Barriehie
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Chicken noodle soup for you.
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JAS_OH1
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If you were my coworker I'd want you to stay home!
Not even close to good rum, unfortunately.
JAS_OH1
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I see you didn't bother to quote the rest of my post that qualifies my opinion on those rums.
I bake with them. I hadn't purchased them, they were gifts from a well-intentioned friend years ago so I figured out recipes to cook them in, not wanting to waste. As far as drinking them, I haven't had a spiced rum cocktail in probably 35 years.
SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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Well finishing the chicken rillette and brining the ham didn’t happen yesterday so hopefully that will be the first job, especially as we’ve piggied our way through all the pork rillette now and will soon have withdrawal symptoms 
Then back into that dining room to paint out six paint samples.
I hate picking paint. It takes me so long because even subtle variations in colour can look totally different when its dry on the wall. Then there’s the way the light affects it over the course of the day.
Nevermind, first world problems. Time to suck it up!
Then back into that dining room to paint out six paint samples.
I hate picking paint. It takes me so long because even subtle variations in colour can look totally different when its dry on the wall. Then there’s the way the light affects it over the course of the day.
Nevermind, first world problems. Time to suck it up!
I read it, of course I did. Since I don't bake with rum, or cook with rum, I chose not to include the rest of your post because it was irrelevant to what I wanted to say. And I'd apply the same epithet to cooking - if the rum is not good quality, then that will affect whatever you're cooking; just like "cooking wine".
SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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I’ve honestly never had a problem with cooking wine, I think once the alcohols burnt off (if it still contains it) and you’re left with the reduced concentrated musk it’s much of a muchness.
If it was a dish where it was the star of the show and not cooked off or reduced I can see the point otherwise I think perhaps some of those chefs have just got a bit carried away with themselves.
Of course I am talking about cooking wine that just has a smidge of salt added not the nasty salt sugar concoctions.
The Waitrose one is pretty good.
If it was a dish where it was the star of the show and not cooked off or reduced I can see the point otherwise I think perhaps some of those chefs have just got a bit carried away with themselves.
Of course I am talking about cooking wine that just has a smidge of salt added not the nasty salt sugar concoctions.
The Waitrose one is pretty good.
Barriehie
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Agree about some of those chefs getting carried away. I usually add a dash of white wine to a risotto I make and there's only enough to taste a hint of wine. Same with the red wine and some beef recipes. Whether it's a $12 or $100 bottle I can't tell the difference and I'm the only one eating it.
Barriehie
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Pick up some soups and mail a package. Raining again here so Pippi will stay at home. It's been raining for days.
JAS_OH1
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I didn't say you didn't read it, what I meant was that you didn't post the relevant part of my post in it's given context, regardless of whether you felt it was relevant or not--it is relevant if you reply to my posts without including the whole sentence I had written on a subject. I don't think you were trying to make me seem inexperienced and that I don't have good taste, but in my post I wrote that I cook with it. If you don't cook with it, than you wouldn't know. I am not suggesting you should or would have any inclination to go cook anything with it, but that doesn't matter. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.
And I disagree. I have never used "cooking wine" so I wouldn't know, but I believe I have posted repeatedly that I don't cook with wine that I wouldn't drink and some wine is cooking wine because I opened a bottle and drank some, then used the rest in what I was cooking. I wouldn't cook with cheap vodka to make a vodka sauce because it doesn't taste good. I make a great tequila lime cilantro crema for fish tacos and I wouldn't dream of using cheap tequila in it.
Captain Morgan and Malibu spiced rums aren't poor quality, just not suitable for my tastes in drinking. However, I like the flavors when baking. My Malibu rum banana bread is awesome and I get lots of compliments on it. Same with rum cakes, banana muffins, banana/pineapple pancakes, etc. Those types of rum go well with banana and pineapple in bready sweet desserts. It might be good in a bread pudding as well.
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JAS_OH1
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I am looking at Mary Berry's lamb shanks recipe. The last time I made these I used a different recipe and they were really good. Hers isn't much different so I will likely give it a go.
I haven't had a drink of alcohol in 8 days. Maybe I will have some champagne tonight. Or a glass of red wine, since I have to open a bottle to cook the lamb.
I haven't had a drink of alcohol in 8 days. Maybe I will have some champagne tonight. Or a glass of red wine, since I have to open a bottle to cook the lamb.
rascal
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Fingerprint guy just left , nothing , not the crims first rodeo . Hes sitting in my driveway now doing paperwork .
Insurers is paying for the lot minus $500 claim.
We have eufy cameras ready to be installed Saturday
Russ
Insurers is paying for the lot minus $500 claim.
We have eufy cameras ready to be installed Saturday
Russ
rascal
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My daughter loves lamb shanks. How are you doing it?. I use store bought wine and beef sachets x 2. Plus Worcester sauce and splash of my tomato sauce . When I had German shepherd I fed them.shanks and horse meat
Russ
JAS_OH1
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That really stinks that they left no fingerprints. But how do you know it was Maori? I have heard that often when someone gets broken into, it was someone they knew or someone who had been to their house for some reason (service repairs, deliveries, etc.) and knew that the homeowner had something valuable to take and also knew that they wouldn't be home at the time of the break-in.
My DH owned a security alarm system company for a number of years. We had some friends who after getting their house broken into (and were on a tight budget so couldn't afford a security system and the monitoring fees) asked DH if they could have some signs to put up in their yard. He gave them some signs and they put one in the front and one in the back. That was 2 decades ago and the thieves never returned, or if they did, they saw the signs and left.
It sucks that you have that big of a deductible.
JAS_OH1
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The Best Mary Berry Lamb Shanks Recipe
I am going to start them in my enameled cast iron Dutch oven, browning them well and remove from the pot. Then sauteeing the carrots, onion, celery, and garlic in that pot. Then deglazing with red wine (DH's homemade cabernet sauvignon), adding beef broth, tomato sauce, herbs, and cooking shanks and everything back into the pot and into the oven for several hours. Might make parmesan risotto or mashed potatoes. It will depend on how lazy I feel later (dinner at around 10-11pm). It's time to get started.