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cathryn~ I thought the same thing. He did lose badly; the judges were kinda snarky, weren't they? (This episode has the young guy who is so full of himself and is such a jerk, right?)

David~ I love the curly zucchini echoing the calamari dancing around the plate ! Delicious

RE: cookbooks keep on coming It is illegal for them to continue sending merchandise when you have told them to stop. HERE IS THE POSTAL LAW You can keep it. Quote that in an email to them and they WILL stop. It worked for me, but it took that extreme before they'd quit.

ElsieD~ could you summarize that recipe for me? I cannot find it online. Thanks in advance, Kathy

I could eat that right now.....

I really love their Crisp-Skin High-Roast Butterflied Chicken with Potatoes except that I smoke up the house when I make it. (I've been looking for a link to the recipe and cannot find it. If anyone needs it, PM me and I'll send it to you.......Chris, you probably have that one in your archives!) The potatoes, crisping up in the chicken fat, are just about the best thing you've ever tasted. It'd be even better in duck fat. I wonder if this recipe would work well with duck?

pierogi, susan and kim~ this is the eye doc speaking. Multifocal CONTACTS are the way to go ! No dropping your glasses in the soup and on the floor. No steaming up. Kim, I am loving your blog. I have a Jessica prolly about the same age (23). I think it was a good year for Jessicas. LOL. I hope you are feeling OK and not up all night. I look forward to reading more in the AM ! (Otis is counting on you ) Kathy

I love the Persian Cukes. $1.99 (or $1.69....I forget) @ TJ's. $3.99 at Albertsons !

Chris~ Please tell me how you had that detailed list at the tip of your fingers?

Richard Blais~ Someday I hope you'll chime in here and give us an inside scoop ;-) You have major fans here, you may have noticed.

Exactly

I find the thought of Andrew winning nauseating. I can't imagine disliking anyone (winner) more than Ilan but this would be close.

Doodad, I'm with you. I cannot imagine that any of this is real. Does anyone know what happened to past winners? Is there really a job waiting for them? Do they get to do it? (Does anyone have any idea why I care? I don't...)

I think this would be an excellent challenge, maybe a Quickfire. Maybe give them a limited number of ingredients? Or maybe let them have the sky as the limit? I'd like to see it. (I LOVE soup... )

Daniel~ For ANY size? Not per pound? Geez.... 5 spice+lime creme fraiche? Good combo? Another 5 spice beauty. I love 5 spice....

Tonight I wanted SO MANY of them to go home !

Oh, Meanderer, I thought that looked like Pennsylvania I grew up in Western PA; those structures look so familiar.

Stephanie !

Here are several suggestions.... HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN BOURSIN.

Tonight for dinner I made Cleo's Spanish Rice. Added some ground beef and a few extra spices. It was really good. Gives the impression of eating rice. Quite mind fooling. Today I also made the "tortillas" for the enchiladas. Maybe I'll have those in the next few days, I have some left over chicken.

I put it in the ground (in a planter, actually) today and really soaked it ; by 5 PM it was looking a little droopy so I soaked it again. We'll see. It has been coolish and windy today.

And don't forget Stehanie's "sexy" drink, lavender lemonade......they LOVED that, got her the win . Maybe it is just overdone (and maybe not very tasty..?)

This weekend at Costco I bought a two pack of that "Living Lettuce"...butter style. They are grown hydroponically and come with roots attached. So, @ $3.29 for both, I am thinking I'll eat one and try to grow one.Do you think it'll work? It has a nice root mass, and I figure if I keep it wet until it gets the little rootlets out there...?? What do you think? (BTW, gave it a nice warm start this weekend !)

That'll work just fine ! Thanks

Wow. No idea. I just did a quick run through, but thanks for the heads up !