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Sounds and looks like a great winter meal.

yeah i doubt that plastic is food safe. yuck!

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/good-quotes/liz-lemon-on-decorganizing-100243

pumpkin rolls have the wrong link

The Panade posted last year! http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/quick/dinner-quick-tomato-a...

In the past we have given: roasted flavored nuts, cookies, chocolate covered pretzels, puppy chow, seasoned salts and spice mixes.

I'm sure the caulk helps. But single pain and/or old apartment windows are still heat thieves through the glass. I hate having to use big sheets of plastic this time of year, but I als...

Hmmm, I never knew Pawpaw was a fruit. I have just known it as a town I have driven through in Michigan. And a This American Life segment mentioning the town.

Man, I thought of that when I was a kid! Too bad I didn't remember it until I saw this. I agree that would be a pain to clean. A square tank alone is a pain, seems like algae would gro...

All the reasons stated are the reasons I got away from HFCS. I mean it's like white sugar on steroids, supersweet with no nutritional value and some possibly bad internal reactions. So it's just no...

Similar to the cashews, we made MS's maple-glazed pecans for the holidays and they have gone over well. http://www.ma...

dbailey True there is water waste with regular coffee machines/presses. But the kuerig still creates little plastic cups with foil lids that cannot be recycled. So those will be around...

My last company had a Keurig B70 and I thought it was awful. I wouldn't say I am a horrible coffee snob, but I like a strong brewed cup. The stuff that came out of the Keurig was fast-food/convenie...

My mom's "mcmuffins" are the best. The english muffins stay crispy, less grease on the Canadian bacon/eggs and chedder for the cheese. She made them for me as a kid and will still make them sometim...

Apparently sandpaper won't work. You'd have to cut out the strike strip from a box of regular matches. I had no idea.

you could easily glue some sandpaper on the bottom instead.

PBR, High Life, Schlitz (the new/old formula is pretty good!), Pacifico and Corona are all great easy going beers for hot days. Just tried Genesee Cream Ale I found for $4 for 6 bottle...

great list! we have been wondering about all the jewel cases (among several other things mentioned here).

"I much prefer the kleen kanteens. They only problem with them is that they lose their shape when you drop them and sometimes that means they no long stand up." I had that problem too....

A designer I know started something similar last July. http://www.operationnice.com/