DailyInbox: DIB Presents - 10-22-04 - Cream Caramels

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If you can't read this or the formatting is incorrect, please go to http://www.dailyinbox.com. . DailyInbox Presents Knowledge, Insight, Fun and Food for October 22, 2004 .         DailyInbox Also Presents: * Chicken Soup for the Soul * Heloise's Hints * From the Masters * America in Uniform * Bible Verses Good Housekeeping's Site of the Day Bugbios http://www.insects.org/ Bugbios is a 'shameless promotion of insect appreciation.'  Rather than view these critters as creepy crawlies, 'this site aims to help you really see insects for the miniature marvels they represent and to understand how intertwined our cultures have become with these alien creatures.'  Developed by Dexter Sear whose technical expertise and love of entomology is definitely reflected on Bugbios, the site is easy to navigate, attractive and houses an interesting collection of photographs of the various specimen available in thumbnail size and larger for more intense study.  Here's an excellent resource for the classroom, for projects and just about anything bug-related of the insect variety! To submit a specific site for us to review in Site of the Day (or to make a suggestion for a site topic), please click here. Click here for the Good Housekeeping Site of the Day Archive. Proverbs Plus Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies. -- French Proverb And Then There's...   Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed. -- Henry Kissinger Reader's Digest CyberSmiles On my first day at the gas station, I watched a co-worker measure the level of gasoline in the underground tanks by lowering a giant measuring stick down into them. "What would happen if I threw a lit match into the hole?" I joked. "It would go out," he answered very matter-of-factly. "Really?" I asked, surprised to hear that. "Is there a safety device that would extinguish it before the fumes are ignited?" "No," my co-worker replied. "The force from the explosion would blow the match out."  --Contributed to "All In a Day's Work" by Dan Walter Smiles, grins & humor from the files of Reader's Digest! The Recipe File Desserts: Cream Caramels from Cooking by the Boot Straps... A Taste of Oklahoma Heaven INGREDIENTS: 3/4 cup nut pieces 2 cups sugar 1 cup cream or evaporated milk 3/4 cup light corn syrup 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine 1 cup cream or evaporated milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract TO PREPARE:        Sprinkle the nuts over the bottom of a buttered 8x8-inch pan.  Bring the sugar, 1 cup cream, corn syrup and butter slowly to a boil in a saucepan, stirring occasionally.  Stir in 1 cup cream.      Cook until the mixture begins to thicken, stirring frequently.  Continue cooking until the mixture darkens, stirring constantly.  Continue cooking to 254 degrees on a candy thermometer, hard-ball stage.  Remove from heat.      Stir in the vanilla.  Pour the hot mixture over the nuts.  Let stand until firm.  Cut into small squares. . YIELDS:  2 pounds Copyright 2002 The Junior Welfare League of Enid.  All rights reserved.  Visit The Junior Welfare League of Enid, Oklahoma web site (http://www.jwlofenid.com/cookbooks.htm) to purchase copies of Cooking by the Boot Straps or call the office (580)234-2665.  The previous cookbook, Stir-Ups, is also available for purchase.   Print this recipe Send this recipe to a friend Subscription Information You are subscribed with e-mail address:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] To modify your subscription information visit:  The Subscription Center To unsubscribe immediately, click here:  The Remove Page To unsubscribe using email, forward this message to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail your unsubscribe request to:   DailyInbox P.O. Box 913 Wimberley, TX 78676 View our:  Privacy Policy Contact email address:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]