RoseCampion's Profile
| Display Name: | RoseCampion |
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| Personal URL: | http://rosecampion.blogspot.com/ |
| Member Since: | 9/14/07 |
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I would expect a guest to eat my fruit and drink my wine (though nice guests bring a bottle or two) and i guess I don't see the harm in someone using my hairdryer, but wanting socks and shampoo would be a little much. When Is A Guest No Longer A Guest? |
1/11/12 3:07 PM |
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I'm the only one in my family and acquaintances that likes champagne/sparkling wine, so getting a regular size bottle is a waste, because I only ever drink one glass at a time. I'm afraid I end up buying whatever I can find in a split. I also like the Sofia sparkling wine that comes in the soda cans. Not the best, but drinkable and just the right size serving. Do You Splurge on Expensive Champagne? |
12/9/11 1:08 PM |
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I might have to make this. I have a whole bottle of Sailor Jerry spiced rum someone talked me into buying and I have no clue what to do with it. Recipe: Drunken Molasses Cookies With Ginger |
11/9/11 2:11 PM |
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I love mah Jong too, but the problem I never seem to have the required four people around to play. After Dinner: Best Party Games |
11/3/11 2:30 PM |
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I only have room for one set of dishes. When we downsized to the condo, I kept the 'good' dishes and got rid of the everyday ones. I have Portmeirion Botantic Garden. Do You Have Special Occasion Dinnerware? |
11/2/11 1:45 PM |
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These are definitely not doughnuts. I'm sure they're very delicious mini bundt cakes, but they are not doughnuts. Cakes are baked, doughnuts are fried, end of story. Cheater Recipe: Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts |
11/2/11 1:27 PM |
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Yes, a martini is gin and vermouth. Anything else is not a martini. Death to chocotinis and appletinis and the rest of them. Some places seem to think that just because it is served in a martini glass, it's a martini. A cat can have kittens in an oven, but that doesn't make them biscuits. Gloppy Cherry Pie to Heavy Bagels: 10 Crimes Against Food CHOW |
10/21/11 9:55 PM |
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Unpainted OSB always looks unfinished to me. Every time I see it used like this, it makes me think the kitchen is still under construction. As someone who spent much of her childhood in a house with a half finished kitchen, this is not a good thing. Alan's Quirky Kitchen Kitchen Spotlight |
9/26/11 6:30 PM |
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I like to use a bib apron for protection but can't stand the feel of the halter tie around my neck. So I bought a vintage style h-back apron from this etsy seller. Kind of cute but not so precious that I'm afraid to wear it for real kitchen work. The one I bought is a lot more just like a calico and not so bright and obnoxious. Any way, it's more coverage and more comfortable than a regular bib apron. Survey: What Style of Apron Do You Wear? |
9/21/11 11:48 PM |
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If you really want to use the fruit cocktail rather than donate, you could always make dump cake like my grandma always used to make. Basically you put the fruit cocktail in a baking dish then dump a yellow cake mix on top and bake. There may be a bit more to it than that but not much. I'd google a recipe first just to be sure if I was going to make it. Got Any Creative Ways to Use Up Canned Fruit? Good Questions |
9/21/11 11:30 PM |
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I don't know if it's possible on the gas grill, but you can always bake a pie in a Dutch oven outside using charcoal briquets like you use in a weber grill. Just google "pie Dutch oven". Oh, this would be the kind of Dutch oven with the plain cast iron and the little legs, not the fancy Le Creuset kind. Cool Move: Put the Kitchen in the Basement |
8/17/11 10:01 PM |
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Dishcloths only get moldy, smelly and gummy if you keep using them. We use a fresh cloth every time we clean, then it goes into a tote we keep just for the cloths. We wash them all at the end of the week. Sponge To Dishcloth: Our Dishwashing Dilemma |
8/8/11 12:07 PM |
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I have to agree. I was hoping for more than a list of links. 19 Good Reasons To Still Wear A Watch |
8/1/11 6:05 PM |
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Also, you might just have bought them, but they could have been sitting on the shelf at the store a while. Why Didn't My Split Peas Split? Good Questions |
7/26/11 3:03 PM |
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How old are the split peas? If they've been sitting around the shelf a while, dried beans (and split peas) can get dried out, so then they don't cook very well. Why Didn't My Split Peas Split? Good Questions |
7/26/11 3:02 PM |
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My kitchen is a bit too small, 77sf (7'x11), but it's laid out about as well as it could be for being so small. It can be nice to be standing at the sink, then you turn around and you're staning at the stove, no steps. Still, who doesn't dream of a bigger kitchen? Can a Kitchen Be Too Big? |
7/6/11 10:36 PM |
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You're lucky it's as small as a sewing machine table. I've got a solid cherry desk/secretary in my place. It was bought new by my grandparents. My dad did his homework at it when he was a boy. I remember it at my grandparents house too. It was at my parents for many years, now I have it. I love it for many reasons, but it is huge and swear to god, I've moved a piano that weighed less. It's also very traditional and not my style, very faux antique, from a period when colonial style was all the rage, but it's not actually a valuable antique. It's also busted in a few places that don't show easily and the finish is not in great condition. Still, I love it. Though I'd be lying if I didn't sometimes think about how to get one of my sisters to take this 'heirloom' off my hands. Sentimental Fool: When Furniture Has Meaning |
6/26/11 11:25 PM |
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I could have used something like that on my return from Amsterdam a few years back. I'd bought a very expensive bottle of genever while there. I thought I'd packed it adequately in my husband's carry on luggage, but I hadn't. When he dropped the bag, the crockery bottle cracked. Not only did we lose the genever, all the books he'd brought with him were ruined and that bag never did stop smelling of booze. And we smelled like alcohol walking through customs, which made me nervous, because they might take us aside for extra inspection. So yeah, if I bring back a bottle again, I'd definitely use one of these. The Jet Bag: A Diaper for the Wine In Your Luggage Product Review |
6/22/11 9:33 PM |
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I had this great hand me down sofa I had to get rid of at one point. It had nice clean line, super comfortable, super solid, high quality when new with down cushions. Then we moved and the new place had narrow doors. It just would not fit through the doorway. We tried for literal hours, took the door off the hinges and everything. Unfortunately this paragon of a sofa had legs that part of the frame and not detachable like most sofas these days. I cried when getting rid of it. Fitting in Furniture Hand Me Downs from Your Family |
6/22/11 9:13 PM |
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With the distressing it looks so much like the shabby chic stuff that was so popular in the late 90's/early 2000s. It seemed like every flea market you went to those days, half the booths were filled with old mahogany furniture that had been painted white, then someone had taken sandpaper and a hammer to it. Just need a bunch of prefaded pink chintz to complete the look. Before & After: Paint Transforms a Vintage Dresser Hart's Desire |
6/22/11 8:26 PM |