Mashed potatoes & mashed mix-ins: anything from pureed caramelized onions, to cheese, to pureed broccoli, cabbage, artichokes, etc. Custard-y desserts are another realm to explore. My ...

there's always haggis!

please please please

We also call it hard sauce - Boston Irish background - and use it to stuff dates, apricots, etc., for Christmas gatherings (just butter, confectioners sugar and whiskey). It is so so so amazing. Su...

I just broke my food processor, again - it is OBVIOUSLY time for me to upgrade to this one

I start with a thorough cleaning the weekend following Thanksgiving, maybe putting a few decorations out that Sunday. Then the following weekend I get the tree, and fully decorate. I love Christmas...

I also scan & bag while shopping at stop in shop. I get to control what goes in each bag (no more squished bread), the little scanner totals as I shop, I can place an order at the deli, continue on...

I'm thinking the statement about the corner of the yard being for the dogs & kids means more that it gives the dogs a place to dig, not poop. The dogs would likely still be taken for walks to do th...

I framed an Ork Poster with a standard-sized one from Michael's.

It's a new england mosquito repellent as well!

Skip Fanueil Hall - instead, head out of its eastern end, cross over a few streets, hit the North End instead! You'll find incredible shops with Italian goodies for eating out of hand, putti...

Yeah, I was stumped by this assertion as well. I was born and raised in the city - in the neighborhood of Dorchester - and it's never crossed my mind that it could be family-unfriendly. I attended ...

Not cookies, but the last wedding I went to was a Boston groom-New York bride wedding: they had Yankees & Red Sox cupcakes, and Hoodsies (which for those not familiar, are little ice cream cups tha...

I'm an American, and was surprised that it was assumed I would not know what PEI stands for - didn't everyone grow up reading Anne of Green Gables? Or at least watching the PBS series?

I would paint the porch, matching most of it to the trim of the house, using 1 or 2 accent colors. Pick out the spindles of the bannister, or maybe the edge of each step, in a very noticeable accen...

Immersion blender - a gadget I have only because I don't like chunks of veggies floating in soups or tomato sauces. Ice shaver - to make homemade sno-cones :)

My parents used to have the misto, it clogged so much and so badly, they got rid of it.

cats = no mice, few bugs (at least at cat-reach levels)

gym stuff

I use tongs, if I'm only using 1 or 2 lemons or limes. Actually, I very rarely juice more than 2, so I guess I can just say I use tongs.