Shelby

Still drooling..... Ugh, 4 hours of dental/periodontal surgery on Tuesday. I look like someone hit me with a baseball bat on the left side of my face 😂 I'm making beans, rice and some kind of enchilada something for dinner, though. I'm so hungry. I'll chew little tiny bites, I swear

Ohhhhhh why do I read here when I can't eat. I WANT this sandwich right now!

Got the first puzzle, stuck on the second.

Thank you so much!!!!! No one has ever shared this with me........I feel as if I've been inducted into a secret club 😁

*raises hand* Mine always end up heavy as door stops and tough as bricks.

Fried shrimp and mushrooms chicken gizzards, fries, gravy and salad Sous vide quail, beans and scalloped potatoes

😳 Cuisinart CSO-300N-1 at Amazon

Obviously a smart call and a totally different situation.

I'll be there as fast as I can. My costume is a 45 year old woman.

I'm sorry, and no offense meant towards you, but I find that ridiculous. I lived way up in the mountains during my trick or treat years. Never once could anyone see my costume due to the heavy coat, gloves and moon boots. Suck it up, kids and parents. Stay home if you can't take it lol. And, I was just telling Ronnie, there was one stop that they always had homemade popcorn balls. SO good. Also, homemade caramel apples---none of the nonsense like nuts or frosting--perfect caramel apples. The good 'ole days.

Ditto

No it is a perfect time

Hi again lol. I just wanted to add one more thing--and you might have already thought of this. I love the idea of having different shapes of containers or trays etc. And, if you have the time to configure it all, then this won't be a concern. However, if you don't have a lot of time, it is much easier to have all the same container when doing a bunch of them. That way, you take the time and arrange one in a way that works and looks good and then do the rest exactly the same. Just a quick thought

Also, like @blue_dolphin, I'd watch for good prices on baskets all year long. What ever was a super good price, I'd buy. So, I often would end up with deeper baskets and I'd need something to "fill" them with that wasn't expensive. Unshelled peanuts are AWESOME for that. Dump some in and then put your other items on top.

Oh, gosh....I'd say on average they were between 15" and 21" in diameter (or area that you could put items in). I'd get this size shrink wrap bags (not at that price that I'm showing...I think they were like 2-3 dollars a piece at Hobby Lobby or Michaels) so I had to make sure the baskets would fit in there. The easiest were these type of shallow round bushel baskets (again, definitely not that price--I'm sure you could find them much cheaper). Or really any round shape basket--the square ones were hard to get the shrink wrap around nicely. I think you have a great variety of things. Maybe if you want more --like I said, I think your items that you're doing sound wonderful- I used to go to Sam's and buy boxes of these crackers , there are 3 different varieties and either put a whole box in (which has the 3) or open up and put individual boxes in. Then, also at Sam's they had these wheels of cheese--4 wedges and I'd either put a whole wheel in, or split them up. If I wanted more then I'd buy summer sausage logs and include those. All that takes up space and adds something savory to maybe balance out any sweets.

Pork belly noodle bowls last night Pork and veggie

Oh gosh, Cat, I feel you. I used to make baskets for our customers. Just the local ones that we could deliver by hand to. I definitely over-did....but, customers raved about the baskets and I would hazard to guess that helped sales a bit . I wish I had started documenting here when I first started, but here is a thread that describes the last few years of baskets. Here and Here are a couple more good places to get some ideas from. Good luck and we would love to see your baskets if you have time to post some pictures

I screwed up a couple days ago. I bought some Granny Smith apples because I had been craving apple pie. I am picky about apple pie. I don't like any crunch in the apples. They need to keep their shape, but NO crunch. So, I always pre-cook my apple pie filling (also, you can put more apples in the pie 'cause they cook down). It's a tricky thing---can't over do it or by the time you bake the pie it's mush. I over did it. It wasn't mush by any means, but it wouldn't have worked in a pie. So, I put it in the fridge and thought about it for a couple days. I found puff pastry in the freezer so I thought apple turnovers! Never made those before. YUM. Sometimes a screw up works out Still hungry for pie though .........

Needed venison chili again

Last BLT's of the season

Major chance. Sigh. I try to rotate to keep older up front to use....but, apparently I failed. They were still awesome if that counts lol.

Ok. Maybe I'm delusional lol. I do know that they are from RG.

I'm with you. And, yes, thanks as always Liuzhou! I love the peeks into your exotic (to me) life. On a side note, that corn is inspiring me.....I have a deck railing and that would make the cutest fall decor. Must remember that for next year. I'll take it down if you come visit, I promise

I thought maybe someone that lived there really really really didn't want you to enter

Hell, I could be wrong.....I hate to go against Andi's word ..but mine don't have the cranberry colored spots.....I dunno.....