re: Citrus Roasted Pork Tenderloin, Mango Salsa, Roasted Vegetables (photos)

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FYI a cordovan or walnut colored furniture touch-up pen can take care of those unsightly nicks on your dining room table. I think Home Depot or Lowes has them.

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That is our breakfast room (far end of kitchen opposite the stove) and the table is an old quarter sawn oak pub table from England. I paid too much for it back in 1979. I like it the way it is (ciggy burns, dings and scars) because it is actually much older than me and I am covered with ciggy burns, dings and scars.

The way it expands is interesting. You lift the end (just one or both, depending on how far you want to expand it) and pull it toward you. The extensions are under the table surface and pop up into place when you pull the end out. Opens up to 18 or 36 inches bigger than that size. That table is solid oak and will still be a nice table a hundred years after I am all moldy and worm eaten in a box in the ground.

If I ever do anything fancy, I'll post photos of it on the dining room table. That one is a little too nice for anything I cook.