Hubbalicious Contest Official Thread (NO Daily Puzzles here)

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   Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

   Hey everyone,
   
   Week 2 of the contest is over, and with yesterday's batch of cooking implement Hubs behind us, we round out the week on culinary techniques and methods. We had 39 Hubs submitted, and 3 bonus entries were granted to KCC Big Country for her correct guess of dum pukht in yesterday's Daily Puzzle, so 42 total Daily Drawing entries.
   
   The winner? A first for this contest.
   KCC Big Country!
   Not for a Hub, but for her Daily Puzzle guess!
   
   Congratulations, KCC!
   
   And now that we've started week 3, we're on to Recipes, sure to be a popular topic all week long. We started today, about 20 minutes ago, with Breakfast Recipes.
   
   Looking forward to a piping hot batch of recipe Hubs in the coming days.

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      liswilliamsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Well Done KCC, keep on going

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   Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

   Just a reminder, everyone, that it's time to vote for the People's Choice winner. The 10 candidates are ready for your perusal on the contest page. Check them out before Thursday at noon, and vote for your favorite! The winner wins $100.

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   KCC Big Countryposted 15 years ago

   Wooo hooo.....that's exciting!  Shows it pays to play the puzzle games as well!  How cool to be the first for it to work out that way.

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   Randy Godwinposted 15 years ago

   Congrats KCC!  Holle (habee) can't access HP for some reason and I just informed her of your win!  She is happy for you too!  She is unable to log in on Hubpages and has emailed staff for help but hasn't heard anything from them as of the last few minutes.
   
   She can't publish her entries for the contest and is getting worried.  Perhaps someone from staff will see this post and help ease her mind.  Sorry to interrupt this thread, but I told her I would try to help.  Thanks everyone!

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      Jason Menayanposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I've been trying to understand exactly why habee's been having difficulties logging on. She and I have been in communication, even though I'm not the right person (not a tech person).

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   Stacie Lposted 15 years ago

   congrats..i have a concern..my  score on my latest  hubbalicious hub hasn't changed since posting it yesterday...this has never happened before...am i missing something?

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      Jason Menayanposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      No. Your HubScore for an individual Hub can change - or not change - from day to day.

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   habeeposted 15 years ago

   I'm back! Finally got Firefox to let me access HP! I thought for a while I had been banned from the site!!

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      Jason Menayanposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Glad to hear it! Was it your cache?

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   habeeposted 15 years ago

   Jason, I don't even know what a cache is! lol

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   Eaglekiwiposted 15 years ago

   Welcome back habee
   Same thing happened to me,ie not being able to Sign in etc..I ended up being advised by auto thingy by Hupages to changemy password etc, still the door wouldnt budge?
   
   In the end it was through trying to download another programme that the site suggested that maybe y cookies were not enabled and set out steps to rectify that.
   
   ( Involved resetting security thing , to medium, I must have had it on very low (or something) or it was automatically set after a format- who knows ( insert rolled eyes here) lol
   
   Vola!! ! cookie monster was fed , and the magic door opened.
   
   

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   strutzasposted 15 years ago

   congratulations akirchner!you deserve it,

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    habeeposted 15 years ago

    My friend Buckie (akirchner) really deserves this nomination!

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    The first day of Recipe submissions brought in a bumper crop of great Hubs: 84 in total. Along with Twenty One Days's 3 bonus entries for winning yesterday's Daily Puzzle, we had 87 entries going into the Daily Drawing.
    
    The winner?
    melbel!
    Here is her winning Hub:
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Dutch-Baby-Pancakes
    
    Congratulations, Melanie.
    
    Today's topic, which began a little over a half-hour ago, is Starter & Snack Recipes.
    
    Good luck, and don't forget to vote for the 10 fine finalists for the weekly People's Choice Award. Voting ends in less than 24 hours!

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    habeeposted 15 years ago

    'Grats, Melanie!

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    Three announcements today!
    
    First, the Daily Drawing. We had 74 submissions on the topic of Starter & Snack Recipes, and with Thranax's correct guess of yesterday's Daily Puzzle, we had 77 entries going into today's random drawing.
    
    The winner?
    bengreenfield!
    Here was his winning Hub:
    http://hubpages.com/hub/More-Than-A-Coo … od-For-You
    
    Congratulations, Ben.
    
    AND now we have the People's Choice and Best Hub winners for Week 2.
    
    The winner of the People's Choice Award, chosen by voters like you, is:
    prettydarkhorse!
    Here is Maita's winning entry:
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Cooking-Techniq … odle-Soups
    
    Congratulations, PDH.
    
