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Save your money, folks. The burger at 25 Degrees is a sad affair. Today, the service was both inattentive and poorly timed. But on to the food. Great rings and tasty fries. The burger meat itself is great--one is keenly aware that it is sirloin, and that is a good thing. Sadly, both burgers were overcooked, and the bun is a disaster. The top of bun was tough and dry enough to make a "thock" sound when tapped with a fingernail. It basically overwhelmed the burger with dry joylessness. The bottom of the bun, also a shamefully overbaked puck of parched, crumbling sadness.The cheese was not melted over the burger, but simply served as an unmelted pile of gunk in the center of the burger, which had so be scraped from the bun and then spread.

The high point is that the waitress must have stuffed two angels down the back of her pants to present such a compelling view. So, the highlights---Good sides, good sights, good sirloin.

Overview: 25 Degrees is a weak suck and can be avoided.

I think the whole idea of tipping is ridiculous: do you tip the toll collector for taking your money? Do you tip the gas man for reading your meter? Do you tip your IT guy for fixing your computer? Of course not. Now, obviously, they don't live on tips. GUESS WHAT: NEITHER SHOULD WAITERS! How insane is it that a customer has to pay basically twice: for the food and for the service? Can you imagine if we had to tip UPS person for delivering the package to your house? Here's another tidbit: are the dishes heavier at T.G.I. Fridays than they are in a fancy steakhouse with $100+ dishes? Where do you come off with a sense of entitlement to a $20 tip just because the food was $100, whereas at Fridays a $20 plate would only get a $4 tip? If restaurant you work at charges that much for food, let them pay you! Enough is enough!

asparagus, green beans, corn, and different jams would be my top choices. I would love to win this! In fact I was thinking of having my husband's grandmother teach me how to can.

I am trying my hand at vegetable gardening this year, so I'd like to be able to preserve tomatoes, corn, pickles and green beans. I'd also like to preserve fresh local fruits in season.

Because of their short growing season in Ontario:
Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches.

My mom still cans and I always liked the canned tomatoes she does. That would be number 1. A close second would be dill pickles with both the cucumbers and dill coming from the garden. I love dill in the garden just for the fragrance will weeding.

I would love the chance to win, thanks.
erma.hurtt@sbcglobal.net

tomatoes

pomegranate preserve, that would be great!

I'd love to learn jellies, plus I get TONS of veggies through a CSA and I would love to figure out something for radishes, daikons plus greens like kale.

I'd love to learn to can tomatoes, green beans, strawberries, and raspberries :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!

Tomatoes!

I'd love to put up tomatoes and okra for soups and stews in the winter. Would also love to put up some fresh berries or jams/relishes!