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- How to make a grape jam or preserve? How do you separate seeds and pulp? --Eugenia
- Can you use olive oil for baking and have the same results? I used extra virgin olive oil in a cornbread recipe and it...
- Do you have an apple dumpling recipe? They are too expensive to buy at the store and I would love to make them myself...
- I'm just starting out my cooking for the first time and would like to know how different or easy it is to use garlic...
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When my children were young I use to make a corn chowder called Pennsylvania Dutch Chowder. I lost the recipe and would love to get it so I can make it for my grandchildren.
--LindaApril 2012 -
QuestionHi Betty: Why do some cake recipes call for sifted flour? How does it make a difference in the end result? Thank you, GigiMarch 2012
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QuestionWhat is a good cookie to send to our boys in Afghanistan? Is there anything that will not spoil? --KathleenMarch 2012
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QuestionWhat is the best way to cook minute steak?March 2012
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I would like to know how to make a Monte Cristo. It's a ham and cheese sandwich, but with other ingredients that I can't remember.
—Yvonne
May 2012 -
QuestionI'm looking for a green tomato pasta sauce for canning. I'm having trouble finding a good one. I don't want the meat in it or the cheese that goes on top. I just want the sauce to can in a jar. Thank you. --JudyMarch 2012
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Do you have a recipe for smoked sturgeon besides chowder? Possibly an appetizer?
-FredAugust 2012 -
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Hello Betty, My wife is baking an old-fashioned butter cake which looks great. We live at elevation 4,600 feet in the forest of southern Oregon. What, if anything, needs to be done to this recipe for a high elevation? Thank you ahead of time, Betty.
--Robert
August 2012 -
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Grandma,
Our farmers’ market has such great corn on the cob! Can I use fresh corn in recipes that call for canned?
—Stephanie
July 2012 -
QuestionI would love to have a recipe for homemade apple dumplings! And I notice you don't have a basic recipe for bread pudding with raisins. I grew up on this and just love it!!! I am not the best at making baked goods that required a lot of work. So I hope you can come up with these recipes!! Thank you!! --DeniseMarch 2012





