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We don't know who would have a pan big enough to make this, but we just had to share.
Take 40 eggs ...
This recipe makes 4-5 well packed quart jars of pickles. And though my family can eat them all in a ...
2 cloves garlic
2/3 cup olive oil
6 canned anchovy fillets, well drained
3 tablespoons minced ...
(yields about 14 cups)
1 1/2 cups dried green split peas (make sure they’re still green, if they’re ...
1 ounce light rum
1/2 ounce triple sec
1/4 ounce Rose's lime juice
1 1/2 ounces pineapple juice
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Mistletoe
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Oh.
No, really, oh. Oh as in “Oh my, these brownies” and “Oh damn, these brownies.” Oh as “Oh I ...
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