[Mike Nolan]

Omaha and Lincoln have been debating this for years, but there's some evidence that the first Reuben was sold at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln. (There's also a restaurant in New York City that claims to have invented it.)

https://journalstar.com/news/local/the-reuben-may-have-been-originally-made-in-lincoln-not-omaha/article_94f3ca2f-5cb4-5cca-85cf-e2620b824e84.html

We're having salad followed by tomato soup and cheese sandwiches, it's a cold rainy day here, and if the temperature drops as expected, the rain may change to something more solid.

[Mike Nolan]

There was an interesting article in the Lincoln paper the other day that revisited the old argument of whether the Reuben was invented in Lincoln NE or Omaha NE.

[Mike Nolan]

After all the food we ate while our son and granddaughter were visiting, we had salads with tuna fish for supper tonight. I did make cheese dip to snack on as we watch TV (currently the OSU-Georgia game), but my wife seldom makes it to midnight on New Year's Eve.

[Mike Nolan]

I sliced some of the pound cake, which was a bit underdone, and toasted it in the oven, I think it helped and the toasting gave it a nice crust on the surface of the slices. My son was wondering about using it for French toast, sounds a bit over-the-top, doesn't it?

Our son and granddaughter made it back to Pittsburgh with only about a half hour delay in flights. We've still got a few leftovers to use up, but will have to do some cooking, probably tomorrow.

[Mike Nolan]

Leftovers here, too, with chocolate fondue. BTW, chocolate fondue on Russian tea cakes is very good.

[Mike Nolan]

Yes, I'm hoping to get enough snow peas to do some stir fry dishes with them. I planted 3 pea pods, not sure how many peas to expect from each plant, but it looks like I have well over a dozen blooms.

[Mike Nolan]

The pound cake is a little underdone in the center, but for a first try at a recipe, and in a different size pan, it is quite tasty.

[Mike Nolan]

I will need to make semolina bread soon, but will wait until my son figures out if his Southwest flights back to Pittsburgh (through Midway) are cancelled on Friday or not. They may be driving back.

[Mike Nolan]

One of the first pea pod blooms has set fruit.

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[Mike Nolan]

The pound cake came out of the pan nicely and the surface is a lovely caramelized brown that smells wonderful.

I think dessert tomorrow will be chocolate fondue.

Here's the recipe I used: https://divascancook.com/pound-cake-recipe/

It weighs about 55 ounces.

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[Mike Nolan]

The pound cake is in the oven, it'll be out in a hour and change. This is a recipe I haven't tried before.

[Mike Nolan]

We had kind of a fend-for-yourself dinner, some had bagels, some had soup, some had chili.

[Mike Nolan]

Today I'm making a batch of bagels and maybe a pound cake. I also spent about an hour cleaning the stove and scrubbing the burned on food off the gas burner parts, that hadn't been done in a while.

[Mike Nolan]

My son is making his take on potato-leek-baked potato soup tonight.

[Mike Nolan]

The issue with ammonium bicarbonate (aka, baker's ammonia) isn't loss of potency, it is that it evaporates if not well-sealed.

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