Ruth Haffly wrote in a message to Shawn Highfield:

RH> That sounds good to me. One of my cook books is nothing but cookie
RH> recipies, a gift from my MIL years ago. One of the recipies is for
RH> Hermits, a spice cookie with raisins and nuts. An option given is to
RH> sub out mincemeat for the raisins and nuts; I've done it several
RH> times.

I'm looking forward to trying this.  I will let you know how they turn out. :)

RH> I understand. We bought this house 10 years ago, thinking that we
RH> could build a garage with a bonus room above it for my sewing
RH> studio.

... or a ham shack. ;)

RH> The town killed that idea, said we were double fronted
RH> (corner lot) with not enough set back from the street on either side

50 years ago you coul dhave done it.

RH> books, etc means a very full house. Nice roomy (eat in) kitchen tho,
RH> with a lot more storage space than the place we were renting had. We
RH> added a hanging pot rack, a butler (portable storage unit), other
RH> storage units and a couple of shelves to the pantry to store all our
RH> kitchen stuff.

You've made it work.  We have the worst designed kitchen ever, heck the whole apartment is not designed for more then a single person to live in I think.

Lots of small rooms and narrow halls everywhere.

RH> Like sweet potatoes, we find it sweet enough without the honey but I
RH> guess it's a matter of personal taste.

We did it without honey this time.  It was good, I just add a bit for that slight twang.

Shawn
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