Pistachios

Who would have thought that shelled, unsalted pistachios would be so hard to find? I found shelled variety, in just a couple of places, Alpenglow and the east side Safeway. They are not cheap. I picked some up, with sea salt. Put them in a couple of rinses with warm water. Then spread them on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven to dry.
I'll be using them in a cheesecake... stay tuned!

Eggs, Toast, and Hashbrowns

Seasoned the hashbrowns with salt and pepper, Grilltime (Kroger's store brand) "Chicken" seasoning, onion powder, dried garlic and bell pepper seasoning.
Eggs were scrambled with some heavy cream, seasoned with salt and lots of black pepper. Just before the eggs were set, I turned off the burner, put a pat of butter on top, put about a teaspoon of water in the pan and covered with a lid. Then I made the toast, (see previous post), and served it up! I had a seedless strawberry jam on mine...
OJ and coffee, too.
Ready for the day...

Daily Bread...

I took some sourdough starter out of the fridge, fed the rest, put it back in after letting it sit on the counter and bubble away for awhile.
To the starter, I added some warm water and flour, used the Hungarian high altitude stuff. The put some yeast, warm water, dry milk powder, flour and sugar in a measuring cup and let that sit and get all bubbly. I combined the two mixtures, added Montana Wheat Prairie Gold flour, salt, oil. Kneaded it. It sat on the counter in an oiled bowl with plastic over the top while we went on our drive this afternoon.
When we got home, I punched it down, patted it into a square, then rolled it up. Put it into a well oiled bread pan. After letting it rise, I slit the top, and put it in the oven. 400F for about 45 minutes.
yummmmmmmm..