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Thanksgiving dinner:
Baked chicken
Corn on cob
Seasoned rice
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Rolls
Deviled eggs
Stuffing
Peach pie
Red velvet cake
Sweet potato pie

Believe it or not, this is not a joke.
The 'catch' is, that you have to order that Whopper
within 600 feet of a McDonalds from Burger King's mobile app.

I'm not making this up.




Bon Appetit !

I made a sort of stew yesterday. I made double the amount and put half aside in a dish with a lid on it, for another day. Just before I went to bed, I put the dish in the refrigerator. On opening the fridge door this morning, I heard a rattling sound, and soon worked out that it was coming from the lid of the dish of stew. I reached out to touch the lid and it burnt my fingers. It turned out that the stew was boiling away there in the fridge. I took the stew out of the fridge and left it on the work top, where it soon stopped boiling, so I left it for a while and then put it back in the fridge. After about an hour, I went to check on it, and blow me down the stew was on the boil again. Everything else in the fridge is as cold as it should be, it is only the stew that won’t conform to the laws of nature. The ingredients I used for the stew did include a couple of quite hot chillies, but nowhere near hot enough to account for this most puzzling phenomenon.

Last week, OIdblue did a blog about a drink he brewed called Kombucha. I never heard of it and did some research. In layman's terms, it's a beverage made with fermented tea and known for it's health benefits.
I had no intentions of brewing the stuff, but the amazing thing is, while shopping in Aldi, I found it next to the fruits and berries in the refrigerated display. I wasn't looking for it, but I glanced over and POOF!
Kombucha in different flavors, so I bought one with Ginger and one with Cherry.
I plan to try some this weekend and chances are I'll report back with my findings.

Kombucha, Kombucha all I can say is Kombucha...

My Nespresso machine finally came For anyone not familiar, its basically an espresso machine you use at home. I just had a cup of glorious wonderful caffeine loaded coffee goodness

Who wants an espresso?

Fall is a great time although not so much in Florida where everything just turns brown and dies. The weather hardly cools down much. It is just a little cooler in the mornings before the sun starts scorching us. Now it is the time for flavorful aromas like cinnamon, cloves and pot.

I saw a video yesterday introducing the New Instant Pot / Air Fryer Duo. It is the regular IP but with two lids, the second one being the Air Fryer function so you can pressure cook something, then change lids to crisp it up or just air fry wings or whatever. Dammit I want it and spent the day restraining myself from buying it since I already have two IPs and One Air Fryer. These three gadgets I use daily. I use my oven or stove on very rare occasions. I'm not sure how long I can restrain myself from buying the new gadget, trying so hard to use my logic of "I don't need it, I just want it" If I hadn't bought my folks and kids their own instant pots I could justify buying it just so I could give my old one away. Time will tell how disciplined I am or am not.

Mom loves potatoes but she always cooked pasta for Dad as that is what he loved. She ate potatoes when we went out. Yesterday I saw a video for a cheesy Potato Leek soup made in the Instant Pot that looked delicious. Three kinds of potatoes, three kinds of cheese, heavy cream and Pancetta...very fattening and decadent. Since Mom is only 83 pounds I'm making that for her today. I'm changing it up a bit to be a bit more weight friendly for me by adding cauliflower to the potato. Before I add all the cheeses I will take a portion out for me. 8 minutes in the Instant Pot that still blows my socks off.

I've found the best cooking videos done by Jeff at pressureluckcooking.com. I've cooked so many of his recipes in the IP from his videos, all oh so good.

More common than we think. In the USA, some 30K cases yearly, with up to 10% being fatal ! Well, after a lunch at a street vendor's truck this week, it hit me hard. Cholera style watery stool trips to the crapper, head ache, mild fever, tiredness and belly discomfort. These usually resolve on their own with no treatment, other than rest and not eating. Gradual progression of diet to clear liquids, and so on. But on the good side of things, I've lost almost 10 pounds, and still have little appetite. Aa-V.

So here I am preparing my chlorophyll alkaline soup for the week, when I get to the fennel. It's time to wash, chop, & juice.

I wasn't thinking anything in particular as I snipped the tendrils off. However, just as I was about to cut into the actual bulb, the shape of it struck me as odd.

It reminds me of the little Hand of Fatima charms that I have. So I had to snap a quickie pic, before butchering it.

We stopped at the Asian Market yesterday and bought a few things. After a brief conversation with the woman at the meat counter, she went in the back and returned with the head of a salmon. My wife said we would have soup. Knowing what to expect, my only request was to cut the eyes out first!
I didn't want to know about the rest of the preparation.

Hold on to your seats kiddies... because MANGO SEASON is just around the bend.
Grocery shopping today and mangoes from Central America around $1 each.
I found a different variety from Mexico that's $2 each.

My tree bears over 300 per season... so many I have to give most of them away!

The photo is what's coming up this season from my place.