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Hot damn! Yet another spendy appliance I don't need but can covet nevertheless,

The plumbing in my home was done with copper pipe and I've had nothing but trouble with it The hot water runs develop pin holes and I’ve had at least five leaks. I'm currently waiting for my drywall guy to come and fix this last repair. The original owner had some of the pipe torn out and replaced with flex but The harder-to-get-to pipe remains. this is not to say there's anything wrong with copper pipe, I believe that this job was done with poor quality or defective pipe. In my case, I almost need to keep my plumber on retainer.

When I last attempted a recipe for mac & cheese I was disappointed that said recipe called for 4 cups of grated cheddar. I really hate grating that much cheese because I don't like having to wash up my big 14-cup food processor and I hate grating on a box grater even more, it's hard on my hands and it takes a bit of effort. Isn't there a (somewhat) easier way? I've looked at the Moilinex-type rotary graters; are they good for larger amounts of cheese? Or maybe something like this? Comments, please.

Here's a shot of it sliced: This was breakfast, toasted in the CSO. I'm impressed with this recipe...just the right amount of sweetness and cinnamon. Very tasty and I'll definitely make it again. I'll use more raisins though, I love raisins In baked goods. The electric knife made it easy to slice.

Yes, I hadn't sliced it yet, had to wait for it to cool. I wrapped it and will slice it this morning. It feels lighter, less dense that I usually get with my other recipes. Will see.

Swoon.....

Today's loaf is Sourdough Raisin Bread (from KAF).

I missed that recipe and I'd love to try it. Can someone point me to it, please?

Not a side but for me I always have to have a mince pie!

CI's green bean casserole. Ina Garten's cranberry chutney.

I can't find my favorite hot sauce... So I order it from Amazon. I'd also like access to the horseradish that Shelby mentioned.

Beautiful teapot.

Twizzlers andTootsie Rolls often seem to be stale. In fact, I don't think I ever had a Tootsie Roll that wasn’t hard and dry.

It looks to me like a cup made for dipping into a liquid of some sort...

I had some of my leftover chili today along with some Nabisco Saltine minis. Actually the best thing that's happened to soup and chili. They're small so they're toastier than the original, therefore better.

I never understood candied apples either. Just awful. One could eat the caramel off the outside but it just wasn't even worth the effort. Toss 'em.

I made my chili a couple of days ago. At the last minute I found I didn’t have the chipotle chilies in adobo and wasn't in a position to head out to the store (bad hair day) and didn’t want to get 'gussied up' to meet the world so I had to fake it with the spices in my pantry. I used a bit of this and that to make do and it turned out very well. My chili was quite good and I'll make a variation of it again, this time with the chipotle chilies.

Never got toothbrushes but did get apples which were promptly thrown away.

I like raisins in baked goods but not in my candy.

No, no, no....I do NOT need a cappuccino machine!

Yes! Homemade popcorn balls were always my favorite, but hard to come by. Lucky if you got even one. Next favorite was the full-size Snickers; scarce though.

OMG yes, Circus Peanuts....what the heck were they anyway? Gross.

For this we need an 'Aaack' emoji. Surely they had a toilet, no? But no sink? Beyond disgusting.

Although we're past that age I wonder what we like least of the candies we had or now give out. My particular least favorites are Tootsie Rolls and candy corn. What are your picks? Also, maybe your favorites?

My container of rosemary, thyme and orgegao came inside to be re-potted for winter in the garage since we've been having hard frost for a week or more already. With luck (and if I remember to keep them watered) they may survive til April. The prediction is that we will have a colder and wetter season so will have to see what happens. It's cold enough that the sprinkler system has already been shut down for the season.