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i’ve never had this problem before. but the last two times i’ve made cheese sauce, it curdled. i was more upset about the second one, it was for christmas dinner… the first christmas dinner i’ve ever made.
any suggestions?
the reason why a lot of sauces break is because you either aren’t using it right away (like butter sauces) or the high heat that you’ve put it on (like Alfredo sauce).

If you’re keeping it warm, put it on a lower temp, and stir it every once in a while. I don’t know what type of thickening agent you’re using, but try making a roux. They hold sauces a lot better in my experience and you can always make enough roux and keep it out at room temp until you need it. That, and they don’t go bad!
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I’ve been running a moonshine still and making vodka at home for a couple years now. I used to run a batch every other week, and the output was enough for 11 fifths of pretty good vodka that I turned into panty-melting infusions. I don’t even know how many recipes I have in my head. Once every couple months I’ll make a batch now and I spend money on good ingredients with a nice product in mind.

Everybody remembers my peppermint schnapps from last Christmas and the Thanksgiving special edition coffee-spiker I made this year. Good stuff.
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I will be moving into a new place soon and I want to get some nice kitchenware. I want to buy quality stuff that I will only need to buy ONCE. I am thinking that I atleast need:

Knife set w/ Steak knives - What is good?
Pot/pan set - What metals? Nonstick?
Quality cutting board - Wood or Plastic?
Blender - Cuisinart?
Mixer - Kitchenaid (artisan or pro?)
Kitchen Tools (shears, and other utensils)
Baking Tools (trays and such) - silicone stuff?
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I just bottled a six malt amber and am working on my own amber ale using some rye grains.
I do.

I have a wheat that I am going to be bottling in the next couple of days. I was actually just thinking about what to buy next.
I have a vanilla porter in primary right now(boiled on thursday) and I have an amber that’s bottle conditioning.

I’m gonna get a kolsch going in about a week for a lawnmower beer, followed by a citrusweizen, and another go-round of american red.
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I went cosmic bowling with Doug Friday night for Eric’s Birthday. Martina and Marie were also there. I got a 79, which I thought was bad till a seen Martina’s and Marie’s score in the 30’s and 40’s. Doug let me win in the second game though because he went from a 136 to a 49 but he keeps denying it saying he had a ‘weak arm.’ It wasn’t till like 1:30 till we left. Then Eric, Doug and I went driving around. We went to Hannaford and the Guilderland High School. At the school we stood there for like 10 minutes and talked about ghosts and people that died there. Then on the way out Doug and I were saying things like is that one (ghost), no its just a dog. Finally he told us to shut up or he’ll put his high beams on :). Doug kept telling Eric there were a lot of cops on the roads we were traveling on so every car we seen Eric was asking if it was a cop haha.

We went to the mall Saturday. I got this pink purse with these rhinestones on the front for Prom. I also got this white/silver shawl for my purple dress. Plus I got 2 necklaces. We ate out at Frienldly’s for our 9-month anniversary. Plus we went to go see National Lampoon’s Van Wilder. It was a good movie; the guy that played Van had cute eyes. I hate the Crossgates though because we can’t bring our shopping bags into the theater. We have to put all our stuff in our pockets or wear/carry it in.

I talked to my mom on the phone last Wednesday. She works at Friendly’s in Rotterdam Mall now, that’s where she was calling from. She said she was moving to another country to live in a small apartment or trailer. She also kept say she needed a place to put her stuff and asking if Doug could take it. Then she said she would call him in the morning and ask, she never did though. But on Thursday night she called at 11:40 saying she would call when she was coming up to drop her stuff off and that she talked it over with me! But then this weekend while I was at Doug’s my dad said she showed up here. My dad said she doesn’t have any more teeth. I haven’t seen her since Christmas.

My dad put me on the list to work at Diary Frost since I wasn’t with him when he first seen it open.

I got burnt on my shoulders and arms for today and yesterday. I don?t have to be outside for very long though. I hope a tan though. It’s going to be 86 degrees tomorrow.

I work both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. That’s a lot for me. I hope Sunday is counted as part of this week though.

I ran the mile last Friday. They gave me a 12 :).