Hi Jim,

 JW> Another nice additive, although you might not go for it, would
 JW> be whisky, brandy or dark rum. Like using vanilla extract,
 JW> almost all the alcohol boils off leaving behind just the flavour.

 RH> Even the extracts of those have a flavor I don't care for.

 JW> Those extracts are nasty!

They don't even smell good. (G)


 JW> Roslind is in charge of Easter dinner this year; her menu today is
 JW> cider glazed ham, Cheddar, scalloped potatoes and for a vegetable,
 JW> mixture of green beans, wax beans and baby carrots. She also baked
 JW> up a batch of hot cross buns yesterday but instead of currants and
 JW> citron she used raisins and chopped up dried mango as that's what we
 JW> had on hand. That's not traditional at all but they did turn out very
 JW> tasty.

Sounds good. We're down in FL visiting my in laws & Steve's sister and
her husband. Mom cooked a ham (We got the bone to take home!) and made
mashed potatoes. Steve and I made cole slaw--was very (!) popular.
Steve's sister made candied sweet potatoes and baked butternut squash.
Mom also heated some brown & serve Hawaiian rolls. Dessert was served a
few hours later, just before we got going with a game of dominoes.

 JW> Today's theme for me is going to be harvesting maple blossoms, seeds
 JW> and leaves.


That's a new idea for me but a bit more than what I'm going to get into
for now. I'll take my maple as syrup or (even better), a creemee. (G)

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