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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 18, 2025? #46344
    Mike Nolan
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      I missed the asparagus season again this year, I think it was on a Thursday. πŸ™‚

      I went out one day and the asparagus plants were already 18 inches tall.

      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 18, 2025? #46339
      Mike Nolan
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        We had takeout pizza for supper tonight.

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 11, 2025? #46335
        Mike Nolan
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          We had two social events today, both with food, so no cooking for us.

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of May 11, 2025? #46334
          Mike Nolan
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            I haven't made those cookies in a while, but may have to some time soon, they're really good.

            I wonder how BLJ is doing, she kind of got teed off at some of the folks on the King Arthur forum and dropped out of the group. I emailed her a couple of times when MNK was first set up, I think I only heard back from her once.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 11, 2025? #46330
            Mike Nolan
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              Tonight we had salads

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 11, 2025? #46325
              Mike Nolan
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                Anything over 2.42 ounces is a jumbo, that'd be a super-jumbo! (Large eggs should average about 2 ounces in the shell.) I remember getting some banty eggs from UNL, they were under 1.5 ounces each. The instructor said new laying hens took 2-3 months to start laying eggs that qualified as large.

                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 11, 2025? #46323
                Mike Nolan
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                  That's a duck egg, isn't it, Joan? They're larger than chicken eggs.

                  I had a sandwich, Diane had a salad.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 11, 2025? #46303
                  Mike Nolan
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                    My son sent me the apron (and Diane a T-shirt) as a way of letting us know our granddaughter's college choice.

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 11, 2025? #46301
                    Mike Nolan
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                      We had some more of the chicken salad on croissants. Margarine on one side and cream cheese on the other was really good.

                      in reply to: 2025 Gardens #46296
                      Mike Nolan
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                        Got the eggplants in this morning.

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 11, 2025? #46289
                        Mike Nolan
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                          Supper tonight:

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                          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of May 4, 2025? #46287
                          Mike Nolan
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                            A peanut butter cookie recipe is a bit less fussy than most, so adding something like the eggs in late usually isn't a problem, unless you've fiddled with the moisture level because it looked too dry.

                            in reply to: 2025 Gardens #46284
                            Mike Nolan
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                              Got the rest of the tomatoes in, and although the eggplants aren't in yet, I know where I'm putting them. If it cools off this evening I may put them in then otherwise I'll do that in the morning.

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 4, 2025? #46281
                              Mike Nolan
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                                The prunes were Diane's idea, as was the cream cheese. The recipe we normally use calls for a can of mandarin oranges, but we were out.

                                in reply to: 2025 Gardens #46280
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  We have managed to keep a rosemary going over the winter about 1 out of every 3 or 4 tries. The one we bought last spring didn't get watered enough around Christmas and died, the previous two both got bad cases of powder mildew and didn't survive, though one of those was in its 3rd winter.

                                  We'll take the now-empty planter outside and put a new rosemary plant in it soon, and try it again.

                                  Putting a fan on it in the winter that runs a few hours every day seems to help prevent the powder mildew, but it means watering it more often. And you have to have a good southern exposure for it or it dies due to lack of light. I've been tempted to try one under my grow lights, maybe I'll see if we can set up two rosemary plants this year.

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