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Dear Heloise: A couple years ago, I made your spiced vinegar in colorful bottles and gave them away as gifts during the year. Since so many of my friends love to cook, they enjoyed this gift and requested, or at least hinted, that I should make some more and gift it to them for birthdays or as hostess gifts.

I went to my recipe books and found I no longer had the pamphlet with that recipe. Would you repeat the recipe in your column for me and other spiced vinegar lovers? — Carin H., Tempe, Arizona

Carin, this recipe was very popular with my friends, too. In fact, I made up a batch at Christmas and gave it out to several people. Here you are: 1 quart cider vinegar ½ ounce celery seed

⅓ ounce dried mint

⅓ ounce dried parsley 1 clove garlic

3 small onions (peeled) 3 whole cloves

1 teaspoon whole

peppercorns

1 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon brandy

(optional)

Salt to taste

Put all ingredients into a glass container and cover.

Let stand for three weeks. Then strain and bottle. This is useful in salads and other dishes.

If you enjoy cooking or making useful gifts for people, you’ll get excited reading my pamphlet “Heloise’s Seasonings, Sauces and Substitutes.” It’s so easy to get a copy for yourself or to give

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 28. There are three days left in the year.

Today’s highlight:

On Dec. 28, 2014, the war in Afghanistan, fought for 13 bloody years and still raging, came to a formal end with a quiet flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul that marked the transition of the fighting from U.s.-led combat troops to the country’s own security forces.

On this date:

In 1612, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn’t officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)

In 1895, the Lumiere brothers, Auguste and Louis, held the first public showing of their movies in Paris.

In 1908, a major earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated the Italian city of Messina, killing at least 70,000 people.

In 1912, San Francisco’s Municipal Railway began operations with Mayor James Rolph Jr. at the controls of Streetcar No. 1 as 50,000 spectators looked on.

In 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.

In 1972, Kim Il Sung, the premier of North Korea, was named the country’s president under a new constitution.

In 1973, the Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon.

In 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American “testtube” baby, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.

In 1991, nine people died in a crush of people trying to get into a rap celebrity basketball game at City College in New York. away to a friend. Just go to www.heloise.com or send $3 along with a stamped, self-addressed, long enve- lope to: Heloise/seasonings, P.O. Box 795001, San Anto- nio, TX 78279-5001.

With so many wonderful spices and seasonings at your fingertips, you can enhance the flavor of any dish. — Hel- oise

Tuna salad in a pinch?

Dear Heloise: I was going to make tuna salad sand- wiches for my three boys when I realized I was out of celery. I rummaged around in my refrigerator and saw the coleslaw. I chopped it up into much smaller pieces and mixed it in with the tuna. They didn’t notice any differ- ence, and they said it tasted great. The tuna salad was crunchy and creamy. — Lil- lian S., Newton, New Jersey

Lillian, if you don’t have any coleslaw, you can use water chestnuts chopped very finely. It has a nice crunch to it.

I also like to add a few chopped scallions to a tuna salad to give it a little zing! — Heloise

Don’t reuse marinade

Dear Heloise: My wife likes to marinate our meats in var- ious mixtures, but she throws out the marinade afterward. I think this is a waste of mar- inade, and I hate wasting food of any kind. In this day and age of recycling items, shouldn’t we keep that mari- nade until we decide to use it with something else? — Alex G., Oakdale, Minnesota

Alex, no, your wife is doing the right thing. There is always the danger of cross contamination if you reuse any marinade. When you marinte meat, you leave behind a certain amount of bacteria, and that sometimes causes a problem. Always start with a fresh marinade, and never reuse an old one. —

In 2007, Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest as the country’s army tried to quell a frenzy of rioting in the wake of her assassination.

In 2015, a grand jury in Cleveland declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a Black youngster who was shot while playing with what turned out to be a pellet gun.

In 2016, film star Debbie Reynolds, who lit up the screen in “Singin’ in the Rain” and other Hollywood classics, died at age 84 a day after losing her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who was 60.

Five years ago: Twelve people died in a Bronx apartment building fire; officials said it was caused by a 3-yearold boy playing with stove burners. (A 13th victim died of his injuries days later.) Officials in Alabama certified Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of a special U.S. Senate election over Republican Roy Moore, who charged that the election was “fraudulent.” Rose Marie, who began her career in show business as a child in the 1920s and co-starred on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” in the 1960s, died at her Los Angeles-area home at the age of 94. Apple apologized for secretly slowing down older iphones, a move it said was necessary to avoid unexpected shutdowns due to battery fatigue.

