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Article: DESPERATION DINNERS: ; Caramel sauce is quick, yummy; Easy microwave method leaves little mess, tastes great
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- October 31, 2001
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IF you've ever attempted caramel sauce, then you know the drill.
The whole process starts out simply enough, but then there's the
matter of hitting the precise degree on a candy thermometer and
washing the sides of the pot with a wet paintbrush to banish the
dreaded crystals.
Pretty soon you've got a headache, not to mention zero day left.
This was only half the ordeal Alicia described when she recently
made caramel sauce from scratch. (It was a mother-daughter cooking
lesson. Daughter picked the recipe. Need I say more?)
"You know, Beverly, the girls had a great time, but I kept
thinking about our caramel sauce," Alicia told me later.
"All that work, and our ...