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DIY COFFEE FILTER EASTER BASKETS!

   This diy comes from www.auntpeaches.com .  These would make a great decorative touch for your table with some really nice looking eggs that you've created for Easter. Coffee Filter Easter Baskets in Bloom Buck teeth: Check. Cotton tail: Check. Easter basket: Check. The Easter bunny has come to town. Woot! Woot! OK, can we just agree that Easter is the best holiday? Second only to National Root Beer Float Day , perhaps. And Lola’s birthday, of course. And the day the dollar store restocks. That is, indeed, a truly a extraordinary day. The best part about Easter hoopla has got to be Easter baskets. Chocolate. Chickens. Glittering Eggs. Toys. Socks. Did your mother put socks in your Easter basket? Mine sure did. One time someone gave me a basket with teal blue press-on fingernails. Obviously, it was awesome. Another time I gave someone an Easter basket with a bottle of Jack Daniels dressed as a bunny. Get it? It was a Jack Rabbit

TOP 10 UNUSUAL FOOD COMBINATIONS!

   While some people know about these little tricks, the majority do not. These are small tips to help you improve the foods we commonly eat – most are recommended by top chefs and others by very experienced home cooks. 10. Carrots and Sugar    While it may seem strange to add sugar to vegetables, it is a very common method of preparing carrots in France. The technical term for this dish is Vichy Carrots, in which you combine Carrots, Salt, Pepper, sugar, and Vichy water (a sparkling water from the Vichy region) and cook them down until the carrots are glazed. The sugar heightens the flavor of the carrots and the end result is a stunning dish of brilliantly orange vegetables. 9. Coffee and Salt    Add a touch of salt to coffee to heighten the flavor – this is a very common use of salt as it is used in virtually all dishes (including sweet dishes served for pudding). Just a pinch is enough to make a brilliant espresso. 8. Tomatoes and Sugar

ST. URHO'S DAY FROM MINNESOTA!!

    The legend of St. Urho originated in Northern Minnesota in the 1950's. However, there are differing opinions as to whether it began with the fables created by Sulo Hvumaki of Bemidji , or the tales told by Richard Mattson of Virginia . Either way, the legend has grown among North American of Finnish descent to the point where St. Urho is know celebrated across the United States and Canada, and even in Finland. St. Urho's Day is celebrated on March 16th, the day prior to the better known feast of some minor saint from Ireland, who was alleged to have driven the snakes from that island.     The legend of St. Urho say he chased the grasshoppers out of ancient Finland, thus saving the grape crop and the jobs of Finnish vineyard workers. He did this by utter the phrase : "Heinasirkka, heinasirkka, men taaita hiteen"! ( roughly translated: " Grasshopper, grasshopper, go to Hell"!). His feast is celebrated by wearing the colors Royal Purple