Today's Deals!

1. Fresh Market- Chicken thighs 0.79/pound!
2. 25% off sale shoes at www.shoes.com- Promo code: 25SALE
3. Go-Travel:Get a flight and 3 nights each in Venice, Florence, and Rome, breakfast, and train travel -- all from $999*. Valid select dates, November 1, 2011-March 31, 2012.    Must book by October 18th.  Promo code: TTIT6
4. LLBean: 10% off October 6th-10th on orders and as usual free shipping!

Buy 2 bottles get the 3rd bottle free

My children use DaVinci Gourmet syrups all year long, snow cones in the summer, hot chocolate in the winter and smoothies, frappes and unknown concoctions any time of the year.

Discount code: HP1011

www.davincigourmet.com

1,000,000 seats from 19'99€. with Vueling!

This deal is offered about once a year by Vueling.  I especially look forward to it if I am planning on a trip to Europe.  The price can't be beat if you are planning on country hopping,  When I am not planning a trip to Europe, all it does is make me Wish I were going to Europe.

www.vueling.com

Black peaches are the pits!

Over ripe and bruised fruit turns black when dried

I received a question regarding peaches turning black after drying.  The woman said she soaked her peaches in sweetened lemon juice; however. they turned black while drying them.  Why?  Because she either had fruit that was overly ripe or bruised.  The blackening is caused by natural enzymes.  Even soaking fruit in lemon juice will not halt over ripe fruit from turning black.  Also, if you are going to try to dry bruised fruit, for best results, cut away the bruised areas or they will turn black as well.

PBS program Prohibition

A Non-alcoholic cherry rickie

PBS is airing a new program titled Prohibition tonight.  PBS typically does a very nice job.  The time is 8/7 central.  Check your local listing for your time zone.

Single serving sizes taste better?

My son Adam had oral surgery yesterday and as such requires soft foods, gelatin, pudding, scrambles eggs, applesauce etc. When my children were little I had one child that insisted on home lunches.  About that time single serving Jell-O and pudding cups we on the grocery shelves.  I was not going to pay $3.99 for single serving Jell-O to go in her lunch when I could make up a box of Jello-O for $0.57.  So I made pudding and gelatin and poured it into my re-usable single serving plastic ware and all was good.

After all these years of putting gelatin in singles serving containers I should have known better, but I didn't and made up Adam's post surgery gelatin and pudding in large bowls.  You would have thought I committed blasphemy.  Everyone threw a fit when they saw what their horrible mother was attempting to do!  I actually had to re-pour the hot pudding and gelatin into single serving containers to prevent mutiny.  Crazy but true!

Why pay $3.99 when you can make your own single serving gelatin for $0.57?