[Mike Nolan]

We had a rotisserie chicken Thursday.

[Mike Nolan]

TJ's had the lowest local egg prices a week or two ago, but I haven't checked this week. Most stores, including Aldi, are in the $4.50 - $4.99 range per dozen this week.

Beef prices are mostly up, too. I was seeing NY Strips for around $11 a pound and 80% ground beef is around $4.99/pound.

Gas prices are back up to $3.89 or so a gallon, too.

But the government says inflation is moderating. :sigh:

[Mike Nolan]

Can't say I've ever noticed powdered sugar that went bad, and I've had some get buried on a back shelf for a couple of years. I will say there's a big difference between brands, the cheaper ones probably use more cornstarch and you can taste that, so maybe that affects the taste over time. My younger son wouldn't eat anything made with powdered sugar because the cornstarch taste bothered him.

Finding decorator's sugar (no cornstarch) is challenging unless you want to buy 50 pounds of it or pay $3 a pound.

I know pastry chefs who will only use powdered cane sugar, not beet sugar, but I've not found much difference between them.

[Mike Nolan]

Tonight we had smoked pork chops and a salad.

[Mike Nolan]

An article on possible substitutes for Red #3
https://www.foodprocessing.com/ingredients/article/33036705/finding-natural-color-replacements-for-red-no3-titanium-dioxide

[Mike Nolan]

We had tomato soup and fried cheese sandwiches, warm and tasty.

[Mike Nolan]

We had some more of the cock-a-leekie soup and salads.

[Mike Nolan]

We've got a plan at this point--meat loaf.

[Mike Nolan]

Posted in wrong thread.

[Mike Nolan]

I had a big salad, Diane had two hard boiled eggs and a smaller salad.

[Mike Nolan]

The Big Blue river near Fairbury NE has a lot of bald eagles, too, and a number of golden eagles, too.

[Mike Nolan]

I grew up near the Mississippi, in NW Illinois. My grandparents used to tell me about the river freezing over and being able to drive over to Iowa back in the 30's.

When I was young, one of the interesting things to do in the winter was go to the lock and dam near Bellevue IA and watch the eagles, hundreds of them! They were less common for a few decades due to DDT, but they've rebounded and you can find lots of videos showing the eagles taking advantage of the dam for easy fishing.

[Mike Nolan]

We had smoked pork chops.

[Mike Nolan]

The bread is very tasty, for several years this was our every-day bread. It's probably been close to a year since I've made it, but I didn't forget the recipe, though I did have a shaping issue. It gives that loaf character.

[Mike Nolan]

We had tomato soup and fried cheese sandwiches on the freshly baked honey wheat bread. Yummy.

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