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I love the fact that I can put anything hot on them, but hate how dirty the grout gets. Yes, I can clean it with 409 or Comet or something, but food particles just get ground in when I try to wipe with a rag. I have to get out my dust buster to clean up broccoli bits before I wipe the counter. It's a toss up, though - I might like the fact that I can put anything hot directly on them a bit more. (We have terra cotta and grey grout. Everyone who comes into our 1935 house raves about how pretty it looks!)

Something better than Microplane? I'm admittedly skeptical. Love microplane...

I just made a big batch of sloppy joes (Rachel Ray's recipe, but with ground turkey instead of beef) for a friend who just lost her grandmother. I gave her some ready to eat, then put another four servings or so in a quart freezer bag, along with buns and some Alexia sweet potato fries for the freezer. She said it was the "Hanukkah of sloppy joes!" They were able to eat for several days while she was getting photos ready for the funeral and not really thinking about eating. Pulled pork freezes really well, too. I love the quart freezer bags because they hardly take up any room in the freezer if you lay them flat.

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Yes. These are amazing. My new go-to Christmas recipe. We invited some of our Chinese grad student friends over to decorate and had a blast! (And one one friend who normally isn't too fond of sweets snuck 4 cookies before they were even decorated.) So good!

I've been doing Hot Pot Parties for years with my Chinese friends, at least one every winter. We use a deep fryer for the broth. I just have a cheap Presto one and it works great. The basket keeps things from getting lost in the bottom. It's some of the best food I've eaten and we just sit for hours and hours, eat slowly and talk a lot. It's great!

Wow, thanks everyone! That was my question! Well, I made the lemon bars (my husband's grandmother's recipe, tweaked a bit). Unfortunately, I saw the post just a few hours after I sliced them!!! BUT I ended up sprinkling powdered sugar on them before I sliced them because I was a little short on sugar for the recipe. They were completely cool but some of the sugar settled into the top. They didn't slice perfectly, but the drag was significantly better. It was almost like the sugar set the top even more. I'll be trying all of the great ideas next time, though!!! - Kerri

I had the same trouble until I found Alexia brand fries. I'll have to try some of these tips, though!

I have the Tramontina and love it.

I'm the mom of a 3 week old and this is BY FAR my favorite baby product yet. We use this downstairs during the day for her to nap in. It folds up flat and hardly takes up any room. I had a zillion stitches, too, so it's much easier for me to manage and she's happy to sleep in it. I'm already buying more for pregnant friends. Great product.