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They are a lot of fun. We let the kids pick the class, and I'm glad they picked Thai because it got us out of our comfort zone and into something new to us cooking wise. Both the slaw and the pad Thai had a lot of cilantro in it and they offered to leave it out, but they all like it so we left it in. Raw in the slaw and cooked in the pad Thai. I've gotta say I was glad it was in there. We did the painting thing several years back. Once was enough for me.

We did a cooking class last night with my daughter and new son in law. We’ve done a few at this place and they’ve all been good (KC Culinary Center in Overland Park). This one was Thai food which is something the missus and I have very little experience with. SIL is an adventurous chef and eater so this was right up his alley. It’s part eating, part learning and part cooking. The chef had a background teaching culinary so she had the skill set for this. She started us off with a lettuce wrap with chicken and Thai basil that was made ahead. Lotsa interesting flavors and very good. Next we made a slaw with cabbage, red peppers, edamame, garlic and cilantro with an Asian ginger peanut dressing. Then we did a shrimp pad Thai with cabbage, noodles, peanuts, sauce, etc. The recipe is about a mile long. Really fun to cook and explore all the new things, and it was all outside our normal zone. The slaw was delicious as was the pad Thai. So many new flavors for us and skills learned (like cooking rice noodles correctly) Dessert was a black rice pudding with mango and coconut cream. Oh, dang! Kind of expensive, but split the cost across education, dining, entertainment and family time budgets and it’s cheap (almost).

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Clever!

Well, I could use a little motivation to blow the cobwebs off the vice, and clear all the s$&t off my work surface, so put me down as a maybe 😀

I was doing some calculations over here on the sidelines and I thought you guys might have overdone it on the food. It’s really satisfying to be totally right. The sucky part was missing out on the food you guys enjoyed. 😀

Grandmother??? That’s the Marine is coming through. 😀

Almost gone! It’s been around a looong time!

That pyramid of Vienna Sausage cans made me smile. Nice presentation!

Did the plunge happen?

Should be quick. Get their Venmo address, dismiss. 😀

We like O. G. Zuppa Toscana too. We have made a knock off recipe that is really good. This Pasta Fazool we made was simple and really good. We’re on night #3, and that’s pretty rare for us.

What I’ve heard is crane ranchers are reluctant to organize and promote their product because of their herds tendency to fly away. Supposedly there’s some new technology being developed that will curtail the escapes and bring SHC to your local grocery store soon, at a super premium price. PM me for details on a stock that is ready to skyrocket! But don’t tell anybody, because it’s kinda hush hush now.

Concerning Sand Hill Cranes, I’ve always heard “Ribeye of the Sky”, but don’t know of any firsthand partakers. Anyone eaten some that they can comment on?

Pasta fagioli AKA pasta fazool AKA pasta and bean soup.

My sister encouraged us to give Hello Fresh a try. They ship you the ingredients for a meal that you prep yourself. We gave it a try the other day and our first meal was excellent. Spicy maple chicken with mashed sweet potatoes and beans. What I liked about it (besides the taste) was it gave us a couple new ideas. For example, the chicken was coated on top with a little sour cream then a crust of panko, seasonings and oil. There was a maple and red pepper flakes drizzle for the chicken. Sweet taters with a little sour cream and maple syrup. And the beans were roasted along with the chicken. I did some sleuthing and have their seasonings fingered out, so I constructed a recipe for us. We'll probably do this on our own next time. Last night was pork tacos with a mango salsa. Fairly good, but we got a couple new ideas for the future. Onion and Anaheim chile sautéed, then ground pork, seasonings and juice from canned mango. Not sure if we’ll keep going after our 3 meal trial or not. We've got some meatball dish yet to come. Stay tuned.

Go Pat!

I always wanted to do that.

I was thinking KawFest -- right over here on the Kansas River. Rough fish, of course.

I've already been to Branson once this year! Seriously, I've never fished Taney and wouldn't know what the heck I'm doing. Nobody'd want me in their boat! The food and fellowship is awfully tempting though. I hope you guys have fun.

Better DoorDash 🤪

You guys need to hold Taneyfest closer to KC

@gotmuddy Talk to us about this gumbo please. Okra, roux, file, shrimp, andouille, poultry? Green pepper or (the ness preferred, which you chastised me for in the earlier jambalaya discussion ) poblano?

I know the fruit stand. We do Marco Polo's for lunch fairly often. My office is just down the road at Homes and 435. We've also done 2 or 3 of Jasper's cooking classes. Good stuff, too much to eat really, and he's a funny and engaging guy. I'll also pick up some 'groceries' on the way home occasionally at Gomer's right there

I'm right there at least a couple times a year. Not to fish, but to eat at Jasper's