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Swish steak for dinner. No chocolate cake🥺


I could eat mashed potatoes and gravy everyday...you can never have to much gravy!!😜

Llama, have you ever made a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting? 🙃
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Not sure what is for dinner but while I'm thinking about it I'm having a peppermint crunch ice cream sandwich. Actually, I may have more than one and call it a meal. :)
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SendHelp, I don't blame you one bit. Respect for cooking 50 years absolutely. The family knows not to complain or tell me how to cook otherwise they will get canned soup and store bought meals. I can take constructive criticism from my dear mom, she was an amazing cook and baker. Learned from the best.
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Dinner,
Butternut squash soup, chopped pecans.
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Lol Cwillie.....

Maybe you have a good point there! I(f he is thinking at all),
325 degrees farhenheit = 162.xxx degrees Celsius.

Does that explain high heat to boil water is turned so low that it will never boil?He now is using an oven thermometer and a meat thermometer. Nice, if he could read it accurately, and does not mix it up with the freezer thermometer.

Maybe getting a special chair to sit on and watch his every move would help?

BTW, just read that Walmart has a recall on Romaine lettuce....
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Maybe hubs is baking/thinking in celsius Send.
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My hubs is the sous chef in our home.
He has learned so much lately, that he can sometimes cook the whole meal for us both (pizza). His way, his way only. So, I leave the room often.

Problems?

Yes. He tries to take over my recipes, my way of doing things. So I left the room again, and came back carrying a notice, which read:

50 years of cooking = R E S P E C T

Then I was able to finish the cooking without him demanding his weird way and without criticism. I am not going to ruin a pan that I have had for 40 + years!

He doesn't want gravy anyway, he says. But loves it if I cook it. Yum.
He likes gravy over biscuits, has requested it before. There is frustration cooking for a picky eater. If he is cooking, (for example, pizza), I might be in the bedroom but I come out when it smells like it's burning. It has rarely burned too much to eat!

Making brownies today. (The cake-like brownie recipe). He always turns down the heat so it takes an extra hour to cook it. Lol. I am on to him! We will get through this! In the meantime, I am loving the pizza we had last night, and am grateful for the break.

And Popcorn! His Popcorn is great! Just not every time, because he sets the settings quirky. It happens! 🍿
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I make bone broth from the carcass. Boil it with a splash of vinegar until the bones are soft. The vinegar leaches out the calcium and lots of protein from the bones. The liquid will gel (set) when cooled. You can make soup from the bone broth. The foamy stuff actually is protein. Doesn't look good but nothing wrong with eating it,

I usually roast chicken or turkey and use the carcass from that once most of the meat is off it.
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Talking about gravy, I absolutely love homemade gravy. I love it with creamy mashed potatoes. I will probably make a roast on Sunday.
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There's never too much gravy! My kids used to eat cold gravy on yorkshire pudding the day after a roast beef dinner. I made turkey tetrazzini with leftovers from a turkey dinner. They also loved gravy on bread. Nowadays I put any extra gravy in soup made from the carcass.

Now I'm thinking again about chocolate cake and icing. Haven't had that in years.

Breakfast was a frittata made with shredded cabbage and onion as the veggies. Got the idea from a face book post. It was good, but then I am a cabbage lover.
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CWillie, I use all your secrets, and some of my own. I find them close enough to mix together, their drippings being pretty much the same to me. I love Trader Joe's gravy as well, and when I think of it I get more than a few boxes. Unfortunately, this last trip I didn't think of it, and with Covid-19 those hops onto the bus for whatever I want when I want it are gone. Color me inauthentic on the gravy, but just so there's a LOT of it. My favorite thing with roast beef, as well. You can skip all the rest, just give me the gravy and potatoes! My step daughter claims my gravies are ALWAYS inauthentic what with my letting out the bourbon (or is it brandy).
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Roast chicken and roast turkey are not the same at all, no problem having both of them. My trick for lots of gravy is using a box of chicken broth as well as the broth from preboiling the neck and giblets, there's almost too much gravy then.
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Roasted chicken. A method to my madness. You might ask "Aren't you having turkey in no time at all? Answer is yes. BUT, I always make a ton of mashed potatoes and always run out of gravy. Moreover I like the gravy on bread for lunch sometimes. SOOOOOO this year what with having the freezer and all, I am making a ton of gravy. Starting today with the Roast chicken and carrots, potatoes, and so on. This bird is gravy.
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EB,

