Mike Nolan
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My wife doesn't like key lime pie, but I do, I've got a bottle of key lime juice but no plans as to when to use it.
There have been some stories on what restaurants have to go through to get on Fieri's show. Some of his demands make rock star demands look reasonable. And to be honest, I haven't seen many places he's featured that I'd be willing to eat at. I don't really need a 3 pound burger--nobody does!
A local cupcake place was on Cupcake Wars, she wouldn't talk much about it, but she got eliminated in the first round. (The store has since closed, I think the cupcake craze is over.)
I think that was the show where they gave them tobacco as an ingredient. UGH!!
I think I'm going to tackle the Westphalian Pumpernickel from Ginsberg's book next week, 2 days to make it, including 24 hours in the oven, and then it ages for another 2 days before you cut into it.
I did put a chocolate kiss on 4 of the cookies after they were baked, Diane thinks that makes them too sweet.
I've been thinking about making the Katherine Hepburn brownies, they're almost flourless. (My guess is you could make them with gluten-free flour and nobody'd notice a difference.)
He didn't start out that way, but Alton got a bit too preachy for me, as if he could say nothing wrong. Kind of reminds me of Chris Kimball. The ONLY way to do it is HIS way.
Alton brought his show to Lincoln a few weeks ago, it was one of the highest priced tickets of the year at the Lied Center, in the same price range as tickets to cellist Yo Yo Ma and the musical Hamilton. We didn't go to Alton. We went to Yo Yo Ma a few years ago. Hamilton is part of our Broadway package for this season, but it doesn't play here until August.
You may notice faster response time on this site, my ISP upgraded my business internet connection from 50/50 to 500/500. (Same speed upload as download, which is a big plus for a website.)
Did you use fresh key limes or juice?
Here's a shot of tonight's peanut butter cookies.
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I'm planning to bake another batch of peanut butter cookies later this evening.
I may do the chili and cinnamon rolls tomorrow, we think this chili is actually better after it has sat for a day and it reheats well.
I am making chicken stock/broth with a whole chicken plus about 5 pounds of backs. I think that was the last of the 40 pounds of backs I bought a couple years ago, so I'll need to order more at some point if I want to keep using them for stock/broth. (With all those bones it is probably closer to stock than broth.) I should get at least 6 quarts of liquid to freeze, maybe more like 8.
I'm going to use the chicken meat that I pulled off the bones a little while ago for chicken salad for supper.
We had onion soup for supper again, that finishes off the first container of it, the other one is in the freezer.
I'm doing chili and cinnamon rolls on Sunday and will do chicken soup some time, too. I may make the chicken broth tomorrow.
I tried spinach in the Aerogarden, it was good but I didn't get very much, it isn't a thin-and-return crop that takes well to extended hydroponics, I guess.
My snow peas seem to be slowing down, I think I'll get one more relatively small picking from them. A lot of the leaves are dying off, I don't know if that's normal or if there's some issue with the plants. It has been over 100 days since I planted them, maybe that's just their expected season.
We bought a delicata at the farmer's market, Diane ate it but didn't think it was all that different from other kinds of squash.
I think we're having tomato soup and fried cheese sandwiches for supper here tonight. Warm, simple and fast.
I got a 14x14 baking steel for Christmas, but haven't done anything with it yet, not even season the surface. It should be big enough to handle two free-form loaves, which is what I usually make with most of the bread recipes I have.
We really liked the pizzas I did on the grill last summer, and I'm hoping I can de-winterize the grill around the end of March.
King Arthur's latest pizza email talks about making heart shaped pizzas for Valentine's Day. They even suggest using a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut the pepperoni into hearts.
I can't find Oscar Mayer pepperoni any more, and the other brands available in the grocery stores are either really heavy on garlic or too spicy. Interestingly enough, the pepperoni that Valentino's uses is mild and if it has garlic it isn't enough to bother Diane.
Today is our granddaughter's 16th birthday. Somehow that makes me feel older than turning 73 did in September.
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