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Don’t get stuck in a storm without these items

By Marta Gouger | Published: January 1, 2010 | 0 Comments
When I was a youngster our electricity went out so my mom showed me how to make a piece of toast over a candle. It was slightly burnt and only OK, but it sure was an adventure.   My guess is that other people have memories similar to this and that’s why they flock to the grocery [...]
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Holidays: All about Food (and families of course)

By Marta Gouger | Published: December 26, 2009 | 0 Comments
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is all about spending time with family and food. Yes, food.  Throw the diet out the window and finish off the Christmas cookies. For the first time in a long time we had a quiet Christmas. With the expected bad weather, we decided to postpone the annual white elephant [...]
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Christmas pastries made with love

By Marta Gouger | Published: December 4, 2009 | 0 Comments
We know that people from the Poconos come from a variety of backgrounds and we’d really like to share your recipes and traditions with our readers. Please e-mail mgouger@poconorecord.com and send photos, too.
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A steaming bowl of bones soup

By Marta Gouger | Published: November 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
My grandmother who lived through the Depression taught me to keep every morsel of food and turn it into something. You know, nothing goes to waste. So at Thanksgiving, I keep the turkey carcass to turn it into soup. While we’re putting away all the food after the Thanksgiving dinner, we pick as much meat as [...]
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