Dear Abby Advice On Extortion And Family Death
A reader warns of an extortionate friend demanding a laptop and DVDs or the dog, with threats of police involvement. Dear Abby advises ending the friendship, warns of blackmail, and urges telling a parent. Another letter asks when to tell children about a parent’s suicide and whether to disclose by a mother.
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Abby
Tara
Mme
Los Angeles
Kentucky
ASK AMY Names for mom-in-law and terms of endearment
Readers discuss how to address mothers-in-law with preferred terms like Momma or Mama Edda. Amy notes respect for individual preference while sharing varied experiences including calling fathers-in-law Poppe or using first names with consent. The exchange shows humor and evolving norms in family titles.
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Amy
Orever
Mon
Mama Edda
Edda
Inlaw
Carl
Poppe
Momma
Chris Elliot
Hungarian Strapachka Surprise Recalled in Reader Recipes
A birthday surprise features strapachka dumplings from potato dough browned in butter or bacon fat, served with bread crumbs and toppings. Readers share traditional and adapted versions from Hungarian cookbooks, noting variations in potato prep and finishing touches like bacon, cheese, and chives.
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Carol Miller
Miller
Aston
Szter Muranyi
Minerva
Budapest
Mireve Vores
Mariska Visvari
Carole Magyar
George Lang
Hungary
Lang
Muranyi
Mutanyi
Festive Stuffed Peppers for a Mardi Gras Buffet
A February issue feature from Vegetarian Times suggests a big easy buffet inspired by Mardi Gras. Stuffed peppers in red gold or queen introduce a bright dish using tomato sauce thyme and soy sausage with rice for substance.
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Vegetarian Times
Sugar Cookies and Lemon Custard Cake Recipe Snippets
Recipe fragments describe making sugar cookies with butter sugar vanilla sour cream and dry ingredients plus optional notes on texture chilling and baking. A lemon custard cake assembly references angel food cake pieces layered with pudding and pie filling, with vague measurements and steps.
Lemond Custard Cake Recipe by Lillian Mareai of Phillips
A reader seeks a reliable recipe to wake pasta chtti and fix custard tab fillings that run out of shells. The note also corrects a misnamed explanation involving Haman in Esther, and references Purim events in Persia.
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Lillian C. Mareai
Phillipsbury
Uainen
Haman
Acasuerus
Atia
Persia
Stuffed Peppers With Tomato Sauce Recipe Card
Two 14 ounce cans chopped tomatoes. Large bell peppers halved and seeded. Sausage links, onions, celery, garlic, parsley, thyme, cayenne. Sauté sausage, add vegetables, simmer with tomatoes then fold in rice and cheese. Stuff peppers, bake covered with tomato sauce, yield about 6 servings.
Wendy's adds fruit to its new healthier menu item
The drive thru gourmet samples Wendy's Fresh Fruit Cup as part of a broader trend toward lighter options. The fruit cup features cantaloupe honeydew pineapple and grapes with 80 calories 0 fat and 2 grams fiber, offered in a 4.19 entree size with a strawberry yogurt side.
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Wendy's
Faust
del Monte
Hany
Lesh-Men
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