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Easy Peezy Ice Cream Recipe
Many people don't own an ice cream maker, but would like to know how to make homemade ice cream. This simple recipe will show you how. Be careful, it takes several hours to do, but the end result is worth it. Ingredients: 1 cup caster sugar 1 cup of water 1 cup fresh cream Anything you want to put into the mix. Examples: 1 cup melted chocolate (for chocolate ice… Continue Reading
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Tips for Family Recipe Scrapbooks
It's reunion time again here in the United States and Canada. I can already taste my mother's peach pie. I can't tell you how many times I called my mom and said, "Mom, I just need your recipe for homemade pie and ice cream." It's been a slow build up of recipes over the years, but she gives in every time I ask her for yet another recipe. Many of… Continue Reading
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Writer Jack London had a very special recipe for cooking rice
American writer and social activist Jack London was one of the first American authors to be able to turn his writing ability into a substantial personal fortune. He did this in part by going to places and doing things that other writers didn't want to risk, including repeated forays into remote Alaskan gold fields. He participated in and wrote about the Klondike Gold Rush, and his health suffered from the… Continue Reading
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Homemade Chili Sauce Beats Anything in a Bottle: A Historic Recipe to Try
After making burgers for lunch, I realized we were running out of ketchup. Since my husband is a ketchup (he considers it a vegetable), I gave him the rest of the ketchup and put chili sauce on my burger. The two bottles were side by side on the table. “What is the difference between chili sauce and ketchup? " I asked. This question aroused my husband's curiosity. He read the… Continue Reading
