Apple jack around here is simply hard cider, or scrumpy with no further efforts at increasing the alcoholic level. You can buy hard cider at any package store, or many markets who carry alcoholic drinks. I guess apple brandy is sometimes called Apple Jack too, saw that when I googled it, but that's a new one on me. It doesn't make any difference how you raise the proof in the end run, it accomplishes the same thing and if I were going to look for the closest equivalent it would be apple brandy.

HI ALL..SO GLAD TO HAVE FOUND YOU..I NEED HELP..WE JUST MOVED INTO A NEW CONSTRUCTION COLONIAL..WE HAVE A SEMI-OPEN 1ST FLOOR WITH THE KITCHEN BEING THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE AND ENCLOSED ROOMS SHOOTING OFF FROM IT(IE: FAMILY ROOM ON RIGHT SIDE..DINING IN FRONT OF KITCHEN ..AND FORMAL LIVING ROOM TO FRONT LEFT.. HERES MY PROBLEM: THE BUILDERS PAINT IS ALL OVER KITCHEN IN PALE BUTTERCUP YELLOW/WHITE..THE DINING ROOM HE PAINTED IN A SAGE COLOR WHICH WE WILL KEEP..THE FAMILY ROOM WE WANTED TO WARM UP SINCE IT IS VERY LARGE AND RECTANGLULAR SO WE PAINTED IT AMERICAN TRADITIONS(LOWES) FAINT MAPLE WHICH CAME OUT A TAD TO DARK AS I WAS GOING FOR A CAFE AU LAIT LOOK AND IT IS MORE MILKY CHOCOLATE..BUT I LIKE IT ALRIGHT SINCE WE HAVE VERY LARGE WINDOWS WITH WHITE MOULDING.. NOW HERE IS MY QUESTION..WE WOULD LIKE TO PAINT THE KITCHEN BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A FLOW FROM ROOM TO ROOM..WITH THE FAM. ROOM MAPLE, THE DINING ROOM SAGE, WHAT COLOR SHOULD WE PAINT THE KITCHEN AND ITS ADJACENT HALLWAYS SO THERE IS FLOW?..LET ME MENTION THAT THERE IS A BATHROOM AT THE END OF THE HALL WHICH IS A DEEP AQUA/TEAL LIKE BLUE, VERY PRETTY WITH WHITE BEADBOARD..AND I WANTED TO PAINT THE LIVING ROOM IN A PALE BLUE BECAUSE IT IS SORT OF A POTTERY BARN/CAPE COD NEW ENGLAND LOOK WITH A HUGE CLAIRE MURRAY CAPE COD RUG.. I LIKE LIGHT COLORS BUT NOW WITH THE FAMILY ROOM AND THE DINING ROOM COLORS I AM AT A LOSS..I AM GOING FOR A FARMHOUSE/COTTAGE/POTTERY BARN/RESTORATION HARDWARE LOOK FOR THE HOUSE..YOU GET MY POINT.. HERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE FAMILY ROOM..KITCHEN AND DINING.. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS..IN ORDER IS FAMIL ROOM , THEN KITCHEN /FAMILY ROOM..THEN KITCHEN DINING ROOM: http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN1.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN2.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN3.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN4.jpg THANK YOU SO MUCH..:>

Nita, Harry will love your beef and broccoli. One question, though. In the instructions it says to add the broccoli and water. How much water? GARLIC CHEDDAR BISCUITS 2 cups unbleached all purpose flour 2 oz sharp cheddar cheese, shredded 2 teaspoons sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon table salt 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup whole milk 1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (for topping) for the garlic butter topping: 4 tablespoons butter 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley garlic salt, to taste 1) Adjust oven rack upper-middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or grease for easy removal of biscuits. 2) Whisk together flour, cheddar cheese, sugar, baking powder, salt, and garlic in a medium bowl. Add milk and stir until ingredients are mixed, be careful not to over mix. At this point the dough should be fairly sticky but not runny or dry. Add more flour or milk as needed to achieve desired consistency. 3) Scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet with a large cookie scoop (about 3 tablespoons worth of dough). Top each biscuit with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese. Bake for 15 minutes or until the tops of the biscuits begin to brown. 4) In a small bowl, melt the butter along with the garlic and parsley in the microwave. Brush tops with garlic butter mixture and sprinkle with garlic salt to taste. Makes 12.

