In future, freeze fruit and vegetable waste before putting it in. That kills fruit fly eggs (and breaks down the cell walls so the bacteria that the worms eat can get at it more quickly.)

Thanks for your comments & good wishes, holiday-ers. candy & punk...those silver birds I got 2 of of "new" while Christmas shopping ...I thought they were so unique because of one wing lifted for a napkin..kind of pricey but I've used them alot already! (& had 20% off coupon)...LOL! luvs...I'll have hot chocolate...thank you! Boy, I've been Iowa winters all my life...I just wasn't paying attention & yup, so fast! jane...the book is "kind of" old...1984 Merrimack Pblsh Corp, NY No. 40509 Printed in Hong Kong. Now 1984 doesn't seem old to me...but, yup, that's 27 yrs ago! Ugh! Here's what the inside looks like ...it's a 12 pg book: punk...glad you're getting out your DM's tea set, too. This is quite a diff look for my decor ...but I am enjoying it...hope I can find ways to use it in other holiday vignettes. jane..the polish is "Hagerty Silversmiths' polish with R-22 Tarnish Preventative"...I bought it at a hardware store...blue bottle. And thanks all you other gals...I will take it slow...but my typing has improved immensely & it's good exercise for that hand! DH & I hit a couple TS's today after I did a little volunteer work...& yesterday, too...guess what? I found some things! Can you believe it! (& maybe some dishes!!!) Will share later. LOL! Jeanne S.

Annie, I used your method -- just heated some caramels and some water into the microwave. It worked fine, and I even got the amount of water right, quite by chance. We had it last night over vanilla ice cream. It was good, but.. these were the TJ "fleur de sel" caramels, and that saltiness became more noticeable in the sauce. So it was best with a restrained amount of sauce. I'm thinking it would be very good in something like turtle candy. Maybe a liquid turtle. As I was eating my caramel sundae, I thought again how much Haagen-Dazs vanilla has changed for the worse. Until the last few years, it was one of the truly perfect foods. Now it is much sweeter, and the vanilla flavor is different. I wonder if there's an ice cream like the old Haagen-Dasz vanilla.

This is one of those try it and see kinds of things. The 1 tsp of each is what I would try. I don't generally like flavor concentrates, but I take your word for it that the KAF is awesome. :) You can also make a maple caramel sauce from scratch using maple syrup (grade B, dark and tasty) and maple sugar, but that would be expensive and since you already like Ann T's sauce, adapting it makes sense.