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Recipe -- Brickle Tickle Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients:
Crust:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 cup Crisco Butter Flavor Shortening (chilled)
5 to 6 teaspoons ice water

Filling for first layer:
1/2 cup sliced almonds
2 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Filling for second layer:
1-1/4 cups mashed baked sweet potatoes (about 3-4 medium)
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup maple syrup
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup heavy cream
6 tablespoons Crisco Butter Flavor Shortening, melted
1/2 cup toasted sweet coconut, crumbled
1/2 cup toffee bits
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Topping:
3 egg whites
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 7-ounce jar marshmallow creme
Additional toasted sweet coconut to sprinkle over top

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Recipe -- Homemade Salsa

Makes 8 servings.

Ingredients

* 1 cup finely chopped, peeled tomato
* 1/2 cup tomato sauce
* 1/4 cup yellow or red onion
* 1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper
* 2 Tbsp. vinegar
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* 1–3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped (use caution; wear rubber gloves and do not rub your eyes when chopping peppers)
* 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped, optional

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Trivia

Cashews are native to the Americas, but widely cultivated in India and Africa since the 16th century.

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Food Quote

"Cook-books have always intrigued and seduced me. When I was still a dilettante in the kitchen they held my attention, even the dull ones, from cover to cover, the way crime and murder stories did Gertrude Stein."
'The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book' (1954)

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Food Trivia Quiz

1) After a career as an actor and radio announcer, then a stint at teaching French and English in a New Jersey day school, this 37 year old Oregon born, New York caterer published his first cookbook in 1940, 'Hors d'Oeuvres and Canapes: With a Key to the Cocktail Party'. Can you guess who this was?

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