By Grace Haynes After months and years of use, cookie sheets can build up some seriously baked-on grime. When dish soap just won’t do the trick for eradicating gunk, it’s time for a stronger solution. The best part? It’s incredibly easy—and the ingredients are probably already in your pantry. All you need is baking soda and…
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Read More Here’s what SC doesn’t want the public to know about firing squads and executionsBy Ed Kilgore FEB. 25, 2021 Daily Kos Elections has come up with a chart displaying the percentage of the population represented by senators from each party since 1990, along with the percentage of Senate votes each party captured (displayed in three-cycle averages, since only one-third of the Senate is up for reelection every two years): Republican senators haven’t…
Read More Republican Senators Haven’t Represented a Majority of Voters Since 1996Baked, smothered turkey wings with gravy and cornbread dressing Roasted sweet potatoes Golden and red beets Beet and/or collard greens Cranberry sauce Yeast rolls or cornbread Some kind of desert Recipes to follow. This is a menu with limited leftovers, for people who don’t want to put on the holiday 10. If you don’t eat…
Read More Menu for Thanksgiving for 2big apple crumb cake SERVINGS: 12 TO 16 TIME: 30 MINUTES PREP, 1 HOUR BAKING SOURCE: SMITTEN KITCHEN Cakes with fresh chunks of fruit taste good on the first day and fantastic on the second day, when everything has a chance to settle. In this case, the topping adheres better on the second day. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t…
Read More Apple Crumb CakeSarah K. Burris and Raw Story October 25, 2021 A slate of Republican members of Congress is being outed by those who attended planning meetings for the protest that resulted in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to a new report in Rolling Stone. Two sources, according to their story, revealed that Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ),…
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Read More If you live in South CarolinaMy shrimp and grits isn’t so much a recipe as it is a way of cooking something delicious. Start the grits. I like to use stone-ground or old-fashioned grits. I use 1 cup of liquid for every 1/4 cup of dry grits. I also substitute half of the water with whole milk and add 1/2…
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Read More All the Fallout From Dave Chappelle’s Controversial New SpecialDonald Trump’s favorite propaganda network peddles dangerous conspiracy theories and COVID misinformation, LGBTQ hate, election lies, and white supremacy. Fox News, right? Actually, it’s One America News Network — which is so far-right that it makes Fox News look like Bernie Sanders — and the largest telecommunications company in the world has been behind it. …
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