    And, finally, the winner chosen by our committee of judges (who were profiled in this week's newsletter):
    Om Paramapoonya!
    Here is Om's winning entry:
    http://hubpages.com/hub/poaching-fish
    
    Congratulations, Om.
    
    Let's hear it for all the winners!
    
    As we head into contest day 17, which began about an hour ago, the focus is on Main Dish and Side Dish Recipes. My mouth's watering already!

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    habeeposted 15 years ago

    Kudos, Ben and Maita, on your excellent hubs!

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    Michael Jayposted 15 years ago

    Congratulations to all the winners!

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    prettydarkhorseposted 15 years ago

    Thanks Mr Jason, Ms Habee and Mr Jay
    I am so glad to have won and we all are winners, I am humbled that my hub was included there, Thanks HubPages!

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       Om Paramapoonyaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Agree! We're all winners.

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       queen cleopatraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Belated congratulations to Pretty Maita and Mr Om I love fish and noodles because they're easy to cook, almost fat-free, and light but satisfying. Thank you for sharing

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          prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Congrats, Mabuhay ka kabayan! Salamat (Thanks!)

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    melbelposted 15 years ago

    I am so glad that I won on one of the days because it really has given some of my other hubs more exposure. I also got a few more followers and comments on my other material which always gives me warm fuzzies! Thanks for the great contest, this is really a lot of fun. It would be nice to see more contests such as this one.

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    Om Paramapoonyaposted 15 years ago

    Thank you so much, HubPages!

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    K9keystrokesposted 15 years ago

    Congrats to all of the winning writers! Your hubs are great and I look forward to reading more from all of you!

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    IzzyMposted 15 years ago

    Congratulations Maita and Om on winning the big prizes, and to Ben as well for winning the daily draw

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    emievilposted 15 years ago

    Congrats Maita!

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    habeeposted 15 years ago

    Oops! For some reason, I thought Ben was Om, so congrats to you, too, Om!

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    Day 17 is now complete, and we had 79 submissions on the topic of Main and Side Dish Recipes. Along with habee's bonus 3 entries for winning yesterday's Daily Puzzle, we had 82 entries going into today's random drawing.
    
    The winner?
    Pamela99!
    Here is her winning Hub:
    http://hubpages.com/hub/cooking-prime-rib-perfect-time
    
    Congratulations, Pamela.
    
    Day 18's topic, Dessert Recipes, moves us onto something sweet. A notorious sweet tooth myself, I'm looking forward to reading the submissions! Yum!

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    Pamela99posted 15 years ago

    I am thrilled to have won.  Thank you so much.

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    habeeposted 15 years ago

    Congrats, Pam!!

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    IzzyMposted 15 years ago

    Congratulations from me too Pam!

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    MPG Narrativesposted 15 years ago

    Great hub and photos, congrats Pam.

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    Another day in the contest is behind us, and we had 80 entries on Dessert Recipes submitted before the clock struck twelve. With Gordon Hamilton's win of yesterday's Daily Puzzle, we therefore had 83 entries into today's random Daily Drawing.
    
    The winner?
    oceansnsunsets!
    Here's the winning Hub entry:
    http://hubpages.com/hub/PeachCobbler
    
    Congratulations, oceansnsunsets.
    
    About 20 minutes ago, we began today's contest day on Beverage Recipes - both alcoholic and non-alcoholic count, whatever quenches the thirst.

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       oceansnsunsetsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Oh my goodness, thank you so much!! I am very very excited to have won! Thank you   This really made my day!

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          queen cleopatraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Belated congrats to you, oceansnsunsets! I love peaches though I always eat them fresh. I think I'll try your cobbler recipe next summer.  Thank you for hubbing about it

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    Uninvited Writerposted 15 years ago

    Congratulations.

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    IzzyMposted 15 years ago

    Hey Congrats Ocean!

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    habeeposted 15 years ago

    Congrats, Sunny!

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       oceansnsunsetsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       To Uninvited Writer, Izzy and Habee, thank you so much, I am so excited!

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    Day 19's submissions on beverage recipes numbered 45, and with alexandriaruthk's 3 bonus entries via yesterday's Daily Puzzle, we had 48 entries going into the Daily Drawing for the day.
    
    The winner is:
    PhoenixV
    Here is his winning entry:
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Blueberry-Shake-Shake-Shake
    
    We now head into Day 20's contest, another recipe-focused day, Quick & Easy Recipes. You'll have over 23 hours and 35 minutes to get your submissions in.
    
    Good luck!
    
    As of this posting, I have not seen the correct answer for the Daily Puzzle from among the first guesses of participants yet...you might want to have your hand at guessing if you haven't already!
    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/46192

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       oceansnsunsetsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Congratulations PhoenixV!

