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I used to love spending time here & somehow let it get away from me - you know how it goes, lots of life changes. Today I read the post about the lemon shortbread cookies...very inspiring. I still recognize some of the people. Missed you & I'm planning to look for more inspiration today. :yum:

Hi, Missed you! Sandy

I'm looking for a recommendation foor a calorie counter website. I want to track what I'm eating and have heard that there are some good ones on the internet. I had a look this morning, but the one I tried was really complicated. I've got a little book to record my meals & excercise - it reminds...

My mom just returned from South Africa on Sunday, and brought me my grandmother's very old (manual) meat grinder which has a suasage "nozzle" attachment. I'm so thrilled with this gift, I've decided to try my hand at making sausage this week-end! I'm going to make boerewors, and I have...

I've done the search for "tough" in the chicken forum, read the posts. I even did a web search: "how to cook chicken breasts". I have to face it, I can't seem to get it right. Last night, came home from work with the idea to either quickly saute some chicken breasts, or maybe grill them, serving...

Loveys, life's been busy. I've missed being here more often, but work grabbed me so hard, and then family and then our youngest, Jessica Jane, beautiful 3rd daughter, had to be literally "frog marched" (******, look it up if you don't know whatr that means) to the end of 11th grade (ja, and, of...

I enjoy a salad made of cooked beetroot & raw onion pickled in vinegar/water with bay leaf. Only thing is I've lost my recipe. Tried to make it without the recipe (how hard could it be) but I didn't get the porportion of vinegar/water correct. Also, I've had coleslaw here in the US, and was...

This is a story about how I learned how to roast a leg of lamb and do a whole big Sunday dinner in 1 1/2 hours flat. I used a high heat roasting method and it actually worked. To get to my recipe, skip this bit and go straight to *****s - sorry, but I love a food story...... On Sunday, I...

I washed my ceramic salt & pepper shakers out this week-end and lost two of the stoppers (down the drain? who knows where they ended up). They were made of plastic, and were wearing out anyway. Does anyone know where I can buy replacements, OR, if there is a homemade solution? I was thinking of...

I was thinking about this the other day.... Here's a short list of what I've learned since joining this forum: 1. Probably the most important (and simplist!) season (especially the salt) as you go along, not at the end - it makes a lot of difference (don't be so afraid of salt that you use too...

GB, I was thinking of you when I made this sauce, since awhile ago you had asked for ideas for quick meals - and honestly - this was fast. I bought two jars of spaghetti sauce last week - a Raghu (that said no sugar added) marinara of some sort and some other brand that announced it was...

Darlings..... I was so excited...I decided to be clever and brown 6 1/2" thick pork chops in my roasting pan (old fashioned black & white speckled porcelain over tin kind) on the stove, pan situated over two burners. You see, I cook for a lot of people usually, and have a hard time browning...

I have just found out that my grandfather's brother, Edward, rode the motorcycles on the wall of death in the circus. For some reason, this makes me feel happy.

My daughter is traveling overseas in two weeks, and I have to buy little presents for all the nieces and nephews. The neices are easy - but the nephews! I never had any brothers or sons. Oy! They range in age from 3 to 17 (3, 5, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17). If anyone has any ideas for something a...

Last night I was inspired to use up some vegetables I had bought over the last week or so & hadn't cooked yet....They were: cauliflower, broccoli, butternut squash, potatoes and carrots. In an 8 qt pot, I sauteed 4 med yellow onions & 3 garlic cloves in about 3-4 tblsp. olive oil. To that I...

Just dropped middle daughter off at University this week end...two down one to go. I've been feeling a little heartsore.....Last night I prepared a roast chicken dinner with all the fixings - I was missing my daughter, it's her favourite meal. She was so busy saying good-bye to all her friends...

Brenda Wates' "Madeira" Cake This is a very old recipe. It's probably not a true Madeira cake - I just call it Easy. 1 1/2 cups flour 1 scant cup of sugar 1/2 cup melted butter 1/2 cup milk 2 tsps baking powder 1 tsp vanilla 2 large eggs pinch salt Sift dry ingredients Melt...

Do you have any recommendations on websites that host photographs. A colleague has recommended "flickr", and I signed up, but am not crazy about the way you have to upload photos. I did a search in the forum to see if anyone has talked about this before, and I see GB mentioned in another post...

Dog vs. Cat EXCERPTS FROM A DOG'S DAILY DIARY: 8:00 a.m.Oh, boy! Dog food! My favorite! 9:30 a.m.Oh, boy! A car ride! My favorite! 9:40 a.m.Oh, boy! A walk! My favorite! 10:30 a.m.Oh, boy! Getting rubbed and petted! My favorite! 11:30 a.m.Oh, boy! Dog food! My favorite! Noon- Oh, boy! The...

Mascarpone, honey and coconut cake (from August '05 issue of Fair Lady magazine, SA) When you cut this cake, the honey runs into the mascarpone and the sponge, making sticky slices Serves 8 ¾ cup butter ½ cup honey 2 eggs 1½ cups self-raising flour, sifted TOPPING 1 cup mascarpone cheese 2/3...

I've made oven fries before, and they've come out fine, but lately, I seem to have lost the hang of it. They come out soggy instead of crisp. Also, they take too long. Here's how I did it last night - they tasted ok, but took over an hour and weren't crisp: On a cookie sheet, I've placed my...

I had a wonderful black bean soup at a Mexican cafe recently and I asked for the recipe. The waiter looked puzzled at first (maybe he thought I was complaining?!), then called the cook. Unfortunately neither the waiter or the cook could speak English well enough for me to understand, although...

Albanian Cornmeal Pie Unsalted butter, for greasing pan 1-1/2 (375ml) cups yellow cornmeal 12 (335g) ounces small-curd cottage cheese 4 eggs, lightly beaten 1 bunch scallions (6-9) (spring onions) chopped (about cup) 1/4 cup (+-60ml) (1/2 stick) melted unsalted butter (or olive oil) 3/4 (2.5ml)...

Does anyone have a recipe for cornish pasties - or for that matter, sausage rolls? This is something my gran used to make, and was standard fare at all family celebrations. Mainly, I'd like to have a standard pastry recipe - I think a shortcrust pastry would be good, but I've had sausage rolls...

My husband often buys something from our local supermarket (am I allowed to say the name of the store?): it's called a charcoal steak - usually about 1/2 inch or so thick and well marbled. It's very inexpensive - two pieces (one will be enough for one person) wrapped together cost under $3.00...