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Save that pumpkin

By Carolyne Traditionally, after Halloween millions of pumpkins find their new homes: in garbage bins. Jack-o-lanterns are the symbol of Allhallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Day, across our nation. The celebration of Halloween is credited to the rites of the druids’...

Best turkey ever: My secret recipe

By Carolyne This is a modified version of my recipe column from the ’70s. It never fails, so don’t be frightened and think you cannot do this. Try to buy a fresh turkey for your big celebration dinner. If absolutely impossible (I’d drive across the city for a fresh...

Use cream to thicken soup

By Carolyne Behold the cow! Not only does this lowly animal provide us with beef for our tables, a most valuable source of protein, but dairy cattle the world over are the suppliers of perhaps one of the only products that, alone, can sustain life for long periods of...
Spectacular barbecue serving sauce

Spectacular barbecue serving sauce

Don’t throw away that leftover red half-tomato. Nothing much ever goes to waste in my kitchen. I had a large red tomato and I used half of it for a plain old-fashioned tomato sandwich. I don’t like tomato skins so I had scorched it with boiling water, making the X on...

Strawberries: A special super easy dessert

By Carolyne Try this: sprinkle sugar to taste over quite-ripe chopped fresh berries, then cover with ordinary two-per-cent milk. Let stand a few minutes, then mash and stir. Refrigerate. A chemical reaction takes place and the mixture begins to thicken. It tastes even...