DEAR SUN SPOTS: For the lady who wanted a sugarless pumpkin pie, here is a recipe passed on to me by my father (who was a chef back in the 1920s). Note that it is eggless, butterless and sugarless.

2 cups pumpkin

2 cups canned milk (hot)

2 common crackers (rolled fine)

3 tablespoons boiled seedless raisins

1/2 cup molasses

1/2 teaspoon ginger

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

Stir all ingredients until well blended and pour into prepared pie crust. Bake 10 minutes in a hot oven (Sun Spots thinks this would be about 425 degrees), then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 30 more minutes, or until knife blade comes out clean.

It’s too late for Thanksgiving, but I do hope it will prove useful. — No Name via e-mail

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding C.M. of Greene’s Nov. 23 request for pumpkin pie without refined sugar, USM’s Franco-American Collection has a French recipe for “Old-Fashioned Pumpkin Pie” from 1928, made without refined sugar (although it has 4 tablespoons of brown sugar).

I would be happy to provide it (and, if necessary, a translation) to anyone who wants to visit the collection. We have plenty of other old-fashioned recipes available as well.

The collection is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We can be found within USM Lewiston-Auburn College, 51 Westminster St., Lewiston. No appointment necessary. — James Myall, coordinator, 753-6545, jmyall@usm.maine.edu

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Your column is such a help. Maybe you can help me with a project I have.

I would like very much to send a box of old jewelry (necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings only) to the sisters in Haiti. They give them as rewards to the young girls who work so hard helping with the orphans.

I will mail it to Miami, Fla., and the sisters of Haiti will pick it up when they go to Florida for supplies.

Thank you in advance. God bless. — Orella Poirier, 19 Howard St., Mexico, ME 04257

ANSWER: Sun Spots predicts you will get so much old jewelry that you’ll need to send more than one box to Miami!

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have some crafts to donate to anyone who can pick them up. If interested, please call 225-3861. — No Name, No Town

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am back again to give away many aloe vera plants. Bring plant pots. — Ruth, Lewiston, 784-4278

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have seen several letters regarding a four-year warranty on large appliances and electronics if consumers have their purchase receipt. Could you please print the information again as I lost the columns and have a TV purchased in May that is not working properly? Thank you. — Sharon Henson, Litchfield

ANSWER: You can visit http://tinyurl.com/25kgmbx to see details of the warranty protection offered by the state of Maine. For assistance, call the Consumer Protection Service of the Maine Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-436-2131.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: For the person looking to get a new phonograph needle or stylus, our Radio Shack has been able to order them for me. And if it is a portable record player, they will put the needle in for you. Contact Lynn in home electronics, Radio Shack dealer, 473 Wilton Road, Farmington, ME 04938, 778-5546. — Dorothy, Farmington

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