Lars, give an expiation, please
CA Kate z9
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Comments (40)I bought my brother a coffee bean roaster plus a supply of green coffee beans, and I think he will enjoy this, as he likes his beans roasted a certain way (light or blond) and they are more difficult to find than dark roasted beans. We do not normally exchange gifts, but this year he was diagnosed with colon cancer (at age 53) and after his surgery, he now has to live with a colostomy bag. While he was in the hospital, a couple of his co-workers (friends) visited him, and one of them did grocery shopping for us, as I was recuperating from surgery at the same time. So I made some pillows for them with fabric that I got at work. I made one for my sister as well. The fabric is from 24" x 24" samples of fabric that is now discontinued, and so I got the samples for free, but if I had had to buy the fabric it would have been $144 to $175 a yard wholesale. I also made some chocolate Habanero hot sauce that one of his employees loves, and so she will be getting some of that in addition to the pillow. The chocolate Habanero chilies are very difficult to grow and they are impossible to find in stores (very occasionally at a farmers' market here), but they have a very distinctive smoky/earthy flavor that a lot of people (including me) love. I grill the chilies over wood/charcoal to intensify the smoky flavor. Anyway, the sauce is rather labor-intensive to make, considering I have to grow the chilies, but I still feel like I'm being cheap when I give it as a gift since it costs me very little to make, other than my time. I put zippers in the pillows I made, and that was the biggest pain in making those. I've given pillows to people before who did not appreciate them - one person wanted liquor instead. One year that our family had Secret Santa, I got my BIL's name, and I made him a really nice heavy knit nightshirt, but my sister stole it from him....See MoreWhy do people give money to the families of the deceased?
Comments (46)When my husband died, I had limited experience with the death of a loved one, so I didn't know what to expect, neither did I really know what was expected of me when others died. But I learned a LOT living through that time. When people die, others just show up. We didn't have a lot of relatives, but did have many, many friends. They just came. They brought food. Because so many people came and went, people were helping with memorial celebration items, my husband's family arrived from out of state (thankfully, housed by a next door neighbor), people just coming over to give me some love, etc. I was so grateful for the food that people brought because there were provisions to offer visitors or even have a meal myself that I hadn't had to cook or shop for. The outpouring was wonderful. I didn't know that before; I might have waited to be asked to come thinking that was the polite thing to do. One of the best things someone brought was a huge basket filled with non-perishables, like crackers and dried fruit and canned gourmet type foods - olives, pickles, smoked salmon, cookies, etc. I can't tell you how many times I was able to put together a little snack offering for someone visiting. Often it was because I was hungry, too. Since I wasn't really familiar with how nice that was, it hadn't been my way of behaving toward others previously, but now it is. I show up. I do what I can. I bring food, run errands. Give $ if it's needed. I learned a lot about what can help. The $ people sent me was almost always from his co-workers all around the state, few of them known to me. I did find it odd, but I knew it was given in love and caring for him and their admiration of him....See MoreLars, Thank you for the Recipe
Comments (3)Thanks! I do make this recipe at least once a year, during strawberry season - more often when we have parties, which have not happened recently. The recipe came from Cuisinart, but I changed the vanilla to Cointreau, which I like much better. Vanilla does not belong in strawberry ice cream IMO....See MoreLars, I had to Google.....
Comments (10)This is what I bought, which is very inexpensive, and so it's not much of an investment if you decide you won't use it. I specifically wanted two so that I could have one at both houses. I use it for bread and pizza dough as well as pancake batter. It's also easier to clean than I expected. My pizza dough is fairly wet, and this makes mixing it much easier. Originally, I thought I would want a longer handle, but that turned out not to be the case. Here's one with two eyes, if that is your preference....See MoreSherry8aNorthAL
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