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Yay, you should definitely go for both! 🙂

Wow, that thing looks heavy! Good thing indeed that no one got clocked by it when it came down! 🙂

@Shelby makes her own and freezes them. She has shared her favourite recipe for them here, along with mouth-watering images: 🙂 https://forums.egullet.org/topic/163549-dinner-2022/?do=findComment&comment=2331215

I'd also read reviews of the program - Reddit has several threads about Vine. https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazonVine/comments/tnrfe2/new_to_amazon_vine/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazonVine/comments/17v1bwx/amazons_vine_program_is_not_as_glamorous_as_it/

I think Amazon's is invitation only through their Vine program. I think this is still up-to-date info but I'm sure Jo can add details. https://www.amazon.com/vine/about

You've got a pretty nice start there! It would certainly be easy to group some soup ingredients together for yourself or as a gift. Squash, carrots, celery, onion (maybe apple) and some ginger would be a nice start to a squash soup. You could add curry spices also, for example. Tomato and pepper soup also. Or a starter for chili? Dried cranberries and add some nuts and the dry ingredients to make a cranberry orange nut loaf? All ready to go, except for wet ingredients? Strawberries and apples would be great for muffins, scones, pancakes maybe?

I would enjoy taking them to the cows, also! Do you do much baking/cooking with the pumpkins? I can't really remember if you do or not. Your food looks delicious and so attractively presented. That apple galette looks very appealing.

I did just track it back on my own, but thank you! Looks like some excellent food and socializing and a lovely setting!

What is the WHPS? 🤔🙂

@gfron1 used pawpaws quite a bit, I think. I wonder if he ever dried them?

I don't know why I was curious about this because I don't have pawpaws and I don't think they are usually grown in this part of the world but I did some searching and found some stuff that suggested it was a bad idea to dehydrate them. Have you seen or heard of this? Seems very odd, but see here, for an example: https://growingfruit.org/t/using-pawpaws/2307/31 Here is the quote from I believe the Director of Pawpaw program at Kentucky State University from their Facebook page called “KSU Pawpaw”: Pawpaw fruit do not dry well, for some reason I have had reports from numerous people saying dried pawpaw fruit didn’t agree with them and made them a little sick to their stomachs. We aren’t sure why, if the fatty acids get rancid, or if there is something that gets concentrated when you dry that isn’t agreeable to the stomach, but because of that it isn’t recommended. Freezing pawpaw fruit is the best way to store it. Remove the skin and seeds, puree the pulp and store in a freezer bag.

There is les amis du FROMAGE. But the prices are a bit shocking. They may have more in-store than they have on their website. They also have COWS butter from PEI. You might find something at Granville Island Public Market, maybe at Benton Brothers or similar? Avalon Dairy makes organic butters. It's not easy to find some dairy products in Canada because of supply management of the dairy industry, as I'm sure you know.

I tried to link to an episode of the PBS show Pati's Mexican Table because she did a whole episode on cinnamon in Mexican cooking, but it doesn't seem to be available anymore. Here's the link to the episode summary. Cinnamon is used in Mexico in various beverages (coffee!) and in sweet baking but also in more savory applications like meat rubs and moles (sauces). https://patijinich.com/cinnamon/ You can also find recipes using cinnamon with other well-known Mexican cooks such as Rick Bayless. Here are a couple of savory ones: https://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/chile-marinated-pork-oaxacan-style/ https://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/oaxacan-black-mole/

@KennethT, I'm wondering how your pepper plants are coming along - hope they are thriving!

Hahahaha. I'd do the same thing! Thank you! 🙂