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Fortunately I did eat eat it but . . . I was making some sort of an Asian dish with about $10 worth of pork (that was a lot of meat back in the day). It was looking pretty good and then the last thing I added was a can of Oriental veggies. Stirred them in and GAK! There was a huge roach floating around in my dish. Disgusting.

Not sure where 786 pounds came from.

From the Anchorage Daily News: "Lucy Lu, a 1,287-pound pumpkin grown by John J.D. Megchelsen of Nikiski, took the title as the biggest pumpkin ever grown in Alaska at the Giant Pumpkin Weigh In at the Alaska State Fair on Wednesday."

And a 1,723-pounder named Patrick was disqualified because it had a hole in it.

Not amatuers.

Kids in the Hall - Ham of Truth and Salty Ham. Oh, and Cabbage Head! Loved those guys.

My husband has (seriously!) never had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Now it's a matter of prinicpal that he will never have one just so he can answer questions like this. I don't think I've ever had eggplant to my knowledge.

Current favorite chocolate is Lindt's Intense Orange. A very good quality dark chocolate bar with finely chopped almonds and bits of "intensely" flavored citrus. A grown up version of the chocolate oranges I used to get in my Christmas stocking. Have been grating it to garnish desserts such as all-time favorite orange tapicoa pudding and stuffed strawberries too. Yum!

I will try stuff at Costco. Have found some good things that I wouldn't normally buy in bulk without trying first. Nice to try apples and cheeses before buying a bunch. However, those frozen choc chip cookies are yummy in the store but don't taste as good when I make them at home, so I'll just keep sampling them in the store and make from scratch at home!

Halibut is number one, followed by king salmon. That being said, I have yet to eat a fresh fish I didn't like. My standards for fresh are pretty high though.

Bugs, internal organs, rotten food or pets. Cannot even bring myself to try them. I had to google balut, and I'm definitely not going there!

As a child I once ate and liked fried chicken hearts because someone LIED to me and I never forgave them. I did try escargot (with much wine involved, wasn't bad) and I will try any seafood/shellfish, raw or cooked.

Not sure I could get straight durian in my mouth, if it smells as bad as everyone says. And that rotten canned herring the Swedes eat, no way!

I wish I knew how old my KA is. My husband got it for $25 at a rummage sale over 25 years ago and it's still great. I get a little KA envy when I see the pretty colored ones, but I have sentimental attachment to mine and wouldn't trade it for a new one (unless it died).

Pocky maked a great garnish for desserts such as orange tapioca pudding. Two crossed in a dollop of cool whip takes the dessert up a notch with no effort. A since the box is open, you have to finish the rest. Win-win!

I remember trying Hamburger Helper as a newlywed and not liking it. Kraft Mac is around for the kids to make when on their own. I confess to loving Campbell's Tomato Soup, made with milk and accompanied by a toasted cheese sandwich, my favorite comfort-without-effort meal. People who say they never use convenience food must not work full time. I don't have time to bake my own bread, make my own tortillas or churn my own butter!

No. I like the yolk broken before cooking, because I want the yolk set but I don't want the egg cooked until it's like the bottom of a shoe. Consequently, I order scrambled eggs in restaurants because I don't want to sound like THAT customer. When my husband is cooking though . . .