Marlene

I have two Kenmore Elites, and a Miele La Perla. The Kenmores reside at my cottage and in my bar downstairs at home. The Miele is in my kitchen at home. Frankly, I like the Kenmore so much, I am considering swapping the Kenmore and Miele at home. The Kenmore runs like a dream on the quick cycle, (26 minutes), and I use it all the time, except for pots and very heavily soiled items. Everything comes out clean and hot and dry. The Miele on its regular cycle takes over 2 hours to run, but it certainly gets things clean and they come out dry. Running on a quicker cycle, everything is clean, but not so dry. I don't have any problem with the filter in the Miele, but the configuration for dish placement is much better on the Kenmore as well.

Amen.

Brilliant idea - I was just trying to figure out what I'd have for dinner tonight - got the frozen meatballs but I'll have to make my own gloppy gravy. I like their Ikea dogs as well - but I'm Canadian - so it's mustard and sweet pickle relish. I'm Canadian, and I like mustard and ketchup, no sweet pickle relish!

We just had a recent court case about this in Ontario. Raw milk co-op

my son's favourite.

I bought the app. There are only 6 ratios, right ? I mean why couldn't one send it off in a email or keep in an address book ? I probably just don't understand how to use it, I only have the app not the book. Well no actually. There are six sections to the book, and within each section, several ratios. For example, in the doughs part, the ratio for bread is different than the ratio for pie dough, and different again for cookie dough. sorry don't mean to be thick, just am There are six sections in the iPhone App as well as the book? riught, and within those sections, you should find the different ratios for each section. I haven't played with the app that much. I was supposed to test it, but couldn't get the test version to work on my iTouch.

I bought the app. There are only 6 ratios, right ? I mean why couldn't one send it off in a email or keep in an address book ? I probably just don't understand how to use it, I only have the app not the book. Well no actually. There are six sections to the book, and within each section, several ratios. For example, in the doughs part, the ratio for bread is different than the ratio for pie dough, and different again for cookie dough.

I use a Miso UX10 petty knife for most small mincing jobs, garlic or onions etc.

I like Shake and Bake.

I worked on the book, and I didn't memorize every ratio. I love the app, because I don't have to carry the book with me when I go to the cottage or to friends. My friend wanted to make biscuits the other day. We used the app to scale the ratio to the amount she wanted. Very cool. (I'm also math challenged)

I made the butterflake rolls from this book last night and they were terrific.

It looks great, especially for your first go around! There's something special about one's first loaf of homemade bread. There's a moment when you just knowthat making bread is going to be one of your great pleasures. My first loaf was a dismal failure, but I fell in love with breadmaking that day. I've got the dough in the fridge for Artisan Breads everyday, Butterflake rolls. They'll get baked off Saturday morning.

We have two Vermont Castings. the one at home is natural gas and the one at the cottage, propane. While we love the propane one, we will never do natural gas again with a BBQ. It just doesn't get hot enough and it takes a long time to heat up. Vermont Castings are heavy duty BBQ's, but you'll pay a premium for them. That said, they should last for years and years.

I'm currently going through this as well, as son heads off to college next year. here is a list from one of the residences of things to bring and things not allowed Things to Bring Bed linens (suitable for a double-width, queen-length bed) • Blankets, comforter, pillows • Towels – bath, face, dish, etc. • Small furniture items (bookshelf, small dresser) • Laundry soap & fabric softener/dryer sheets • Toilet paper • Shower curtain • Personal hygiene items • Coffee maker • Kettle • Iron – with board • Books, pens, pencils, ruler, stapler, 3-hole punch, tape, etc… **Hot plates and open heat sources are not permitted. Only CSA approved electrical appliances with automatic shut off feature are allowed in the Residence (such as kettles, toaster ovens, irons…). Only refrigerators and freezers provided by the Residence will be allowed in the suites. Each residence suite contains EACH BEDROOM • DOUBLE BED • DESK & WORK AREA WITH CHAIR & LAMP • CABLE TELEVISION • INTERNET ACCESS • FREE LOCAL CALLS & VOICEMAIL (BRING YOUR OWN PHONE) • DRESSER • CLOSET SPACE WITH RACK EACH KITCHENETTE • MICROWAVE • FULL SIZE REFRIGERATOR • KITCHEN TABLE AND CHAIRS • PREPERATION AREA COMPLETE WITH SINK AND STORAGE AREA EACH BATHROOM • STAND-UP SHOWER • TOILET • SINK The residence facility also supplies a common kitchen area and bbqs Residence offers a kitchen lounge area with three full sized stoves. The kitchen lounge, located on the main floor nearby the Lobby, is also a great spot for students to hang out with a flat-screen television, pool table, tables and couches. Students are encouraged to prepare their food in the kitchen area and enjoy it in the lounge area provided. The patio, adjacent to the kitchen lounge, offers two gas BBQs and picnic tables This is pretty standard across the board from each of the colleges he's applied to.

By the way, Aloha Steve, leftover Challah makes really good french toast the next day!

That looks fabulous! Bravo!

I did cheese souffles the other day. Easy easy! I swear. And doing bacon is so much fun. Have fun with these!

The Challah bread was a huge hit. Much much better than the recipe in BBA!

Oh yes. I've made a variety of different biscuit recipes in the last few years, on my quest to learn how to make them, and these are by far the best I've ever made!

I also got this book for Christmas and love it. I made the biscuits yesterday, (to die for) and currently have the Challah dough in the fridge for an overnight rise, which is very different from his recipe in BBA. I love BBA, but there are several breads I want to try from this one.

Although I do have a couple of his books, most of my favourite recipes of his come from class. He is the Director of the Baking Program at ICE Institute. His Challah, Swiss Butter Braid and brownies are some of my favourites. We did a fruit tart with creme pastierre in class that I still make in the summer as well.

Of course it's not. That's not the point. If that is the only thing the kid wants, then why not as long as the kid is getting healthy breakfasts and dinners. Is it worth the tantrums in the morning? Not to me. My son's friends (twins) had a mom who brought them McDonalds or Mr. Sub's or pizza to school every day for lunch. She'd drop it off at lunchtime in the lunchroom. She did this the entire time they were in public school. For 8 years. Now that, is a bit much.

I don't disagree. I'd gag on them myself. Flash forward to high school where he had the option of buying his lunch in the cafeteria, but preferred to come home every day for a lunch made by me.

You've touched a huge nerve for me here. I'm trying to be fair, but I think that parents who buy Lunchables are crazy. It also reminded me of a dinner a few years ago with an avid food guy who happened to be Charlie Trotter's accountant. We feasted from Trotters to Go and his kids got Lunchables. I'm not suggesting that all parents go thebento route but you can pack a sandwich, some fruit and a cookie. Or pack up your own crackers, cheese and salami. It's called picking your battles. My son took lunchables for about six months when he was in grade 3. It's all he would eat. Frankly, it wasn't worth the morning battles every day, since I knew he was getting healthy breakfasts and dinners. He got tired of them soon enough and went back to taking good lunches that I made. He's 17 now and a very adventurous eater, so I don't think it harmed him any.

There are some homemade things I insist on in my kitchen Stock Bacon Bits Croutons salad dressings/dips salsa (unless it's winter and from Lone Star which makes the best homemade salsa and tortilla chips ever) I hate making pasta, like someone else said about pizza, its just not fun for me, so I buy it fresh made from the Italian bakery. I do make my own pizza dough when I make pizza, but just as often, we order it in. I like making my own bacon and prefer it when possible. It's not always possible. In which case I buy it from my butcher.