Food and other homemade gifts
On Oct 21, 10:35*am, ravenlynne > wrote:
> On 10/21/2010 8:01 AM, ravenlynne wrote:
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> > On 10/20/2010 6:36 PM, gloria.p wrote:
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> >> In other years I have given away home-made fruitcake, cookies, jam or
> >> jelly, coffee liqueur, Irish cream liqueur, an original spice blend, and
> >> candied pecans.
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> >> My daughter made soap last year in various scents and additives
> >> like oatmeal, herbs, and even coffee grounds for an abrasive kitchen
> >> soap to remove food odors. We took a class together and she really
> >> got creative. She also packaged them very attractively in colored
> >> tissue with a band listing the scent and ingredients. People loved them.
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> >> The candied pecans are wonderful but not exactly inexpensive.
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> >> gloria p
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> > I usually do nice big tins with a good assortment of cookies each
> > year....pbj thumbprints, eggnog snickerdoodles, chocolate covered cherry
> > cookies, dark chocolate cherry macaroons, fudge, sugar cutouts. Each
> > year I generally add a new recipe. Haven' decided this year.
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> Ack forgot about RUM BALLS. *I have to make ridiculous amounts of these
> because of how many I'll "test" to make sure they're ok. *I made some
> with a bailey's/rum mix last time that were good. (not bailey's brand,
> the off brand one that costs half as much...can't remember the name.)
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> Currently reading: *Star Trek TOS #2 The Entropy Effect by vonda macintyre
Carolan's?
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