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    Food processor question

    Hi all-- So I got a Cuisinart 11-cup food processor for Christmas. The handbook says the blade should fit "snugly" on the hub, but it seems to me that the blade is rather loose (the dough blade is the same). It turns back and forth a bit, and it seems louder than the machine shown on the DVD. I...
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    absessed tooth(gum)

    Maybe for a while. You should still have it looked at. The SIL of a co-worker died from a tooth infection a couple years ago, and my stepbrother had an untreated abcess that erupted on his face and left a HUGE nasty scar. I am struggling with dental problems right now as well. I feel your pain.
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    Arugula? Need ideas!

    I love arugula, but hate swiss chard. Giada just made an arugula-avocado pesto on the Today show this morning. Also, I have a friend who puts spinach on her pizza, so you could try that, especially since arugula can be kinda garlicky. She just puts sauce, spinach, then cheese and some...
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    Is my dentist a rip-off?

    Well I finally heard from a friend of mine who knows a dental hygeinist in the area.....she says my dentist is officially a RIP OFF. Says I should go somewhere else and request a metal crown. She recommended that I see a dentist new to the area who is an alumi of the school I work for, so...
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    Is my dentist a rip-off?

    Well, even though it is disheartening, at least I don't feel so bad that you guys have been quoted the same price. I don't have my wisdoms, and I am actually missing my 2nd bicuspeds also (the 2nd smaller molar from the front) since they were pulled when I was in gradeschool to accommodate...
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    Is my dentist a rip-off?

    I don't have any insurance, and am really disappointed that my dentist is proposing over $1500 worth of work. I have a tooth that needs a crown (but fortunately not a root canal). The cost of the crown procedure will be $1077. It's for a back molar, but this dentist doesn't do metal crowns...
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    asparagus

    Asparagus grows well in sandy soil. Out my way, it grows like a weed all over the place, right on the side of the gravel roads, where it isn't just sandy, it's plain gravelly. While white asparagus is more tender, it's not as nutritious. Remember your greens! My absolute favorite spring...
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    Got Seeds?

    Baker Creek always runs out early! You might check Seed Savers for some items. I've got a bunch of different stuff from both companies, and I don't even have a garden dug yet at my new place, so if you are looking for something... lemme know. I don't have red leaf lettuce, but I do have some...
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    Need a source for sassafras, burdock, licorice

    I want to order some roots for Man of the House to make his own root beer but I'm not finding a good source. Anybody out there sell this stuff, or do you have a website you like?
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    Freemotion's mushroom growing experiment....success! Pics p 1 & 3 & 4

    Farmfresh-- theoretically, that should work. Yes, you are pouring spores out with the wash water in most cases. The trick is spreading them under the proper trees.... I actually used to know a guy who worked on the team at U of Michigan (or Minnesota?) who patented the method for "growing"...
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    Looking for granola bar recipe

    I did a search, but didn't exactly come up with anything. I'm looking for a way to turn my granola recipe into a granola bar recipe. I make a basic granola, oats, a little flax, honey, maple syrup, nuts and dried fruit. My cookbook calls for me to make granola, then add MORE sweetner and...
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    Starting a New Company.

    Having lived in a house that was 420 square feet for 8 years, I have some strong opinions about what is needed and not needed. No carpet. Then you are not storing a vac. Rugs can be put down in winter. Plenty of storage. Like attic space or an attached shed. Us SS types often have a bunch...
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    "Expert" my curvacious backside!!!

    Sic 'em Wifey! Some guy actually came into the grocery store where I work part time yesterday, and told the manager that he was "very disappointed in us" about our gluten free section. He wasn't upset that we don't have enough. He was upset that we carried it at all. :/ He said he was a...
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    New Glasses

    Occam-- I don't know how it is in Alabama, but up here in Ioway, a optical Rx is only good for a year and the buggers won't give you your old one. Maybe if you can get it out of them..... My friend who orders from Zenni gets new glasses a bit more often than most people since they are so...
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    can I can it

    Just a tip-- Maybe watch out for the oils in your sauce. You might want to avoid adding too much olive oil or whatever you use, and add more after you open the jars to eat. When you can anything, usually a bit seeps out the top when the jars are in the canner, and something that is especially...
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    Smallest Chicken Egg I Ever Saw!!

    I have a whole collection of ones that are about the size of shooter marbles. Just various ones that I have gotten over the few years I had chickens. I think I have about four of them in a mussel shell, like pearls. :D
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    New Glasses

    WHOA! Geez Abi, that's as much $$ as I paid for my car! You might want to look into that Zenni Optical place. I looked at it last night and it seems very reasonable, that is, if you can get your lenses there.
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    New Glasses

    I need new glasses pretty bad also. My trouble is that my Rx is so crazy that the one hour places don't carry the lenses. I would like to just get new lenses in these frames, but it's darn near impossible to find a place that can do it quickly. I don't have a spare pair to wear if I send...
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    Need advice on my fever!

    Influenza B is going around one of the schools over my way. My great grandma and her family got the flu back in the Great Epidemic, and when she woke up from the fever, half her hearing was gone, and her dad and brother were dead. So DON'T WAIT TOO LONG! We need you here! :hugs
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    Cream-top, unhomogenized milk

    I looked at the receipt for the milk I bought: $3.79 a half gallon! My bad! I must have been looking at the price on the milk next to it or something. There is a new(ish) home cheese making book out. I don't know the name of it, but it is on the "new releases" shelf at my local library...
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