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My neighbour across the street is quite elderly and the night before last he says he was up all night with a fever and lost 12lbs by morning. I drove him to the hospital and happy to say he is home and on the mend now. But as soon as I got back my wife and I got to work making a nice big chicken noodle soup. 24 hour simmer for the stock which had all the usual veggies and a full bird. Today I chopped up the remainder of the veggies, added a dozen thighs, bacon, spinach, herbs and my favourite touch is when you’re going to eat it, put it on the stove and add a handful of chicken bacon satchetini pasta. So good.

Had a great time with my @milangravier and cooked up what I think was our best batch of soup yet. Delivered 5 containers to him and he just texted me saying it’s the best soup he’s ever had. This is why I love cooking, knives and cutting boards.

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With a forecast of on and off thunderstorms all weekend, I decided it would be a good time to bake some more bread. I went with the recipe for ciabatta I made in Feb after trying a different recipe that was not as good. Don't know if I miss measured the ingredient weights, but the dough was super hydrated. Decided to forge ahead knowing the super high hydration breads can be awesome. It was a difficult journey dealing with the wet dough but I got both loaves in the oven and boy was it worth it! Had great oven spring and the texture and flavor was the best so far. After nearly spoiling our appetites on the bread, we had a dinner of grilled Angus ribeye steak, jacket baked potato and spinach salad.

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More fun messing around with smoking. Salmon, dry brined overnight with salt and sugar. Smoked over apple and lump for a few hours at 250-300.

Probably need to go lower next time to avoid the albumin, but it made for tasty lemon/dill salmon dip anyways. Smoked eggs are just a nice thing to have in the fridge for munching, and smoked cheese clearly needs some extra thinking regarding lowering the temp with an ice tray 🤪
 

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I made Paella with what I had around. I used my gas grill outside. It sure was hot.
What I don't like is the color of the shrimp. I think I will stick to only using the spice in the dish not on the shrimp.

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I am no paella expert but your issue maybe 2 fold: 1. are you using that seasoning? if so... why do you need cornflour or coloring (as part of their ingredients)?


I would recommend not using it and get color from quality sweet, smoked paprika + saffron + tomato passata (quality) allof that mixed with fat=flavor bomb. Also, when you put shrimp at the end, don't lay them on top steam, but push them into the rice. It'll give them great shiny color and even better flavor :)
 
Red pepper and roasted walnut dressing with garlic, paprika, lemon juice, red pepper flakes and bread crumbs. Added to a pasta salad (apologize about the presentation, in a rush)
 

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My neighbour across the street is quite elderly and the night before last he says he was up all night with a fever and lost 12lbs by morning. I drove him to the hospital and happy to say he is home and on the mend now. But as soon as I got back my wife and I got to work making a nice big chicken noodle soup. 24 hour simmer for the stock which had all the usual veggies and a full bird. Today I chopped up the remainder of the veggies, added a dozen thighs, bacon, spinach, herbs and my favourite touch is when you’re going to eat it, put it on the stove and add a handful of chicken bacon satchetini pasta. So good.

Had a great time with my @milangravier and cooked up what I think was our best batch of soup yet. Delivered 5 containers to him and he just texted me saying it’s the best soup he’s ever had. This is why I love cooking, knives and cutting boards.

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Amazingly kind gesture
 
My neighbour across the street is quite elderly and the night before last he says he was up all night with a fever and lost 12lbs by morning. I drove him to the hospital and happy to say he is home and on the mend now. But as soon as I got back my wife and I got to work making a nice big chicken noodle soup. 24 hour simmer for the stock which had all the usual veggies and a full bird. Today I chopped up the remainder of the veggies, added a dozen thighs, bacon, spinach, herbs and my favourite touch is when you’re going to eat it, put it on the stove and add a handful of chicken bacon satchetini pasta. So good.

Had a great time with my @milangravier and cooked up what I think was our best batch of soup yet. Delivered 5 containers to him and he just texted me saying it’s the best soup he’s ever had. This is why I love cooking, knives and cutting boards.

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Very cool neighbor thing to do!
 
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