Tenderloin ground up into the perfect patty...

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Started eating it before pic because it was that good.

Breakfast - some slow cooked oats with diced pear, brown sugar and vanilla cooked in.

Lunch - grilled pig VN vermicelli bowl. Not home-prepared.

As I type this, I hear an ice cream truck wandering the neighborhood playing "you are my sunshine." Since I didn't want to run out to the street and get hit by a car, I am continuing typing this.

Your determination and perseverance with that crab is both admirable and nauseating at the same time ;)

I’m going to get my $68 value however possible! I’m sure I’ll repeat with a crab omelette for Sunday.

Odd that with $68 worth of king crab, you would have leftovers for several meals. Are you sure that you had king crab, and not snow crab?

Indeed. That would be one nice dinner for the 2 of us, and enough leftover for a snack or 2.

This. At $27.99/lb, $68 of king crab legs is enough for supper and leftovers.
I think I bought frozen snow crab claws for $25.99/lb at Costco but I’m not certain on cost. They’re good but not as great as Stone Crab, which had been my hope :-)

Leftovers for 5-6 days???

Alas it takes me awhile to eat leftovers. I still have a small cheese pizza that I made on Tuesday sitting in the fridge!

You’ve triggered a really nice memory. A company that I did business with would hold an annual dinner gathering in Vegas at Joe’s Stone Crab. There were about 25 people invited, and literally we ate like kings. Platters of jumbo stone crabs...multiple seafood towers...platters of sliced ribeye steak, multiple veggies, potatoes etc. All washed down with incredible wines which flowed nonstop, after cocktails to begin the evening. They even brought in a cigar roller. He set up shop in a corner of the room...and most of us indulged in an after dinner smoke and (in my case) bourbon. I have no idea what they spent on the feast...but the number had to be staggering. Goes without saying, this was all in the pre-Covid world.
This went on for 5 or 6 years...annually. Ahhh, the memories!!!

Breakfast sandwich, yogurt, banana, and coffee at a Hampton Inn. Not bad for the price

A lonely banana that was getting very ripe.

Yesterday’s dango reminded me that I can make kinako - a flour made with barely roasted soy beans (has to be gently tanned, once they start to brown it just tastes burnt). Hadn’t done it in years and forgot how straightforward it is to do.

Made the kinako flour (just need a pan/skillet and a blender or coffee grinder) and am starting one of my favourite cookie recipes. Will finish the cookies tomorrow (the dough needs to be cooled twice before it is finally baked, so just need to roll it out in the morning)
https://teaandsweet.wordpress.com/20...bread-cookies/

Missed the Thai fruits and bought this frozen passion fruit ($1.99) from the Vietnamese market (Thuan Phat) - not even close to the real thing! Will have to wait for our next trip ...

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Crab needs to be heated to 165 degrees F to kill bacteria.