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    Day 20's submissions included a terrific 92 Hubs on quick and easy recipes. Along with Angela Harris's 3 bonus entries, we had a total of 95 entries going into today's Daily Drawing.
    
    As luck would have it, today's winner won for the second time in a row:
    PhoenixV
    Here is his winning Hub:
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Quick-and-eady-chicken-recipes
    
    Congratulations, PhoenixV.
    
    About a half-hour ago, contest day 21 on vegetarian/vegan recipes began. We look forward to reading your meatless submissions!

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       oceansnsunsetsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Wow, you are getting lucky too Phoenix!  Way to go

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    IzzyMposted 15 years ago

    Hey congratulations Phoenix! WTG!!

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    Hey everyone,
    
    The final recipe day closed about a half-hour ago, and we had 51 submissions on vegetarian/vegan recipes. Along with Gordon's 3 bonus entries via the Daily Puzzle, we had 54 entries going into the Daily Drawing for today.
    
    The winner? A second time for...
    Angela Harris!
    Here is her winning Hub:
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Garbanzo-Bean-Salad-Recipe
    
    Congratulations, Angela.
    
    Today we start our final week of the contest, on world cuisines (broadly) and on Central Asian (think Afghan, Persian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, etc.) and South Asian (think Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, etc.) cuisines. Looking forward to your submissions!

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    Money Glitchposted 15 years ago

    Angela!

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    A reminder to vote for your favorite among the 10 finalists for this week's People's Choice award. You can take a look at all 10 on the contest page.
    
    As usual, it was difficult for us to come up with only 10 finalists, but I'm sure you'll agree that all are excellent.
    
    Good luck, finalists!

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    Pearldiverposted 15 years ago

    Jason at the beginning of one of the contest threads I asked which Regional Section we could enter NZ and Australian food hubs in?
    (per the regional boundaries decided on here)
    
    Could you please advise which section so that I can write NZ food hubs in the relative regional section.
    
    Cheers.

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       Jason Menayanposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Pearldiver: Australia and NZ (like the US, Canada, etc) are hybrid cultures. So, depending on the cuisines you want to highlight, I would either suggest:
       
       - Western European (if you want to highlight NZ's British heritage)
       - Southeast Asian (if you want to highlight NZ's Maori/Polynesian heritage)
       - Fusion (if you want to talk about the new cuisine which is a blend of indigenous and British cuisines)
       
       So it could fit into any one of these categories depending on your focus.

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          darksideposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          What category can one post their emu and kangaroo recipes?

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             Jason Menayanposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Southeast Asian? But this week should focus on the cuisines as a whole, not recipes (that was last week). That can certainly include a recipe or two to round out the subject, but the treatment should be more comprehensive.

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             Pearldiverposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Interesting question DS... Great Keywords too
             
             "How to Avoid Having Your Kangaroo Soup Jump Out Of Your Plate While Plucking Your Emu!"
             
             Thank you Jason - your suggestions create great possibilities.

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    Day 22, the first day of the contest week dedicated to world cuisines, has ended, with just 16 (16?!) entries. Mind you, at first glance they look excellent, but this was a slower day. With habee's 3 bonus entries for yesterday's Daily Puzzle, we had only 19 entries going into today's Daily Drawing.
    
    The winner? Perhaps unsurprisingly...
    habee!
    Habee's Daily Puzzle win was her key to winning today:
    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/46378
    
    Congratulations, habee.
    
    Today, world cuisines focuses on Europe, although there are several categories, so choose appropriately. I'd imagine with Italian, Greek, French, and plenty other delicious cuisines to choose from, the Hub bounty should be forthcoming.
    
    Happy Hubbing!
    
    Don't forget to vote for your favorite finalist in this week's People's Choice Award! Vote here before tomorrow!

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       queen cleopatraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Belated congratulations, Ms. Habee! I fell in love with the Gullah hub when I saw those luscious ripe tomatoes Mmm! For my tongue, they're perfect for anything fried. Good for the skin!

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    habeeposted 15 years ago

    Many thanks, HP team!

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       travelespressoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Congratulations again Habee.  WTG!!!

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       oceansnsunsetsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Been busy here, didn't have a chance to congratulate you Habee, way to go!

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    Simone Smithposted 15 years ago

    For Day 23, we had 51 entries (with an additional three from charanjeet kaur's brilliant thinking on yesterday's Daily Puzzle question) and found oceansnsunsets to be the Daily Drawing Winner, with a fresh recipe on Strawberry Kiwi Spinach Salad.
    Congratulations!! 
    
