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I will gladly take your uncool Robot Coupe off your hands.
That thing is bombproof. You can only get em at restaurant supply stores and they start at around $800. Never let it go. You probably won't ever have to.

I swear that getting outdoors, even if it's cloudy outside will work to alleviate SAD symptoms. Taking yourself for a walk every day, gives you the added benefit of moving your body. Double Therapy! This works even better as soon as Dec. 21st comes and goes.
The quality of the light changes, the couple of minutes more of light every day is something to look forward to, and notice. And it's free.

I LOVE Tungsten Toffee. I'm so happy to see it in your submissions!!
You should have a piece right now.

sun chips,carrots,and cottage cheese. Whole grains, veg, dairy and yum.

fennel pollen.

Noodles don't get soggy if you make your own. Basic egg noodles, run them through a pasta maker, making sheets-like lasagna pasta. I stop at the setting, "5", but you can go thinner if you want. cut them into noodle size and dust liberally with flour. I put them in after I've poached chicken, and after carrots, etc. have cooked a bit. I reheat and reheat ( I make a huge pot of these) they never get soggy, or clingy. Never Never.

my mother in law inherited a Calder Mobile. She thought the all white was too drab for a baby's room, so she painted it with bright colors and and hung it over my husband's crib. (he was younger then). After the kids grew up, my smart sister in law realized what they had, and was able to strip the paint and restore it.

I always use my food processor to make pie crust. I can make in crust in about 3 minutes. I mix (using frozen butter) form dough into ball, refrigerate, roll out dough, refrigerate, then, put pie together. A cookie sheet in the preheating oven keeps the bottom crust from getting soggy.

I "harvested" 25 roosters last week. It is a very big deal to kill something. To hold a chicken in your arms and walk across a green field and place him upside down in a killing funnel that's attached to the most beautiful, fall-colored cottonwood you've ever seen, and slit his throat, well, you'd think it would get easier after the 5th or 6th one.

We were joined by curious neighbors who wanted to see and be part of where their meat came from. 20-year old boys making bad jokes and giggling--obviously so scared to do what they were about to do. I took them aside and told them they needed to take this very seriously. Maybe they just needed permission, because they were reverent and gentle.

It's an incredible amount of work. Ten of us working a solid three hours by the time all roosters were plucked, innards removed and grocery-store looking chicken was plunged into a barrel of ice-water, awaiting zip-lock bags and the freezer.

Who figures out how humane the killing cones are? The same people who tell you that one dog food tastes better then another?

Killing, unless it's a mercy killing, done with go to sleep drugs, is never humane.

This year, we poured bourbon down their throats, and they did relax. I read recently that Martha Stewart does the same thing. I also read that Temple Grandin says that it stresses the birds to hang upside down in the cones. We probably won't use them next time.

We always look for ways to do it better. And every time, with the utmost respect, we do our very best.

smitten kitchen has a recipe for brown butter rice krispy bars. I used homemade marshmallows, too. Hijole! Tasty squared!