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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 10d

The last few dinners before traveling often involve excavating and eating treats from the freezer. Hence this evening's fried cod bought a couple of weeks ago at the Dag Hammarkjöld @grownyc.bsky.social greenmarket. Cod from our nearby waters is delicious, even after a sojourn in the deep freeze.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 14d

Like rösti, but not just potatoes: This one included a julienne of leek and not-too-fierce poblano pepper, both from Juquilita CT Farm at the Dag Hammarskjöld @grownyc.bsky.social farmers' market.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 16d

A couple of evenings ago we ate a delicious stir-fry of cabbage, pork, leeks, ginger.... Last night, we eked out the leftovers with extraordinarily flavorsome peppers, added some stock and oyster sauce, and reconceived it as a good noodle dish. Fun to eat noodles with chopsticks.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 16d

We'll be there in two-and-a-bit weeks' time!

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 16d

A while ago we had a delicious long-aged rib eye steak from Dickson's Farmstand Meats at Chelsea Market. I got them to sell me what, in my anatomical ignorance, I'm calling the cap meat that lay over our steak. I froze it, and we ate it this evening; it was wonderful: tender, juicy, flavorful.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 20d

Worth a read, on scarily plausible phone scams (by a tech reporter who *nearly* fell for one): (no paywall) nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...

I’ve Written About Loads of Scams. This One Almost Got Me.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 21d

Those ripe peppers and tomatoes (from @grownyc.bsky.social growers) made quite a beautiful gallon of lecsó. Untypically lush; initially, a shock, but then we could hardly stop eating it (served with spaetzle).

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 21d

We just got back from the Dag Hammarskjöld @grownyc.bsky.social farmers' market. Obviously, it's LECSÓ DAY! Hope there's room in the freezer. (And yes, I know most people use long green peppers for this, but I've always preferred a mix of red varieties.)

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 23d

Even better than all right!

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 23d

And, after just shy of two hours' steaming, our cotechino dinner. Lips still stuck together from all that pig skin. Such a great sausage.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 23d

Photo comin' right up.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · 23d

I thought we'd eaten the last cotechino from a batch made a couple of years ago, but, searching in the freezer for something else, I came upon yet another. I believe this really is the last one. We're eating it a little later, with salsa verde remaining from last night's pan-fried skate/ray.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Sep 6

Eggplant, tomato sauce, caciocavallo, mint. No leftovers (it was a *very* small eggplant). @grownyc.bsky.social

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Sep 6

A charming display of zucchini / courgette blossoms at Lani's Farm at today's Union Square farmers' market @grownyc.bsky.social. Indeed, the whole market was lush and paradisical, if uncomfortably hot and humid. Too bad we're going away for a few days and couldn't buy much of anything.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Baby" bok choi / bai cai from Sunday's Stuyvesant Town @grownyc.bsky.social Greenmarket. Simmered in a broth made with lots and lots of ginger and a few other things.

Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 29

Green beans braised with the most delicious tomatoes (and a few other ingredients) @grownyc.bsky.social. Plus just a few cavatelli (home made, but from the freezer - from which they emerged in sterling condition) to make it seem more like dinner.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 27

Beurre blanc! (With tarragon added at the last minute.) Made with good butter from Vermont Creamery and eaten with perfect cod from Catch of the Hamptons at today's Dag Hammarskjöld @grownyc.bsky.social Greenmarket. A real treat.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 27

Pretty tomatoes from Norwich Meadows Farm at today's Dag Hammarskjöld @grownyc.bsky.social farmers' market.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 26

Lasagne for dinner. <Smiley-face emoji>

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Seeing pictures of friends celebrating a landmark birthday or two in Emilia-Romagna, we developed a real yen for egg noodles and ragù. So that's what we ate this evening in lieu of flying to Italy.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 22

The last scrapings of Wednesday evening's corn chowder. We fleshed it out with buttered grilled baguette.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 15

Fried chicken for dinner: boneless thighs from Ox Hollow Farm, halved, bought at the Stuyvesant Town @grownyc.bsky.social farmers' market. And as a side, creamed corn, one of the special treats that corn season offers.

Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 9

A stir-fry of corn and ground pork, all from our @grownyc.bsky.social farmers' markets, eaten with lots of rice. I do love a credibly Chinese dish you can - should - must - eat with a spoon.

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 7

It takes a bit of tinkering, but one CAN make something like gnocchi with leftover mashed potatoes (already containing milk, cream and butter). These (made with semola rimacinata) were delicious, and very nicely accompanied by a cold sauce/salad of tomatoes, salt and mint (no oil, no nothing).

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Edward Schneider @timetocook.bsky.social · Aug 3

If my calendar has been accurately maintained, it appears that we ate steak only three times in the past year. Our nice-weather walk to Dickson's the other day yielded this ~two-month dry-aged beauty, which we ate tonight - and between the two of us finished it!

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