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I apologize for my joke earlier, I had no idea that Dumpling had died. I am so, so, sorry for your loss and am glad you have a new addition to your family to love. Welcome Hambone!!! I can't wait to see what adventures you get into :)

about twice a year I go all out and make chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, & cream gravy. Oh lord it's good, but it turns my kitchen into a disaster area and then there is the whole breaded and fried cube steak with butter/milk mashers, & fat, flour, & cream gravy-hello calories!

I learned the secret to great Chicken Fried Steak years ago from a friend from Atlanta: finely crushed Saltine crackers! dip the cube steak in flour, then egg wash, and finally in saltine crumbs. Salty, crispy, DELICIOUS!

Chicken Fried Steak, mashed pots, & gravy
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Biscuits & Sausage gravy...oh my....

Ok, sorry SE, but there is WAAAAY too much meringue in these choices. Ugh, I hate meringue. I love lemon pie, so I scrape it off and I always double check when ordering. :)

KC, Memphis Oh!
Don't matter to me one bit
I just love the B B Q!!

I have a 1957 edition of the Better Homes & Gardens Cook Book that includes a recipe for Oriental salad that is essentially our modern version. The only thing different is what you see in bad Chinese Chicken Salads all over--the canned fried noodle. yuck :)

Puck can get lots of credit for California cuisine and bbq chicken pizza, but not this salad.

used this recipe last year and it was so, so, soooooo good, we are doing it again this year!!! simply the best turkey we have ever had and so fast! Highly, highly recommend. (did you get that? do this with your turkey NOW! hehehhehe)

$3/ lb for peaches??? there are moments that I am so glad to live in the Midwest and 4 blocks from my Farmer's Market. Our peaches were half that price this past weekend :)

i would do what simon tells you, because that sounds amazing!

just a few weeks ago, I pulled a pie crust out of the freezer, rolled it out, slathered peach preserves on it, folded it over and baked it. Gooey goodness and flaky pie crust. god it was so good.

your mom is brilliant and she and I would have one naked pie if we ever got together!

"But why not charge more for the food? Why not charge a cover?"

ok that is hilarious and as a result makes the rest of your post seem ridiculous.

Kilbeggan, I am with you point by point!