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On 2021-02-11 12:27 a.m., Graham wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:20:27 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>

>> Lunch to day..... a beat a couple eggs with some Trinidad hot sauce. I
>> browned some butter in a pan and then wilted a small handful of spinach
>> in it and then added the eggs and stirred them around until they were
>> just set.
>
> I used cartoned whites when I was learning to make Parisian macarons.
> However, I didn't really succeed until I used fresh. Of course I had to
> find recipes that used up the yolks.

My wife often makes meringues. She will sometimes add and extra yolk or
two into an omelet. A couple times she has used the yolks for a pot de
chocolate.

Had to chuckle about macarons. I had had a craving for macaroons and had
thought about making some but I did not have any coconut. He said thee
is no coconut in macaroons. I dug out a recipe. It turned out that he
was confused. He had only had macaroons a few times in his youth, but he
spent 10 years in Montreal and often went to a bakery that had great
macrons. He realized they are two different things.

FWIW, macrons were all but unheard of in this area until the last couple
of years. Now they are available in many bakeries and even in grocery
store bakeries. Portuguese starts have also suddenly appeared on the
market. People seem to have developed a very sweet tooth.

On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:54:57 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2021-02-11 12:27 a.m., Graham wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:20:27 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>
>>> Lunch to day..... a beat a couple eggs with some Trinidad hot sauce. I
>>> browned some butter in a pan and then wilted a small handful of spinach
>>> in it and then added the eggs and stirred them around until they were
>>> just set.
>>
>> I used cartoned whites when I was learning to make Parisian macarons.
>> However, I didn't really succeed until I used fresh. Of course I had to
>> find recipes that used up the yolks.
>
>
>
> My wife often makes meringues. She will sometimes add and extra yolk or
> two into an omelet. A couple times she has used the yolks for a pot de
> chocolate.
>
> Had to chuckle about macarons. I had had a craving for macaroons and had
> thought about making some but I did not have any coconut. He said thee
> is no coconut in macaroons. I dug out a recipe. It turned out that he
> was confused. He had only had macaroons a few times in his youth, but he
> spent 10 years in Montreal and often went to a bakery that had great
> macrons. He realized they are two different things.
>
> FWIW, macrons were all but unheard of in this area until the last couple
> of years. Now they are available in many bakeries and even in grocery
> store bakeries.

Those are the Parisian version. There is also a Bordeaux type.

On 2021-02-11 10:51 a.m., Graham wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:54:57 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

>> FWIW, macrons were all but unheard of in this area until the last couple
>> of years. Now they are available in many bakeries and even in grocery
>> store bakeries.
>
> Those are the Parisian version. There is also a Bordeaux type.
>

Okay. Not likely to have either. They are good. They are just way to
sweet for me.

On 2/10/2021 9:55 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 9:01:42 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:34:47 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 7:54:15 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>>> On 2/9/2021 3:12 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 2:44:56 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 ary > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's national pizza day. Steve will make one or two if he hears about it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll have my last two eggs fried over easy with toast then maybe later,
>>>>>>>> the pot pie that I didn't make yesterday.
>>>>>> What kind of schumck has two last eggs...
>>>>>
>>>>> People who don't eat eggs very often. I eat two eggs every few weeks.
>>>>> Last Saturday I ate my last two eggs and Sunday I bought a dozen eggs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>
>>>> I think I have 4 eggs left out of a dozen in the fridge. I don't eat
>>>> eggs every day or even every week. I bought those eggs 2 weeks ago.
>>>> They're fine.
>>>
>>> By the time I ate those last two eggs, I think they were a month past
>>> the "best by" date.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>> Each time we shop eggs are automatically on the list. We buy them in
>> 18 egg cartons and there are never too many in the fridge. Eggs are
>> easy to use in myriad recipes; all kinds of baked goods,
>> omelets/fritatas of all sorts, and my favorite, chicken egg drop
>> soup... 4 eggs to one quart.
>> Eggs are the best bargain at the market, an excellent source of
>> protein for very little money... and the easiest quickest dishes to
>> cook. Tops Market in town very often has Peewee eggs on sale at
>> 39¢/doz... two Peewees equal one large. All egg shells go into our
>> composter... even egg cartons get composted.
>> At least once a week I'll hard boil 1 or 2 dozen for the fridge... we
>> both like hard boiled eggs. My wife will bring a couple for her
>> school lunches, we both like sliced egg sandwiches. My wife doesn't
>> like them but I love pickled eggs, they will keep for months and need
>> no refrigeration.
>> There are more recepies for eggs than any other item.
>
> How nice for you. I'm not all that fond of eggs. A couple eggs every
> few weeks is plenty for me.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
I mostly use eggs when I bake the occasional pan of cornbread or make
quiche or use as a binder in salmon patties, etc. Eating eggs just as
eggs, not so much. I occasionally only buy a half-dozen carton.
Generally that's plenty for a month unless I have something specific
planned.

I do feel a breakfast-for-dinner hankering coming up, probably this
weekend. (The office is closed on Monday for President's Day and I
don't work on Fridays.) I have a recipe for a "skillet breakfast" (call
it a frittata if you'd like since there are potatoes that form the base
like a crust) that is baked in a 12-inch cast iron skillet. Calls for
four eggs, which is all I have left so it's time to buy more. Unlike
some posters, who shall remain nameless, I don't let myself run out of
refrigerator or pantry staples.

Jill