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  1. V.H.
    I bought a deli tub of Vahlrona a little while ago at WF for 14.99 a lb, which would be cheaper than La Cuisine but no where near the sweet deal the Andelman's offering. Vahlrona's definitely the most intensely flavored of the cocoa powders among the four or five different ones I've tried in the last six months (experimenting with mousse in the ISI cream whipper).
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    You can also call Tallulah and pick up Red Apron products from there, based on availability.
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    I would love to attend this class as well!
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    At the Clarendon WF, the price for the smoked salmon trim is not that huge, maybe $10 a pound. The problem is, at least at that store, the trim is packaged in pound-plus packages.
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    I was wondering the same thing. If you're paying full price for remnants, then it seems like you might as well go to a full service cheese shop like Arrowine and get small slices of what you like.
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    Mmmm... Haagen Dazs fleur de sel ice cream bars coated in dark chocolate, found at the Jenkins Row Harris Teeter.
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    Eventide was full tonight at 7pm. Obviously the secret is out about this place because when we tried it a couple of weeks ago, I commented to my husband about how great it was to be able to just walk in without reservations. Our server told us that rooftop bar is not open yet because of the rainy weather we've been getting. I got around to getting the lobster taglietelle with lobster meatballs and thoroughly enjoyed it. My friend got the roast chicken and absolutely loved her meal, especially the stuffing that came with the chicken. Although we were too full for dessert, the chocolate mousse seemed like it would be a nice little ending to the meal. I thought the chocolate mousse was good but too firm. We used our spoons to not very gracefully break it into large chunks and shards and I was a little afraid that a chunk would go flying off the plate while we tried to cut it. My five year old came to dinner with my friend and I and her kid plate looked awesome. Roast dark meat chicken on buttered noodles with sides of sliced bananas and sauteed peas, snap peas, and carrots. The noodles and veggies glistened with buttery goodness.
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    Is it possible to get dry pack scallops in the DC area without paying $20+ a pound for them? When I buy them from the fish market near my MIL's house in PA, they are beautiful and only $8.95 a pound. Even when they are advertised as "Diver Scallops", such as at Harris Teeter, all the milky liquid in the tray tells me they are not.
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    Every time I do the Lickety Split lunch I kick myself for not making it there more often. The mussels are gone from the menu but the maine diver scallop with mock risotto (potato and mushroom) and scallop veloute is an incredible replacement. The scallop is large and beautifully cooked and the intensity of flavors in the dish make you wish you had gotten two of these for your lunch. No matter though, because the salad of the day yesterday was pork rillettes. Served on a wooden butcher board, the pink 3 inch wide and nearly 1 inch thick disk of rillettes was a tasty and generous portion. The richness was the rillettes was set off nicely by the davon crest greens, cornichons, a grilled crostini, and some mustard sauce. How Restaurant Eve manages to serve this quality of food, with fresh ciabatta bread and Kerrygold butter to boot, for $13.50 is mind boggling.
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    I made homemade baby food for both my kids. Astoundingly cheaper than buying, especially since it was all organic.
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    HT quite frequently has fresh East Coast shrimp with the heads on for sale. The head on shrimp are not carried regularly and are always about $5.99 a lb when they have them. You owe it to yourself to get there on a Wednesday or Friday (delivery days) during weeks they have them and get a couple of pounds, take them home, and prepare them simply. They are so deliciously briny and a favorite of ours on the grill in the warm months. I do agree that their other shellfish don't ever look appealing.
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    Anyone know if Tallula has high chairs or should we bring our own little booster seat?
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    My daughter and I started our veggie garden inside a couple of weeks ago and all of the bean plants are getting big. Where can I find some cages or fencing appropriate for beans?
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    I made bouillabaisse a little while back and balked at the $3.50 a pound price for fennel bulbs at Giant. Went to Grand Mart and found them for $1.99 a bulb. Swiss chard can regularly be found for about $1.29 for a large bunch. The asian grocery stores are definitely the way to go if you are looking to save money on produce.
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    I baked a Martha Stewart ham from Costco for dinner tonight. Although it's a little pricier than the other brands at $3.49 a pound, it's hormone and antibiotic free and well trimmed. It's got a nice tender texture and is moderately salty. Most hams taste overly salty to me but this one was just right. Another bonus? It's not waterlogged the way most grocery store hams are.
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    Quinoa

    V.H. replied to JLK's topic in Shopping and Cooking

    While your quinoa is boiling in some chicken broth, caramelize a big frying pan's worth of sliced red peppers, zucchini and onions (or any other veggie that caramelizes well) in some olive oil. Add some finely minced garlic during the last minute or so. Toss in the cooked quinoa and stir to distribute the veggies throughout. I could eat this every day.
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    There used to be another dairy there selling milk but i don' t remember if they were still there last summer.
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    I was at WF because I birthed a yogurt eating monster 14 months ago and we were picking up two 32 oz tubs for his fix since the two purchased on Sunday are GONE! Good point though about the beans, I should have checked El Chapparal across the street.
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    I was going to make red beans and rice but all 10 or so packages of smoked ham hocks had spots of white mold. I could tell it wasn't just salt crystallization spots because they were furry and some were blue/green. Also, no dry red beans to be found. I noticed that the Clarendon WF has started carrying local beef from VA and PA. From PA I think the producer was Wolfe's neck but I don't recall the VA producer. Additionally, the cheese dept has Cowgirl Creamery Red Hawk and Mt. Tam.
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    Steamed the two I bought and had one for lunch. While the body portion seemed a bit small, the meat was sweet and a bit briny at the same time. I've never had fresh Dungeness before, just previously cooked, and these were far superior.
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    Found at the 7 Corners Grand Mart this morning Live Dungeness crab $1.99 a pound, about 1-1.5 lb average Smoked whiting and smoked trout-I don't recall every seeing this here before. The whiting was 4 inch segments of smoked small fish, about 4 to a package. The trout was a smoked whole trout per package. These were in the fresh fish area and packaged by the store on styrofoam trays. I would have gotten some to try but I'd already picked up two crabs as my impulse purchase.
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    Pietanza has pretty inexpensive kids meals, $4, that include a drink. My daughter loves the "mini" cheese pizza which is actually an 8 or 9" pizza.
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    No, it should not smell funky. I use eye round for jerky and don't recall there being a distinctive smell.
  24. V.H.
    Thank you! As a Camino user, their website pulls up only a picture with hard to read text stating that HTML content should be placed there. Your link worked though.
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    So are there descriptions of the dishes on the menu or are you supposed to know that "animals frolicking on a rainy Tuesday under a purple umbrella singing Broadway tunes" is pho?
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