Barbara R's Profile

Strawberries. Very, very allergic.

Didn't bother me much for a long time, but has gotten annoying the last few years as folks seem to be using them to garnish practically anything all year round. I can hardly ever take a piece of fruit from a fruit platter anymore, now that they strew strawberries about like crazy and there might have been one just sitting on top of the melon I would like. Same has become true of dessert platters, cheese platters, appetizer platters. And many a time I've asked in a restaurant for them to please leave it off, it comes with one anyway, and when I remind them, they just take the strawberry off . No, folks, I reall0y mean it, can't eat anything that has touched.

Something from my Healthy Crock Pot Cooking book ... it's got awesome recipes, but they're a little bit of a pain because there's so much stove top prep before the stuff actually goes into the crock. With this one I can do all the sauteing right in it, and not have to clean an extra pan.