One year ago: Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid died at his Nevada home of complications from pancreatic cancer; the Democrat was 82. Hall of Fame football coach and broadcaster John Madden died at 85; his exuberant calls had provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades.

AMC CLASSIC HAMILTON 8

Babylon (R) 1:00, 5:00, 7:30. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 1:00, 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 7:30, 8:30. Avatar: The

Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 1:00, 1:30, 5:00, 8:00, 9:00. Violent Night (R) 1:30, 4:30, 9:00. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 2:00, 5:15, 8:30. Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 2:45, 7:00.

AMC WEST CHESTER 18

Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 11:00, 3:15, 7:30. Babylon (R) 11:00, 1:55, 3:10, 6:00, 9:05, 10:10. The Fabelmans (PG-13) 11:05, 2:30. Strange World (PG) 11:10. Empire of Light (R) 11:15.

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 11:30, 12:45, 2:55, 4:20, 6:20, 7:45, 10:00. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 11:30, 1:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:15, 7:00, 8:15, 9:30. Devotion (PG-13) 11:45. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 12:00, 4:15, 8:30. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 12:15, 1:15, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00, 10:00. The Whale (R) 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45.

Avatar: The Way of Water -- An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) 2:15, 6:30, 10:45. The Menu (R) 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) 2:30, 6:15, 10:00. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 3D (PG) 4:00. Violent Night (R) 6:25, 9:15. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 7:15.

Babylon (R) 7:20.

COLONY SQUARE CINEMAS

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 2:00, 5:00, 8:00. Babylon (R) 3:00, 7:15. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 1:45, 2:30, 4:00, 4:45, 6:15, 7:00, 8:30, 9:15. Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 1:30, 3:00, 5:30, 7:30. Violent Night (R) 2:00, 5:00, 8:00.

BY-JO THEATRE

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NEON MOVIES

Babylon (R) 3:15, 7:00. Empire of Light (R) 3:30, 7:15.

REGAL FAIRFIELD COMMONS STADIUM 20 & RPX

18 Pages (NR) 11:20, 2:50, 6:15, 9:35. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 10:10, 11:05, 11:40, 12:30, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 3:50, 4:25, 5:20, 6:10, 6:45, 7:05, 8:10,

9:10, 9:45, 10:15. Avatar: The

Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 11:10, 3:35, 8:00. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 11:15, 12:05, 2:45, 3:45, 6:05, 7:20, 9:30. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

(PG-13) 11:00, 2:40, 6:20, 10:00. Cirkus (NR) 11:35, 3:10, 6:40, 10:10. Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 10:30, 12:10, 1:10, 3:05, 4:35, 5:30, 7:30, 9:00, 9:50. Violent Night (R) 10:05, 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55. Babylon

(R) 10:45, 11:45, 1:05, 3:00, 4:00, 5:10, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 10:00, 12:35, 1:35, 2:35, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 9:25, 10:20.

DAYTON SOUTH 16 AND XD

18 Pages (NR) 9:55. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 9:45, 2:00, 6:15, 10:30. Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 11:15, 12:15, 4:25, 6:35, 8:35. Avatar: The

Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 10:15, 10:45, 2:25, 3:00, 7:15, 7:55.

Babylon (R) 10:10, 1:20, 2:15, 6:30, 8:50, 10:35. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) 11:05, 2:45, 6:25, 10:05. Cirkus (NR) 1:25, 8:15. Connect (NR) 10:30. Dhamaka (NR) 1:10, 7:45. Avatar: El sentido del agua (PG-13) 3:25.

The Fabelmans (PG-13) 9:50, 4:45. I Heard the Bells (NR) 10:05. Laththi (NR) 9:25. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 3D (PG) 1:50. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 10:00, 11:10, 12:40, 3:20, 4:35, 6:15, 7:20, 9:00, 10:00.

Spirited: Sing-along (PG-13) 1:15, 4:20, 7:25. Strange World (PG) 10:40, 1:20, 4:00, 6:40. Violent Night (R) 10:15, 1:05, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 9:55, 11:50, 3:15, 5:25, 6:45, 10:10.

