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Gotten any fun stuff lately?

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Tropicalsenior

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I'd sure like to have that bag of pretzels. My little German grandmother used to make a huge batch of these every Saturday and I sure miss them.

Yvonne Shannon

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weinoo

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38 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

I'd sure like to have that bag of pretzels. My little German grandmother used to make a huge batch of these every Saturday and I sure miss them.

 

They've been a favorite vendor of mine, at the Union Square Greenmarket, for as long as I can remember. Though they changed their name; and now I don't remember their old name!

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Seek...and find...https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEkq4lexYfN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

A couple months ago, Martin’s Pretzels, who you’ve known and loved since 1982, relaunched as Union Square Pretzel Co (@unionsquarepretzels)! Ethan, who worked for Martin’s Pretzels for many years before buying the company in 2019, decided to sell the Martin’s brand (which had since scaled up to distribute nationally) so he could focus on doing what he loves most: bringing great, high quality pretzels to the people of Union Square.
 

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11 hours ago, JeanneCake said:

I am intrigued by the pretzel shortbread!  What's it like? Crispy? Crumbly?

 

1 hour ago, Maison Rustique said:

 

Me, too!!


Is it possible to be both crispy and crumbly, as that is how I’d describe their texture…and a bit crunchy, to just add another word in there!

 

Add addictive but I try to make them last for a few days.

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liuzhou

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I am delighted to have learned today that I can have live silkworms delivered to my door within 30 minutes. 

 

Only $0.68 USD for eight of the 3-year-olds . They even bring their own food with them! I may adopt some!

 

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...your dancing child with his Chinese suit.

 

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Smithy

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43 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

I am delighted to have learned today that I can have live silkworms delivered to my door within 30 minutes. 

 

Only $0.68 USD for eight of the 3-year-olds . They even bring their own food with them! I may adopt some!

 

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I've forgotten how you cook them? Fried? (I personally am fond of their byproduct, but I've never tried eating it.)

 

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Tropicalsenior

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I don't know if this qualifies as fun stuff, but to me it is kind of different. Carlos's mother brought me some mangoes this weekend and it is a variety that I've never seen here before.

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Carlos says that they are very common in Nicaragua and it that they call them chancletas which means sandals or slippers. The big one weighs 12.5 Oz and the small one weighs 9 oz. They're not quite right but I'm anxious to try them because they smell so good. Almost like perfume.

I tried to look them up on Google and I was amazed at all the varieties of mango.

Costa Rica has a great many varieties but they aren't exported much because there is a worm that grows in the seed and a lot of countries won't accept mangoes from here.

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liuzhou

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6 hours ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Carlos's mother brought me some mangoes this weekend and it is a variety that I've never seen here before.

 

Very similar looking mangoes are common here. Same variety, probably. 

 

 

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I bought an All-Clad Copper Core 3 qt sauce pan. It arrived on Sunday but I haven't used it yet.  I only truly started cooking again this month, having been dealing with an intensely sad loss in the family that occurred in December. Please know that I am doing well now.

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chromedome

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This isn't something I've gotten, I just saw it on FB, but... not gonna lie, I kinda want it. :P

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Shel_B

Shel_B

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52 minutes ago, chromedome said:

This isn't something I've gotten, I just saw it on FB, but... not gonna lie, I kinda want it. :P

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Way cool If I had the space, I'd grab it.

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