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The apple galette looks wonderful. I wish I was there to eat it too. A glass of milk and a little cheddar cheese would go so well with the apple galette. Did you sprinkle it with sugar?

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I now have my maple syrup! It was waiting for me when I got back to my father's house in Kentucky. I had a whole week to organize things in Virginia and to see the Dentist and visit friends. Most of the time I spend only a day or sometimes two at my own home and barely have enough time to sort the mail and pay bills. This time my great achievement was to prune the bush back so it didn't block the front door.

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I am sorry for your tomatoes but that is a very cute picture. How did you manage to shoot it. I never tried to feed tomatoes to my rabbit when I had one. There is a lot of reports of squirrels eating tomatoes around here and chipmunks too, but we had enough rain. Perhaps they like tomatoes when its hot?

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My father is ripening tomatoes on an outside window sill, but some had to be thrown away due to squirrels climbing up to eat them. Do any of you have squirrel/chipmunk attacks on your tomatoes?
Mike I am impressed with 25 tomato plants in cages. How do you manage so many cages? Dad tends to stack them messily at the side of the yard. It must be great to have enough to can and juice as well as put in sandwiches.

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Do you have a recipe for maple fudge? Thats one of my favorite flavors. Also could maple syrup be used in cheese cakes, or would it be better just to pour it on top of a favorite cheesecake and not worry about the extra liquid in the cooking.

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Chocomouse;
I just contacted your husband about getting more maple syrup. 3 quarts seem to last about 2 years but I wasn't able to cook or bake much this last year. I like the maple syrup best poured on pancakes or in icing. Maple popcorn was also good. I felt guilty about using it in baked beans but that was tasty.

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Have a very happy Birthday. Thanks for keeping this group running.

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Very cute. Its cheaper than a professional model. I wonder if I would add enough laminated dough recipes to my repertore if I had one. Currently I don't make any laminated dough recipes but now rolling out dough by hand is a long labor intensive process.

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I can understand CO2 shortages for soft drink makers, but doesn't beer produce its own Carbon Dioxide from the action of the yeast?

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I like this! Music defeats computers.

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I read that story too. The airline workers ( and me ) didn't realize that a properly frosted cake would stay moist and tasty for a couple of days so ...... I didn't realize the case went missing.
I was surprised when King Arthur had an article on oil based cakes improving after a day or so. I was always trying to make a cake the same day it would be eaten so it would be as fresh as possible.

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Strawberry shortcakes look good. I have those jam jars too. If you were to buy mason jars look at wide mouth half pints -- just try to get them back afterwards. They are useful for a lot of things.

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I like brown sugar with strawberries. I don't think I've tried maple syrup. I made rather recently maple syrup pancakes -- with maple syrup in the batter -- which might be nice with strawberries. I ate it with fried apples.

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I saw chocomouse yesterday. Unhappily my ankle started aching as I walked around so I won't be seeing her today. Her booth was nicely busy so couldn't do more than say hello. It was very cold and wet so most people crowded into the barns to shop and look around. Not as crowded as precovid days but a decent size crowd.

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I have a very cheap Chinese waterstone probably from a Chinese grocery store at my father's house, also a pull through Lansky hand sharpener. I wouldn't take my good waterstones on a trip. They could break. I would take one medium grit stone for emergencies, or dual grit stone for emergencies but something I wouldn't miss if it broke or got left behind.

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