Dear So and So

[indysteel]

Roasted parsnips. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Just sayin'.

+1. I like to roast a mixture of carrots, parsnips, new potatoes and red onions together with just a bit of olive oil, kosher salt and pepper.

[Becky]

We roasted some cabbage wedges last night- fabulous! In fact, I think I liked them more than the roasted brussel sprouts that accompanied the cabbage...

[indysteel]

We roasted some cabbage wedges last night- fabulous! In fact, I think I liked them more than the roasted brussel sprouts that accompanied the cabbage...

Red or green cabbage?

[Becky]

Red or green cabbage?

Green, but I think it would work just as well with red. It was just cabbage, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

In our house, red cabbage usually gets made into "Grandma cabbage", a dish that DH's grandmother taught him (hence the name ). It's this recipe, more or less, with tweaks to suit the ingredients we have on hand.

[Sky King]

Grrrr, I knew I should have bought the airline tickets on Friday, As a so called "preferred customer" it sure would be nice to get an email saying heads up, we're increasing our price, but I know I am in dreamland.

[indysteel]

Green, but I think it would work just as well with red. It was just cabbage, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

In our house, red cabbage usually gets made into "Grandma cabbage", a dish that DH's grandmother taught him (hence the name ). It's this recipe, more or less, with tweaks to suit the ingredients we have on hand.

That looks good, Becky. I'll have to try that some time. But I'm also going to take your recommendation for the roasted cabbage. I buy cabbage generally just to make either slaw or my vegetable soup. For the soup, I only end up using a small part of the head, so it'll be nice to try something new with the rest of it.

I'm so excited. We bought a small freezer for our basement. DH still has some work to do on our electrical to accommodate it, but now I have some space to store leftovers, to make my own stock and to keep a lot more stuff on hand.

[bmccasland]

Grrrr, I knew I should have bought the airline tickets on Friday, As a so called "preferred customer" it sure would be nice to get an email saying heads up, we're increasing our price, but I know I am in dreamland.

Seems I remember the best days to buy tickets are tuesday and wednesday. Prices seem to change around the weekend. That said, I was buying my plane tickets yesterday too. But at least the price hadn't changed from my first glance at prices a month ago.

[Blueberry]

Seems I remember the best days to buy tickets are tuesday and wednesday. Prices seem to change around the weekend. That said, I was buying my plane tickets yesterday too. But at least the price hadn't changed from my first glance at prices a month ago.

I've heard that - but I have actually been noticing price *increases* on Tuesday and Wednesday. I really hate that it's such a cr@p shoot - sometimes they go up; sometimes they go down.

[Sky King]

Yes, my thought too, I will look again tomorrow. flight isn't until May but with oil and gas prices rising makes me nervous

Seems I remember the best days to buy tickets are tuesday and wednesday. Prices seem to change around the weekend. That said, I was buying my plane tickets yesterday too. But at least the price hadn't changed from my first glance at prices a month ago.

[tulip]

What's the trick to keep kale chips from getting bitter? I usually wind up with a pile that are half delicious and half nearly inedible, and I don't know what makes the difference.

What's your starting kale like? I made a huge batch over the weekend and it was so awesome. I used the last of my winter kale from the garden. Most of the leaves were pretty small. I spined them, tossed them in a bit of olive oil and sea salt, spread them on a cookie sheet and baked them at 350F for 15 minutes. How are you making yours? Is your kale fresh?

[jessmarimba]

Regarding airline tickets, searching "City A to City B flights" on Google will give you an option to see daily prices 6 months in advance. The Google travel thingamajigger has all kinds of cool bar graphs.

Dear cat:
I love you dearly, but I'm sleeping with my right shoulder up because it's sore. When you decide to come make biscuits on that shoulder while I'm sleeping, it's not going to be a happy response. I'd love a foot massage though!

[Biciclista]

I wonder if you shouldn't taste the kale before you cook it. Some Kale is pretty sweet,some isn't

[Reesha]

Dear Gaerne cycling products,

THANK YOU for switching your G.Emma shoes from pink to red. I ordered them planning to sharpie in the pink parts to a more preferable color, but was delighted to discover I won't have to.

Woo!

[Reesha]

What's the trick to keep kale chips from getting bitter? I usually wind up with a pile that are half delicious and half nearly inedible, and I don't know what makes the difference.

I have a dehydrator and have tried the oven method. The oven tends to yield more bitter chips, but in a dehydrator (I just have the massive Cabela's one), they come out perfect everytime dehydrated for a few hours at 120 degrees F. I also spritz with olive oil, season with chili powder and lime juice... they concentrate in flavor during dehydration!

Sadly I do not make them that often. Very labor intensive and gone in ten minutes flat

[tulip]

I have a dehydrator and have tried the oven method. The oven tends to yield more bitter chips, but in a dehydrator (I just have the massive Cabela's one), they come out perfect everytime dehydrated for a few hours at 120 degrees F. I also spritz with olive oil, season with chili powder and lime juice... they concentrate in flavor during dehydration!

Sadly I do not make them that often. Very labor intensive and gone in ten minutes flat

I didn't find making them labor intensive at all. Is a dehydrator more labor intensive than an oven? I agree with you about being gone in 10 minutes flat, though!

I had three heads of kale left in my garden, which equaled six cookie trays worth of kale chips. None were bitter; my kale was fresh out of the garden so maybe that's the reason. Some friends helped me devour the first two batches; the rest I took care of myself the next day.