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Grandma’s Secret Recipe

pending the weekend with my grandparents in 1950 was not a treat. They didn’t even own a television, and their farm was in the middle of nowhere in Kansas. All you could see for miles was corn or wheat. Grandpa hardly ever spoke at all, and although Grandma chattered a lot, she spoke about her garden and sewing and making a new dress or apron. Their dog didn’t fetch, and their cats were “barn cats” and didn’t want

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