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Have never seen one of these...! http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ppd/3687958386.html

I have a newer model Broan heater here at work.

This year instead of our traditional German menu of Roast Goose we will be having: Crab Fresh Dungeness crab Oysters Oysters on the Half Shell Relishes Nuts, Radishes, Olives Salad Celery Victor Soup Consommé Célestine Fish Crab-Stuffed Sole Paupiettes with Sauce Vin Blanc Roast...

I make my own mincemeat for pies about every two years. The recipe I have makes quite a large batch of mincemeat and I freeze what I don't use or give away. 5 pounds beef shank with marrow 1 beef heart, about 2 1/2 pounds cut into 1/4 inch dice 1 1/2 pounds suet, chopped 1 pound dried currants...

Kelly, last night I made two pumpkin and two mincemeat pies using your recipe for the crusts. By far the easiest pies I've ever made!

I've been using a rice cooker for 30+ years, it is one of the few near "unitask" appliances I have in my kitchen

Garland Stove According to this and other sources I've seen she bought her Garland in 1956. "The piece de resistance was Child’s Garland six-burner, commercial gas oven range, manufactured in the 1950s. The stove had already been used in a restaurant when the Childs purchased it for $429 in...

Julia had in her home kitchen a Garland commercial gas stove which se bought in the 1950s http://americanhistory.si.edu/kitchen/tools01_01_l.htm

Everything looks very nice! With the exception of a Advent Wreath, I don't put any up decorations or the tree until 12/24...and it all stays up until January 6th.

Ralph and Matt glad to be of some help!

A link to growing rhubarb in the bay area... http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-02-09/home-and-garden/17141167_1_rhubarb-levels-of-oxalic-acid-well-drained-soil

Ralph, rhubarb does not do too well in the heat of summer. When it starts to cool off to below about 75f it should start to do better http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/growing

Nash shifting... Ralph, it was an experience...three on the tree and you had to double clutch! It certainly wasn't a "chic magnet"...but I wasn't concerned with that sort of thing...even back then!

My first car was a 1959 Nash Metropolitan, it was my great-grandfather's...and he gave it to me when I turned 16 in 1976. This picture was not my car...but it was the same color. I had it until 1998.

Very nice "Moderne" home in Portland, OR. If you look at the site take the time to click on some of the "related posts" as there are several other pictures that might be of interest. http://retrorenovation.com/2011/01/12/1948-streamline-moderne-time-capsule-house-portland-oregon/