[Mike Nolan]

I had a bowl of vegetable beef soup, Diane had an omelet.

[Mike Nolan]

We had tomato soup with fried cheese sandwiches on honey wheat bread.

[Mike Nolan]

I've got pickled carrots and daikon radish that I made, and I've been using a variety of meat and cheese fillings, not the traditional Vietnamese ones. The best Banh Mi in town are way up north, a long trip in lunchtime traffic, but I've been there a few times when I was on that side of town at midday. There are a couple of shops on the SW side of town where we are, but they're more into pho than Banh Mi, and shops really need to specialize in one or the other.

My wife likes them with some peanut butter on them.

[Mike Nolan]

I had a little of this and a little of that, including a small bowl of vegetable beef soup.

[Mike Nolan]

I did make 18 small Banh Mi rolls (42.5 grams dough weight each, about 32 grams baked) today

[Mike Nolan]

The thing with spinach is that it weeps so much, maybe kale has less water content?

Google says spinach is 91-92% water and kale is 84-90% water

[Mike Nolan]

Can't say I've heard about 'traditional' vs original Winesaps before.

I didn't go to any of the apple orchards this season. Nebraska City might still have bushel crates of Winesaps in their cold storage, but I'm trying to use up a lot of the apple pie mix I have in the freezer first.

[Mike Nolan]

I made a big pot of vegetable beef soup today (about 10 quarts), and that's what we had for supper. A lot of it will go in the freezer.

[Mike Nolan]

I am making a big pot (24 quart stock pot) of beef stock today.

[Mike Nolan]

I did make cookies today, half of the batch had m&ms and half had chocolate chips.

[Mike Nolan]

You could try lining the pan with parchment strips. I usually make one strip the width of the pan bottom and one the length of the pan bottom and put them in so they overlap.

I've been moving to silicone pans because I'm trying to get away from any that have any kind of non-stick coating, those start to wear off too quickly. Biggest disadvantage is silicone is a better insulator than metal or glass, so the sides and bottom take longer to get fully baked. I've been fiddling with baking temps and times, don't have most recipes dialed in yet.

[Mike Nolan]

We're gonna get hit by this big arctic chill that's blanketing the US, it is expected to get into the low 20's tonight and the teens Sunday night, so I've pulled the last of the still-ripening tomatoes. I left the leeks but will probably pull them tomorrow, they're more frost tolerant.

[Mike Nolan]

I am making Banh Mi rolls today.

[Mike Nolan]

We had spaghetti with meat sauce and cheese toast made with Banh Mi rolls.

[Mike Nolan]

I had a salad, Diane had an omelet.

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