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I kind of feel like I graduated today. Ha! I just used my new propane grill for the first time. Yesterday I assembled it and spent the requisite time seasoning the cast iron grill plate. For being a table-top grill (which I got for car camping), it's got some sweet features:   - Already noted is...

I did some experimenting with a gingerbread recipe today. This is the process I followed today, but I will probably try again without the temperature adjustment at some point later. I can't get a good pic right now, but will try again tomorrow during the day, if there's any left at that point. ...

The bottom pic is displaying upside-down and I am not sure why. It displays correctly when I navigate to it on my website. I haven't seen that happen on this site before, so wanted to ask about it. Yes, I tried multiple browsers, all display it upside-down.

Brand: Kind Label: Strong & Kind Flavor: Roasted Jalapeño Almond Protein Bar Link to product information: Kind Roasted Jalapeño   You might already be familiar with Kind brand products, particularly their sweet snack bars and granolas. I've tried and liked a few varieties and was curioius when I...

We received a couple bottles of hard cider for Christmas. The first: Seattle Cider Company Three Pepper cider. The link will take you to the home page, if you choose to look, then the Three Pepper version can be found under the Limited tab.   Their description:   APPLES: Granny Smith, Fuji, Red...

I will have two half-days in Indianapolis without other activities already booked in the very near future. Do you have any recommendations for things to do or places to eat? Already on my list of possible things to do are:   - Bike the White River trail (or some other trail) - Visit the zoo -...

I like to get pie-size pumpkins, slice them thinly, then dehydrate the slices. But this year I've rather met my match with a pumpkin that was hard as a rock. I could not make a dent in it with my sharpest knife, and the veggie peeler simply complained loudly and let me know it was going to break...

Website: www.rojomexicanbistro.com   This restaurant/bar gets a mixed review - some aspects were very good, others, not so good. Rojo is a locally-owned restaurant with four (current) locations in Michigan.    Atmosphere - Located in trendy downtown Rochester, it has a trendy feel to the decor...

What's on the front label:   ST. MAYHEM White Wine Aged On Habanero and Jalapeño Peppers   Back label:   This wine is not what you think... it is much, much more. We took fruit from some of our favorite vineyards and made an aromatic, complex and flavorful wine. Then, we aged this wine on fresh...

I heard a discussion on the radio a few days ago and promptly forgot it after arriving at my destination. But I remembered it this morning and got to wondering if anyone here has tried this and what the experience was. The premise is that bugs in your area have plants that they are attracted to...

What it is: Hard apple cider (6.5% abv) infused with habanero and mango Made in Armada, Michigan Ingredients listed: 100% apple cider, mangos, habaneros   I'm not much of a beer drinker and nor am I much of an apple juice or cider drinker, so I normally stay away from hard cider. However, one of...

Got a new app or techno gadget that you're not sure how you lived without it previously but are sure others would benefit from it, too? Let us know about it here!   I've posted this first one in my status update and like it so much that I'll post it again here. f.lux - available at...

Congratulations to TheAlaskan324 and his lovely bride on their new addition!    

I have some pods ripening (finally!) so yesterday morning first thing I brought a few to a chef I know at a restaurant I frequent.    Chef: You're a God-send today! I am supposed to make some hot pickled cabbage but we are all out of hot peppers.  Me: I'm glad I could help you out. I'll be by...

A surprising find at Target, but also available at many other places.   Ingredients: Filtered Water Organic Blood Orange Juice Organic Agave Nectar Organic Habanero Pepper   Yep, folks, that's it - no preservatives or other ingredients you can't pronounce. And no apple or pear juice as filler...

I don't regularly purchase cucumber-type pickles at the store. (I buy pickled okra before thinking about cucumbers.) When I do, though, I tend to buy Claussen. But I picked up a jar of these Vlasic pickles this morning as I was curious about them. Like other jars of Vlasic spears they were too...

Four of these big plants popped up in the wild part of my yard - immediately to the side and behind the detached garage. The wild part is kind of a demarcation between properties on the back side. It's a very shady area between the proximity of the garages and the large trees in my neighbor's...

Something's brewing in the kitchen….       This process is going to take a few days, so don't turn blue on us!

Not sure where to put this so it's going in the Lounge.   I started receiving calls a few weeks ago from what are supposedly wireless numbers, maybe some that are land lines, but I've confirmed the wireless numbers are scams - if you try to call them back you get a Verizon message that they're...

Roy West was an artist in Cleveland, OH whose fight with Parkinson's disease made him give up his studio and instead paint during classes at the local community college. During a discussion I had with him one day, I told him it pained me to see him in his condition, because there is some...