Lots of good looking dinners tonight. I wish I had eaten at one of your homes...
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Kayelle, try grilling those Italian sausages outside. They are so good with onions and peppers. You could even get your grill basket to cook up the onions and peppers. Just make sure you don't let the sausages flare up on you.
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Greg, no need to go to Whole Paycheck for that Lundberg rice. We have it in our local Market Basket, a family chain with just under 100 stores in the MA/NH/ME market. Ralph's, Von's, or Albertson's probably carry it too. Also, some parts of the country market Mahatma rice as "Carolina". They aren't instant, though. I like using the white-and-wild-rice mix when I make a pot of creamy chicken and wild rice soup.
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We did a run down to Amish Country so that I could get a tub of lard. Can't find lard ANYWHERE near me, so I have to buy contraband when I'm out of the state.
While down that way, we stopped at a favorite Amish restaurant. Since we were there last, it changed ownership. Sadly, it is no longer going to be a "favorite". I had what was supposed to be "lightly breaded Lake Erie Perch fillets". Instead, it seems I was served heavily cornmeal coated ocean perch, a very poor substitute. Himself had their special pork chop. Meh, fried and OK. I think I'll dig out my souvenir Amish cookbooks when we get home to see if there is something real I can cook myself.