What's in the West Indies salad? I went out to lunch today, too--with my two former co-workers from the library. We went to a little restaurant run by two friends. My friends had homemade pierogies (I hope I spelled that correctly) and butternut squash soup, and I had a chicken Caesar salad. The salad was unusual in that the chicken appeared to have been pan-fried rather than broiled before it was cut up. It was good, though!

Have new camera, have not learned how to use it :o( Here's a little bit about Krementz ---------------------------------------------------- Krementz was known for their real look costume jewelry. Krementz Co. started making men's stud and collar buttons in late 1884 and sometime in the early 1930s they then started making women's jewelry after the collar button went out of style. They produced jewelry mainly studs and collar buttons with the mark of "Krementz" in block lettering starting in 1884. They continued to use the mark at a later date for women's jewelry. The mark of a "umbrella" with double curved handle was first used to mark items in 1896. "Krementz =" in script is their current mark. Their process of high pressure welded rolled gold overlay is one of the best in the business. The costume jewelry was made to look like the real thing and this makes Krementz jewelry fairly easy to recognize to the trained eye and highly collectable. The company is now owned and operated by "The Colibri Group" and continues to produce "Krementz" along with "Van Dell" jewelry. Since I'm a NJ girl originally, I've come across much Krementz in my day. They were located in Newark, NJ. Krementz produced a line of 10k and 14k gold jewelry set with pearls and precious stones in late Victorian and Art Nouveau styles. I've many Krementz ads from old magazines which I plan on posting here. Their advertisements claimed that their 14k gold overlay was thirty times as thick as the gold in ordinary costume jewelry. I can attest to the quality...I have a private collection of Krementz that seems to withstand the hands of time... Krementz was never inexpensively priced...I've ads that show that in the 50's necklaces were between $20 and 30 dollars! Advertisements show their most famous line of jewelry which is their golden roses motif. Below you'll find a few...I've plenty more that will be sold here. Krementz also produced a line of jewelry called DIANA which is a hard find these days. Click here to view the hallmarks. I'm always excited when I come across the REAL vintage Krementz... from their first 40 years or so in business. I've seen THE most beautiful Art Deco period pieces as well as Nouveau by Krementz and I don't often come across them.

Yall really like it when we talk about our meetings and all the fun topics we hit on..we make it a habit not to talk much about the KT or the KTers Okay Glenda your turn to pop in and us line up a day...I am thinking Thursday...I think I am going to fix Chicken Pasta Salad as a main course...do you want warm, room temp or cold??? It tastes good any way...Maybe serve it on Romaine lettuce leaves, some watermelon, and roasted fresh asparagus. Did I fix the peanut butter pie last time???May fix that, it is Tony's favorite...or get Molly to cook chocolate chip cookies or maybe fruit muffins...Hurry & reply before I go through everything I know how to cook...LOL

redcurls m this is my modified Taziki sauce/dip AND I know others will have their own, but THIS one works for me, and serves its purpose. My version: real recipes call for greek yogurt 1 cup sour cream---dump into a collander that is lined with double paper towels----let it set until it drains or the paper towel absorbs the moisture and it is a "glob" Let it sit on the towel for half an hour. Meanwhile, peels and half a medium cucumber, and with a spoon, scrape off the seeds, AND place on a cutting board and chop away until finely chopped OR the right way is to grate it, but I don't. THEN put into a collander sprinkle some kosher salt to pull the juices. Let it sit to drain the juices. Mix it with the sour cream, 2 tsp crushed garlic, and salt if needed. refrigerate until ready to serve. You can add olive oil, some lemon juice, chipped dill OR mint --I don't. as I said, it's not the exact recipe on the internet, but friend makes hers this way and so do I. I made my own homemade pita chips and dipped into the Taziki sauce/dip Glenda's rendition of Taziki DIP/sauce 1 cup sour cream drained on a paper towel OR GREEK yogurt 1 medium cucumber peeled and seeded, finely chopped, OR grate, DRAIN sprinkled with kosher salt combine with sour cream/yogurt 2 tsp or more minced garlic salt if needed refrigerate for a while before serving optional: olive oil lemon juice minced dill or mint