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I've had one house with hardwood floors and a linoleum kitchen and now have wall to wall, with Pergo in one room and Porcelain tile in the kitchen. Both houses held a couple of humans, a couple of cats and one small dog. The cat hair is worse, of course on the hard surface floors, and you can...

Thanks Marmalady and Rainee. I will definitely try this, and I can imagine that it would be quite a pungent smell when this hits the coals. I'll be sure to steady myself and stay upwind. BC

A vinegar based sauce sounds great. Could you please tell a midwesterner when you put this sauce on the meat? Is it a basting sauce, to be cooked onto the meat along the way, or is it a last-minute thing? Thanks! BC

I don't remember if they've already dyed the river, but they had the parades this past weekend. Don't ask me why. I'm sure tomorrow will still be a heckuva time downtown though. BC

Exactly! Actually, the mixer only came out AFTER the ballooning. Ballooning commences at an ungodly hour of the morning. BC

An acquaintance of mine is a balloon pilot and he has one of these gas powered blenders to mix up his daquiris and such wherever they may land. We bought him replacement decanters so he wouldn't have to stop between daquiris to mix his mudslides! BC

Thanks. The same thing happened to me and I didn't know how to fix it. BC

Believe me, Lindatooo, I'm with you about the parents. I do think they should have instilled a bit more respect for authority in this kid. He's 6 years old and apparently took toys to school that he should not have (how did he get out of the house like that?) and a bunch of other offenses...

This whole ordeal took place fairly close to where I live and work, so I've seen quite a bit of the story on TV. Apparently the kid was being quite the little :evil: , so instead of handling the situation themselves, they call upon the parents to do the corporal punishment. I saw a...

We had to cook chicken and rice for several months after our little Min Pin was bitten by a rattlesnake while we were on vacation in NC a couple of years ago. It was more of a spit than a real bite, but Grommit inhaled and swallowed the venom and it burned his esophagus and stomach. So we had...

Yan may be fast, but Jacques has a certain panache that keeps him on the top of my list of favorite chefs. I love to watch him cook. BC

Romanian stuffed cabbage is the meal we serve on Christmas and Easter, along with ham. It's made with equal parts pork and rice, along with sauteed onion, salt and lots of pepper. The cabbages are blanched and then rolled and layered with sauerkraut and tomato juice and simmered on top of the...

Well I don't have children and I don't buy condiments for topping Grommit's food either. We might not have kids, but we're not goofy either. :) I do talk to them though. Hey, they listen - about as well as a lot of kids I know. BC

Granted, this is ridiculous - I'm not buying sauces to top my dog's food, but I don't believe for a minute that an animal can't distinguish between different flavors. That's just silly. For one thing, I have a senior cat who is exceedingly picky about his flavors of canned foods (he can't eat...

Ohhhh, I love that alt+0176 stuff. I have to tell you (just because I can) that it's 33° outside right now just to try it out! Just my 2¢! :P Anyway, the Romanians make a type of pancake to be eaten for dinner during Lent and some have potatoes and onions, some have sauerkraut, and some...

Well, since I don't own antique Mexican pottery or Teakwood service or bone-handled anything like Geraldine does on pg. 1 of this post, I absolutely LOVE my dishwasher. I put stemware in it, but I don't put my good knives in it. I'll even do a load of china on a gentle cycle with air dry and...

I'm going to make a crown roast of pork with apple and whole wheat stuffing, hash brown casserole, and brussels sprouts cooked with pancetta. Poached pears with chocolate sauce for dessert. That oughta hold 'em for awhile. BC

Thanks, everyone. I may have seen chayotes before, but I've never heard of pattypans. I may have to rethink this recipe, however, because I'm not a huge fan of squash - it's only bearly tolerable. I am a huge fan of pears though, and thought that would make an interesting stuffing ingredient...

Does anyone know if there is a substitute for a merliton? Are they anythining like any of the other pears I see in the store? I've never seen one in the produce department, and I'd like to try a crown roast recipe I saw on the Food Network site, made with merliton stuffing. Thanks, BC

I think it's terrible that Target get such a bad rap. They had always had a no solicitation rule and made and exception in the case of the Salvation Army at Christmas time. Well, someone saw that as discriminating against their organization and put the pressure on to allow everyone to do it...

Well, a turkey breast would be fine. It is, of course, all white meat. The little turkeys tend to be all bone, so I go for the 12 punder, even if it's just for 2. I take it all apart and freeze some of it immediately. Then I make soup with the bones. I don't hesitate to make a whole turkey...

Well, because I was going to enter it in an annual chili contest/party, I thought I'd try your suggestion. It was entirely too tart before I started with the cocoa powder. One or the other, or possibly the combination of the two things really did the trick. I came in second place out of 13...

Well, I'm making chili today and it seems too tart. I added a little cocoa powder in hopes of cutting the tartness down, and it's simmering away in the kitchen. The spiciness is good, the color is good and the thickness will be fine after a bit more time, but it's just too tart. Any...

Thanks for the info. I have one grocery store in mind that may carry the fresh yeast, and I'll post if I find it in good condition. My aunts who made this nut roll every year bought their fresh yeast from the church where they had bake sales and ordered quantities of it. BC

Does anyone know if there is a marked difference between the two? I have an old family recipe for a Romanian nut roll that uses fresh cake yeast, but I have never used it - only the dry stuff. I happen to have some new dry yeast, but don't know if it can be substituted and if so, in what...