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Tonight's homework assignment:

Make cranberry sauce. It is one of the easiest things on the menu, so easy, in fact, there's no excuse for resorting to the can. You can practically make the sauce while you're catching up on “Seinfeld” reruns. Here's how: Throw a bag of cranberries into a pot. Add an eight-ounce bottle of maple syrup - not Aunt Jemima but something closer to Vermont style. Squeeze the juice of three oranges right into the pot. If you don't have fresh oranges, add about ¾ cup orange juice. Bring up to a boil, then lower heat and cook on a simmer. Berries will pop and break down. Cook until desired texture. This takes no more than 30 minutes. Cool, then store in fridge in an air-tight container until Thursday.

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