"graham" > wrote in message
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> On 22/12/2014 6:06 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "graham" > wrote in message
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>>> On 21/12/2014 2:50 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> "graham" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On 21/12/2014 8:08 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>> On 12/21/2014 8:27 AM, jmcquown wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Never bothered me. I'd rather you use your washed hands than a
>>>>>>>> glove
>>>>>>>> that has picked up all sort of contaminants. You really don't know
>>>>>>>> where those gloves may have been.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Could be true, but from what I've seen at Publix they don a new
>>>>>>> pair of
>>>>>>> gloves for each customer at the butcher and fish counters.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is the proper protocol and I'm sure they follow it in the front
>>>>>> counter. How about the guy grinding meat in the back that just
>>>>>> dropped
>>>>>> his coffee cup on the floor? Or scratched his crotch? All while
>>>>>> wearing the same gloves he put on 4 hours ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was in a Chinese bakery once when I heard the baker out back hawk
>>>>> and spit!
>>>>> I never went back.
>>>>
>>>> Which would explain why you and I prefer to make everything from
>>>> scratch
>>>> at home)
>>>>
>>> I've just finished, I think, my xmas baking. 6 dozen almond tarts, 4
>>> dozen macaron shells, 2 dozen pink peppercorn/honey madeleines, 2
>>> dozen pistachio (gluten free) cookies and 2 dozen "alliterative"
>>> cookies. The latter being cashew, chocolate chip, cranberry, crispy
>>> cornflake cookies.
>>> I think I might bake a batch of chocolate crunch - a treat from school
>>> dinners.
>>
>> Blimey! How many are you feeding) I haven't made as much as that
>> since all the kids were at home)
>>
> Several friends look forward to the almond tarts and my grandson "inhales"
> them:-) I also make up selections as gifts. The pistachio cookies are
> gluten free and were made for my d-i-l's sisters who are both cœliacs. As
> it happens, they are delicious and easy to make, although pealing the
> pistachio kernels is fiddly.

Well done You have very lucky recipients))

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