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I am making a cream cheese based truffle recipe for Christmas this year but the batches I need to make witll take me weeks to complete. The recipe is essentially just cream cheese, melted chocolate and a some flavoring. Anyone know if I can make these in adance and freeze them?

I'm planning a picnic for my husband whom I haven't seen in almost 3 months. I consider myself semi-gourmet friendly and am not afraid of a cooking challenge. I would love to know what you'd like to see in a picnic! I'm looking for new ideas and challenges.

Every dish would need to be cold.

Thanks in advance!

We live in a podunk little town where the HS population may hit 350 in a good year. These past couple of weeks, 2 big fights have broken out at school, after the first fight, 6 students were formally charged. Today 4 boys ganged up on 1 and the student was left unconcious after a pretty bad beating that took place right out front where the kids were waiting to board their buses. There is an old stupid rivalry between the 2 TINY towns that feed this school that is starting to resemble gang actions. The school has a "no cell phone" policy in place that up until now I have agreed with. Tonight I told my stepdaughter to take her phone and have it with her at all times so long as it's off. What should I tell her to do if weapons are brought out? Should I tell her to get the hell out and call me from a safe place? Should I tell her to hide? This is ridiculous, this is a tiny *** country town but what it shows me is that it's not just large cities that experience this (like where I grew up), it's everywhere. I've tried to google this topic to get some info but apparently I don't have the right phrase and am not getting anwhere.

I would greatly appreciate any well thought out and informed suggestions. If you don't have anything worthwile to contribute no offense but please move on, this is not a point question, this is my Sdaughter's life.

Thanks,

A Concerned Parent

I'm hoping someone here has some website suggestions. It's going to be hard to find a fresh goose of course so I'm not too picky about frozen but would like good quality. Thanks in advance!!

I have recently heard that pork products are difficult for cats to digest but cannot find any substantiating information. Does anyone know if pork products are hard for cats?

I remember watching this back in the mid 80's. A man moves into the Alaskan wilderness to study wolves. In this movie, the man is inundated by mice and ends up eating them as well as watching the wolves marking their territory and he attempts to do the same thing.

My husbands favorite aunt passed away last night. I know they will be inundated with casseroles and what not but I am trying to think of something that will be forgotten but definitely needed. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

My husband is in Maine and I am in Virginia. He's found a great price on some hard shell lobsters but I can't seem to find any detailed information on the best way to pack and ship them. I have read that you don't want to use dry ice, you don't want to use regular ice. What kind of cooler? etc etc etc

Thanks in advance!!

I sold an item on ebay, the buyer posted a payment but it was sent to my old email address which was updated months ago.

I checked my old address and Paypal is still sending notifications and what-not to that address. I can't find anywhere either in Ebay or Paypal with my old address listed to change it. Any suggestions?

My Grandmother just sent me a narwhal tusk walking cane that has been in my family for years. I am trying to find a way to value it (US standards) for insurance purposes. With the US laws on importing ivory, I'm not sure what I can and can't do.

I bought 1/2 pound of vanilla beans to make Christmas gifts with but I have some left over. How can I store these. Can I freeze them? What's the best option to keep these beans useable.

Tanks!!!

I pulled out my venison steaks yesterday but forgot to marinate them and don't have anything else out for dinner. We had some last week and meat isn't gamey so I'm not worried about that, I'm just worried about the toughness. Any suggestions on how to cook these steaks so they won't be tough? Tanks!!!!

I have a wonderful blueberry wine that I would like to incorporate into a no-bake cheesecake recipe. I have all of the options, ie cream cheese, sour cream, cream of tartar, etc. I would like to know if there is a way to incorporate the blueberry wine into my cheesecake without it being runny.

Tanks!!!!

OK, I'm not an idiot, just don't have one, my boss does however and he's turned it on and can't turn it off. How do you turn this thing off?

Anyone have any suggestions for some ground bison recipes? I've got 2 pounds and I've read that the meat can be very fickle and dry out quickly.

My husband and I want to get a tv to mount in the sitting room of our suite. I know absolutely zip. What's the difference between plasma and LCD? Can any flat screen be wall mounted? Thanks in advance!

I have a TON of garlic from the garlic festival this past weekend and I wanted to make garlic infused olive oils to give for Christmas. What can I add to the oil as a preservative so I don't have to worry about botulism?

We have a "postage stamp" orchard that includes peaches, plums, apples, apricots and pears. The trees tried to fruit last year but the fruit just fell off after a couple of days of growth. After opening the fallen fruit we found worms. My trees currently have blossoms on them and I don't want to spray yet, when is the best time?

We don't use a city water system, we have a well for our water supply and this has just started happening in the past week or so. The water is "chuffing" although it's not coming out in spurts, it's still a steady stream. It just sounds like there is air in the pipes. Should I be worried?

Nothing too time consuming and no pasta dishes please.