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Recipes Needed

• Beet Salad
Laura Reynolds would like a recipe for beet salad similar to the one served at The Carriage House restaurant, with oil, vinegar and spices, possibly cloves and cinnamon.

• Buttermilk Ice Cream

• Caramel Apples

• Cheese Soufflé

• "Flaky" Hamburger Steaks
Jim Fox would like a recipe for the "flaky" hamburger steaks once served at the Toddle House.

• Fruitcake
Judy Manuel of Clemmons is looking for a fruitcake recipe similar to the one used by Southern Supreme brand fruitcake. It is mostly nuts, with little dried fruit, with the following ingredients listed in order: diced dried pineapple, English walnuts, mammoth pecans, wheat flour, margarine, sugar, diced dates, golden raisins, eggs, whole red cherries and green pineapple wedges as garnish.

• Hawaiian or Luau-style Pork Ribs

• London Broil or Flank Steak
Morris Floyd would like a recipe for London broil or flank steak au jus the way it was served many years ago at Staley's restaurant.

• Peach Crisp

• Peach Parfait

• Squash Fritters
Linda Cayton of Walnut Cove would like a recipe for squash fritters made with grated onion and yellow squash.

• Thousand-Island Dressing
Nancy Monk of Lexington would like the recipe for the thousand-island dressing served at the former Staley's in Winston-Salem.