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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 31, 2023? #41461
    Mike Nolan
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      I've got a lot of leftover ham still, so I'm looking at ham and potato soup recipes.

      in reply to: Pie Art #41457
      Mike Nolan
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        When I went to Chocolate School, several chefs were working on fancy desserts, their work would be on the table at lunch time, and there were a couple of them that nobody wanted to cut into because they were so artistic, but they wanted comments about their taste as well as their appearance.

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41444
        Mike Nolan
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          I'll make some Veal Zurich over the weekend, but other than that it's leftovers week.

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41440
          Mike Nolan
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            With the demise of Bed Bath & Beyond, Marshalls/Homegoods/TJ Maxx (all the same company) are where I go for kitchen products the most. Can't count on them having the latest of anything, though. (Even the kitchen places at the outlet mall near Omaha have closed.)

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41434
            Mike Nolan
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              Ahead of Diane's birthday two weeks ago I was looking for a source for some veal to make Veal Zurich. Couldn't find any in Lincoln other than ground veal and some shanks (for Osse Bucco), but I did find a place in Omaha called 'Just Good Meat'. It's just off the Interstate, so we went right past it on the way home from dropping David and Kelita off at the airport this morning.

              I got several packages of veal cutlets, thinly sliced, and 2 packages of beef shanks for beef stock.

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              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41430
              Mike Nolan
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                Tonight I made forgotten chocolate meringue cookies and Diane is making a double batch of oatmeal-raisin-date spice cookies, which will hopefully fit in our 4 1/2 quart mixer.

                It might seem odd to be doing holiday baking after Christmas, but these are mostly to go back to Pittsburgh when our son and granddaughter leave in the morning.

                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41429
                Mike Nolan
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                  I'm an In-N-Out fan myself.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41426
                  Mike Nolan
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                    My son like to order frequently from either DaVinci's or Taco Inn when he's in town, because those aren't available in Pittsburgh. I ate at Taco Inn nearly every weekday for the first two years I was in grad school, I'm fast food faux taco'd out. DaVinci's take on a cheese steak is pretty good (though not true Philly style), but one every two or three weeks is my limit. Now, good Italian Beef I could handle a lot more often, but there isn't any in Lincoln.

                    in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41424
                    Mike Nolan
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                      I've always read that overmixing results in brownies that sink in the middle, though some sites say having too much leavening can also cause that. Some sites say doming is caused by having the oven too warm, or using the wrong kind of pan.

                      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41420
                      Mike Nolan
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                        We've got 3 entrees, 2 sandwich meats, 3 kinds of bread and multiple desserts, so we'll probably order hoagies from DaVinci's for supper tonight. πŸ™‚

                        Nope: Taco Inn. πŸ™‚

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41416
                        Mike Nolan
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                          I think we'll be eating leftovers of some kind for most of the next week. I did make bagels today so we've got 3 different bread options.

                          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41415
                          Mike Nolan
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                            I made a batch of a dozen bagels today.

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41414
                            Mike Nolan
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                              They've had a few instances of big cats (probably cougars) in trees in suburban Omaha and I think one wandered into a building at the Veteran's Hospital in Lincoln a year ago, but so far we haven't seen any big cats in our neighborhood. We do see coyotes, though not recently. A mile or so from here there's a woods with a resident flock of turkeys, we see them along the side of the road frequently. Down by the middle school I've seen some game birds (probably pheasant) just standing in the road, in no hurry to get out of anyone's way. A neighbor tells me they see ducks and geese in their front yard on their security camera, there are several hundred geese that are full-time residents at nearby lakes and ponds, the Merlin app hears them frequently flying over.

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41410
                              Mike Nolan
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                                I hope everybody had a good Christmas. We woke up to a white Christmas, with about 5 inches of snow through late afternoon.

                                Our day got off to a fun start when we saw the neighborhood fox running through the back yard this morning. My son managed to catch a picture of it.

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                                I'm still stuffed from supper!

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                                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41407
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  A few years back the Washington Post had an article on what to do with left over egg whites, with separate recipes for when you have one egg white, two egg whites, three egg whites, etc.

                                  This includes the Forgotten Chocolate Meringue cookie recipe that I've made several times.

                                  https://wapo.st/48xaxJw

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