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Yea, Sarah Richardson is back on HGTV! Or at least they are running a marathon of "Sarah Sees Potential" this morning, in which she helps potential home owner choose a new house and uses a reno budget on the room of their choice. Very enjoyable!

Thanks for the heads' up. These are my faves now in the HH franchise, so I'll be looking out for them. BTW, is there a PreviouslyTV discussion anywhere of the "Beachfront Bargain Hunt" or "Lakefront Bargain Hunt" shows? I was mesmerized by them yesterday, and I'd love to discuss it.

My family has a similar recipe for an Apricot Nectar Cake and those Kern's cans are exactly what we use. The only difference in our recipe is the addition of a package of orange jello with a yellow cake mix. Do you put a glaze on it? We use a mix of powdered sugar and lemon juice...it's a wonderful dessert.

I made Ina's Raisin Pecan Oatmeal cookies this morning--they're easy and quite tasty. I substituted dried cranberries for the raisins because I had them and I think that worked well as the batter is quite sweet. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/raisin-pecan-oatmeal-cookies-recipe.html

cpp83 wrote: "Ron wants to put his stamp all over GH but he doesn't care how he does it or what happens to the show and the characters when he does. I feel as if he's so desperate to stay one step ahead of us, the audience, he's willing to dump all his previous plans just because he won't let us 'win'." I'm almost certain that I wrote the same thing about Bob Guza fifteen years ago.

I've done turkey gravy ahead of time by making a good stock from turkey wings browned then braised with aromatics (celery, onions, carrots, bay leaf, peppercorns) and water for several hours and de-fatted. You can make an appropriate amount of roux (oil or butter plus flour) for the turkey stock, adding it and adjusting the seasoning, to get a good base for the turkey gravy. Then add drippings to boost the turkey flavor.

I watched Ina's appearance on The Chew yesterday, thanks to my On Demand service. I thought that she was great, only a little nervous due to the pressure of a live cooking demo, and the hosts seemed to love her. She made a "make ahead" leek/artichoke heart bread pudding, which looked luscious, and the audience members all got copies of her new cookbook. Lucky them!

annzeepark, I've never made her recipe exactly but it is similar to how I prepare it. I've found that the amount of curry powder that I add differs each time, depending on where I buy it and how it tastes. Sometime, it seems that I add a LOT, and other times it doesn't need that much. I've never added white wine but will use lemon juice, and I always add almonds instead of cashews. It would be great to add chutney but I rarely have any, so I add apricot jam.

I was wondering about the other rooms, too, especially bedrooms and baths upstairs. I wish that they had shown them, if they had been renovated. If not, there was still much work to be done on that house, I'm afraid.

I'm not interested in scandal. I want change. Marlowe and company have been tone deaf for ages and I can only hope that Amann will understand that.