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I am Michael Hastings, the food editor of the Winston-Salem Journal. This is our new presentation of the recipes you send in to us. Recipes that have been published in the Journal have a green check mark.
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Recipes Needed
• Baked Sweet-Potato Fries
• 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.
• 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.
• Hamburger Noodle Casserole
Recipe Swap would like a recipe for hamburger noodle casserole that does not use canned condensed soup.
• 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
• Popular 1960s Cake
Janice Black would like a recipe for a cake that she said was popular in the 1960s. It combines crushed graham crackers, nuts and pineapple — but is not what is known as no-bake fruitcake.
• 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.
• Three-Layer Black Walnut Cake
Marjorie Keaton would like a recipe for a three-layer black-walnut cake that also has walnuts in the icing.