Three Bean Salad (1963); Buckeye (1991, 1996)

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   The LOS ANGELES TIMES and CHICAGO TRIBUNE have to do better than this.

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THREE BEAN SALAD

   Fast And Fancy Dinner Party Fare; Frozen Foods Pay Big Dividends for Gourmet Menu Makers; By Elinor Lee; The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), Washington, D.C.; Sep 3, 1963; pg. D1, 2 pgs
("Three-Bean Salad with Italian Dressing" recipe.)

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BUCKEYE

  When State-Fair Cooks Are Paired With Highfalutin Chefs; By FLORENCE FABRICANT; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Jun 5, 1996; pg. C3, 1 pgs
("Ruth Cahill, who lives in Columbus, Ohio, said her buckeyes--a peanut-butter-fudge candy robed in chocolate that is popular in Ohio--are not so different from those that other cooks make.")

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Message 1 in thread
From: Lisa Caroline Lewis (lcl at bucsf.bu.edu)
Subject: Re: LACTO: Buckeye Candy
Newsgroups: rec.food.veg
Date: 1991-11-15 09:53:20 PST
>>>>> On 5 Nov 91 15:08:51 GMT, jsetlow1 at cc.swarthmore.edu said:

-> This recipe was given to me by my grandmother.  It has absolutely no
-> nutritional value, but is definitely worth it.

->    Buckeye Candy
-> 3 lbs confectioners sugar
-> 2 lbs peanut butter, preferably chunky
-> 1 lb butter
-> 2-3 tsp vanilla
-> 24 oz chocolate chips
-> 1/4 bar paraffin

PARAFFIN?!??  I thought paraffin was inedible.  Am I wrong?  Talk about no
nutritional value! :-)
--
Lisa Caroline Lewis     Our country, right or wrong.
lcl at bucsf.bu.edu    When right, to be kept right;
    when wrong, to be put right.
                              - Carl Schurz, January 17, 1872

Message 2 in thread
From: IDRAB at ASUACAD.BITNET (IDRAB at ASUACAD.BITNET)
Subject: Re: LACTO: Buckeye Candy
Newsgroups: rec.food.veg
Date: 1991-11-22 05:42:33 PST
In article <LCL.91Nov15110809 at bucsf.bu.edu>, lcl at bucsf.bu.edu (Lisa Caroline
Lewis) says:
>
>PARAFFIN?!??  I thought paraffin was inedible.  Am I wrong?  Talk about no
>nutritional value! :-)
>--
Paraffin is FREQUENTLY used in home candy making to help chocolate coatings
set.  However, if you use decent chocolate and temper it properly, you can
certainly avoid adding paraffin to your diet.
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Doctor Ruth