HUBER HEIGHTS 16

Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 10:30, 11:40, 2:40, 4:00, 7:10, 8:10. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 10:00, 11:05, 12:20, 1:00, 2:15, 3:20, 4:40, 5:20, 6:30, 7:35, 8:50, 9:30. Babylon

(R) 10:05, 12:10, 2:10, 4:15,

6:15, 8:20, 10:20. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) 10:20, 2:00, 5:40, 9:35. Devotion

(PG-13) 6:25, 9:45. I Heard the Bells (NR) 1:15, 4:25, 7:30. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 3D (PG) 12:15, 5:35. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 10:00, 10:20, 11:00, 1:40, 2:55, 4:20, 7:00, 8:15, 9:40. Spirited: Sing-along

(PG-13) 10:10, 10:35. Strange World (PG) 10:25, 1:05, 3:45. Violent Night (R) 10:15, 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, 10:00. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 11:15, 12:55, 2:45, 4:30, 6:30, 7:55, 9:55.

ELDER THEATRE

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 3:00, 7:00.

THE GREENE 14 + IMAX

Avatar: The Way of Water -- The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13) 10:00, 2:20, 6:40, 11:00. Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 1:20, 5:40, 10:00. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 10:50, 11:40, 12:30, 3:10, 4:00, 4:50, 7:30, 8:20, 9:10. Babylon (R) 10:15, 2:25, 3:15, 6:35, 10:45. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG13) 11:15, 3:00, 6:45, 10:40. The Menu (R) 4:55, 7:45, 10:35. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 3D (PG) 1:45. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

(PG) 10:00, 11:00, 12:45, 3:30, 4:35, 6:30, 7:20, 9:15, 10:10. Strange World (PG) 10:05, 10:45, 1:35. Violent Night (R) 10:20, 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:05. The Whale

(R) 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 10:30, 11:30, 2:00, 6:00, 7:25, 9:30.

URBANA GLORIA THEATER

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THE PLAZA THEATRE

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CINEMARK MIAMI VALLEY

Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 4:50, 9:35. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 10:50, 11:30, 3:10, 3:45, 7:20, 8:00. Babylon (R) 11:10, 2:15, 6:20, 9:30. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 3D (PG) 11:40, 7:50. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 11:00, 12:30, 1:40, 2:30, 4:20, 5:10, 7:00, 9:40, 10:25. Violent Night (R) 11:15, 3:50, 6:40, 10:30. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 11:20, 3:00, 6:30, 10:00.

BOONSHOFT MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY

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UEC CINEMA 10

Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00. Babylon (R) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 12:00, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 12:15, 12:45, 3:15,

Wed, Dec 28 3:45, 6:15, 6:45, 9:15, 9:45. Violent Night (R) 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15.

BELLEFONTAINE 8 CINEMA

Babylon (R) 2:00, 6:45. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (PG-13) 1:00, 3:50, 6:45. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 1:15, 3:45, 6:40. Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 1:45, 2:30, 5:30, 6:30. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 1:00, 4:55. Violent Night (R) 1:30, 4:00, 7:00. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) 1:20, 6:15.

REGAL DEERFIELD TOWNE CENTER STADIUM 16

Violent Night (R) 2:25, 5:10, 7:55, 10:40. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:15, 4:15, 6:10, 7:10, 9:10. 18 Pages (NR) 12:20, 3:55, 7:30, 10:25. Cirkus (NR) 11:55, 3:25, 6:50, 9:50. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 1:35, 6:00, 10:25. The Fabelmans (PG-13) 11:00. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 11:10, 2:35, 3:35, 7:00, 8:00. Empire of Light (R) 10:35. Babylon (R) 11:45, 2:00, 4:00, 6:15, 8:15, 10:30. Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 12:10, 4:35, 6:30, 9:00. Strange World

(PG) 11:30, 2:15, 5:10, 7:50. I Wanna Dance With Somebody

(PG-13) 11:05, 12:05, 2:45, 3:45, 6:20, 7:20, 9:50, 10:40. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG13) 11:20, 3:00, 6:40, 10:20.

CINÉPOLIS DAYTON

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13) 11:20. ; 3:25. ; 7:25.

Avatar: The Way of Water (PG-13) 11:15. ; 4:00. ; 6:40. ; 6:00. ; 1:30. Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (PG-13) 11:00. ; 11:30. ; 3:15. ; 3:45. ; 7:30. Violent Night (R) 12:15. ; 4:00. ; 7:10. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 11:10. ; 12:10. ; 1:50. ; 3:15. ; 4:40. ; 7:15. ; 8:00. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (PG-13) 11:15. ; 3:20. ; 7:10. Babylon (R) 11:00, 12:20, 3:05, 5:10, 7:20.

Cirkus (NR) 11:15. ; 3:10. ; 6:50.

CINEMA 10 MIDDLETOWN

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DIXIE TWIN DRIVE-IN

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CHAKERES MELODY 49 DRIVE-IN

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HOLIDAY AUTO THEATRE

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