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1. 

   AussieDownUnder said, about 14 hours ago

   Could have been cloudy with a chance of meatballs.
2. 

   Alexikakos said, about 13 hours ago

   Somebody could have made these at home.
   
   From: “Woman’s Day Collector’s Cook Book (revised and enlarged)
   Published by: Simon and Schuster, New York
   SBN: 671-21986-3
   
   GUMDROP SQUARES
   
   4 envelopes unflavored gelatin
   Sugar
   1/8 teaspoon salt
   2 tablespoons lime or lemon juice
   3 drops yellow, green, or red food coloring
   1 teaspoon orange or lemon extract
   
   Sprinkle gelatin in 3/4 cup cold water in saucepan.
   Let stand 5 minutes, then add 3/4 cup boiling water, 2 1/4 cups sugar and the salt.
   Bring to a full boil over low heat, stirring.
   Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients.
   Pour into 8” square pan rinsed with cold water.
   Let stand at room temperature overnight.
   Next day, dip pan in hot water for a moment to loosen mixture.
   Turn out onto waxed paper sprinkled with sugar.
   Cut in squares and roll in sugar.
   Makes about 1 1/2 pounds.
3. 

   Margaret Evans said, about 13 hours ago

   Alexikakos is just full of recipes today!
4. 

   Bruno Zeigerts said, about 12 hours ago

   Or raining cats and dogs.
   Or raining women, hallelujah!
   (Yeah, I know those are the wrong lyrics… but like hell I’m going to post the correct ones!)
5. 

   dukedoug said, about 11 hours ago

   @Margaret Evans

   Well, he’s full of something …
   

   
   Beans, maybe ? (cue another recipe …)
6. 

   edclectic said, about 11 hours ago

   Most weather persons are challenged enough to predict daylight without the aid of satellites and computers.
7. 

   William Pursell said, about 10 hours ago

   Aye edclectic; and should their Ouija boards ever break they’d be lost entirely.
8. 

   Paul Rozeboom said, about 10 hours ago

   @Alexikakos

   I hope they turn out better than what my Mother once made: home made marshmellows and ketchup. Probablay a result of living thru the depression. I pleaded for store-bough ketchup
9. 

   the_kraut said, about 9 hours ago

   @Bruno Zeigerts

   Hm! Naked? Beautiful?
   I would know what to wear then.
   But this would go too far here.
10. 

    MrJimCos said, about 6 hours ago

    Easy there Wiz, at terminal velocity, them things can be lethal!
11. 

    Alexikakos said, about 6 hours ago

    @dukedoug

    “Well, he’s full of something …

    Beans, maybe ? (cue another recipe …)"
    
    

    Others might say I’m full of what the beans produce. But as has been said many times, you don’t have to read anything you don’t want to.
    
    

    From: Favorite FAVORITE FAMILY RECIPES from the
    MENNONITE COMMUNITY COOKBOOK
    By: Mary Emma Showalter
    Published by: Herald Press, Scottsdale Pennsylvania
    International Standard Book Number: 0-8361-1682-8
    
    Baked Beans
    
    4 cups navy beans
    3 teaspoons salt
    1 onion minced
    1/2 cup molasses
    2 teaspoons mustard
    1/4 teaspoon ginger
    1/2 cup catsup
    1/2 pound salt pork or bacon
    
    Soak beans overnight in cold water.
    Drain and add 2 1/2 quarts fresh water and minced onion. (≈ 2.36 litres)
    Cook slowly until the skins burst.
    Drain and save liquid.
    Mix molasses, seasoning and catsup.
    Add 2 cups of liquid from the beans.
    Place a piece of pork in the bottom of the bean jar or baking dish.
    Add the beans and place the remaining pork on top.
    Pour molasses mixture over beans.
    Add enough water to cover.
    Bake with cover on for 5 hours at 300°.
    Remove cover the last 30 minutes.
    Add water as necessary during cooking process.
    Serves 10.
    
    Catsup (Tomato)
    1/2 bushel ripe tomatoes (26 1/2 lbs.)
    2 large onions
    6 peppers, red or green
    1 bunch celery, chopped
    4 sticks cinnamon bark
    1 tablespoon whole cloves
    2 tablespoons salt
    2 teaspoons celery seed
    2 teaspoons ground mustard
    1 teaspoon paprika
    2 cups sugar
    3 cups vinegar
    
    Cut the tomatoes into quarters. Do not peel.
    Crush only enough to remove a small portion of juice.
    Bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes.
    Pour through a sieve and let drain without crushing.
    Cook onions, celery and peppers until tender and press through a sieve.
    Mix tomato pulp with other strained vegetables.
    Combine sugar, salt, and vinegar.
    Tie spices in a bag and add to liquid.
    Boil liquid for five minutes, add vegetable pulp and simmer for 30 minutes.
    Pour into hot jars and seal.
    Makes approximately 14 quarts. (≈13.2 litres.)
    
    There is many a commercial brand using variations oj both these recipes.
12. 

    exoticdoc2 said, about 5 hours ago

    You don’t have to work at it. The weatherman are plenty wrong with their guesses as it stands.
13. 

    Phatchick said, about 4 hours ago

    Heading outside with a bucket!
14. 

    Skywatcher68 said, about 3 hours ago

    @Paul Rozeboom

    Yeah, my parents grew up during the depression. I sure was glad when Dad stopped making his own spaghetti sauce and went to the store instead.
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    potrerokid1532 said, about 2 hours ago

    @Skywatcher68

    I make my own spaghetti sauce. That store-bought garbage gives me heartburn!!!!! My homemade stuff is FAR LESS ACIDIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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