I just finished up approximately 213 loaves of Hoska, baked in my new oven (more about that tomorrow) and this sticky mountain of dough left my counter covered in dried dough remnants that were really hard to get off.
I rubbed with a wet cloth.  The crusty remains merely laughed.
I scratched with my fingernails-   I still [...]

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I finally gave up on the KitchenAid piece of trash can opener that I bought last month.  You see, the old can opener needing replacing due to maximum capacity in the wheel mechanism.  In other words, it was crammed with old food gunk.
I bought the KitchenAid can opener , thinking about how fantastic all my [...]

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We regularly chow down at this local place called Phil’s Icehouse that has the tastiest sweet potato fries. If we’re being completely honest, and we are, I’d have to admit that we love Phil’s not only for the cute mini burgers and those delectable sweet potato fries, but also because they are housed right [...]

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Is it just me or is it nearly impossible to cut a mango?  Honestly, we love mango salsa on fish and the guys love fresh mango, but we can never figure out how to cut ‘em so we can get that weird pit-seed thing cut out all the way.  This mango splitter makes the fruit [...]

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We’re not on any sort of low carb diet around here.  In fact, we love our carbs, especially taters.  One of our favorite ways to prepare potatoes is sour cream and garlic mashers. Our secret ingredient is… cream cheese. That’s right. Plus lots of roasted garlic.
This Potato Ricer would make quick work [...]

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We’ve been eating what can only be described as a shitload of cherries lately.   Can’t stop.  They’re just so good and fresh and sweet.  And, we’d be able to eat more of them if we weren’t constantly stopping to phttthhh out the pits.  Sometimes we have a contest to see who can spit it the [...]

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Nice and compact, this palm-held pizza slicer will quickly cut your pie into foldable slices, without exerting your arms or wrists. You don’t want to burn any extra calories before that pizza workout, do you? No sirree. This cutter makes it so easy to slice, AND the clean up is a snap [...]

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This is one stripper you can be proud to have nearby, and you don’t even need a pole.  The Oxo Good Grips Corn Stripper features a container that catches the kernels as they are stripped from the cob. Simply push the Corn Stripper down the length of the cob and the kernels collect all neat [...]

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This is so not what it looks like.  It’s a can opener.  You know, the kind that uses your actual muscles to open a can.  Without electricity.  In case of a weather outage or camping.  Fits in a drawer.  No counter clutter.   Why am I typing in incomplete sentences?
Oxo Smooth Edge Can Opener is just [...]

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Getting warmer.  And warmer temperatures mean that more than just  oranges and potatoes will be in season soon.  For me, that means salad for lunch.  I can’t get enough of fresh fruit and veggies in the summer.
My favorite salad?  Well, that changes weekly, but right now, I’m dying for a BBQ chicken salad with black [...]

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