    As it happens, we also have the results for Week 3's People's Choice and Best Hub contests-
    
    Peggy W won the Best Hub distinction with Old Timey Sweet Recipes from the Past, while queen cleopatra won the People's Choice award with Delicious Rice Cake Recipes for Snack.  Each wins $100 - spend it wisely (ON FOOOOD!!!!)

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       oceansnsunsetsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Hi Simone, thanks so much, though I am a little confused.   
       I did do five hubs on the European cuisines that were due today.  That salad was for another day.   I was thinking the maybe the link was put in wrong, on the contest page. I have not received an email to respond to, so not sure what to do. 
       Yesterday's cuisine pulled in about 16 entries, and 51 sounds like a lot for today.  I will wait for an email, to see if the link was just wrong and need to be corrected, and the correct hub put in?  Just let me know if I need to do anything. Thank you, Ocean

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          Simone Smithposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          LOL!!
          I totally messed up!! Yeah... sorry about that.  Keep the prize- it's our mistake.  And I'm running the contest again the correct way!!
          Hahaa ^_^;;

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       queen cleopatraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       You can bet on it, Simone The prize I received with the People's Choice award had gone to very, very good use -- education. Thank you so much for this exhilarating, sometimes frustrating, Hubbalicious contest! I love HubPages!

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    Twenty One Daysposted 15 years ago

    for European Cuisine? So it is okay to add recipes to a specific region -obviously including ethnic details, etc? Thanks.
    
    
    Congrats:
    Peggy W, loved those olden photos;
    Queen Cleopatra, amazing -have never seen that many rices.

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       Jason Menayanposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Sorry - we had a bit of a mixup in our reports on our end. That was an entry for Day 21 (ironic, huh, Twenty One Days?).
       
       Thank you for catching that! We are reprocessing with the correct report and should have the Daily Drawing winner for Day 23 shortly...

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          Twenty One Daysposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          the ironic algorithm?
          that would make a great book title, Jason.
          ...food for thought.
          
          Congrats Melbel!

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       queen cleopatraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you Twenty One Days. And thank you HubPages for opening the many doors to the many colors of foods. Writing and reading hubs about food had been a gastronomic adventure for me. It's like traveling around the world! Thank you for this rare chance

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    Simone Smithposted 15 years ago

    Right-O! 
    
    I've run the drawing again (this time with the CORRECT entries- hahaahh), and the winner is melbel, with her lovely piece All About Polish Food.
    
    I apologize for my newbieness- and congratulate melbel for being today's SECOND Daily Drawing winner

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       oceansnsunsetsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Congratulations Melbel, will look forward to reading your hub.

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    AARON99posted 15 years ago

    Hi Jason, this is AARON here. I have published my first written hub just a few hours ago in the hubbalicious contest. My hub is on World Cuisines of Central American or South American topic and the name of the hub is "The history of American soul foodstuffs". So, i would like to request you kindly to let me know that is everything all right or not. If i had done anything wrong then please rectify me. I need your help in this regard. Please look into the matter. Thank you.

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    Jason Menayanposted 15 years ago

    Hi Aaron,
    
    I wrote to you directly in an email. American soul food is not Central/South American. It should be in Creole cuisine, later in this contest week.

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       AARON99posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Jason for your support and valuable advice. I will surely rectify it. Thanks once again.

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    Simone Smithposted 15 years ago

    Though habee had a statistical leg up thanks to her three extra entries (a result of her astute Daily Puzzle answer yesterday), rmcrayne won today's Daily Drawing with her Hub on gastronomical travels in Mexico.
    
    Congrats to rmcrayne! 
    
    ... but not to my poor stomach, which, after reading her post, is rumbling like an early morning garbage truck T_T.  Can someone please FedEx me some chili rellanos?

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    rmcrayneposted 15 years ago

    Whew! Finally, after 63 contest hubs (28 hubs for March Health Hubs, and 35 for Food)!  With my Top Ten nomination for recipes, I'd say I truely had a Hubbalicious week!  Thanks!!

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    Money Glitchposted 15 years ago

    Rmcrayne!

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       rmcrayneposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks MG!

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          prettydarkhorseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Congrats RM< YOOHOO!

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       queen cleopatraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Congrats rmcrayne
       
       What a cheerful and creative way to express congratulations, Money Glitch

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    habeeposted 15 years ago

    Congrats, RM! You deserve it!

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    rmcrayneposted 15 years ago

    Thanks prettydarkhorse and habee.  I'm jazzed.  It was an 'eleventh hour' entry too- I published 10 minutes before deadline!

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