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Old Mar 3, 2021 | 6:26 pm
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Originally Posted by chgoeditor
Made from scratch for lunch? I'm impressed....my recipe takes about 2 hours!
Me too...that would be an all day project!
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Old Mar 3, 2021 | 9:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero
We only have a Papaya tree at our house in Indonesia. The parent-in-laws have a Rambutan tree at their house. I’d love to have mangosteen, pineapple, mango and similar trees.
Our latest papaya did not do well & the squirrels got to our batch of grapes before we did , often the chikus ( sapodilla ) too , quite usual with our fruit trees even with “ protective “ measures . They are not keen on our lemons though including the kalamansi . They enjoyed all the mandarin oranges !! We bought a plant for the first time to experiment .
We should have left our coconut tree a bit longer too as was not really tall plus the young ones are not growing fast enough to fruit !
Given up on our mangoes , fingers crossed for the custard apple , duku langsat , soursop , starfruit ..

We were , still are , rather hopeful , we do try to be green ..



Moroccan blueberries , Malaysian pomelo & papaya , Thai longans and bacon twists & raisin bread . Along with iced latte & water with lots of ice cubes

Above is another I had . Also enjoyed papaya , plum , pomelo , Tasmanian cherries and Thai longans in a separate bowl .. Also 2 yoghurts , citrus & lime as well as myrtle .
Char siew pao , egg mayo sandwich ( toasted brown walnut bread ) with cucumber and lettuce .



The tofu fa 😋

Only tofu fa ( beancurd ) , for now , as dessert .. chin chow & soya bean milk .. of course others followed for stretched out tea time .. succumbed to cake , Magnum dark chocolate and coffee ice creams ..

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Old Mar 4, 2021 | 8:17 am
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Originally Posted by chgoeditor
Made from scratch for lunch? I'm impressed....my recipe takes about 2 hours!
Perk of working from home.
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Old Mar 4, 2021 | 1:40 pm
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White rice with Chinese sausage
sauted tofu & bok choy in olive oil (thanks corky!!!), leftover restaurant chili oil, and a restaurant dual-pack of hot oil and Mandu sauce
Microwaved chicken vindaloo from Indian stall at Sundays farmers market
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 2:32 pm
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Instant Pot spaghetti with italian sausage, onion, bell pepper, and a spoon of Cowgirl Creamery creme fraiche.


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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 2:43 pm
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salami & arugula sandwiches & kettle dill pickle chips
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Originally Posted by boxo
Instant Pot spaghetti with italian sausage, onion, bell pepper, and a spoon of Cowgirl Creamery creme fraiche.
Gorgeous - is that fiestaware?
is there tomato sauce, or is all the red from the bell pepper?
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 3:08 pm
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Originally Posted by gaobest
salami & arugula sandwiches & kettle dill pickle chips
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Gorgeous - is that fiestaware?
is there tomato sauce, or is all the red from the bell pepper?
Mmm, dill pickle chips are my favorite Kettle Brand flavor aside from the sea salt ridged ones in the big Costco bag.

The spaghetti recipe calls for two 24 oz jars of sauce, but I used one jar of sauce + a can of fire roasted tomatoes and a teeny bit of extra water. And yes, my bowl is Fiesta, this one. https://www.macys.com/shop/product/f...id=pdp_details
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Originally Posted by boxo
Mmm, dill pickle chips are my favorite Kettle Brand flavor aside from the sea salt ridged ones in the big Costco bag.

The spaghetti recipe calls for two 24 oz jars of sauce, but I used one jar of sauce + a can of fire roasted tomatoes and a teeny bit of extra water. And yes, my bowl is Fiesta, this one. https://www.macys.com/shop/product/f...id=pdp_details
so fun about fiesta.
I prefer kettle jalapeo and bbq flavors the most - I still buy most of their skus when Safeway has a sale. Actually I mostly only buy their products on sale because I keep very high inventory for Kettle at home. We have many open bags with chip clips plus 5-6 bags that arent yet open.
open flavors in my preferred sequence - jalapeo, backyard bbq, salt & vinegar, dill pickle, sea salt, ranch
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 4:21 pm
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Originally Posted by gaobest
salami & arugula sandwiches & kettle dill pickle chips
Salami sandwich is the comfort food of lunches (or luncheons). I love them.

