Q:I made this back in the early 80s, and it was the best cheesecake I've ever had. It's made with 8 packages of cream cheese, a dozen eggs, and uses a pastry crust. It's baked in a large springform tube pan. I've been unable to find the recipe again. Does anyone have this recipe?I have found recipes that are 'close', but I really want to get that original...

try this one Cantonese Egg Foo Yong Ingredients: 1/2 cup chicken stock or water 6 eggs beaten 1/2 tsp. salt 4 dried chinese mushrooms white pepper 1 clove garlic crushed 1 can bean sprouts 2 spring onions [scallions] white part only Method: wash mushrooms,soak in water for 20mins. Rinse,squeeze dry and cut into thin slices. Rinse bean sprouts in cold water and drain. Mix salt, pepper and crushed garlic into beaten egg. In a wok heat 1tbsp. oil add bean sproutsand mushrooms. Stir fry for 1 minute. Add stock or water and cover. Cook for one minute. Add egg mixture and scallions and stir well. Press down on the mixture with a spatula to flatten. Fry until light brown underneath. Turn over and brown the other side. [this is an old recipe and used monosodium glutamate. I have left it out because of health concerns. If you want to, add 1/2 tsp. with the pepper etc. to the beaten egg] You can do a simple pour over sauce with stock, butter,cornflour and oyster sauce. Just make it in the wok after you have removed the efy to the serving plate.

Q:What are garden slugs, but snails who don't carry their homes on their backs?

Garden Slugs are pathetic want-to-be Gardeners who want to pretty up the garden but their big slimy bellies outweigh their enthusiasm. They seemingly want to eat their way to Better homes Gardens ......Hey Snail ! ... You got some room in that thing?

Q:I have a home gardening book that says jalapenos thrive in a slightly acidic soil (5.8-6.5) but mine is very near neutral at about 7. Is this to alkaline for my jalapenos or will be ok?

They will do just fine.

Q:I was thinking a weekend trip to a nursery or something near springfield il or st louis but am not sure what greenhouses around here are good.

Gardening tools, clothes, gloves, etc... Anything to make her hobby more enjoyable and interesting for her.

Q:We have clutter like the shed, playground and bricks that my mother does not want to remove. Also, we have weeds growing and tons of branches so I don't know what to do. Let alone, my mother keeps on saying landscaping is needed but she very rarely asks for a person to cut the grassand we don't have the budget to cut our two tall trees.

Bundle the branches up and tie them with string, put out with the trash if you confirm your trash removal company accepts yard waste. Once they are gone, a good raking to remove leaves and dead grass using a lawn rake, bag them up and get rid of them. Tidy up the bricks and any loose items you want to keep and stack behind the shed if possible. Once all the yard is clean, look at any high or low spots, get a few bags of topsoil from Home Depot ( $1.29 a bag) , some grass seed, and a small bag of starter fertilizer. The cost should be under $50 for everything. Use the soil in low spots, and then sprinkle the grass seed and starter wherever there is a bald spot and in the new topsoil. Water lightly but often, the idea is to wash the oily covering off the seed, but not wash the seed away. Keep it moist for a week and you will have new grass growing. Follow the directions on the seed package for proper lawn care once up.

Q:Spade and a Hoe.

A vegetable garden so I can feed myself. A levelling tool to sow grass and improve the value of my home. A gardening tool so as to improve the value of my home. A sanitation tool so as to dig a long drop toilet in emergencies. A fencing tool so as to put in fence posts so as to identify boundaries around your property. Tools that all decent, civilised societies used to develop their infrastructure and develop their nations. Those simple tools are the foundations of all decent societies. I salute the spade and hoe.

Q:I am a beginner and am looking at turbo floorplan pro at $120.00and Better Homes and Gardens House design for about $70.00.Is Turbo floorplan better, but overkill?

Ya Turbo floorplan is totally better coming from someone who has no clue wat that actually means... It sounds cooler.. xoxo Elle

Q:Home Garden gt; General - Home Garden --gt; WTF?

The Speed Demon ~ The Formula One Office Racer ~ The TT Rolllie Racer ~ James Tiberius Kirk ~ Willy Wonka ~

Q:I heard a state legislator today on the radio talking about taxing home gardens that grow vegetables and other produce. This state is in serious economic trouble and they are looking at every possible source of revenue. The legislator stated that many home gardeners sell their produce at flea markets and do not pay any sales tax, that the produce grown even if not sold amounts to income and should be taxed. What do you think if the feasibility and practicality of this?

We all need to contribute to the system for the public services to work.

Q:We are building a new home and are acting as our own contractors. We are having cabinets, granite, wood floors and tile brought in from other stores but need faucets, sinks, toilets ect.. Home Depot used to do a 10% discount card but neither them nor Lowes does this anymore. Anybody have any ideas as far as where to go to get alot of things where they might give a dicount? How is Home Deot and Lowes quality?

I would call a plumbing supplier. Tell them you want to buy all of your fixtures and ask if they will give you a discount on buying everything for your house from them. Also, quality of fixtures is not found in the store but in the brand. Koeler is your top of the line stuff, but it is expensive! Moen is standard for faucets and has a life time guarantee. Peerless is also a good name for faucets and American Standard is a good name for your ceramic fixtures.