I think it's fine to go overboard. My neighbor is having me help her bake cookies for a Relay for Life event her job is supporting. Tomorrow we're gonna go grab stuff and bake all day, or at least until I have to go to work, then she's on her own.

Wow, woman's seriously got issues xD Oh well, it's her life she's messing up with all that disapproval, not yours! At least she's not one of your teachers, your tutor sounds great!

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Can I come live with you? And eat with you? Maybe steal stuff from your fridge I've been wanting to do bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers for a while, but I'm terrified of screwing up and wasting good food. I almost did that with bacon-wrapped chicken WHICH IS FREAKING HARD SINCE THE STUPID CHICKEN PLUMPS AND THE BACON SHRINKS AND THAT STUPID TOOTHPICK WON'T STAY IN PLACE!! *fumes*

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My dad taught me how to make garden soup. Soooo good. Have you ever had salt pork?

Nope I've never had salt pork (at least not that I know of xD)

It's that layer on the pig that has skin and meat held together by a layer of fat. It's seasoned and heavily salted to stay preserved and it has some of the best flavor that I've encountered in pork products. I don't eat the bits with skin, but I love chewing the flavor out of them. It's a bit leathery, but still good. I make the soup with green beans, fresh peas, carrots, pearl onions, corn, potatoes, celery, salt pork, and either pork broth thickened with flour, or water thickened with milk and flour. Pepper and occasionally something spicy to taste, and no need for more salt. My grandma used to make it with this incredibly thick, dense bread that absorbed all the juice.

That sounds delicious
I don't even eat pork all that much and it sounds delicious

I eat pork when it's available, otherwise I'm a chicken person.

Me too usually ^^"

Cupcakes!

Red velvet?

Yup :3

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I... don't know why I'm still awake, but that sounds super delicious. Can't wait for pics. I should have snapped some of the chili/goulash/thing I made today. It wasn't perfect, but now I have to go and buy a buttload of noodles just to get the spice packets. And, my god, are these packets hot. I poured a fraction into a whole, family sized pot and it didn't burn, but it made me fell warm inside for a good two hours afterwards.

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So you candied those cherries yourself? They just look so different from when you buy them fresh!

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Ohhh, I thought soaking them in brandy turned them that fantastic color.

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Family dinners sound so fun. At my house it's always a civil war over who is in control of the kitchen. Can we expect more pictures?

Definitely ^7^

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I just discovered this thread & wanted to say, you make some beautiful and yummy things! I can't wait to see more. :)