Overall average ham. Used an 8 pound, bone-in, pre-cooked spiral sliced ham. Did not use the ground cloves based on other's comments. Also omitted the ginger since I simply forgot to buy it from the store. Used all the other spices as called for in the recipe. For the 8 pound ham I decreased the amount of whole cloves to 10. And then the peel of one orange as recipes calls for. Cloves and orange dominated the flavor. Not the greatest combination of tastes. If you prefer a simple ham, I think using good old brown sugar will be enough. Also very very tender. Sprial slices just fell to pieces when pulling apart, that in itself is neither good or bad, but just a personal preference for me to have full slices of meat. Not piece-meal bits. A bit of a turn off. Overall, OK. Totally agree with Elvis Presley 99's review. Too floral indeed.

This is more like a dessert rather than a side dish, especially with the pecans, felt like I was eating pie. If you prefer simpler yams, this may not be the right dish for you. People ate it and liked it, but still PLENTY of leftovers afterwards. Overall an OK dish.

Good and easy. Kind of on the dry side. I think I may have overcooked mine, though. I would make again.

My favorite kind of recipe: relatively few ingredients, easy and tasty! Goes very well as a topping for the "Sicilian Spaghetti" recipe on this site. You can't go wrong with butter and garlic!

Five stars for ease, five stars for taste. I love that there isn't much needed to make a great tasting tuna sandwhich filling. Can easily cater to your own favorite taste. I added dashes of cayenne for spice and a small amount of tumeric for a richer flavor. Good and easy!

Delicious! I made this with the other reviews in mind, it is a dry pasta. I didn't mind that at all. Not at all fishy, can barely tell there is anchovy in it, in fact I will probably add even more anchovy next time. (You do not have to even like anchovy to enjoy this taste!) Six year old daughter loved it! I followed recipe exactly except that I used panko bread crumbs (the japanese breadcrumbs) and it tasted super. I told my husband to taste it, he kept asking me what was in it, I told him to taste it first. He said it was so good. I told him about the anchovy, he didn't believe me! Wonderful blend of flavors. I will add a squeeze of lemon next time as reccomended by the reviewer before me. Yum!

This is the first time I made banana bread, so I have nothing to compare it to. I did what the top reviewer suggested, I added more banana, flour, vanilla, and baking soda, turned out yummy! I used one standard loaf pan. So easy! Next time I will use only 1.5 tsp of baking soda instead of 2 tsp as suggested by the top review.

Pretty good! Admittedly not the healthiest thing in the world, but very tasty. I did as others suggested and baked in oven followed by keeping warm in crock pot, found that they somewhat "dried up" en route to the christmas party, by the time they arrived, they did not look very appetizing (kind of dark brown and shriveled) and were not as yummy as when I had first had them out of the oven earlier in the morning. Surprisingly still had lots of leftovers at the party! Next party I made them at they were served almost immediately and gobbled up within 20 minutes. The accompanying sauce is a must. I didn't have any chili sauce, so I just did mayo, brown sugar and bbq sauce..absolute heaven!

An OK way to prepare fish. Is very versatile otherwise, easy to cater to your own individual taste. Overall not bad.

DEFINITELY use semi-sweet or even dark chocolate chips! Ding dong me had everything on hand, but had milk-chocolate chips and that's what I used and it was just too sweet. Kids liked it, though, they didn't mind. Also used Trader Joe's organic sugar which was a little bit on the grainy side, so the fudge had a granular texture. I will make again wtih the RIGHT ingredients and I will update my review! ;-)

I found these to be only "OK", perhaps too much hype from all the glowing reviews. I have to admit I was pretty disappointed. Not sure if PB brand makes a difference. I was excited because I had all the ingredients on hand. I used Trader Joes natural chunky PB (the kind with the oil layer on top that you have to stir in) along with Trader Joes organic white sugar and Trader Joes Organic Vanilla and of course the egg. I have to say, mediocre at best. I am willing to try again with a different PB brand and hopefully will get better results.

Ok, so I flubbed around a little bit and used all whole wheat flour instead of mixing half whole wheat and half regular white flour. Also used Splenda instead of real sugar. Came out kind of dry and bitter. Bitterness may have been from the type of beer I used. Overall, it was pretty good. I think if I follow the recipe to the T it would be a lot better.

This is one of my all time favorites. Rich, buttery and oh so good. I always end up adding much more cherries and walnuts than recommended, usually up to 1c each, and I chop of the cherries very fine so that they are more evenly distributied. The baking times are variable, you do have to keep a VERY close eye on them because they can be overdone quickly and become crumbly. My avg is around 12-15 minutes, 17 minutes is too long, but of course all ovens are different. Making them again this xmas!