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I'm intrigued by making fermented cider. My brother-in-law makes small batch beer and I am sure if I wont this book, I'd be sharing it with him!

For my collection (I had SO MANY MAGAZINES), I went through and cut out all the recipes I thought I MIGHT want to try and put them in plastic sleeves in 3 ring binders. If I try a recipe that's not that great, I just take that page out. This has been working for me, and now I have 3 binders of recipes that I might try. I mostly use them for inspiration and do my own thing, but sometimes that's all you need, right?

Looks like a Scotch egg to me - quite tasty!

Yes, but I bet my nephew would love it!

I served liver pate at a party a couple months ago and a lot of people turned their nose up at it...until they tried it! We put leftovers on sandwiches and it was so good. Maybe it just needs a new name?

Cards Against Humanity is soooo wrong. :) I LOVE IT!!!!

Also, Balderdash, Moods, and Munchkin.

I got married a year ago and had two registries...one at a box store for traditional folks, and we also used Honeyfund for those that wanted to contribute cash. Honeyfund was super cool because you can pick out things on your vacation, so someone can choose to pay for a dinner or an excursion, they aren't just saying "here's 20 bucks," but "I'd like to treat you two to dinner on your holiday."

If you attend the wedding and reception, where the bride and groom are typically expected to spend lots of money feeding and entertaining you, I don't see how it's tacky to let your friends and family know your honeymoon plans and if they would like to contribute, make it super easy for them through one of these sites.

Not a lot of our friends and family contributed to our Honeyfund, but we had a very small wedding and I wasn't expecting a lot. It's a great site, though, and I personally would much rather give towards someone's memories than to add more crap to their next garage sale.

Twinkies! Chef Boyardee Ravioli! Canned tamales (really?!)!

I was just talking to my husband about this very topic this morning. I do get a little miffed that I don't get the jars back, hardly ever. It shouldn't be a big deal, even for the cheapest of jars. I know this. But I still get a little miffed. I'm cheap. But I also hate to see something put into a recycle bin/trash when it can go to someone who will use it.

And, you return the jars, you are more likely to keep getting tasty treats.

I had a blender and a Cuisinart food processor and then my blender broke. My Cuisinart has 2 bowls, one big, one little, so I've been forced to make smoothies in the small food processor. It works pretty good for smoothies, but I have been concerned that the ice and frozen fruit might wear down the blades faster because that's more than what it was meant to do?

However, I tried to make margaritas in my food processor and that was a BIG DISASTER. Liquid kept leaking out of the seams. I use my fp almost daily and that's the only time that has ever happened. (I did not overfill with liquid).