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re #10: I brought my potted jalapeno into the house this fall (we live in New England) and it recently started flowering. I've got two little peppers on the way! Peppers are self pollinating, so one plant is enough, but I would think two would be better. We have been using tufts of dog hair as a sort of paint brush to move pollen from one flower to another since we don't have bees in the house. So, it is possible to grow a little bit of food indoors in the winter.

Well, this probably isn't what you meant - but it is frozen and hot and guilt-inducing - hot homemade brownie with peppermint stick ice cream on top. And hot fudge sauce if you wanna go the whole hog.

When I was a kid my mother got some kind of little frozen bacon appetizer thingies. Just once (she didn't buy a lot of convenience foods). They were wicked good. I have no idea what they were but if anybody knows of a frozen bacon appetizer thingy that's yummy, please let me know!

Dark, 70% -ish.

I also, I admit, like Hershey's milk chocolate, but only the thin bars.

Unsalted butter, cheddar sliced transparently thin, French mustard (and apple-smoked ham) on a baguette. After that you can take me to Pere Lachaise and file me 6 feet under, completely satisfied.

I like bacon best just before it crosses the pliant/crispy border. Nice and smokey. Apple or hickory smoked. Please. Now.

Zabar's smoked whitefish salad on an H & H bagel. O.M.G.

Thank-you so much for this review. I've been dragging my feet about getting Thanksgiving ingredients. Assuming I actually do get it together, I'll be putting pecans in my stuffing, along with crumbled sage sausage.