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Yeah, I've never lived close to a Trader Joe's that I was aware of. But these sound like a snack my husband and I would both love; I'll keep my eyes open for a similar product at a local store, but I'd love to see a recipe!

I was just looking at this recipe in the book of family favorites my mom made us each as a nest-departing gift. While it was never a favorite of mine (I'm not a meringue fan unless it's on top of Grandma's lemon meringue pie), I've been thinking that I bet my hubby would love them. (We called them Choco Chip Bites)

Ha. We removed the light fixture over our table shortly after we moved in. The people who designed the kitchen put a florescent light over the table. Grr. We're not fans of florescent. And then, to make matters worse, the previous light fixture wasn't in the middle of the dinning room, so they cut a hole in the cedar paneling of the ceiling (which is very pretty) and ran wires underneath it from the original box with all the wires. Their florescent light covered both holes nicely. :(

Currently, if we need light there, we have a table lamp set up on the antique file cabinet. It's not great, but it's better than what it was. And we keep thinking that the exposed holes will encourage us to put up a new light sooner than later, but it's been two years & we haven't found anything we like within our budget.

Grew up in Ohio calling it "pop" but then my sister moved to North Carolina and for some reason I now tend to call it "soda," even though I live in British Columbia, where it's called "pop." In fact, my husband and I were on a new ferry and he said the interior was done by Americans; I asked how he knew and he pointed to the words stenciled around the upper border in the cafe--it said "soda."

Most often though, I just call it by its brand name. "Do you want a Barq's?" or "A Vernors sounds really good right now."

When this house's previous owners decided to add on to the house, they added a dining room to the kitchen, which is great. But they put in flourescent lighting and made it so we have to replace parts of the paneled ceiling if we want to install a light fixture centered over our table, because they cut holes in the paneling instead of doing the wiring properly. Also, they failed to put a window in the only south-facing wall; there is a door, but that doesn't do anything for my seedlings in the spring. (This year I'm winter sowing and putting it all outside early to see if that works for me.)

I have a glasstop stove, which I was excited about when we moved into the house, but it took all of about three months to become disenchanted with it. It really sucks for making jams & jellies, as my husband tends to let things boil over. I'm hoping when this stove (a Kenmore) kicks it, we'll be in a position to consider gas. I like the glasstop better than the usual coils, though.

My mom has these flatt-ish burners--no idea what they're called--that she feels about much as I feel about the glasstop. Her burners take awhile to heat up and cool down (and the only indicator on her stove that they're on is that the red spot in the middle gets dark), but they're not coils and are much easier to clean. I'd rather have burners like hers than coils again, but I don't think I'd trade my glasstop for them.

I haven't, because I haven't seen it anywhere I've been, but I have seen it used on the food channels and I think it looks wonderful.

They're not dinnerware, per se, but Williams-Sonoma has this set of colorful bowls that my mom has--and I want! They call them ceramic mixing bowls, but they'd be serving bowls for me! (Mom uses the biggest bowl to make fruit an accessible snack in her kitchen.)

LOL--I just have a board titled "Mmmmmm"

hazel8--I sharpen any of my knives if they won't easily slice through softer fruits like tomatoes. Even those handy little $1 or $2 paring knives with the plastic handles get sharpened on my stainless steel sharpener till they're useless little nubs and I have to buy another knife and start over again.