1) You have just a few restaurant pet peeves. Like, a few thousand! Laura says: “Poor service, rude servers (I’m so sick of poor customer service!!!!). People on their cell phones. Unless you’re eating alone, you are being rude to whomever is with you (and sometimes those around you).” The responses are still coming in here.

2) Pewter without patina? Priceless. Pencils says: “It’s interesting that Americans value pewter with patina; I know that the British polish their pewter. My sister is an expert on Liberty and Arts & Crafts pewter, and it’s generally given a mirror polish if you can afford it (the polish is usually done professionally.) Maybe that’s why you scored your Welsh pewter.” See Joan Rivers’ kitchen (it has pewter) here.

3) The baked oatmeal fan club keeps growing. Ekb says: “this is so good! i did 1/2 sugar and 1/2 honey, and added chopped up almonds and a chopped up granny smith apple. i added cranberries, cinnamon, and nutmeg too! i baked them in muffin tins so they’re already in little hand-held servings. SO DELISH! would be curious to know if using an egg substitute would work…” Click for the recipe.

4) We’re not the only ones itching for spring. GartenGrl at Cool Garden Things says of Jenny P.’s winter gardening post: “Ohhhh Myyyy Goodness….I have done all of these things and there is still like 2 months to gooooo…..whine, whine, whine…” We feel your pain!

5) One of us might get on MasterChef yet! One of our readers, but we hope it’s okay to count you as one of our own! Babe says: “I too tried out in Denver. I didn’t have a wait, they brought me right in, I had the same judge, kind of a quick talker, she liked my dish except the garnish. i got a call back the next day and had a filmed interview. I had two really sweet producers and now I wait…” Good luck, Babe, and definitely keep us posted! Read about Megan B.’s MasterChef audition here.

P.S. Don’t forget to enter our Twitter contest for your chance to win a Brother P-Touch 1090 labeler! Details here.

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