Thayer in the Kitchen

This is a recipe that I found on Chowhound and decided to try since I had a bunch of rhubarb. It is really very tasty. If you decide to make it you should be aware it makes a lot of servings. INGREDIENTS: 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (about 3 pounds) Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper or Penzey's coarse ground black pepper 2 tablespoons olive oil (or organic sunflower oil) 2 medium shallots, finely chopped 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger * 1 teaspoon ground cardamom 1/2 cup dry sherry 1 cup chicken broth 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup orange juice  1 pound rhubarb, thinly sliced * I have been known to substitute The Ginger People Organic Grated Ginger in a jar  1 Instructions, adapted: Brown the chicken thighs until brown on both sides and season with salt and pepper. 3 Reduce the heat to medium and remove all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the pot. Add the shallots, ginger, and cardamom, season with salt and pepper, and sauté until the shallots soften, about 2 minutes. P

  I was asked to bring potato salad to a Memorial Day barbecue cookout.  I have a number of potato salads that I like but I wanted to use one that called for dill and found this one on line. It sounded good and easy and had been well reviewed. I would definitely recommend it. Ingredients: 3# Yukon gold potatoes, peeled Kosher salt and Penzeys coarsely ground black pepper 2-3 stalks celery 1 cup mayonaise 1 small red onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup) 1/4 cup tightly packed chopped fresh dill 1-2 tablespoons vinegar 1/2 lemon, fresh for juice 1 tablespoon grainy or regular Dijon mustard Directions: Put the potatoes in a large pot and cover with about 1" of cold water. Leave the potatoes whole. Season with salt and cook the potatoes until they are tender when pierced with a fork--20-25 minutes.  Drain the potatoes and leave them in the pot until they are room temperature. Finely chop the celery and combine with the remaining ingredients in a bowl large enough to hold all the pota

  This is a recipe for a pie that I made for Arthur's birthday and took to a Memorial Day gathering at Victoria and Mike's. It was very well received. I got the recipe from a book, Pie for Everyone, Recipes and Stories from Petee's Pie, New York's Best Pie Shop by Petra "Petee" Paredez. It was slightly adapted here and there. I did not use her pie crust recipe since I didn't have the correct kinds of flour. I used a recipe from an excellent baking website, Sally's Baking Addiction:  https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/baking-basics-homemade-buttery-flaky-pie-crust/ I already have a number of pie crust recipe on the blog which would also work fine for this recipe. Here are the ingredients needed for the filling for the pie: 1-1/4# rhubarb, cut into 1/2" slices 1 tsp. lemon juice 3/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons + 2 tsp. cornstarch 1/4 tsp. salt Combine the rhubarb and lemon juice. Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and salt and pour it over the rhubarb.