Mike Nolan
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I thought we were going to get some rain around suppertime, but if the area got any it was north of us. Still some possibilities for tomorrow, though.
I made bagel dough tonight, I'll shape them tonight and let them rise overnight in the fridge. I haven't done them that way for a while.
I put in about a half dozen broccoli plants that I had started indoors around the end of March, I think some critter ate one of them down to the ground, the others are growing but showing signs of bugs eating them. There's another broccoli that is in a cage with a 4th of July tomato plant, I must have spilled a broccoli seed when I was putting them in the starter pots. Interestingly enough, both the tomato and the broccoli seem to be doing well, with less bug damage to the broccoli than the others.
I tried starting some melon seeds, they didn't sprout, so I bought two melon plants at the farmer's market, so far they're doing OK but not really taking off yet. The spaghetti squash plants I put out a few weeks ago died, I've got one more indoors and I think I'm going to just plant a couple of hills of the seeds to see if they'll germinate and survive.
The hot weather has hit, it was in the mid 90's today.
I picked two big bowls of salad from the Aerogarden today, so we're having salads and burgers on the grill tonight. (No bun for Diane.)
I sprouted some peapods and then put them in the Aerogarden, 4 of 6 are doing fine, I'm sprouting some more to replace the two that didn't take. Somewhere I think we've got some inoculant but I haven't found it yet, and for the amount of peapods I'm growing at a time it is kind of expensive (and I'm not sure how to use it in hydroponics.)
I picked a handful of black raspberries today, not enough to do anything with but a nice afternoon tidbit. Should be more available in a day or two, doesn't look like it is going to be a huge crop.
The elderberries bloomed last week and the birds have already started eating the berries, even though they're green and tiny. We'll never get any elderberries from our small patch, but the birds do love them.
Choc, if you do a lemon or blackberry braid, post pictures!
I think adding a little lime juice to blackberries is a good idea, they can be cloyingly sweet.
Happy Birthday, Cass! I use the copy of the Gisslen baking book you sent me frequently, and think of you every time.
June 14, 2023 at 10:08 am in reply to: Instant Pot, Pyrex, Corelle and Corning Ware maker files chapter 11 #39484I don't think recent Pyrex dishes are the same quality as the stuff from several decades ago, I've read multiple stories of Pyrex dishes that exploded in the oven. Many of the comments on the WSJ article mention this.
Instant Pot may have been one of the first products of its type, but it's a crowded field now, and demand may be saturated.
We decided on tomato and salami sandwiches tonight.
We had a 2nd round of chicken pot pie, there's enough left for dinner again on Tuesday, then I'll have to come up with something else.
Diane took a big slice of the cake to her sister today, along with some peanut butter cookies. (Her sister doesn't eat peanut butter cookies.)
Linda must have liked the cake, I got a text to send Diane a link to the recipe.
It's pretty good with some blackberries on it, though I think I liked it better with sliced strawberries.
My wife's step-mother had lung cancer that had spread to her brain before it was diagnosed. The reason she went to the doctor is that she was having trouble filling out the daily crossword puzzle.
She tried a couple of radiation treatments but they made her so sick and the prognosis wasn't great anyway, so she discontinued them and was gone in another week or so. That was 20 years ago and I still miss her phone calls asking for help with that day's crossword puzzle. I think she would have liked Wordle, too.
That is very difficult news to hear, Joan. Stay as strong as you can.
The Washington Post reader comments tend to be savage and no matter what the subject, seem to wind up being about politics. I've heard the NY Times reader comments are even worse.
I've gotten some good recipes from the WaPo, though. This one isn't what I'd call a 'must make' recipe, but I'm not sorry I made it, and it was much better with some fresh strawberries on top. I think I like it better than Diane does.
The recipe will go in the cake section of my notebook, but towards the back, I suspect.
One of the people my wife works with is a former chef, he thinks my take on the Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake is restaurant-worthy. But it is funny how many people call them brownies.
We had tacos. And got about 3/4 inch of rain in maybe 15 minutes this evening. Hardest I've seen it rain in quite a while.
I made over 2 quarts of chicken stock from the bones of the rotisserie chicken we had a few days ago, I'm planning to make a chicken pot pie tomorrow, the high is supposed to be only 75.
The cake is very good with some fresh strawberries on top, sort of like strawberry shortcake with frosting. 🙂
I think the cake, unfrosted, would make a decent, if soft, shortcake.
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