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BE sure to take pictures, Mike. I'd love to see this!

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Skeptic, you've sent me over the edge! When Mike posted that his wife wanted bagels, I immediately began craving cream cheese with lots of seeds, garlic and onions. Oh, yeah, gotta have a bagel underneath all that to give it some support. And now, you're going to put cream cheese on pumpkin scones! Everyone is tormenting me. Guess I have to make bagels tomorrow.

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Dinner was marinated Greek chicken thighs, mushroom risotto, and cole slaw.

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King Arthur sells 00 flour, in a 3 lb bag for about $9-10. I think they also call it "Pizza" flour.

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We bought three bushel of apples at a local farm on Wednesday - one each of Empire, Cortland, and MacIntosh. Their variety and supply was pretty meager this year, and we had no apples on our three trees this year. These are for making cider next weekend. I will use two of the Cortland with the pork roast tonight. And I'll use a liter of the cider to boil down for boiled cider. My husband freezes it, to share at gatherings through the year and for football games on TV.

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I have a pork loin roast in the tagine. I rubbed it with coriander, cardamom, cumin, cinnamon, ginger and garlic. I will add boiled cider, sliced apples, onions, potatoes and carrots for the last 45 minutes.

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I made the Apple Bundt Cake recipe from I am Baker. It is delicious, although next time I would add another teaspoon of cinnamon. The caramel glaze adds to the flavor, and I poured it on shortly after the cake came out of the oven so it was very hot and the glaze soaked in nicely. It made a medium size bundt and 4 small one (the size that comes 6 'holes' in the pan). The larger one stuck a little in one spot, but that's OK -- Baker's taste test! I would make this again.

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I made English Muffin Toasting Bread using a recipe from Barefeet in the Kitchen. It's quick, easy (no knead), and makes great toast. I've sliced and frozen it so we can pull out a slice or two whenever we want toast.

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Dinner last night was grilled salmon, buttered noodles with Penzy's Pasta Sprinkles, and cole slaw. Penzy is having a sale through today: free shipping with a $25 purchase, a 1/4 cup of your choice costing up to $6.29 is free, and good deals on cinnamon, cumin, thyme, and Pasta Sprinkles.

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We had stuffed peppers for dinner, with Gruyere-Olive rolls from the freezer. There's plenty left for another meal, plus extra sauce with rice and hamburg for another meal.

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Our Covid numbers in VT went way up yesterday, highest since June, but when you look at the details, it is not as bad as the headlines. Unfortunately, 26 immigrant workers on a local farm tested positive. They had all lived together in a dorm. I feel so bad for them. And, the numbers will likely go up again - a ritzy hotel a few towns over hosted a huge wedding on the weekend, and there are photos circulating of large groups of guests with no one wearing a mask and not social distancing. I don't feel so sorry for them.

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I love lemon flavor and that sounds so good. I've been thinking it's time for another lemon coffeecake with lemon streusel topping. And probably shredded zucchini in it also --- to make it a healthy snack!!

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Cole slaw for dinner again tonight! Unfortunately, it is not the last cabbage from the garden!! I bought a six-pack of seedlings because they didn't have anything less than six plants - and this is cabbage #5. I've given most away. One huge cabbage will feed the two of us for weeks! I know that a head will keep in the refrigerator for a month or more, but I'm really tired of eating cole slaw. It's the only way we eat cabbage. I think next year, I'll just but one head at a time at the market.

Rain! and more rain! It's been raining now for about 3 hours, and we have 1.15 inches of the wet stuff! It's taking a short break and we're forecast to get thunder storms for a couple of hours and then more rain until around noon tomorrow. The only other rain we've had this month, on Sept 3, was .03 inches; plus some drops that dampened the deck 2 weeks ago. We have a complete outdoor fire burn ban in effect dur to the severe drought; and there have been a number of small field/forest fires reported but rather quickly brought under control. Gardening is over for the season, but I sure hope there is enough rain to soak the ground and lower the risk of fire.

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Our dinner was grilled chicken, grilled potatoes, the last of the broccoli from the garden, and cole slaw.

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I baked peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips, an adaptation of a KAF recipe. I haven't tasted them yet, but I'm looking for a chewy, not a crisp or crumbly, peanut butter cookie.

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