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We picked up a rotisserie chicken at Sams for supper tonight, and probably another meal tomorrow, plus I'll make stock with the bones.
We got the soil report today from the sample taken this spring before starting the Nebraska Urban Soil Health Initiative program, several pages of numbers. There's also 11 pages of explanation for the tests and what various results might mean.
Lots to digest.
They'll do another test next spring and, I think, a third one in 2025.
We had steak on the grill plus some sweet corn.
I tried a third-party spiral from Amazon on my 4.5 quart KA, it didn't fit. Ones for larger models might be better, and KA may sell official ones.
I think a #10 can is still pretty much the same size, the 'consumer' sizes still seem to be shrinking.
I remember when most cans were 16 ounces, now they're often 13.5 to 15.5, and tuna used to be a 7 or 8 ounce can, now it's maybe 5.
Our Sams has stopped selling mandarin oranges in cans, they only have cases of the small cups, which taste different.
They did bring back artichoke hearts in a big jar, and the Black Diamond cheese spread, but a few other things we often bought at Sams are apparently gone for good.
I haven't boiled corn in years, I do it in the microwave, but I shuck it by hand. (I've been shucking corn since I was 10, I finished 3rd at the Galena 4th of July Corn Boil shucking contest one year.)
Yeah, she tried the boiling/ice water method, it worked on some of them.
I made pizza on the grill last night, they were good but I still need a lot of practice on technique, sliding the dough onto the VERY HOT grill without having it fold over or bunch up isn't easy. One article suggests rolling the dough out on parchment then flipping the dough over to get it on the grill, quickly removing the parchment. I didn't try that but might next time.
I tried a different dough recipe, we liked it but I think it needs a little more salt in the dough and I probably didn't get it baked enough on the bottom before flipping it over to add the toppings. The recipe is very high hydration (78%) and I added more flour to get a workeable dough.
I thought about buying a cherry pitter, but I'm pretty fast pitting them with a knife, and the reviews of the cherry pitters I read online were not encouraging, they break easily.
We use a bobby pin for pie cherries, but that doesn't work for dark sweet cherries.
The peaches were more of a problem last night, they're California clingstone peaches and Diane had trouble getting the skin off and cutting them off the stone. But they smelled good in the store and the one she ate she said was pretty good.
Ah, Maine. Lobster rolls that actually have a visible amount of lobster in them. (When we were there some years ago, we actually got a decent lobster roll at an Arby's, though the ones we got at a cafe in Rockport were better.)
I'm planning pizza on the grill for supper tonight, trying a new thin crust dough recipe. Hoping the weather will cooperate, there's rain in the forecast for early afternoon and after 8PM, but not around suppertime.
No, I'm sure I've never over-kneaded by hand, I haven't taken one all the way to structural collapse in the mixer, either. I'm told it essentially curdles at that point.
I just printed out a recipe for chocolate buttermilk zucchini cake, made in a 9 x 13 cake pan instead of a loaf pan. It calls for 45 minutes of baking time. I should have two zucchini to pick by Saturday, I'll probably make this one next.
The two I have already made both freeze very well after slicing, a cake might be a little more challenging to cut and freeze
I had a tomato and salami sandwich on semolina bread, Diane had a ham and cheese omelet and we both had the first of the local sweet corn.
I bought a lug of dark red cherries the other day, we're finishing off processing them today, making some cherry and peach conserve (not as much sugar as there would be in preserves or jam, and no pectin), which she is freezing. We did over half of the cherries a few days ago, she thawed one out as a test, it was pretty darned good and the the liquid was very good with some angel food cake.
We did get the lawn mowed today, thankfully.
We had steaks on the grill with sauteed mushrooms and baked potato tonight.
My wife has been having problems with green peppers and lately with red ones as well, so stuffed peppers are pretty much off the menu here, unless I want to eat them all.
So far I've still been able to make piperade (peppers, onions and tomatoes) as long as it's not the main ingredient in something. I haven't tried the piperade pizza yet.
And I can still put a small amount of red pepper in Thousand Island dressing.
The guy who cuts our grass is supposed to be here today to do the lawn, he works the overnight shift at the railroad shop working on diesels, lawns is a side job. Not sure if the yard is dry enough to do it with a riding mower, but he's got a big non-riding one, too.
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