Article: Caramel sauce pairs with pears

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Caramel sauce pairs with pears

By BEVERLY MILLS AND ALICIA ROSS

United Feature Syndicate Inc.

Sunday, October 28, 2001

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 ...

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