Soft breadsticks and substitutes for sauces and fats
Reader queries on making soft breadsticks from dough with notes on shaping and rising. Includes advice from The Wooden Spoon Bread Book and Joy Late father’s Italian bakery. Also discusses substitutes for peanut and sesame allergies, Durkee’s sauce history, and a casual recipe fragment with kitchen guidance.
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Reader seeks berry flavor substitutes for gelatin salad
A reader asks for help replacing unavailable berry flavors in a blue berry cream cheese salad recipe. They mention difficulty finding blackberry Lavor gels tin and note Jell-O and Royal brands. They request suggestions for compatible substitutions like mixed berry or similar options.
Barbecue Barn closed after decades in North Miami
Reader asks Linda Cicero to share barbecue sauce recipe from The Barbecue Barn on Northwest Seventh Avenue and 119th Street, a long-time North Miami institution that closed about two years ago. Email sent to food mishandled address in Miami.
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Cereal Mornings In Front of the TV Recipe Ideas
The article argues cereal deserves culinary use beyond breakfast. Hoffman, author of The Breakfast Cereal Gourmet, says cereal adds mouth feel and crunch as a base for coatings and fillings. It suggests using crushed cereal as a substitute for flour breadcrumbs or nuts to enrich texture and flavor. Betty Crocker’s Thompson agrees cereal is quick, convenient, and adds texture and nutrition.
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Double Banana Bread With Walnuts and Cereal
A banana bread recipe uses 1 cup flour and mashed bananas with walnuts and cereal. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix dry ingredients, beat eggs with bananas oil and water, combine until just moistened, fold in cereal and walnuts, bake 55 minutes to 1 hour, cool 10 minutes, then slice into 18 servings. Store overnight for easier slicing.
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Kratt Kitchans
Difficult truths in discussing a mother’s death
Dear Abby style column excerpts address trauma in discussing a mother’s death, workplace sexual harassment, a brides gown at travel, and the legacy of advice from Abigail Van Buren. The text blends guidance on handling sensitive topics with practical steps for professional and personal situations.
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Dear Abby
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Joanne Philips
Pauline Phillips
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Chiropractor’s breach of privacy shocks patient family
A 17 year old and her mother report overheard personal patient details during a chiropractic session. The letter urges action, cites HIPAA protections, and suggests requesting apology and refund or switching providers. The column also addresses dating and academic success anecdotes with mixed relevance.
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