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There used to be a great restaurant in Newburg, MO, right on I 44, called Cooking From Scratch. I always made it a point to stop there when in the area. They had 'Chicken and Dumplins' (no g) on the menu once, so I ordered it...with the g. And the waitress corrected me and said it was dumplins. Anyhoo, I Googled dumplings and looky here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dumplings

Yep, drop dumplings. I always drop the drop when I'm talking about my dumplings.

'Beware the ides of March.' Not sure why I'm using up brain cells remembering that. I could sure use them for better stuff.

It's fairly nasty over here too -- all the streets are glazed over. Thankfully there's nothing on the trees. A while back the snow plow got stuck in front of the house on the slight hill. He backed down and gave it another try, all the while with the salt/sand going. He made it fine, and we got a triple dose. It looks like a beach out there We're over freezing now but it's overcast so not sure we'll get much melting. Rain expected overnight around freezing temps.

Did the Japanese joint Friday night. Very good, as usual. And, they’re not telling on the salad dressing. I guess that sauce is Yum Yum. Anyhoo, chicken and dumplings tonight.

Here's a follow up on this stock I made a week or so ago. First off, they didn't have the bones I wanted at the store -- I wanted the big knuckles and joints, etc. That's what I've used before, but I settled for the femur slices you see in the pic here. The missus and I both thought the stock wasn't as good as before. I went back and found an old post I did on this and grabbed the pic. Get these kinda bones! All that said, I'm not saying it was a bust. It's just that the bones do make a difference and the big ones had more meat, sinew, collagen, flavor, whatever.

Oishi NW corner of Shawnee Mission Pkwy and Quivira, next to Westlake. They do a ton of sushi there too. I work from home on Fridays and might go there this Friday.

Something else about the Japanese restaurant I mentioned: they’ve got this salad dressing that makes me want to lick the bowl. Fairly thin and creamy, with a big dose of fresh ginger and a little vinegar bite. Dang! I may need to get over there this week.

I’m not sure I’ve ever eaten at PF Changs, but I’ve had a lot of overly sweet ‘Chinese’ food. I like the first few bites but it gets to be too much pretty quickly. There’s a Japanese restaurant nearby that gets things right. Their ‘hibachi shrimp’ has just a little sweet, not sticky sweet. I get their brown rice which is not oily/greasy. Perfectly cooked veggies too and the shrimp are always just right. I asked the waitress to leave out the green peppers the second time there, now I’m forever ’No green pepper guy’ has 😀

I wonder if he even gets Wikipedia out there 😀

I think if you read the first couple paragraphs about the Challenger disaster on Wikipedia you’ll get it.

Oh geez. It was a rocket and was ignited on the ground. What rocket scientists learned, probably from fireworks folks who learned it centuries ago: make fire go out end, not side.

Day 1: Bones and veggies into the oven at 450 degrees for 45 minutes. Then, into the stock pot to simmer for about 10 hours. Remove the solids and put the stock into the fridge overnight. Day 2: Remove the solid fat. Give it a shake. How about all that collagen! IMG_2281.mov Make shoop, eat. My knees feel better already!

Programming the CO2 testing software to understate the emissions so they'd be in compliance with law maybe?

It was -- a gasket (or, O-ring) on solid rocket booster that didn't seal properly partly due to cold weather.

One of our local restaurants calls this “Lettuce wrapped with chicken” 😀

I had a couple eggs over English muffin for lunch today after reading this thread.

One trick I learned is to put the egg in a fine mesh strainer and let the watery white drip away. Yours look good, without the stringy white, so maybe you did that. Day in, day out we’ll do our eggs in a non-stick skillet with cooking spray. Get them barely set, add a splash of water, salt, pepper and cover. The steam sets the white and helps get the yolk done. The water prevents crisping the edges too. Almost like poached.

We really like this as a lower calorie alternative to pasta. Cut a spaghetti squash in half and remove the seeds and fibers. Brush with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place flat side own on baking sheet. Roast at 350 for 1 hour. Fork it out. This is with a ho’made tomato sauce and a meatball. We also do the squash as a side. Same start then place in a casserole dish with some Parmesan between layers as you add.

My last 'visit' to NYC was in June. We flew into JFK from overseas and missed our connection. After some scrambling, we got a reasonably priced flight going to KC that evening ...out of Newark. I was willing to do about anything to get there, except public transportation during rush hour. So, we negotiated a flat rate with a cab (By negotiate, I mean he said $X, and I said yes ). 1½ hours later we were there. That ride through Manhattan SUCKED! Stuck in massive traffic snarls, people just standing on their horns (because that makes things go quicker) , people yelling out their car windows (Because that makes things go quicker). I did get to see Katz's Deli on the way (bringing this back to food ) Oh, cool -- I can add video. This first one is our cab driver getting advice how to get out of this mess. IMG_1349.mov IMG_1348.mov

Found some pics from that party. Hope I don’t blow this place up.

I've been tweaking tiramisu for a long time and have it where we really like it. Nothing groundbreaking, just a little fine tuned from the recipe on the mascarpone container. Love the steam/fried dumplings. Trader Joes has pretty good frozen ones. Blue Koi here in town does a great job with them. We went to a Chinese New Years party last year and a friend of a friend made them there. They were delicious. I scribbled down the recipe for the filling and sauce but probably won't do them from scratch. There was so much interesting stuff to try at that party. I hope they do another this year.

I was there in the 80's. A couple guys got shot out front while I was there. Never did hear anything more about it

NYC is expensive, dirty, smelly, noisy and the people are generally a-holes. Unless they're trying to sell you something and then you're 'my friend'. I've been a few times on business. Got to go to the dealer desk on the edge of a futures pit many years ago. It was really interesting to see the open outcry trading with hand signals, shouting, bumping, etc. The guy I was with gave me a quick overview of the signals, then pointed out to me who the 'big swinging d***s' were to watch. I went to a conference a few years back and stayed in Times Square. Got to see Naked Cowboy. Yippee. I had hotel food for the most part but did get out for some pizza. They know pizza. I'm picky about where my hot dogs come from. I'd eat one of @Terrierman's before I'd eat one from a NY street vendor Edit: Found some pics. This was 2011 This guy got pissy because I took his pic without giving him money