today's recipes to go! life+food WWW.MAYSVILLE-ONLINE.COM/LIFESTYLES MONDAY, 02.27.2012 | B1 SIMPLE TIPS FOR KABLER’S CHATTER today's SUPER-COUPONING news 1to go! Back to Basics: Manufacturerlife v. Store Coupons Last week, we covered frequently asked today's questions about coupon overage. This week, we’ll tackle another dilemma for news beginners: The difference between man- ufacturer and store coupons. to go! Dear Jill, I have a $1 coupon for a brand of cheese. The coupon has the supermarket’s logo + on it. Is it a store coupon? Can I use it at a life traveldifferent store? — Roger H. Dear Jill, I have always been under the impres- sion that if a coupon says it’s a manufacturer cou- pon, any store can accept it, even if another store’s today's name is advertised on the coupon. However, I just news ran across a manufacturer to go! coupon with the dis- claimer that it could only be used at a particular JILL CATALDO store. I would appreciate + it if you addressed this is- life fashionsue. — Pam R. Dear Roger and Pam, Let’s start by looking at the difference between a store coupon and a manufac- turer coupon. A manufacturer coupon is issued by COOKING THE CANDY | Use a heavy pan for cooking the cream candy and a candy thermometer. the company that makes the product. All manufacturer coupons share a few characteristics: a standard GS1 barcode, a physical mailing address in the fine print — so the retailer knows where the coupon should be sent for redemption — and the words “manufacturer coupon” printed somewhere on the surface. Old-time cream A store coupon is a little different, both in form and function. The barcode will look different from the one on a manufac- turer coupon. It’s an internal store bar- code that can only be read by that store’s registers. A different supermarket or candy making: A retailer register would not be able to scan it. A store coupon typically has no mailing address on it, either. It’s for the store’s use only. A store coupon may say “store cou- Kentucky treasure pon” or “retailer coupon.” A store coupon See COUPONS, B2 JANE CLINE KABLER POUR HOT [email protected] CANDY ON COLD MARBLE Traditions still prevail in the cold 2 | Candy will wintertime in Kentucky. The best of be caramel cooks pull out the heavy pans, set in colored after the heavy cream, and extra sugar and cooking,left. wait for the right weather to begin their tuesday, 04.27,2010 | the ledger independent www.maysville-online.com/news pulled cream candy making. WORK THE This is an old tradition in Kentucky CANDY | Work today's and not found many other places. the candy with You can usually find cream candy in your hands as news speciality shops in Louisville, Lexing- you begin to to go! ton, Paris and Maysville. Most pulled pull. Sort of candy in other states is taffy. Taffy is + massage it and regionmade with similar ingredients but not state stretch it, below. cooked as long. My mother, Sallie Slack Haughaboo made many, many pounds of cream candy and I learned from her. Insection later years sheb hadtuesday, a stainless 04.27,2010steel | the ledger independent www.maysville-online.com/lifestyles hook made and used it to help her when pulling a big batch. A big batch is the today's six cups of sugar recipe which makes recipes almost five pounds. to go! At my house, usually several get togeth- SUSAN EICHER er for an evening and it works like a mini factory. One cooks, two clean+ the marble lifeand grease it with butter, the strongtravel men 3 pull the candy and the women cut it when The Amish Cook it is ready. While all of this is going on the cook puts on another batch. I hope all you readers are doing In our home for 15 years, two other great. This is Susan, Lovina’s second families and a total of six children usu- oldest daughter and I am 16 years old. allysection spent 12 hours b cooking,tuesday, pulling 04.27,2010 and | the ledger independent www.maysville-online.com/entertainmentLast week I decided that I wanted to cutting cream candy on a Saturday each write the column since my brothers December. All the candy at the end of and sisters will betoday's home on Friday the evening was divided and used for and Monday, whichrecipes is their mid- entertaining and gift giving. We would winter break. Momto usually go! writes her make 120 pounds in an evening. I always column on Monday mornings, but I entertainmentdoubled the recipe and it made a total of thought that with all of the children five pounds. Cream candy making is an being home it might be extra noisy art and actually few people can succeed. and busy. So seventy-five I thought I’d give centsher It takes practice and even with the hun- 4 some help by writing the column! I dreds of pounds we have made, we still am not much of a writer, but I will try lost a batch once in a while. my best. I just came inside after working with Minnie. Minnie is a miniature See CANDY, B2 pony that I am training for a family in our church. The family has three little boys. I want to tame Minnie so that they will be able to drive her. Minnie is a very small pony but she is strong. She pulls our little pony 5 wagon without a problem. I really enjoy working with her so it will be hard to see her go back to her owners after she is fully trained. Minnie is the second pony that I have trained. Our miniature pony, Tiger, was the first. Tiger is a bigger kind of a min- iature pony. He is a stallion and was a lot harder to train than Minnie. STRETCH INTO A ROPE AND CUT| Using He is also a lot more stubborn and sharp scissors, cut pulled candy into small WORK AND STRETCH CANDY | Make candy into a ball and stretch and pull out long. Keep not as gentle as Minnie. I would not pieces. Cool. Store. pulling until white and fairly stiff. See AMISH, B2 .