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Have you ever tasted pecan caramel ice cream? Have you ever made pecan refrigerator cake, or pecan Bavarian cream? If not, you have some pleasing surprises coming, for pecans fit into des- serts of all classes as few other natural products do,

Strange, isn’t it, how some women get the repu- tation for being superlative cooks as a result of using such desserts with judgment? Realizing that the dessert is often the most remembered por- tion of the meal, they follow the meal with a dessert that is different from the average, yet appropriate in relation te the meal. Following a heavy meal, when people wonder, “Ought I really eat any dessert?” these thoughtful housewives serve a light, easily digested dessert, such as fruit, fruit ices or jellies, while they follow a light meal with heavy desserts, plum pudding or other heav- ier pudding or rich creams.