I ordered quite a few for the cemetery. Eleanor -- the cemetery president -- wants to have a "planting day" in Spring as a way to get people interested in volunteering, so I've been waiting for the end-of-season sales to start. I also nabbed a few from Rose Petals Nursery, which still has a bunch listed for $7, and one for $5. They can't be sorted by price, but if you go to "in-stock roses" and scroll through, keeping an eye on prices, you'll catch those marked down. Those two orders will be shipped April 15. Angel Gardens' sale was on the stipulation that the roses would be shipped by October, so I chose only a few which weren't so tender that they'd be iffy going in the ground here this time of year. Since I know you'll ask anyway, I copied the email I sent to Eleanor and pasted it below. It includes a little something about some of the roses, and possible placements. I tried focusing on things that weren't easily found elsewhere, or were "found" roses which would fit here, or were things that would fit and were marked down in price. Moving forward, I'm going to try expanding the cemetery's collection by asking for cuttings, which I'll either try rooting, or just bud onto 'Pink Clouds' and plant deeply enough so that they eventually go own-root. From Angel Gardens, coming this month: "Barbara's Pasture Rose" http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.37549 'Felicite et Perpetue' -- for Maple at Needham-Roxbury http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.2722 'Gruss an Teplitz' -- for the Staat bed http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.3131 'Kiftsgate' -- for Beech at first bed http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.3614.0 'Rambling Rector' -- for one of the pines http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.5077 'Seagull' -- for one of the pines http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.5667 From High Country Roses, coming in April: 'Alfred Colomb' -- Leu bed? http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.132.0 "Beulah Blakely" (Riverside Cemetery in Denver) -- not sure where yet http://www.highcountryroses.com/beulah-blakely 'Dupontii' -- not sure where yet, but look at the pics and think about it http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.1682 'Enfant de France' -- Leu bed? http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.2627.0 "Fairmount Proserpine" (Fairmount Cemetery in Denver) http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.62618.0 [possibly the real 'Proserpine', which see below] http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.5003&tab=36 "Fairmount Red" (Fairmount Cemetery in Denver) -- behind main stone in Staat bed http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.30250 [possibly 'Rivers' George IV', which see below] http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.5227 'Francis E. Lester' (named for the man who started Roses of Yesterday and Today, an old-rose nursery in California) -- possibly to climb the maple in the second (huge) bed http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.2836 'General Jacqueminot' -- Leu bed, or can be pegged to the railing in a front corner elsewhere http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.2919 'Gloire de Guilan' (a rose found by English gardener-writer Nancy Lindsay growing in Iran to produce attar of roses in the 1940s, but which was much, much older) -- something for the base of a tree, possibly at shorter strip bed http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.2977 'Great Western' (named for the second mail steamship to cross the Atlantic in 1838, which arrived just a few hours after the first -- Sirius -- which left four days earlier) -- behind a featured stone http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.308988 'Harrison's Yellow', aka 'The Yellow Rose of Texas' -- longer strip bed http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/pl.php?n=56662 (George Folliott Harrison bred the rose in Manhattan, and his grave is still there, and is now a part of the Heritage Rose District of NYC, which see below) http://www.heritagerosefoundation.org/heritage-rose-district-of-nyc Oh, and good thing I placed the order, because now it's sold-out "Hattie Burton" (found-rose grown since at least 1920 in Utah, so must be older) -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.30251.0 'Henri Martin' -- behind a featured stone, perhaps Leu bed? http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.3247 'Henry Nevard' -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.3252 'Marchesa Boccella' / 'Jacques Cartier' (one of several examples of an old rose whose true identity is suspect, so it's listed under both names) -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.3252 'Mrs. John Laing' -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.4317 'Nevada' -- longer strip bed http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.4454 'Paul Ricault -- in commerce as' -- behind a featured stone http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.2201.0 [in all likelihood, its real identity is 'Paul Perras', which see below] http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.63925.0 "Souvenir du President Lincoln -- in commerce as" (the original was dark red, but this rose is deep pink -- still, it's very fragrant old long-caned Bourbon from the 19th Century) -- to peg to the railing in a front corner somewhere http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.24649.1 'Stanwell Perpetual' (the old-rose that inspired David Austin to breed repeat-blooming old-fashioned roses) -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.5953 'Sydonie' -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.17662.1 'William Lobb' -- behind a featured stone, maybe Needham-Roxbury, maybe Leu http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.6102.1 From Rose Petals Nursery, coming in April: 'Anna Olivier' -- not sure where yet, probably Staat or Leu or someplace in full-sun http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.268.3 "Baretta St. Bourbon" (found-rose from California) -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.20455 "Chester Cemetery No. 2" (an old Noisette found at least three times, and given a name each time, then later recognized to be the same....so whatever it's real name was, the rose was grown in South Carolina and California) -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.36863.1 "Green Mount Red" (Noisette from Green Mount Cemetery in Maryland, replanted in Heritage Rose District in Harlem, NYC) -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.73077 'Kazanlik' (dating at least to the Crusades, when the earliest Damasks were brought to Europe, this is grown for attar of roses in Bulgaria) -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.1948 'Ornament des Bosquets -- in commerce as' (original was a once-blooming Ayrshire, but this is a repeat-blooming Noisette) -- climber for a sunny tree http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.22667 "Picayune" (an old miniature Polyantha found unnamed in Louisiana, the "found" name refers to a Mexican coin, which is the same size as the tiny blooms) -- for the Staat baby girl who died in the early 20th Century http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.32038.2 'Rhodologue Jules Gravereaux' -- not sure where yet, needs full sun http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.5205 "Roseville Noisette" (found-rose from California, probably early 19th Century) -- not sure where yet http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.60770 'Souvenir d'un Ami -- in commerce as' (probably not the original, but still a 19th Century Tea) -- not sure where yet, needs full-sun http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.5908 :-) ~Christopher