I went shopping today. Bought three pieces of All Clad, found the
Tuffy and bought some vegetables that I haven't seen at my usual
haunts.

Here's the All Clad:
In the box - http://oi56.tinypic.com/fbxa45.jpg
Out of the box - http://oi54.tinypic.com/33nbyxh.jpg

I know I'm going to love the Windsor pan and the 2 qt saucepan! The
Windsor is absolutely perfect for steaming. My steamer basket fits
the bottom beautifully and the sloping sides let me pile in
vegetables. The 2 qt saucepan is narrow and tall so I can use it
when I would normally want to use a 1 qt. Both pans will work well on
my smaller burners. I boiled potatoes in the 2 qt on the small burner
for mashed this evening and it worked as well as I'd expected.

I'm apprehensive about the sauté pan, but the department manager told
me the real trick to no sticking is to make sure my meat is dry before
seasoning it and putting it in the pan. For some reason, wet meat
causes the sticking problem... I didn't use the sauté pan tonight, so
I didn't test that theory.

Here's that Tuffy... http://oi51.tinypic.com/i1gmt4.jpg
I told the clerk to tell whoever does the ordering "don't stop".

I almost fell over at the variety in the vegetable section! I bought
purple cauliflower, brocoflower, jerusalum artichokes and kumquats.

Purple cauliflower and brocoflower
http://oi54.tinypic.com/2s1r4g8.jpg
Brocoflower "in the pot"
http://oi52.tinypic.com/10o1dhy.jpg

They had ground veal in the butcher section, so I got it, some ground
pork and ground beef to make an old fashioned meat loaf. That made
hubby happy.

They have a huge olive bar. I didn't count the types, but there were
at least a dozen different types of olives. They didn't have chopped
olives, which have been missing from the olive bar I usually buy from
for at least a month. I wonder if it is being discontinued?


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Never trust a dog to watch your food.