"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 11/8/2017 5:48 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
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>> Ingredients
>> 1 dill pickle spear plus 1 teaspoon juice
>> 3 sweet pickles plus 1 teaspoon juice
>> 6 pitted ripe olives plus 1 teaspoon juice
>> 6 pimiento-stuffed olives plus 1 teaspoon juice
>> 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
>> 1/3 cup Miracle Whip
>> 1/4 teaspoon salt
>> 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted
>> 6 celery ribs, cut into 2-inch pieces
>> http://tinyurl.com/y8k55r24
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>> I've got to say that I have never heard of many of these recipes. I
>> did get one tip from the potato salad recipe "€¢To prevent potatoes
>> from mushing out and losing their shape, add a small amount of vinegar
>> to their cooking water: 1/2 teaspoon is plenty." There were other
>> foods in this article that I had no idea were out of style. Split pea
>> soup, chocolate cake, cole slaw, deviled eggs -- stuff like that.
>> Anyway, I thought you might find this amusing.
>> Janet US
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> That was a fun list. I haven't seen Baked Alaska except in old movies.
> I'm not sure how many people actually want to go to all that trouble for a
> dessert these days.
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> I do think cheese balls are rather passe. Seems to me cheese balls came
> back briefly in the 70's and 80's, then went back out of style again.
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> https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/...lls?trkid=ZMSN
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> I've never had honey baked apples. Like you, I can't figure out why cole
> slaw and deviled eggs is allegedly out of style. Lasagna? Really? Who
> does come up with these lists?

They said American lasagna. Whatever that is. We made baked Alaska in Home
Ec. It was a two day project because we used the oven so the cake and ice
cream had to be frozen hard. I've seen small ones made on TV where a blow
torch cooked the outside. You can still buy cheese balls here but for some
reason, they always have almonds and I can't do almonds.