Book Board Chat

Using a partial package of Red Lobster mix is an option; just zipping the rest into a zip lock bag for next time. You can usually figure out about how much half is, and it's only an add water mix, isn't it? Those are pretty good biscuits. I almost bought some last time at Walmart, but instead got a couple packs of 6-biscuit mix, and one for 6 cranberry orange muffins, which I think will make one or two of those miniature loaves. With the Krusteaz box of Cran Orange, I like to grate some orange right into the batter and have even been known to add even a few more cranberries to it...then I sprinkle some of those big sugar crystals on the tops when I bake them. Haven't done that in awhile; DH doesn't like that or the blueberry muffins (in fact he doesn't seem fond of muffins much at all). There's a Maverik chain of quick stops that has muffins we DO like, though we can't buy them here, since the baker leaves them in too long and I long since gave up asking that they not do that (they end up with an inch thick crust on the top, and they're not good) so when we travel, I buy them 50 miles away at another Maverik. He did like the Peach cobbler ones and I think a butter rum variety, but they don't have those all the time. (that's just our curse and we're well used to it). Said she, who bought 3 cases of Red bull lime just before they were all gone, and keeps it in the garage. I met the Red Bull man in Walmart 3 days ago while I was in line with my cat food, and it turns out he was the one who found the cases and brought them to the store in another town for me....I thanked him profusely, and we had a little talk about the "new" flavors they'd introduced; we agreed on a tropical flavor that seems to have replaced the lime....as I described it, I tried a can of that, and it tasted like Mountain Dew that had gone bad. Mtn Dew is bad enough as it is, picture it spoiled too. That about describes it. He laughed and said his co-worker hated it too. He had one taste of it and that was all for him, as well. It's just hell to be old and picky. Especially with our curse in full effect - "if you like something it will be discontinued forthwith". We have learned to laugh at the gods who do these things....