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Nicely repurposed.

Do you actually think he's going to get any sleep tonight? LOL

While the "design" part might be fun, the demolition and reconstruction almost never is! I remember mine like it was yesterday (actually 14 years ago!) I did not have a working kitchen for almost a month. The killer was the flooring contractor kept having issues with the tile order and pushed the whole project back over a month extra! What was supposed to be a little over 3 weeks, turned into 7! Always remember the remodeling mantra - How do you know when the contractors are lying to you? Their lips are moving!

Learned my lesson with this one! Will use 1/2 as much next time!

I made some boneless chicken breasts with the Northern Nigerian Chile Mix (upper left-hand corner bag) for dinner tonight. Simple paste of 1 TB chile mix to 2 TB of oil and a pinch of S&P, marinated the chicken for 30 minutes before tossing in the oven - Sorry, freezing rain here, so no grilling out tonight! OMG! I think she's trying to kill me! And as many of you know, I have a high tolerance for spicy! The flavor is reminiscent of Jamaican jerk, as I suspect there's Habaneros in it, but by the time I'd finished dinner, my mouth was numb! Thankfully, the Viognier that I was drinking came to the rescue! Willing to share some of the spice mix with others who think they are adventurous enough to try it!

Big props to @tekobo - for sharing. I used some of the new pepper soup seasoning (Home Taste) in a bowl of canned soup today. It's good. Did a side-by-side tasting of it against the original one that you sent me. This one is very similar in taste, but hotter. You’ll need: * 6 to 8 pieces calabash Nutmeg * 8 pieces Negro pepper (Uda seeds) * 1 tablespoonful seeds of Aligator pepper (Atariko/Ulima seed) **this makes about 3 tablespoonful pepper soup spice mix Note: some people add dried ginger roots and cubeb peppers(uziza seeds) to their mix, so feel free to add a little if you want to. Uziza seeds are very similar to regular black peppercorns. Use high quality black peppercorns to get as close as possible.

Got a nice package of goodies from Nigeria via the UK today - one guess as to who that benefactor was? Now my challenge is to eat a LOT of pepper soup! LOL! Now for the quiz of the day. What are the spices in the 3 small bags?

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Are you not worried about it being unprotected (uncrated) in the back of that delivery truck. I'd hate for it to show up on Monday and something had banged into it and busted some tiles!

Do tell?

WOW!!

Get a cheap shop vac and put a drywall filter in it. Quick, easy, no clouds!

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Lovely lamb for Straya Day, but where are the snags??

As you should! Then, you get to have more to celebrate when it arrives!

Happy Straya Day!

I'm in the "better living through chemistry" camp - the combo of statins and fish oil capsules have my cholesterol and tri-glycerides under control. Whuut? Some outfit calling themselves "Iowa Meat Farms" and the only place they sell is in San Diego??

Yes, definitely high heat works best, but like I said, you have to monitor it carefully to catch it before it melts too much. I don't generally oil it, but no harm, no foul in my book.

Gotta hand it to ya, Robert, that's a cheap knife, but looks decent. We'll see in the long run how mine holds up?

Define "real money" in terms of knives? In my book, it would be over $150. This one, with the discount is $38. So, what would you say is "Go cheap?"

After a very long quest to find a decent bread knife (I've been through at least 6), I am head over heels in love with this Japanese one that I recently purchased. Reasonable cost and cuts through crusty breads like butter! Suisin Inox Bread Knife 9.75" (25 cm) (korin.com) AND, it's 20% off now with this code: KSALE20

It's a specific cheese for grilling. It's very dense and low moisture, it's also a bit salty, like a Feta. I probably should have cut this slab in half; although it was nice and smoky, it really didn't melt much. That's the thing to be mindful of doing this cheese, once it starts to soften, watch it closely or you'll be trying to scoop it out of the grooves in the grate!