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Clearly a popular topic! I too am a big fan of tuna salad sands, in fact I made one for lunch today. My fave is Genova Yellow fin packed in olive oil - drained and mixed with Best Foods Mayo, green or red onion, ground white pepper on La Brea bread with sweet pickles and tomato soup on the side. I also like a tuna melt in pocket pita bread with Colby cheddar or scoops of tuna on a traditional green salad with hardboiled eggs, marinated artichokes, pickled beets, cucumber, tomatoes, garbanzo beans and crunchy croutons.

I've had a curry version with grapes or apples and walnuts or almonds but I'm not a major fan - it's ok.

I second a good Nicoise salad with olives and potatoes, capers, cornichon pickles and warm bread.

I like the ideas of smoked paprika, cannellini beans and an Asian version with shoyu and sesame oil - have to try those.

Thanks everyone!

I used to love these as a kid. We would have them for Chinese New year as well. I second winane, they are UUUUBBBBER sweet - too much so for me these days. Fresh are leaps and bounds above canned, crunchy, clean and sweet. Canned are good for spinach dip and not much else IMO.

Just made polenta last night with grilled scallop and shrimp skewers marinated in lemon and garlic and salad on the side - yummy, fast and simple!

yes unripe jackfruit - love it when it's ripe such a great consistency and flavor!!! my grandpa had one in his front yard in Hawaii - i miss them too. Occasionally i find whole or cut peices at 99 Ranch Market -yummmmm.

Looking for a fresh chestnut icecream recipe. I've found many with canned chestnuts but none with fresh roasted...any ideas on a recipe or adapting the ones with canned chestnuts?

I participated in the cure last time - it was great. Helped me get projects done and clean out what I didn't need. We've just moved and upgraded to a more modern and open space. So, I'm cleaning, organizing, prioritizing and the time couldn't be more perfect. I’m looking forward to the inspiration from other Cure participants. I'll be seeking opinions on kitchen window treatments, buy or not buy a kitchen island or chopping block cart table combo. Last time I attempted cooking Indian and Vietnamese food - this time I want to learn how to make perfect omelets and pie crust from scratch (mine always turns out terrible).

http://www.domainedecanton.com/

Ginger Cognac

I had the same problem in my last place. I bought some really nice light green handmade japanese rice paper (inexpensive too) and mixed up water and starch for a thin wash and put it in a spray bottle. Covered the floor for easy clean up and sprayed the window first, then laid the paper on the wet window, sprayed the paper a bit more. It stuck to the window and then pushed out any air pockets and let it dry. It lasted until I removed it (got sick of the pattern) and installed the frost film (which I left on when I moved).

Wish I had a pic to share it was really quite nice.

Our kitchen windows face west so we get a lot of hot sun in the afternnon, great in the winter, miserable in the summer. We grill a lot in the summer and have a door to exit the kitchen to the balcony where the grill is kept. We've also placed an umbrella on the balcony just outside the kitchen to provide a bit of shade and a rotating fan sits in the kitchen propping the outside door open to bring in the cool ocean breeze in the afternoons. It works nicely.

We get the most amazing Persian mulberries here in California from the farmers market. They are juicier than the one's pictured above and the only thing I do with them is eat them over good vanilla ice cream - it's not worth wasting them by cooking or mixing them with anything that will dilute their pure bliss taste. They come in this week!!!! I can't wait. $9.00 a basket but they are work every last bit.

You won't find them in the supermarket as they are too delicate for the hustle and bussle of transporting that is required for supermarket produce.

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-market25-2008jun25,0,6504198.story