Ants in the Kitchen
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338661)
Rockingham, Australia
March 9, 2017 4:48pm CST
Tonight we are hosting our last house concert for the summer. We were up at 5.30am and walked into the kitchen to find it - full of tiny ants. I blame @Koalemos for this as he has been saying that @JolietJake's ants were all congregating ready to embark to Donnybrook, Western Australia, to invade us and all because I threatened to take flame-thrower to the bull-ants which bit my toe three days ago.
I hope the ants are not the forerunners of other problems. As you can imagine, I won't be here much today. During the interval the audience gets free tea, coffee and chocolate-apricot slice. The photo shows the slice. Some say they only come for the slice but I think they're telling fibs.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
9 Mar 17
Baking soda, mixed with some icing sugar is a safe way to get rid of ants...I could tell you how it works but without getting graphic....the ants can't burp or fart...and the mixture gives them gas.
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@JudyEv (338661)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Mar 17
@Platespinner I'm sure you're just interested in what happens - from a scientific perspective. 
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
11 Mar 17
@Platespinner I have to admit I want to see it too lol
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@LadyDuck (470779)
• Switzerland
10 Mar 17
I had an ants invasion in the kitchen two days ago. I blame the warm temperature, because they get out of hibernation and look for food. Anyway I have immediately put ants traps in every corner of the kitchen and they are all gone by now.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Mar 17
This is the advance scouting party gathering information for their American cousins. You only have yourself to blame, you should learn to treat Mother Nature with respect.
By the way, I did not receive a notification for this because Koalemos is my screen name. You need to use the officially registered username for a tag.
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@JudyEv (338661)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Mar 17
Sorry about the tag. I actually know that so I can only blame the ants for fogging my brain. Do you think bull-ants are actually part of Mother Nature's plan? Did you see my toe? Do you think Mother Nature would allow one of her subjects to do that to someone who saves skinks?
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
9 Mar 17
I'd be an ant as well just to partake of that chocolate-apricot slice!
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
10 Mar 17
Any sweet dish is always kept on a water moat. This is routine in our household
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
11 Mar 17
@JudyEv It is a routine here, certain times in the year and I have a solution. I also spray NOTIX a very effective but mild insecticide.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
10 Mar 17
The chocolate apricot slice looks yummy. Did you bake it?
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@JudyEv (338661)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Mar 17
Yes. If there is 100 people expected I make four. Last night we were probably left with about half full slice left over.
JJ needs to keep his ants in his own area!
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Mar 17
At least these ones aren't biting you on the toe!
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@JudyEv (338661)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 17
Here it is:
APRICOT AND COCONUT SLICE
250g plain sweet biscuits, crumbed 1 ½ cups coconut
1 cup dried apricots, finely chopped 125g butter
395g sweetened condensed milk 1 ½ cups Nestles Milk Melts
METHOD
Line base of 18 x 28cm slice tin with backing paper. Combine biscuits, apricot and coconut. Stir milk and butter over medium heat until combined. Pour over dry ingredients, mix thoroughly. Press into tin, refrigerate until set. Pour melted chocolate over slice and allow to set. Cut into squares.
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@JudyEv (338661)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 17
@amandajay You might be able to use something else as a substitute.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
14 Mar 17
@JudyEv oh easy to make.. I have to try.. But its hard to find apricot here
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
11 Mar 17
Oh I do hate ants and especially those invading ants for the US, pesky critters they!! lol
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@LeaPea2417 (37334)
• Toccoa, Georgia
10 Mar 17
We have that tiny ant problem in the kitchen each summer. We have to spray each year to keep them at bay. When they show up, it always discourages me.
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@LeaPea2417 (37334)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11 Mar 17
@JudyEv I agree, too many to count and just when I think they are gone, many more appear.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Mar 17
@JudyEv - Ms Judy - My goodness - that is surely one fine-looking cake in your photo. Early on in my days of putting "Dumb Poems" to paper, I observed some ants making free in my bride's kitchen. That led to the birth of a five-liner that went into "Mother Gus."
WISDOM
There once was an old sugar bowl
whose sugar leaked out from a hole.
The ants learned right fast
that sweet times do not last,
so they swallowed as soon as they stole.
Al Kaeppel made the illustration for the rhyme
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@diosabella (4789)
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11 Mar 17
Well it looks so yummy. You can't blame the ants from wanting the slices coz I want one too. 
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@JudyEv (338661)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Mar 17
@diosabella I just found more ants in the kitchen. EXTERMINATE!! 
@diosabella (4789)
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11 Mar 17
@JudyEv Too bad for the ants !!! Better luck next time.
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