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Jam Jars

February 1st, 2011

Jam JarsJam Jars

jamjarsweets@gmail.com

(903) 530-5954

www.jamjarsweets.com

Emily Skipper has come up with a wonderful idea – Jam Jars. No she didn’t invent jam jars. She just came up with the idea of stuffing them full of mouth-watering, homemade desserts and selling them online.

Each jam jar is a single serving dessert in an eight or four ounce jam jar. Although if you don’t devour them immediately you can save them in your refrigerator for up to two weeks or in your freezer for up to six months.

The eight ounce jam jars sell for six dollars a piece and the four ounce jam jars sell for three-fifty. Right now Emily has the following desserts available (S’mores, Peach Cobbler, German Chocolate Cake, Rocky Road Brownie, Mixed Berry Cobbler, Birthday Cake, Apple Pie, Pecan Pie, Devil’s Food Cake, and Cherry Pie) although she’s always experimenting with new desserts. In fact if you want you can even send her special requests. If you do you have to order a minimum of six jam jars and give them at least a weeks notice. If it’s possible to get your special request in a jam jar rest assured you’ll get it. If not, they will let you know.

Also if you order the Baker’s Choice (they choose from their list of flavors or experiments) you get a dollar off the price of each jam jar.

Jam jars are perfect for fun desserts, parties or gifts. Go online to www.jamjarsweets.com and check them out for yourself.

Juanita’s Mexican Buffet

January 18th, 2010

Juanita’s Mexican Buffet is located on Hwy 110 in Lindale, which is close to Tyler. My friends took me there once for lunch and I thought the food was pretty good. It is buffet style restaurant which I prefer most of the time because you can choose how much you eat and when to stop. The menu selection was good…Spanish rice, fajita meat with onions and bell pepper, chicken fingers, some type of stew, rolls, muffins, salad stuff and peach cobbler for dessert.

Our waitress wasn’t that great but I think she was busy with all the other tables. Like an attentive waitress, she did stop several times at our table to ask if we were OK…but did not take our plates away very quickly. Not a big deal…I still enjoyed my meal and I would do it over again if I had another opportunity. As long as the food is okay and the company great I can overlook some of the other stuff. The restaurant is on the small side and you can tell they probably had some regulars who often like to go have lunch there. We took my 21 month old daughter and of course she draws attention everywhere we go.

People love baby’s for the most part. It makes for a great conversation starter to have a child go out to eat with you, especially if you are shy and have a hard time saying something worth while your children always have something funny or smart to say. Never a dull moment. Juanita’s is a great place for a buffet style mexican restaurant and the price is reasonable. It is not gourmet food…but good reasonable quality and price. For what you pay…this is worth it

Rudy’s Bar-B-Q

January 18th, 2010

Rudy’s “Country Store” and Bar-B-Q was placed in operation in 1989. It was a store first them, became a food place. Barbecue lovers this is the place for you to enjoy one of the best BBQ places in Tyler. Inside it’s very country looking and inviting. Menu is amazing, all kinds of brisket, turkey breast, pork loin, chopped beef. Pork spare ribs and everybody loves some Baby back ribs, half chicken, regular chicken, jalapeno sausages and this is just the meat, so far. Hungry yet….OK I will keep going…potato salad, pinto beans, green bean salad, cream corn, new potatoes, corn on the cob, green chili stew and jumbo smokes potato.

Never leave out the desserts….banana pudding, pecan pie, chocolate pudding, butter milk pie, ice cream, peach cobbler and rice crispy treats. This is making me hungry all over again. I had a loaded baked potato with cheese, sour cream and pulled pork on top of it. Yes, it was delicious. Outside the store they also have gas station available just in case you are running low or want to fill up while you are there. They sell soft drinks and beer to go with your meal, depending on what you prefer.

After your meal, they have some stuff you can purchase in their store. The store is located on 1410 SSW Loop 323, Tyler, Texas. Some of the other locations are in Waco, Frisco and Houston, Texas just to name a few. They have many other locations which you could easily find on their website. They carry gift cards in their store. It is a great place to go and eat a good lunch and it’s very close to our Hollywood theater. Once you are done eating you could drop in and watch the movie you were looking for.

Rudy’s place burned a few years ago and it took them quite a while to build the kitchen area back to be even better than it was in the beginning. They made a bigger dining area and redid the kitchen to accommodate an even bigger crowd. More people go there than before the fire, it is worth the visit.