😂 hahaha

I have to go to the store. I am going to recruit hubby as my sous chef!
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NeedHelp, did you make that pie yet? Just kidding.
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Thanks Llama 🤪
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I used to make a from scratch chocolate cake with from scratch chocolate icing. Took one to a family reunion one year and there was not a piece left. I'll post the recipe soon.
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EB,

I will. I just want to try. I’m hoping to get it right.

I used to be very intimidated by cooking when I first married because believe me, I really goofed several times!

My husband would look at me and say, “Honey, would you like to go out to dinner?” I would look at him and ask, “Is the dinner that bad?” After I tasted it, I would say, “Let’s go out!”

It took me awhile to learn certain dishes. I didn’t give up and did learn to cook and enjoy cooking.
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Thanks Cwilly,
Now, I am thinking of double layer of chocolate cake with white butter cream between the layers and chocolate frosting. I should make a cake tomorrow.🤪
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I want cake. Not a twinkie or a cupcake or a cake-like dessert but a piece (or two) of real honest to god cake with layers and and icing. Three layers. Chocolate. 🤤

yeah, not gonna happen (sigh)
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NeedHel, let us know how your apple pie comes out. There is nothing like a homemade apple pie warm from the oven. Good luck!
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Alva, Here are a few items I use for a quick meal when I am too busy to cook. Both are delicious.

Trader Joe's Turkey Burgers, only three ingredients which includes turkey, kosher salt, rosemary extract. 180 calories

TJ Riced Cauliflower stuffing with carrots, dried cranberries, leeks, onion and celery.60 calories
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Oh, Golden

Thank you! 😊

Wish me luck! I would like to surprise my hubby with an apple pie that isn’t from the bakery!

What is icing sugar? Is that regular granulated sugar or powdered sugar?
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eb - urw is "your are welcome"

cwillie - I think the icing sugar is for color. I can't imagine it's for taste. The baking powder may well help this dough be so resilient to handling.

I used to make a short pastry (very rich due to lots of fat and crumbly) without a recipe. I had the "feel" of it and it was easy to get right. Couldn't do it now.

Good news the veggie burger (lettuce wrapped) is sitting well. I had mushrooms and cherry tomatoes with the eggs last night. Seems the more veggies the better. I can eat beans, cabbage, onions and such with impunity.
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We have always used lard too, my recipe is similar to Golden's except for the interesting addition of baking powder, I imagine it kind of guarantees a lighter crust. The icing sugar is different too but I'm not sure how that amount could make a difference.
It took me years to finally get halfway decent at making pastry, I was always so focused on the admonitions to be sparing of the amount of water that I found the dough difficult to handle, when I realized that more moisture = painless handling pastry making became much easier. Unfortunately this was about the time when everyone was leaving home so I haven't had much reason to practice, it's simpler to just buy a crust when you are only cooking for one or two.
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Hi golden, what is urw? The veggie burgers sound so good. I was allergic to eggs for years but the last few years I became non allergic. It is so good to be able to eat eggs again. I had another allergy test a few years ago, perhaps you could get tested.
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urw eb :)

on another note I seem to be able to tolerate eggs. Going to try the veggie burgers (soy based).
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Thank you, golden.
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Sure. Dorothy swore by lard for her pies. I have only used lard myself, but I expect that butter or shortening could be used. The results might be slightly different but still good I think. Let me know how it turns out.
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Golden, good old lard, my grandmother used lard and her pie crusts were flaky and tender. I guess you use lard like butter right? I would like to try your recipe for turkey pot pie. Can I substitute with butter and will the taste, texture be about the same?
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