Please add recipe for cooking mallard duck. Thank you. --Bettye Hi Bettye, I’ll try to get the recipe and picture up in the Poultry section soon, but in the meantime, here’s the text for a terrific duck ...

Dear Grandma Betty: I enjoy receiving your e-mail recipes very much! However, these days, people such as myself are interested in the calorie and nutrition counts of foods, including sugars, fats (especially trans-fats), and sodium levels. I only eat wha ...

Could you add some recipes for Swiss steak, please? --Pam Hi Pam, Take a look at my Country-Style Cube Steak, it’s pretty much a Swiss steak, but with a different name. To make it a true Swiss steak, pound ...

If you accidentally leave the flour out of a custard pie...is it ruined!? —Amber Hi Amber, Hmmm,  it’s kind of hard to tell if a flourless custard pie would work. I think it depends on the recipe. ...

I need a recipe for strawberry sauce for a cheesecake. Restaurants never give enough sauce! --Patty Hi Patty, You should try the strawberry sauce from my Strawberry Angel Roll. It’s quite easy, but intensel ...

Hi Ms. Betty, I was just wondering if you have any recipes for a really good cream cheese frosting. I make a really good Red Velvet Cake but I fall short when it comes to the frosting. I would really appreciate if you could come up with an easy recipe. ...

How about using Splenda and cornstarch to make powdered sugar? --T.R. Hi T.R.! Yes, just as you can make confectioners’ sugar out of granulated sugar and cornstarch (see the Ask Betty question about that), you can whirl 1 cup Splenda sugar substitute with about 1 ...

Please add an old-fashioned recipe for pickled eggs and beets with vinegar. Thank you. --Helen Hi Helen! I’m afraid I don’t have a recipe for pickled eggs and beets on the site and I’ve scoured my archives a ...

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Why isn't my homemade cake as light and fluffy as a cake from a box? --Lynn Hi Lynn, Hmm, you pose an interesting question which really got me to thinking about the difference between cakes made from scratch vs. from a mix. One difference is that usually with a cake mix, the ...

bjadams1241@yahoo.com Hi Bill! Nope, I never get Hi Bill! Nope, I never get tired of questions about cooking! As ... 1. Hi Bill! Nope, I never get tired of questions about cooking! As for that wine in the <a ... Bill! Nope, I never get tired of questions about cooking! As for that wine in the Grandpa's ...

Need a recipe for stuffed cabage rolls -- also back in time called "pigs in a blanket." Thank you. --Rose Hi Rose! Oh my, I didn’t realize that Pigs in Blankets could also mean stuffed cabbage – tw ...