Holiday cooking
When friends and family gather for good company and good food
      In every country, city, town or community, there is one language understood by all - that of good food and laughter around a table. This year the Jasper Lake Sam Rayburn Area Chamber of Commerce will celebrate that idea in their Christmas parade Dec. 7, Christmas Around the World.
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Cocinando en los Dias Festivos
Cuando Amigos y Familiares Disfrutan de la Buena Compania y de la Buena Comida
      Tortillas De Maiz By: Lidia Medrano 3 Tazas de Maseca 1 Taza de harina 2 Tazas de agua tibia Mezcle los ingrdientes por dos minutos y forme la masa. Si la masa esta seca, añadale más agua. Déjele reposar por 3 minutos a la masa. Divida la masab en bolitas pequeñas. ...
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Cooking club has mission to revive lost art of dining together
      Pam Burrows was intrigued by a news clip on a ladies' cooking group; it was just a few kitchen pals who had been meeting for more than 20 years. "I thought of ladies that, whenever we are together, we always end up talking recipes and cooking," Burrows said. "We're all just so busy, but it seemed...
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Lighthouse cooks serve up help to elderly
      In the kitchen next to the Lighthouse COGIC Ministries, the staff had to scale back their recipe for beef stroganoff to something like normal proportions- they are used to cooking for 40-60 people when they prepare a meal. Mary Carter, Alberta Samuel and Linda Hunter work in a kitchen no bigger ...
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Covered dish suppers bring hands together in worship
      Ladies, churches and covered dish suppers are a natural force in East Texas, as unstoppable as a hurricane but more beneficial. The local chapter TEEA (Texas Extension Education Association) met at Curtis Church for their annual Fall Fest, and as usual, it included a buffet lunch of homemade fav...
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Some of Jasper's favorite recipes:
      Quiche By: Virgi Sander, TEEA 1 dozen scrambled eggs 1 lb. cheese shredded or 1 lb. crumbled (precooked) sausage 1/3 of box of chopped spinach 1/2 tsp salt & a small amount of milk Mix all together in bowl, add 1/2 tsp of salt & more cheese if you like. Spray with Pam 9 x 13 or smaller ...
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Grandmothers, granddaughters share traditions
Finding time to cook together is worth it
      At family gatherings, the table is just not complete without certain recipes that have been handed down, one cook to another, for generations. Because so many parents work these days, it is the grandmothers who get to enjoy teaching these secrets to those who will carry the traditions to the next...
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Good news, bad news:
      We have more great holiday recipes than we can print in this issue. If you don't see your recipe here, it's because we're saving it for the big Christmas issue coming next month.
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Real homecookin' to eat in or take out lightens holiday load
New Kirbyville restaurant tastes like grandma cooked it
      Paul must be the only one piddl'n at Piddl'n Paul's, the newest restaurant on U.S. Highway 96 north of Kirbyville. The rest of the staff are hustl'n. It a family enterprise for Mitchell Cook, son of DARE officer Wanda Brister and Kirbyville Police Chief Paul Brister, the piddler.
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