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I only know that there no way I am paying what they charge for that stuff!
They wanted $75.00 for a small pan, and $110.00 for a large air-insulated bowl! Holy cow!
It's fairly nice, I suppose, but my set from Macys (for about $300.00) does just fine and still looks beautiful,and I haven't ruined a meal yet!

I have friends who sold it, they came and did one of the demo's at my house, and honestly, I couldn't tell the difference when they did the steel wool/water test on the pans....they both tasted like water, not metal! They insisted that my Macy's dishes were crap - but I disagree!

Okay jcrisco - I am so jealous you live so close! I've been to DisneyWorld three times (once on a business trip, but still park-hopped). Never on a cruise, though hope to some day! I'll look for the Delicious Disney book..actually I have friends going in November and they are cruising, so I'll put my order in with them if I don't get it sooner!

Gotta say that my fav appetizer from my 1st Disney cookbook is the Jamacian Hot Wings! Have you tried them? Oh, and the fantasia cheesecake, and the milky-way cake... oh, and the decadence cake, not a stitch of flour init...cocoa powder, butter, eggs, sugar and bourbon...probably one more thing, but it was to die for!

My first pregnancy I had to have spicy! I made spicy bbq sauce and put it on everything! I ate jars of pepproncini! Also, I had mad cravings for plums - well you can imagine that that didn't end up well, but I couldn't get enough!

Second one - bologna on white bread with the crappy fake sliced cheese and mayo. That was all I could stomach for 5 months! After the sickness ended, I just ate everything in sight, because of the months of bologna and fake cheese!

Well, I'm not a utensil person, but I am a bowl person. Everytime I shop in Ross, or a department store or cooking store, I gravitate to the bowls. I just love the sets, or the older porcelain ones that are like giant measuring cups. It's weird, and my family and friends laugh, but I always end up with a cool bowl set for my birthday or Xmas. I use each and every one that I have too! My funnest ones are out on the counter - on display. I don't know why I'm drawn to them so much, but I am!

I love the Disney Resort Cookbooks....okay, I am a Disney Freak (can't tell by my username.......right?) Anyway, they have fab recipes that I've made over and over again, and they are always great for parties, etc.

To Mongoose about the juniper berries. On the food network was a show called 2 Dudes Catering. They made a drink called carmel pear. Basically a martini, but it used juniper berries! I'd never really heard of a use for them before, but they boiled them with water, star anise, cloves, and brown sugar to make a spiced simple syrup. Then they added pear vodka and apple juice and some of that simple syrup - looked totally yummy! If you're a fruitty martinin fan, you might have found a use for those juniper berries! I can't get the link to paste, but go to
www.foodnetwork.com and search for carmel pear or look for 2 Dudes Catering.. I am actually going to make it this weekend!

Hey PerkyMac!

We usually gather around 6:30 and grab the food and drink and eat and gab for about 1/2 hour or so, then it's down to business! Of course, eating while rolling is always acceptable! We usually munch on dessert after the rounds are done and the prizes awarded. Since we only play the 4 rounds, there's lots of time to talk, eat, drink & be merry!

It is lots of fun, I recommend it to anyone. I have friends who do couples BUNKO, and they all do potluck, and some even have more than 12 players. They usually just award the prize money..certain dollar amounts for each prize. That would be fun too, but my hubby isn't interested, so it's me and the gals once a month!

All excellent ideas, thanks! I never thought about adding pound cake to dip in the chocolate, but that sounds perfect! I love blackened fish, but have never made it. I think I'll try it out on the family first!

So to PerkyMac: BUNKO is a group of at least 12 folks (three tables, 4 each) where you roll three dice, you're on 2 person teams at each table, and the point is to get the highest score. You roll for 1s first then your 2s, and so on. We play 4 rounds, because we need a fairly early evening (we play the 3rd Tuesday of the month).There are different prizes, depending on your individual success or failure! We do most BUNKOS (3 of a kind of the # your are rolling for) most wins, 2nd most wins, most losses (we call it the BFL - big fat loser - prize!) and a "traveling bunko prize. It's really a hoot...we eat drink gossip and just have a really good time! Only costs each of us $10 a month, so it is affordable too!

I put catsup (or is it ketchup??) on my eggs, bacon, ham, hashbrowns... Always on a burger or hot dog (or polish sausage). When I was a kid I made my own "pizza sauce" with catsup, garlic powder, and italian seasoning. I"d toast a couple pieces of bread, then spread on the sause and top with parm cheese and broil for a minute or so...it was a good snack!

I also LOVE catsup on fried spaghetti!