In a message dated 11/8/2004 11:30:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Dot, They don't know what hard rolls and Taylor ham are here in La. I really miss the foods of home. I cook the Irish foods, also. Ham, potatoes & cabbage, Corned beef, cabbage and potatoes. When it gets cool out I make meat loaf, baked potatoes and baked beans. Everything goes into the oven at once. I know two starches, but my mother used to always cook that. Probably helped warm up the kitchen. Now I am finding it a little hard to cook for two. Hate eating left overs more than once. Fine if I can freeze it. Pat Pat, I think there is a site on the web where you can order Taylor ham. I buy the poppy seed rolls in WalMart and put them in the oven for just a couple of minutes. It makes the outside a little crunchier and fools me into thinking I have the real thing. LOL I always cook for 4 and freeze half. After a hard day when I don't feel like cooking I always have something to nuke. With my meatloaf I cut up the potatoes and put them in the pan with the meat. Gives them a nice taste and they look like fried.