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"Sheldon" > wrote:
> That's a sad comment, were you home schooled? Then you haven't a clue.
> Home schooling is an antiquated concept held by some obstinate
> agenda-driven simple minded who'd wish to return to the simpler times
> when there was nothing else... home schooling is a last resort, like
> canned chow mein and frozen pizza, immediate satisfaction but without
> depth or breadth. Home schooling is in modern times a devise of those
> who would shield their children from the real world... they are the
> idiots, the FEARFUL IDIOTS... scared to death that their children will
> discover how ignorant their parents truly are. A good parent wants
> their chidren to exceed them, not hold their children back.

> Sheldon

May be an antiquated concept, but it's a growing practice. My nephew
and wife have home-schooled seven kids through at least junior high.
Oldest is on his way to a mechanical engineering degree; next one is a
CPA in Minneapolis; others are still in school I think. Nice kids.
Can carry on a conversation with an adult. I look forward to seeing
them at the family reunion in a couple weeks.

Sidebar: A friend remarked to me that in a large public setting, she
can pick out the kids who are home schooled. She said they're better
mannered, more polite, more respectful, etc. OK. So the next day a
youngster and his mom watched me do my egg thing and the boy asked good
questions, was polite, etc. I asked where he went to school. He said
he was home-schooled. I thought it was interesting.

* Exported from MasterCook Mac *

Fruity Barbecue Sauce

Recipe By : posted to rec.food.cooking by Barb Schaller 6-16-2005
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiments

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1/4 cup chopped onion
3 cups peeled and sliced fruit
1/2 cup sherry
2/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
2/3 cup chili sauce or catsup
1/4 cup cider -- fruit, or white
wine vinegar
2 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp. molasses
1/2 tsp. Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp. salt

Place onion in food processor or blender; process until finely chopped.
Add fruit and process until pureed.

Combine all ingredients in a 3-4 quart (or larger) microwave-safe bowl.
Stir. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, leaving vent. Microwave on high
(100%) for 9-10 minutes or until mixture reaches a boil. Stir, reduce
power to medium (50%) and microwave for 15 minutes, uncovered, stirring
every 5 minutes. Ladle into sterile containers.

For immediate use, pour into sterile jars or containers. Keeps several
weeks refrigerated.

For longer storage, let sauce cool slightly before ladling into freezer
containers. Seal. Keeps 6-8 months frozen.

If fresh fruit is out of season, frozen or canned fruit may be
substituted. Fruit that is unsweetened or packed in natural juice is
preferable.

Great on ribs. Can be made with apricots, papayas, peaches, pears or
nectarines. Makes about 3 half pint jars.
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NOTES : Source: Page 90, Easy Microwave Preserving, copyright 1992 by
Cynthia Fischborn and Cheryl Long, The Globe Pequot Press. From
Hennepin County Library, 8/2/94.

FURTHER NOTE: I'm not sure that this is acidic enough for waterbath
processing for canning. And I've never made it.

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-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 6/6/05 Sam I Am!
June 25, 1945: Me and Carly Simon. I wonder if she makes jam.
(It's not too early to shop -- good chocolate and cheap gin.
Or is it cheap chocolate and good gin? I never
remember. No jam--coal to Newcastle and all that. "-)