I just got more Meyer lemons at Costco. I've made Meyer Lemon Marmalade, and a batch with M. lemons and clementines, a quart of plain preserved lemons, and one with some spices added (peppercorns, coriander, allspice if I remember right). I use preserved lemons way more than I thought I would. Tomorrow is lemon curd (and homemade English muffins if I get really motivated) and maybe a Shaker lemon pie.

Jenn that salad sounds DELISH! My mom gave me a bag of walunts and I already had two bags in the freezer, so I'm collecting walnut recipes, lol! Speaking of walnuts, the salad I made for Thanksgiving was delicious. I didn't follow it to a T though. But I love beet salads and this one is lower fat than my traditional beet salad which has goat or feta cheese in the mix. BTW, this was also great mixed in with some homegrown cabbage the next day as a kind of coleslaw. Beet and Walnut Salad - Rachel Ray 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1 heart romaine lettuce, chopped (I used a gourmet lettuce mix, including red leaf, mache, romaine and frise, my favorite. Also added chopped cabbage the next day.) 1 can sliced beets (14 ounces), drained and chopped (I left out this time, subbed a red pepper for color) 4 radishes, chopped 1/2 small red onion, chopped 2 ribs celery, chopped (I subbed two pickling cucumbers, very yum!) 2 tablespoons black cherry, seedless raspberry or apricot preserves (I used blackberry) 2 tablespoons vinegar, eyeball it 1 teaspoon poppy seeds, (optional, but makes the dish, IMHO) 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) Salt and pepper Toast the nuts in a small pan over medium heat, 3-4 minutes, then let them cool. Combine chopped lettuce, beets, radishes, onion, celery and toasted walnuts in a shallow bowl. Place the preserves into a small bowl and whisk vinegar into it. Add poppy seeds to dressing if you are using them. Whisk EVOO into the dressing and season it with salt and pepper. Dress salad and toss to coat evenly then adjust salt and pepper to your taste. Lpink's notes: I marinated the chopped veggies in the dressing for a couple of hours before putting the stuff on the lettuce. Also, it still tasted kinds bland to me so I added 1 or 2 TBLSP raspberry balsamic vinegar. I can't remember if it was 1 or 2, but it made the salad, that's for sure. Could add more of the preserves and regular old balsamic vinegar if you don't have the snazzy raspberry kind. ________________________________________________________ This dressing was a great alternative to the usual sagey kind, I may make it every year. Wild Rice and Goat Cheese Dressing Recipe courtesy Bobby Flay Prep Time: 25 min Inactive Time and Cook Time: 1 hr 45 min Serves: 6 to 8 servings (Definitely 8!) Ingredients 2 cups wild rice 6 cups water 3/4 pound Spanish-style chorizo, diced, see Cook's note* 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing the dish 1 cup Spanish onion, diced 1/2 cup diced carrots (BF didn't want carrots so I used all celery, but it would have been great with carrots) 1/2 cup diced celery 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped (I used 1 1/2 tsp. dried thyme) 1 (day-old) loaf country-style bread, cubed 2 to 4 cups homemade chicken stock (Use the lesser amount) 12 ounces goat cheese (I used maybe 6 oz.) 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped (I used 2 heaping TBLSP dried parsley) Freshly ground black pepper Kosher salt Directions: Combine the rice, water and 1 tablespoon of salt in a large saucepan, bring to a boil over high heat and cook until the grains open all the way, about 1 hour, 15 minutes to 1 hour, 30 minutes. The rice should be very cooked (not even the slightest chewy). Drain well, place in a large bowl and set aside. (I cooked the rice in vegetable bouillon, saved the leftover broth for the dressing. I did not add salt and 1 TBLSP seems like a lot, I would never put that much salt in something! I would use maybe 1 tsp.!) Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Heat the butter in a large high-sided saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the chorizo, onions, carrots and celery and cook until soft. Add the garlic and thyme and cook for 1 minute. Add the onion mixture, bread, goat cheese, parsley and 2 cups of the chicken stock to the rice. Mix to combine. The mixture should be quite wet; add more stock, if needed. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer the mixture to a large buttered baking dish and bake, uncovered, until heated through and golden brown, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest 10 minutes before serving. *Cook's note: We recommend to order from D'Artagnan because it's not raw or totally cured and cooked...it's kind of in between. Lpink's notes: I didn't use chorizo, so I don't know how good it would be with that spicy sausage. I had some maple flavored vegetarian sausage I wanted to use up, and some mild natural pork sausage links. The kind of sausage you use is the key flavor ingredient here, so if you don't think you'll like chorizo flavored dressing, use another kind you like. Also, I think all that goat cheese is overkill, definately not needed or use way less. Lastly, I added about a cup of chopped and sauteed gourmet mushrooms because I thought the recipe called for them when I got them at the store. They were great in the recipe!

I had a tape called Ace Cannon's Christmas or something like that. It had several beautiful Christmas songs done with his saxaphone. I played it every year for a long time. One year I took it to work for our Christmas party and it disappeared. I have searched high and low for another one. I went to his web sight a couple of years ago and there were a couple with some Christmas songs on them, but not the same one I lost. My mother plays music at some local clubs and local gatherings. One night Ace Cannon was there playing too. Mom called me and I went to where they were. I was able to talk to Ace Cannon, but he said he had nothing to do with his marketing and inventory and said to try his web sight. I told him I already did, but with no luck. He seemed genuinely sorry, but could offer no help. I haven't tried this year to find it, but I may try again. It would be so nice to find it. Linda

Lonestart123, I honestly didn't see you post the song that I did! I didn't mean to repeat you, I didn't see it. Speaking of messed up lyrics, I could never figure out what England Dan and John Ford Coley were trying to say. "I'd really love to see you tonite" I'm not talking about moving in.. That was always a mumble to me, I could never figure it out.