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Thought I had finally gone completely bonkers, over Thai chilies.

Yesterday went to farmers' market. I was planning Thai beef, got Thai chilies, lemon grass, other stuff. Washed everything. Started right away chopping mushrooms for mushroom noodle dish. Today went to make beef but Thai chilies not in produce bin where good chilies belong. Tore apart refrigerator. No chilies. I KNOW I bought them. Maybe forgot to take out of basket? No, basket empty. Could they have fallen out of the basket on the way home? Not in car. Tore refrigerator apart again. No chilies. WTF? I could try dried peppers but not the same. Sigh. Started chopping shallots & garlic & lemon grass. Looked up and came to me in a flash. I know where they are!!!!

When washing produce I put it in dish drainer, not the one I use for dishes. Then the dish drainer sits on a high shelf. Because Thai chilies are so small, they would fall through the holes so I had put them in little bin for silverware. Then got busy with mushrooms. Sure enough, after 30 minutes of tearing apart my kitchen, there were the chilies still in silverware compartment of dish drainer.

The Thai beef is braising slowly in the oven and starting to smell good.

Go ahead, laugh. As Shakespeare said, all's well that ends well.
 
crandc said:
Thought I had finally gone completely bonkers, over Thai chilies.

Yesterday went to farmers' market. I was planning Thai beef, got Thai chilies, lemon grass, other stuff. Washed everything. Started right away chopping mushrooms for mushroom noodle dish. Today went to make beef but Thai chilies not in produce bin where good chilies belong. Tore apart refrigerator. No chilies. I KNOW I bought them. Maybe forgot to take out of basket? No, basket empty. Could they have fallen out of the basket on the way home? Not in car. Tore refrigerator apart again. No chilies. WTF? I could try dried peppers but not the same. Sigh. Started chopping shallots & garlic & lemon grass. Looked up and came to me in a flash. I know where they are!!!!

When washing produce I put it in dish drainer, not the one I use for dishes. Then the dish drainer sits on a high shelf. Because Thai chilies are so small, they would fall through the holes so I had put them in little bin for silverware. Then got busy with mushrooms. Sure enough, after 30 minutes of tearing apart my kitchen, there were the chilies still in silverware compartment of dish drainer.

The Thai beef is braising slowly in the oven and starting to smell good.

Go ahead, laugh. As Shakespeare said, all's well that ends well.
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HA!

I'm 6'4", when I misplace something, MrsPokerDog always tells me to look high, because I don't leave things low.
 
Ham stew tonight...Ham hocks with my garden baby potatoes, garden green beans, eggplant, broccoli, zucchini,tomato and homemade kimchi from our garden cabbages, Winco button mushrooms and garlic ...I love a good stew. Also some pickled Daikon radishes from the Asian market. The broth is similar to hot sour soup.
 
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Playing catch-up after being away 24 hours because of Yom Kippur.

Unsurprisingly thinking of food today. Not eating will do that. I want to make a cake. Not cookies, not tea bread, not vegan dessert, not whole grain bread. A politically incorrect cake with gooey frosting.

Who wants to come over and help eat it?
 
I wanted to post pic of new larger freezer. Everything organized and no longer so crowded things fall out when I open the door.

Neighbor took my old freezer. It works fine, just cramped.

Not food related but installed new furnace filters and weather stripped back door. It was 81°F today.
 
Homemade sourdough everything bagels
 

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Couldn't figure out what kind of bread to make so opened The Bread Bible at random. Heart of Wheat bread.
 

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Off topic since it's nothing I'm cooking...
If you havent tried the new Red Chimichurri sauce at Chipotle, you should. It's very good!
 
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