had the call to see which order so they could cancel the other. She asked if it fit - I tried it and it did - turns out some of them don't. Can you imagine waiting this long to get one that didn't fit. Yuck

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Glad you arrived safe and sound, BA.

Tomorrow we head out for Massachusetts by car and Will left his job at Jos. A. Bank today, so he will take some time off.

On Thursday, I baked him some brownies for his boss because they are close. She loves milk chocolate- you know I'm a dark chocolate fiend. So I made a batch of KAF Fudge Brownies using the triple cocoa blend from KAF. My espresso powder completely solidified in the jar (I won't tell you how old it was) so I added extra vanilla. Then I used milk chocolate chips instead of semisweet. After they cooled, I made milk chocolate ganache for the top. We put them in the fridge overnight and then cut into small brownies. She was thrilled and said they were perfect and she'll probably freeze most of them

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Safe travels!

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One of the things I dislike about Ina Garten's baking recipes is that she always uses extra large eggs. So I googled egg size substitutions and it says that you can use large eggs in place for one or two eggs. I think this means that the amount of egg is more flexible than we think.

I like your idea of using the flax seed and water - let us know how it turns out

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So Sunday I tried Crockpot Fiesta Chicken and Rice, despite the fact it used a can of cream of chicken soup. I decided to put my ChefAlarm probe in one of the chicken breasts to cook it by temp. It took 2 ½ hours at high (I started late). It is definitely a keeper chicken, rice, beans, corn, cheese, etc. But I do have to adapt my slow cooker times.

Tuesday I made a sheet pan scampi and then I tried the sheet pan BLT salad again - I think I prefer straight up BLTs. Last night I put together a mini antipasto and tonight made a panini with leftover cold cuts.

It's been so hot and I've been working a lot so haven't felt much like cooking.

BakerAunt - when do you leave?

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navlys I'm learning that my new crockpot (Hamilton Beach) is so much faster than the old one - I've recently found a chicken recipe I want to try and the poster has the same as mine and she says to cook on LOW for 4-5 hours instead of the old times of 6-8 on low. No more leaving in the morning and letting it cook - it would be mush - guess how I know ?

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It's too hot here to do much of anything - heat index of 104 at 4:30 - we've mostly been eating salads, but yesterday I grilled chicken for Caesar salad. I made Karen Noll's eggless Caesar dressing but I substituted ¼ cup of whole milk Greek yogurt for part of the mayo and added a tablespoon of milk to thin it a little. Then I spread some on the chicken before I grilled it. It was a perfect dinner. Leftovers tonight

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I didn't bake Sunday night's dessert which I actually made on Saturday - Girdle Buster Pie - ice cream pie with Oreo crust - Ben & Jerry's was on sale so I used their Urban Bourbon ice cream.
Yesterday, I made blondies with peanut butter red, white & blue M&Ms. They were a hit at work this morning

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Sunday night we had our 4th of July cheeseburgers on the grill. Tonight, it's a big salad with chicken and vegetables

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I have to subscribe to read it - I even tried going to the home page and clicking on the story, but WSJ doesn't give you any stories for free - too bad.

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Interesting - I wonder if I can find them here on the coast. I have our favorite crockpot jambalaya cooking right now. It's been eons since I made it - we'll get a few days out of it. Then I'll roast a cauliflower I forgot that my bought last week.

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Everything looks so healthy Len, including the bunny? I hope he doesn't learn how to leap

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I just went to doublecheck that I called the correct number - somehow I hit the asterisk first - palm to forehead - I'll try again. Thanks Italincook

Got a nice person - for some reason mine's not due to ship until July. I told her about Laura ordering in June and already receiving hers Anna said it wasn't right. Now it could be that Laura's was a different model number than mine. The customer service person agreed that it didn't seem right and placed an additional order for me in case they're filling the newest ones first - I'll keep you posted

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Joan, what are zipper peas?

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