Dear Sun Spots: My brother and I have been looking for a recipe for Dynamite, a dish we enjoyed while living in Maine 50-plus years ago. The dish is spiced up hamburger, tomato sauce, celery, hot sauce etc. Served with bread or buns like sloppy Joes or Manwiches. Thank you. – John Taylor, Anderson S.C.

Answer: In addition to responses from readers, unfortunately Sun Spots has not located this particular recipe. In the meantime, perhaps the following will tide you and family over until a column reader comes through. Sun Spots would also ask that reader to please provide the column with the recipe, so she can include it for others interested in it.

Sea scallops dynamite ingredients: Makes four rolls: 16 sea scallops, muscle removed, ½ cup homemade mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 1 teaspoon rice vinegar, ½ teaspoon wasabi powder, 1-1½ tablespoons soy sauce, black and white sesame seeds. Method: Slice scallops and reserve chilled in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix mayo, sesame oil, rice vinegar, wasabi powder, soy sauce and black and white sesame seeds. Take half of dynamite mayo and mix with sliced scallops. Place dynamite in oyster shells and bake at 350 degrees for eight minutes. Finish by broiling for three minutes. Serve with chopsticks.

Variations: Add mussels, add lobster, add mushrooms, add Asian chili sauce to make it spicier. Serve by themselves, with sticky rice or with a salad of baby greens, mixed with papaya, endame and miso dressing.

Dynamite beef bites ingredients: 1½ pounds beef flank or sirloin steak, ½ cup prepared salsa, *12 whole, fresh jalapeno peppers, halved lengthwise and seeded, ¼ cup herbed cream cheese, toothpicks. Method: Slice steak into ¼-inch thick strips, approximately 4-inches long. Cut across the grain, holding knife at an angle. Marinate beef strips in salsa for one hour. Fill each jalapeno half with ½ teaspoon cream cheese. Wrap filled jalapenos with one steak strip covering cream cheese as you wrap. Fasten steak ends with toothpick. Grill or broil 4-inches from heat for 4 minutes, turning after 2 minutes. Do not overcook. Makes 24 appetizers.

* Because hot peppers contain oils that can burn your eyes, lips and skin, protect yourself when working with peppers by covering one or both hands with plastic gloves or bags. Be sure to wash your hands thoroughly before touching your eyes or face. Recipe provided courtesy of Texas Beef Council and Beef It’s What’s For Dinner.

Dear Sun Spots: I was wondering if anyone has any used Pokemen cards that they do not want anymore? Please respond to the column in reply. – No Name, No Town.

Dear Sun Spots: I’m hoping you can please help me.

I’m trying to find out about an old television show called “The Youth Cavalcade Show.” It was on about the early-to-mid-’60s. My sister and four or five other girls were on that show. They did a tap dancing skit. They didn’t win but I’d like somehow to get a picture of her, if possible. How can I find out about it? – No Name, No Town.

Answer: In addition to responses from readers, the only reference Sun Spots located was on a Web site that mentioned a performer’s appearance on the show. Hopefully there are some readers out there who recall this show and who may have some old photographs they’d be willing to share with you. It’s very unlikely that somebody has a copy of a show dating back these many years. However, you might be lucky and hopefully any readers out there with knowledge of this show and where you might locate copies would be willing to assist you here.

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