I just used the brine from a block of feta, some pre-made Greek seasoning, pepper, and bay leaves. I added enough water to cover. Honestly, I brined them a couple of days and then drained, rinsing them them lightly. They were in the fridge a couple of days more before I managed to cook them and had exuded more liquid in the storage container. I started them in a cold skillet and cooked to around 150° and they were overdone/dry for my tastes. I don’t think the extra time being seasoned necessarily helped. Still decent.
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And anchovy paste!
Theres an outdoor hockey game tonight in Tampa. Its supposed to fkg snow. SNOW. In TAMPA.
Before you all start in on comparisons with how cold it is and how much snow where you are, I’m not shortchanging that..but we are simply not equipped to deal with it.
We have no plows, we have no salt trucks. The utility lines are not hung with enough slack in them to allow for that much contraction, so there will be broken power lines everywhere. Our usual heat pumps that work well into the forties don’t work well at all below freezing, so we’ll all be on emergency heat, which will cause rolling blackouts.
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The texture on that rice looks great. Basmati?
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Hope you stay safe and warm and that the grid holds up.
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Exactly what @ChristinaM said!!
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The good news is that I havent put away my camping gear so Ill be ok no matter what!
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I never think of this, doh. Just like that, you’ve given me another takeout possibility from our neighborhood spot.
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We still have our buckets of water from the last snow fire drill 
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Echoing @ChristinaM and @GretchenS in admiring the rice in your jambalaya - the grains look perfectly cooked.
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Nice, and NYT gift link FTW! Thank you.
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Last day to vote for Cookbook(s) of the Month(s)!
Good luck! Sounds like the Carolinas will be getting slammed with some white stuff this weekend as well.
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Black cod and chips. The fish didn’t quite work out–the coating didn’t crisp up. I used a batter, with egg, so it was kind of like wrapped in a pancake. Tasty, though, and nice flaky texture.
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Simple is always good!
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Yes, sella / parboiled basmati rice.
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I was running errands earlier and the temp dropped 6 degrees in an hour.
Tallahassee friends just posted pics of an impressively heavy snowfall. Ive got blankets up over my patio doors and am home for the duration
Ham and bean soup in the IP and may play around with some sort of bread to go with it.
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Stay safe & warm!!!
