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A sporting goods store that sells camping equipment would probably have one.

Seriously? This is a 'tip?' I've been telling my kids the same thing since they started doing their own laundry in the 7th grade, as my mother told me several decades ago as well.

This site has gotten increasing irrelevant to me in the last few months, so I am getting out. I have enjoyed some of it though, so thanks for that.

I still have all the Boonton Melmac that my family ate off in the '60s. No, you cannot microwave on it, but when a dozen kids were having lunch or dinner at my house, it came in handy. We use it all the time for a small bowl of ice cream, a muffin or a sandwich.

My heritage is 100% Polish. When my mother was younger and we were all at home she would make them every year. Yum. The dough is lighter-tasing than a regular jelly doughnut. The pronunciation is actually more like 'poonch-key.'

But how do you get all of the egg out? It seems like most of the whites would stick to the shell. I've always been confused about this!

I've made sherbets with my homemade yogurt, too.

Red-wine braised short ribs, because they're better a day or two later, anyway! If I was there, I would serve them over polenta, but they could cook up some noodles to serve them with as well (and al the yummy gravy). Maybe stuff for an easy salad, too.

If you don't have time to make a dessert, bakeries certainly have some lovely offerings this time of year. You are very thoughtful to be thinking of them!

Oops, I hit submit too soon. I forgot to say that they are also recyclable themselves. You can get a catalog sent to you, there are lots of good ideas in it, and you can also get samples sent for a small fee.

Yeah, I tried that last year and it didn't work at all. The FatCat won't go up in it, but the other one did, got caught in the lights and scratched the hell out of my and my son's hands before I had to get scissors to cut him out. This may be another Year of the No Ornaments. They are both three years old.

You could pound a turkey tenderloin (they're plenty big), make some stuffing (even Pepperidge Farm would do fine, along with any other mix-ins you like) put it on top, roll it up, tie it with twine, brown on the stovetop and roast in the oven, and there's your turkey and stuffing. I do this quite a bit with chicken breasts and even wrap them in bacon. Mashed potatoes and gravy and whatever sides you like as well. And wine.