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75Deep Frying - 3 Ways to Check the Oil Temperature Without a Thermometer
3 easy ways to check the oil temperature for deep frying that don't require a thermometer
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66Pralines
Pralines is a rich, patty-shaped Carmel flavored candy made with sugar, cream, butter, and pecans. After cooking the praline mixture is beaten with a wooden spoon just until the mixture begins to thicken and...
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67Cake Makers
Who are the cake makers? In years past they were the mothers and grannies with all the traditional recipes of the area or country where they lived or grew up. Recipes were written down in longhand and...
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65Traditional chutney recipes
These two recipes are a good way of using up gluts in the garden. They are both tried and tested over many years in my family and still as popular as they have always been. I have shared these recipes with...
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72Are You A Collector? Is It An Addiction? My Collections~Part One
As far back as I can remember, I have been collecting one thing or another! My earliest recollection, is age 4, in Alaska. I had a big "family" of stuffed critters, in every color under the rainbow. All...
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67My 5 basic cooking tools
The most useful cooking tool for me is cleaver. We eat a lot of green leafy vegetables, and we always cut vegetables or meat to bitable size. Cleavers are among the most useful pieces of equipment that ever...
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70Growing Up Italian - My Experiences And Observations
Now - I wasn't born in Italy but both my parents were and my siblings and I were raised in what I consider an Italian Household. We all spoke Italian when we were younger (lost it as we got older) and still...
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62My Ginger Bread Men Cookies or Christmas ornament
1. Put 1/4 cup softened butter in a large mixxing bowl. Cream the butter with the back of a wooden spoon. Add 1/2 cup of granulated sugar then cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. ...
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52Bowls of Steel
Some of the most moving and teachable moments come when you don’t expect them. In a way, it’s almost like a sneeze. It comes out of nowhere, but it wells up inside you and then demands to be...
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70The Cult of the Wooden Spoon
I was sitting at my computer the other day and daydreaming, trying to decide on another topic to write about. Nothing was coming to me, and there was no doubt about the source of my frustration, Emily. For...
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