For people who have limited space and time, itÂs wonderful. An early, middle, and late bearing fruit tree, planted close together, will provide fresh fruit over a long period of time, in the same space as one tree. One tree will deliver a lot of fruit all at once, which needs to be distributed, preserved, and cleaned up over a period of a week or two. If you have the time, enjoy that sort of thing, and have lots of space, a conventional orchard is better. Here is a link that might be useful: The Art of Successive Ripening

I haven't had much time at the computer lately, and I missed this until now. Sorry. Thanks, LindaC, for answering in my stead, especially since I didn't know the answer! Loves2cook4six, I got the recipe from my King Arthur Flour Baking Companion, and their recipe for white bread calls for potato flakes, so that's what I copied down, and what I've done when I've made this recipe. (I'm only now getting to where I feel brave enough to experiment with changing bread recipes) There are others here that are much more expert on bread making than I am, but I can't imagine why you couldn't just use a different bread recipe, and just form the monkey bread as it's described, as Lowspark pointed out. I think a fairly light textured bread is called for, and I suspect the potato flakes might have something to do with helping the bread to keep a light texture. However, I don't really remember what the potato flakes do for the bread, other than they are a sugar source. I wish I could answer your question more clearly. Sally

Oops, it's Butterscotch, not Vanilla pudding. Natal, I just have this fear of the loaves falling over without a baking sheet, even though I've done it before but not the amount I plan to bake. Okay, no baking sheet then. Bumble, they're quick breads. Here's the recipe for the Pumpkin Bread courtesy of Kraft Magazine. I bet the texture of this is dreamy! Pumpkin Bread 2 1/2 c. Flour 2 t. Baking Soda 1/2 t. Salt 1 t. Cinnamon 1 t. Nutmeg 1 sm. box Instant Lemon Pudding Mix 1 sm. box Instant Butterscotch Pudding Mix 1 c. chopped Pecans 1 15oz. can Solid Pack Pumpkin 2 c. Sugar 1 1/2 c. Vegetable Oil 5 Eggs In large bowl mix first 8 ingredients and set aside. In separate bowl, mix Pumpkin and remaining 3 ingredients until smooth. Combine both mixtures and pour into greased loaf pans. (Makes 16 mini pans) Preheat oven to 350 and bake for approximately (mini pans) 20-25 min. Larger loaf pans will take longer to bake.

Hi Vicky, I'm sure there are others on this website with more knowledge than I have, but I thought I'd give you my two cents. We are remodeling our kitchen, with custom cabinets that are a mix of stain and painted (off-white). I did a lot of research, and was very impressed with the quality and durability of manufactured cabinet finishes. I think Wood-Mode/Brookhaven painted finishes are considered hard to beat. After visiting completed projects from a local custom cabinetmaker, we hired him to make our cabinets. Our guy sends the completed cabinets to a finisher, who sprays, glazes, etc... and uses conversion varnish. I thought the conversion varnish was used on the painted as well as stained pieces. We saw a kitchen that was 10 years old, and looked like new. In CA, where we live, there are a lot of environmental regulations, so the finish shops have to have special exhaust systems, etc... to use conversion varnish (some of them don't use it, and some the the locally done finishes don't hold up well - tend to chip, etc...). We were convinced that a "factory like finish" is available from the better local finish shops. I think that finishes done in the shop are better than those done onsite. Finishing on-site is much more expensive, because they have to tape off the area around the painting, so it's more labor-intensive. (And they may not be able to use the most durable finishes). I've never heard that only brushed on paint is authentic. I think that is a much less desirable way to paint cabinets - doesn't look as good, or last as long. Will be interested to see what other posters say on this. Good Luck!