[Mike Nolan]

I picked up a 1 pound package of Italian Beef at Portillo's on the way home from Pittsburgh, and that's what I've had for supper the last two nights.

[Mike Nolan]

I won't be baking today but I think I'll make honey wheat bread tomorrow.

[Mike Nolan]

Most of the people I know who have Anks love them, but they do take some getting used to.

We've come close to buying one several times. If my 50+ year old KA fails, that might be what we wind up getting.

My younger brother bought himself a KA recently to replace an ancient mixer that our mother had. He's still learning the ins and out of using it.

[Mike Nolan]

I made a double batch of bagel dough, but I think I messed up the water, it was way too soft. The second batch was cinnamon-raisin bagels.

David's scale seems to be inconsistent, too.

So, there are probably the ugliest batch of bagels I've ever made, but I'm sure they'll still taste good.

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I also made Banh Mi

A bit overdone on top and underdone on the bottom, but still edible. They stuck to the pan, probably didn't oil it enough. My son's oven is a bit different from mine, most recipes take some adjustments.

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My son made chocolate souffles today and had 4 egg yolks left over, so I made a double batch of pastry cream.

We'll figure out something to do with them.

[Mike Nolan]

I made another batch of bagels today, 4 cheese, 4 cinnamon/raisin and 1 poppy seed.

[Mike Nolan]

Today's bagels:

4 with cheese
1 with everything
2 with poppy seeds
1 with ground peppers
1 with lemon pepper

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My son's doing most of the cooking this week. I made the angel food cake, bagels, and I did the oyster stew on Christmas Eve, he's done all the rest. We had ham on Christmas, we're having onion soup tonight.

[Mike Nolan]

I made bagels today, I'll probably make them several times over the next few days as my granddaughter can't eat the bagels they serve at RPI due to food sensitivity issues.

[Mike Nolan]

The ones inside the trifle don't really brown, the ones on the top might, but we generally don't bother with the lemon juice.

[Mike Nolan]

I made another batch of pastry cream using dextrose.

[Mike Nolan]

Well the angel food cake seemed a bit underdone on the bottom, I was playing with the baking temperature/time because of the dextrose and I think I went a bit too low.

But it'll still work in a trifle. We cut the bottom off as it wasn't very spongy, but still edible.

[Mike Nolan]

I baked another Angel food cake with dextrose tonight, we'll see how it came out in the morning.

[Mike Nolan]

I made two batches of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies today, one with mini chocolate chips and the other with mini-M&Ms.

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