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Don’t laugh. Son left a glue trap in his place in the country to get rid of a rat that had evaded other traps for months. He instead caught two snakes.

Make sure that your house has no secret entries for them. Lizzie, whom many of you may remember from early food forums, had a family that regularly invaded her house through the doggie door. They regularly ransacked the kitchen, opened sealed packages of cookies, etc and sampled or devoured any food left out. She referred to them as the Gambini gang, and ridded them only by eliminating the door which inconvenienced their small dogs.

D-I-I’s mother is in rehab facility after serious fall. And, yep, now has COVID. Walnut Creek, NorCal.

I think you're amazing! Sleep well.

Good maxim. Too many people choose multiple beans per pod because of the pod waste, and by doing so wind up with large, over the hill favas.

I have no words for this kind of ignorance and selfishness. Tell N how sorry we are.

Lovely wedding photo! Thanks.

Problem is that it isn't a sentence.

And, yes, never buy fat pods.

The way we serve peas at home. In a bowl on the kitchen table, with second bowl for pods. Help yourself.

My italian sister-in-law once brought my mother a 50lb sack of baby artichokes for Mom to can for her, "because Mom did things so easily". Bad, bad, bad! But worse when she left not a pint when she picked up the cases of product.

Favas are in that category of foods I will make for husband and me but not for "company". I don't want my guests to feel beholden. Or, actually, I would want them to!

I love that T-shirt!

I have never understood the influence of influencers! Why on earth would you consider the recommendations of twits who know nothing about anything and are only selling themselves.

Stick with it! It’s painless and very rewarding!

Yup. K.I.S.S..

At least you spelled ours right.

Yum! One of the best dishes of my life was by Nancy Oakes (now Boulevard) when she was churning out bar food at The Mad Hatter. Artichoke stuffed with a seafood (shrimp, scallops, mussels) stew. Messy as hell to eat but truly heavenly tasting. Would happily sub yours.

A romertopf? She'll LOVE it!

i have no idea what is at play. During January visit, my ortho guy said these all were "garden variety arthritis, not rheumatoid. Tests by hand specialist agreed with this. So why this med is the first to provide any relief is quite an enigma (to me). Not arguing, however, so long as it's working.

Sending one month supply via Gremlin Express. I am going to ask my rheumatologist at next appointment if these "cures"/improvements were indeed off label treatment.

FWIW, and probably not much, but a month ago I had such shoulder pain that I couldn't raise my arms above my head, certainly not with any weight strain, like putting dishes away on higher shelves. Then UC rhumatologist who is treating the pseudo-gout in my hands changed my med to hydroxychloroquine. Within 2 weeks my hands were noticeably less affected, AND/BUT all shoulder pain was gone. Knee pain gone. GONE! Gremlins? the gods?

There's nothing wrong with "pasta", only with "portion". Husband and I have each dropped 20lbs without cutting out anything but rather by downsizing portions.

Always a good idea.

"a bowl with a plate on top" What we use, except as cover we invert one of those plastic bowls that many frozen entrees come in. Husband depends on microwave for (reheated, repurposed) lunches, and I do for breakfast oatmeal, prepared as described upthread. I remember being thoroughly excoriated for not using "proper microwave vessels" by a famous SF cookware store owner, but her interests were not necessarily mine. We don't use plastic containers in the microwave nor any special or valuable or handcrafted pieces. Just ordinary "white china".