May, 2020 What's Cooking in the Kitchen?

NormM wrote:I have a long time internet friend that lives in Long Valley.  

Cookin Lore wrote:Something new for me today.  I looked in my fridge, and somehow I have three containers of 18% cream  in my fridge, so I had to figure out what to do.  Well, my sister talks about Alfredo sauce all the time, so I figured I'd make some....................... What should I put it on?  Well I knew I had scallops in the freezer and I have a super duper spiralizer for spiralized zucchini. .  Then fisherman son called that he's just back from fishing and has some rainbow trout.  So that was dinner scallops and trout on spiralized succhini.  I had never made an alfredo sauce, knew I had a chunk of parmesan in the fridge, but that turned out to be too hard for me to grate, so it had to be the grated stuff. Used the ribbon blade on my Veggie Bullet, and everything turned out great.  I will NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PRICE OF A RESTAURANT MEAL AGAIN! But I enjoyed making it.

Bugster2 wrote:I have an attachment for my KA mixer that spiralizes, peels apples and potatoes and does a couple other things. I never use it. For slicing, I have a Benriner mandoline which can be a leathal weapon. What I really, really like and use all of the time is a Progressive adjustable hand held slicer.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Progressive-Prep-Solutions-Adjustable-Slicer/20470690

It isn't the sharpest tool and can mangle a very soft tomato but it is small, easy to use and clean and fits in a drawer.

Bugster2 wrote:Imelda, are those pineapple cookies or mexican wedding? They are so pretty. What is that dark mound in the center? How do you do the carvings on the sides? They look like a pro made them. Most of the time  my cookies look like a hot mess.

Bugster2 wrote:I have two Hoover Linx cordless vacuums. When they work, they do a good job. Mine have been sitting in a closet collecting dust since we moved in. They have lost their suction. I pulled them out today and started to work on them to see if they should be tossed. I took out the dust cups and there was plenty of suction at the motor so there must be a clog. I couldn't see or feel anything so i unscrewed the plate covering the roller. I discovered that the hole where the dirt gets sucked into was completely blocked with compacted pet hair. I started pulling out wads with my fingers and then got my hair catcher that I use on drains. Its' sides have these spikes that grab debris. I shoved it up both ends of the  vacuum and pulled out more wads of fur. No wonder they didn't work. So now they are as good as new. I wonder how many women would do something like this? No one I know.

Tonight is club sandwiches. I have two nice avocados that need to be eaten. Lasst night I had acid stomach and went downstairs to get some ice cream to coat my gut. Joe got to it first. It was a whole pint. He tells me not to buy sweets because he wants to cut back on sugar but when i bring in something for myself, he eats it. Katie is the same way. I have to hide food from her or she will eat an entire bag of whatever it is.

It happened to my vacuum too, it stopped working while I was vacuuming, I thought o oh, we just bought it last year, the last one we had lasted for 20 years. Then D took it apart and found everything clogged inside, from dirt, paper, rubber-band and more , he cleaned it and now it works good again