Please allow me to post my opinion and experience on this stinky issue. I am the owner of a HE3T washer, and I am really unhappy with it, mainly because of the smelly and moldy issue, that crept up on us unexpectedly. My wife and I have 4 kids, so doing laundry is a daily affair, and not to be underestimated or procrastinated either... I am on the verge of throwing that ugly beast out of the laundry room for good. It is unbearably revolting to pick up an (alleged) clean towel to dry one's face just out of the shower, and "smear" moldy smell all over you. The vomit factor is very high on this one.... :-( However, I want to highlight a point, and that this issue is NOT an issue with ALL the FL (front loader) washing machines in general. Maybe just US made ones... Overseas, ( Italy ) where I grew up, FL are 99.999999% of laundry machines available on the market and this issue is completely unknown. To put it simply, I am now 45 years of age, I have lived in Italy 28 of those years, and I have never, ever, seen or heard of moldy smell on clean laundry out of the washer. Never. If you knew my mother (she redefines the word "neat freak") you would understand. Just the hint of a remote possibility of having mold in the washer and/or laundry, would bring that washer in the front yard in flames... Seriously, I believe US manufacturers have gone wrong somewhere in the making of this machines. They either cut one too may corners ( quality of rubber, maybe ?) or are attempting to reduce the amount of water in the cycle at the point where the quality of the rinse cycle is not an issue with them, and us as consumers are not part of the equation. I just came back from a one year of living in Italy with wife and kids, and the FIRST thing we notice, ever single time we go over there, is how much fresher and overall incredibly better smell of "clean laundry" they have from their washers. I know, we are weird... and on the contrary, as soon as we are back to the US, and to our $#@! HE3T, we pick up the moldy smell again. The customer/user/consumer SHOULD NOT have to do any gimmicks or use any "special" tablets, in order to operate these washers, or any washer, for that matter, NOT A SINGLE ONE. This washers are NOT cheap and they should just... well, work. Living in Italy for the last 12 months, we used two washers, one that came with the apartment we rented, and besides a slower spin cycle, it worked as expected (put dirty clothes in, put detergent, push the button, wait, get wet CLEAN laundry out, END OF THE story. Then the landlord needed his washer back, and for a "rent discount" he took that one back, and I got my old 12 years old Miele washer out of storage. This Miele has a somewhat smaller load capacity than most, and it worked for a family of 6 for a long time. Same for my mother's Candy ( Italian brand), and my sister's old Italian washer (San Giorgio). That one lasted 16 years of day in and day out operation for a family of six. It is just so frustrating, since I know that as a concept, FL do work very well, I have seen it work for decades... and one more time, we should NOT need to use "tablets" or do complicated procedures to have clean and good smelling laundry. As I said before, millions of people overseas use FL day in and day out, without doing anything else other than 1) put dirty laundry in 2) select cycle 3) put detergent in 4) push button 5( get clean clothes out. End of the story. Kenmore, Sears, whatever, get your acts together !!

Looked at Rachel Ray's and the picture just didn't look good. This one sounds delicious! I have never had mac and cheese with broccoli. Macaroni and Cheese with Broccoli This macaroni and cheese is enhanced, both nutritionally and flavor-wise, with fresh or frozen broccoli. The Gruyere cheese is great, but eel free to replace it with Swiss cheese or use more Cheddar cheese. Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Ingredients: 8 ounces elbow macaroni 1 cup broccoli florets fresh or frozen 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk, low fat is fine 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, divided 1/2 cup shredded Gruyere cheese 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 cup whole-wheat bread crumbs Instructions: In a medium saucepan, cook macaroni according to package directions, until slightly firm. Drain well. Cook the broccoli following package directions, on the stovetop or in the microwave. Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease a 2-quart baking dish. In a medium saucepan, melt butter. Add flour, stirring for about 1 minute, until smooth and bubbly. Gradually whisk in milk, stirring constantly until thickened, about 3 minutes, remove from heat. Reserve 1/2 cup cheddar cheese and stir remaining cheddar, Gruyere, Parmesan, salt, and cayenne into sauce until cheeses melt. Add macaroni and broccoli to sauce. Pour into prepared baking dish. Bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle top with reserved cheddar and bread crumbs. Bake 10 to 15 minutes longer, until lightly browned and bubbly. Serves 4 to 6

Contractor came by and was shocked at how much moisture was there, seems to be groundwater under the house rather than a leaky pipe. I don't know why I am surprised, I knew that about this house, but I guess when I repeatedly mentioned concerns about water under the house and they thought I was worrying too much, I eventually gave up. Kicking myself for not pushing even more on the idea of installing a French drain around the foundation and adding a layer of moisture barrier between the ground and the insulation when it would have been easy, ugh. Also, I am now re-concerned that new part of the foundation has no vents installed at all. My contractor suggested ripping up part of the closet floor to dig a gravel pit and install a sump pump, and my father suggested also cutting in vents and installing a fan underneath. I can't believe this is happening 6 months after "finishing" our beautiful reno!!! Frustrated and confused, any suggestions? Oh, and this is in addition to finding out that the contractor probably incorrectly installed our bathroom fan because water dripped back out of it all winter after two showers, the AC unit that he promised was worth saving has now conked out, and I have to decide if it is worth redoing the roof when they remove the old unit, even though it has about 7 years left in it...and also figure out if we should run an external duct because the AC guy ducted our bedroom improperly and it blows directly on our faces at night and the air doesn't return properly (when it works at all). It sounds like I am someone who paid no attention to anything they were doing here 6 months ago, but I actually really was and unfortunately found myself having to pick my battles during the whole thing. I don't know who I am more frustrated with, them for not being more diligent or myself for losing track of certain things and not figuring out how to put my foot down or speak up more or something. It is a hard balance to keep a positive working relationship and also keep vigilant about soooo many different aspects of a project, oy. I feel for all of the contractors, architects and designers who coordinate all of these elements routinely, you really have a lot of factors and personalities to manage on these jobs!!!!

L, it's something we like too, I like most "peasant food". We always called it "farmer food", and now it's called "southern food", LOL. But I was born in Michigan and my Grandmother is from Ohio, and we ate a lot of beans and cornbread, but we called it "Johnny Cake". Usually Navy or Great Northern beans, though, whereas Elery's Kentucky/Tennessee family mostly had pinto beans. Our cornmeal was yellow, theirs was white. Ours had a bit of sugar, maybe a tablespoon per batch, his had no sugar. His sister informed me at our first meeting that if it was made with yellow cornmeal and any sugar at all, it wasn't cornbread, it was cake. (grin) I was further instructed that cornmeal MUST be white, there must be no flour in the recipe, and no sugar, or it wasn't "right". I'm a heathen, though, I like it all! Annie