Also painful is that the US ambassador to Canada has Dutch roots. He was also ambassador to the Netherlands during trumps first term and was just as popular here as he is in Canada now.

Smooth

My 10 uear old AEG oven in the Netherlands

Quince jelly and dulce de membrillo. You can make both from the same quinces.

Depeche = autocorrupt for "speech"

It's an obvious AI version of you. The voice and eyes are recognizable, but the mouth and Depeche patterns are wrong. Very creepy.

AI is going to kill us. 🙄

He does amazing work!

What a loss. My sincere condolences to his friends and loved ones.

What a great idea! Lovely.

I find it hard to choose a favourite, but Going Postal is up there among my faves.

Nope. It's an Eastern Blue Jay.

Embroidered bags that can hold a pair of shoes.

Good luck! I learned to sew at school (Home Economics mandatory for girls, and Inudustrial Arts mandatory for boys🙄) and have never regretted it. Maybe check out continuing ed classes for sewing courses. They can be really helpful.

I agree. Paprika is really great and I've been using it for years. It makes scaling recipes really easy, and I use it to keep notes on changes I made or would make the next time. I just wish the editor didn't jump to the end of the recipe with every minor edit.

We had it when I was a kid in the original Dutch: Kabouters

Oh dear. Where do you stand on Twigz pretzels? I can't get them here and I love them even more than Hawkins cheezies (which I also can't get here.)