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They look good, but the skillet cobbler looks better for something other than strawberries. If they are good, they don't need cooking. Driscoll's are fine if you are garninshing restaurant plates, but are generally the most tasteless berry I have found. I think they are the strawberry version of hothouse tomatoes.

Rhubarb? I'm in.

Where's the cream of soup?

I'm sure the food processor makes it very easy, but why not 'go green' and make it by hand? It takes very little time using the mountain-of-flour-with-a-crater-at-the-top-for-the-eggs method and cleanup amounts to scraping and rinsing a cutting board and washing your hands. There is no electricity involved and perhaps the satisfying acts of mixing and kneading are good for our overly rushed days.

I hope you have a good pair of scissors and an electric can opener. I use a manual can opener and was very grateful for the loan of an electric opener from a friend. I would have been lost without the microwave.

I also learned to define sadist as the person who put lunch meat in bubble packs.

Try the salad bar and look in the freezer case for Banquet, Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine, Michelina's entrees. You can snip them open or use your cast as a weight while you wrestle with the other hand.

Ask a friend or neighbor to stop by once in a while and open jars, replacing the lids gently so that you will be able to open them. The same goes for canned goods. Get them opened and then cover in the fridge so that you will not have to deal with the most awkward things. Repackaging in plastic containers with pop off lids helps, too.

Good luck with the recovery. Be sure to ask you doctor about some physical therapy when the cast comes off. It will help you get back into the swing of things faster.

FifeScotland, graham crackers were originally made with graham flour, a whole grain concoction from the 19th -century pure food movement and actually promoted to prevent the proliferation of impure thoughts in young men. I am NOT kidding. They are a favorite treat for kids these days. I think digestive biscuits tend to be slightly less sweet and would do well in this recipe. Speculaas sounds good, too. Ginger snaps?

I had to laugh when I saw the recipe because it is close to onee made with vanilla pudding and topped with chocolate. Nearly every Christmas a friend is given one of these by a well meaning lady. Friend then tries to bring it to Christmas dinner at friend number two's house and friend number two will not allow it into the house. I was there one year andoffered the dessert. Being a sweets freak, I accepted and, on leaving, found the parcel wrapped in plastic and under several inches of snow on the hood of my car because of the hostess' prohibition.

The lemon version would be just as greedily devoured atmy house!

sounds like you served it in the wrong context and that this cheese may indeed be meant for grating and garnish, rather than for crackers. As much as I like reggiano, I think it is a little hard to cut using the one-handed cocktail party technique.

I am sure IKEA will honor your return.

THANK YOU Moroccan cooks! The recipe looks really good and I am glad to hear about the bread instead of couscous. I think my dutch oven will like this!

Vegan key lime pie?

Please, let's just call it tofu lime pie or something more honest. You can't take the major ingredients out of something and have it the same. That's OK if that is what you want, but it is NOT key lime pie.

Did you use key limes or Persian limes?

Thinking about an adaptation that uses chopped olives blended into the dough and making a cracker/biscuit. This mainly because I am not patient enough to wrap single olives.

Also, don't forget to save the olive brine for dirty martinis!

You have answered your own question. Go for a small assortment of knives and a canvas roll for them. Remember the chef's knife should be as long as you can handle, probably 10", and that the 'fit' of the knife is crucial. You must also have a good stone and steel and learn how to use them.

Next investment has to be a cutting board, if you do not have one.

Happy cuts.