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A friend of mine introduced me to this recently, and it DOES sounds disgusting. But it isn't. Of course, do not use actual expensive wine. But that $6-8 bottle of a decent red wine mixed in equal parts with some full-bodied coca-cola in a tumbler...well, it's just tasty. Then again, we're graduate students, so maybe we're just kidding ourselves because we're stretching out that bottle of wine...

covered butter dish on the counter.

horizontal rows with typewriter noises in my head (ha ha), but also (and mostly) I cut it off the cob and use it in other things. Mostly the "other things" include "eating the entire pile before it gets to the fridge" because I love corn.

REAL whoopie pies, and not those things people in Maine try to pass off as whoopie pies.

[kidding, Maine people...kind of...]

also, another shout out for lebanon bologna! try to explain THAT one in...well, not Pennsylvania.

half moon pies and anything with chicken and dough (pot pie, chicken and waffles, chicken and noodles, whatever) are the things I really miss the most. my dad sends me whoopie pie care packages frequently, so I'm covered there. They freeze well, so go on and stock yourself up. :)

For basic cheese purchases, anything and everything Tillamook.

These comments are funny...mostly because I had the same thoughts the other week when someone handed me a bag of goo and instructions that included instant pudding and other sorts of crap like that, under the heading "Amish" (etc). I looked at the person, reminded them that I am from a county in PA with a great number of Amish folks (Mifflin, if anyone cares) and in no uncertain terms informed this person that instant pudding and Amish recipes do not mesh.

We got a good laugh out of it, but I also remember wondering about the freezing of the goo. I ended up chucking the stuff in the trash and calling my folks to have then send me some actual Amish baked goods from back home. :)

milk!