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I posted this thread two places - Thought
Gobble Gobble was more interesting. Mory

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by Mory
Now tell me how your doing yours

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I'd be afraid the paper bag would catch on fire. Well, if our oven worked that is. It's been broke about 3 years. No intention of getting it fixed either. That would just create more work and more mess.
If God wanted us to cook, why did he make restaurants. You guessed it, we go out. NO WORK, NO CLEANUP!
We just got back from eating out. I hade some butternut squash soup with my dinner, it was DELICIOUS.

I love butternut and haven't thought
of it as a soup base so will try it.
Was it spiced with a touch of Garlic?

By favorite squash is a Hubbard the big ugly scaley one...They were very scarce this year because of all the rain. Local farmers who had high land and raised
pumpkins this year made a fortune.

At the end of the season I usually can buy a bushel of small squash for $3 this year the squash was a dollar each.

Not much this year for my cellar. Apples are plentiful but fresh cider is up to $3
a gallon at the cider mill. and regular gas is down to $2.18

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by Mory
I love butternut and haven't thought
of it as a soup base so will try it.
Was it spiced with a touch of Garlic?

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I didn't taste any garlic but that's not to say there wasn't any in it though. It was very sweet and creamy and very flavorful.

You guys are making me mighty hungry!!

I think I might roast a duck.

Somebody is reading our posts - At the market yesterday A half of a butternut
cleaned - ready to bake was $2.35.. That's $5.00 for a little one lb squash.
Where is the money coming from? Not me.

I know, Mory. Prices have skyrocketed with transportation prices, I think.

I like to buy produce from farmers' markets or those roadside stands that the farmers set up because the produce is fresher and less expensive.

Mory,
You seem to know just about everything about cooking, maybe you can help us out with this one....my daughter made chocolate chip cookies a few weeks ago, and they didn't raise. All greasy and flat. Stuck to the pan.(She got so frustrated when she was trying to get them off the pan with the spatula, one flew across the room and splatted against the wall!! ...don't mess with a woman's chocolate fit!!! ) Same recipe she always used, and she said she was sure she put in all the ingredients. Why did they flop?? She uses generic baking soda-could that be it?

Another day recently I made some "monkey bread" and it didn't raise. That same day another woman told me her cakes didn't raise. Is it true the weather can affect them? We don't live in the same house so it's not that. Just curious. I like to cook, but don't like to take the time. But I can do it. I'm more of an outside person. And I'm already going nuts with the dark at 4:30 and the cold weather. yuck! Shirl....I'm coming over!! (hubby is still stuck on texas tho...)

Mg, just take him down to that bug ridden, windy place! He'll love NC!

Falcon Gal,YES!! Support your farmers markets!! At our farmers market we are required to set our prices for produce the same as the grocery store. Now, to me that seems wrong, we should be able to sell for what we feel we should get. The customer will decide what is a good price. And in our very small town with only one grocery store, the prices are never good. I'm not sure if anyone actually checks the prices tho. I sell Iris and perennials so nobody checks my prices.

Shirl, Ewwww, it's buggy there? I think maybe he just thinks about it because the company he works for needs a manager there. I'll tell him it's buggy. He won't like that. Windy we are used to, but don't like. The Carolina's just seem so much prettier to me. But I really would have to visit both places again. I was only in Dallas about 20 years ago for a meeting (big city + me = NO WAY!!) and in SC in Jan/Feb for my son's grad. from Basic Training.But I could still see it's potential to be really pretty in the summer.
LOL ....speaking of SC...he told me the people there are the worst drivers on earth!! Now, I'm not sure how he came to that decision because he wasn't allowed off base much at all. Maybe Army are the worst drivers on earth!!
I still think it's Iowa drivers!

MG Intern, I'm surprised to hear that you have to set your prices. The things that they sell at the farmers' markets around here are cheaper. Even if they were the same price I'd still get my produce from them because it's cheaper and not sprayed with all the junk they use before shipping. The citrus fruits are really good when they've had a chance to ripen on the tree instead of in a box.

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I like to buy produce from farmers' markets or those roadside stands that the farmers set up because the produce is fresher and less expensive

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Our local produce markets sell their stuff at the same prices as the Supermarkets and sadly enough, the fruit/vegies is nicer at the Supermarkets.

I guess it would be fresher at the Market, as I assume the harvest the day before, but sometimes it just looks like the stuff that the Supermarkets rejected.

Our Supermarkets even have a better selection than the Green Grocers - which is sad, I would much prefer to support the *little guy* than the big company.

Goodness, MG, I never heard of such a thing! How can they make you set the prices the same?? I buy a lot at farmer's markets or roadside Stand.I love the fresh produce and no preservatives either!

Mg, I thought you would like to see the English garden at the Tyron Palace here. Established in 1770!

Ohhhh pretty! I love the curves and colors.

I work to keep my flowers going til fall and they have kept this garden pristine since 1770!
BTW MG, I saw someone was selling their thinned out iriss on one of the selling sites I mentioned to you. I was kind of surprised. I am under the impression that this is not allowed, but maybe just on Ebay.