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I began cooking on a gas stove age 4 - basic things and beyond age 9 I cooked all meals for my mother and I - kids these days are just strange - I would think most children aren't interested in cooking anyways and others are just way too curious to use caution while cooking - my roommates 4 year old son was allowed to do things in the kitchen - use a mallet on sea salt, crack eggs, drop cookie dough, stir things but never chop or cook - he was always great but just lacked focus like I had at his age - he would've been burned or cut in the blink of an eye - early exposure is fine but carefully supervised - and things I did at age 4 shouldn't be suggested to modern day children until age 9 or 10

I am the poster child for poor renting experiences

1. Make sure you know EXACTLY who are the owners and where they live/work - I've have multiple units sold underneath me or the owner abandoning them leaving me with their debt - in Florida you will be liable for home owners association dues, ammenity fees etc if your owner doesn't take care of them - also take in account landscaping, trash etc if in a home - doesn't help if you're paying rent to some agency or third party either

2. Turn the AC and Heat on when viewing the unit and actually run it, no matter what time of the year it is - twice I've been freezing with no heat to be had because it hadn't ran in years on end

3. Make sure the water heater is no more than 5 years old - water heaters literally dump their contents whenever they feel between 5 and 7 years of use - twice I've been in older homes whose water heaters let out more than 40 gallons of water to damage everything

Surely, these are major issues but if I'd only been warned and checked before hand - I'm convinced now that should I hire an appraiser before I actually rent anything else

Just made baked brie w black walnuts & honey for Oscar night - people tasted the difference in the nuts

Right on jmh26 - hands down Contadina

First Cake- 9
First Romantic Meal- 25
Dinner Party- 30
Christmas Dinner- 24

I honestly feel like age 30 was the cooking milestone - I just got the science of cooking that year - I haven't made a bad meal since

Olives, Poblano Peppers, Curry or Nutmeg

Duke's Mayo, Dat'l Doit Sauce and Ponzu

It depends on which Walmart you go to. I'm in Orlando and that is a total negative at most locations. They built a new one a few yrs ago that does offer a better selection. We went down past Naples to go camping off shore - we stopped at the last place we could find - a Walmart - and most everything was organic. We got the best vegetables and fruit there - but it was in a remote area. I have never found the same selection here back in Orlando - whether it is Walmart, Super Walmart or the Neighborhood Center.

All of these sites are awesome - just lost a friend of a friend - she left behind a husband and a 2 yr old son - meals are set until the 28th - everything is accounted for and well documented on the site - no duplicates, no unwanted foods, allergies and dislikes noted

First make fried rice w cold rice - push it all to the side in a well oiled pan - crack the eggs on that side of the pan - let it sit and scald - then scramble it with the fork - it should be thin, lightly browned and shredded vs soft fluffy scramble