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open flavors in my preferred sequence - jalapeo, backyard bbq, salt & vinegar, dill pickle, sea salt, ranch
Salt & Vinegar is far and away my favorite. I don't think I've seen ranch, but admittedly I don't look past S&V. I tried dill pickle once, but can't remember if it was Kettle or another brand. Thought I'd love it, but the flavor wasn't strong enough for me. But now I'm wondering, is there any such thing as a "bad" potato chip, or are some just better than others?
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 5:36 pm
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Kettle brand salt and fresh ground pepper is my go to chip.
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 6:01 pm
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Originally Posted by JBord
Salami sandwich is the comfort food of lunches (or luncheons). I love them.
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Salt & Vinegar is far and away my favorite. I don't think I've seen ranch, but admittedly I don't look past S&V. I tried dill pickle once, but can't remember if it was Kettle or another brand. Thought I'd love it, but the flavor wasn't strong enough for me. But now I'm wondering, is there any such thing as a "bad" potato chip, or are some just better than others?
Salami is definitely very fun.

Im less into the kettle cheddar and honey Dijon and sour cream & onion and korean chips, but I know theyre beloved. The Himalayan sea salt and mango salsa (?) kettle chips are also less fun for me. I dont like these flavors in general for chips - Asian barbecue is great for Asian food and less fun for chips, maybe because I prefer USA bbq for chips. Maybe my child will enjoy more chip flavors since theres such a huge variety now compared to when I was a child.
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 7:11 pm
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Originally Posted by gaobest
I’m less into the kettle cheddar and honey Dijon and sour cream & onion and korean chips, but I know they’re beloved. The Himalayan sea salt and mango salsa (?) kettle chips are also less fun for me. I don’t like these flavors in general for chips - Asian barbecue is great for Asian food and less fun for chips, maybe because I prefer USA bbq for chips. Maybe my child will enjoy more chip flavors since there’s such a huge variety now compared to when I was a child.
Regular and BBQ are the only kinds I remember as a kid. Clover Club brand at school, I think.

BBQ were always one of my favorites. There was a local brand called Poore Brothers which was one of the first kettle style I tried. Really good. The Kettle Jalapeo are quite good.

Not much in the way of good potato chips in Indonesia. Lay’s, Cheetos and Fritos are going to be stopped being made in August because of some product merger. Maybe Frito-Lay? That main leaves Pringles and Mr Potato as the leading brands of “potato” snacks.
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 8:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero
Regular and BBQ are the only kinds I remember as a kid. Clover Club brand at school, I think.

BBQ were always one of my favorites. There was a local brand called Poore Brothers which was one of the first kettle style I tried. Really good. The Kettle Jalapeo are quite good.

Not much in the way of good potato chips in Indonesia. Lays, Cheetos and Fritos are going to be stopped being made in August because of some product merger. Maybe Frito-Lay? That main leaves Pringles and Mr Potato as the leading brands of potato snacks.
Usa bbq chips have always had a paprika style spice, so I associate bbq chips as being a bit spicy. Nothing like jalapeo, but still a little spice. Asian bbq has no spice element that I can notice. Kettle Korean bbq feels too sweet and I dont want to buy it.

sadly I never saw Poore bros in sf - at least now its easier to see a big range of chips even if Im mostly eating kettle brand.
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 10:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero
Not much in the way of good potato chips in Indonesia. Lays, Cheetos and Fritos are going to be stopped being made in August because of some product merger. Maybe Frito-Lay? That main leaves Pringles and Mr Potato as the leading brands of potato snacks.
Hard to find good (IMO) potato chips in much of Asia. Also in many parts of South America. Even if you find Lays or similar, they will be very different.
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 1:00 am
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Midnight snack. Nice, warm cranberry orange scone fresh out of the toaster oven. 😋

*Commercial scone because I’m terrible at baking.
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