1. Some sort of dry-cured meat (salami, coppa, etc.). I've done bacon, and stuffed my first sausage casings last week (for a fresh, cooked sausage), but haven't gotten to this yet
2. Bagels. We may have made them in the house once, I'm not sure
3. Pastrami. After having SteveZ's and ronniesuburban's version, I want to give it a try
4. Hard cheese is mentioned above, but that's something I haven't tried either (we've done mozz, ricotta and paneer)
5. Soft bloomy cheese would be fun too (I have a fantasy of retiring to make artisinal goat cheeses)
6. A complex dish from the Alinea cookbook (I've done individual preps, and one of the easy recipes: bacon, apple, butterscotch)
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-- Lin Yutang