COOKS CORNER

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Ice-Cream Pie

1-1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
2 Tbsp. chopped peanuts
1/4 cup melted butter
2 cups chocolate ice cream, softened
4 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup chopped peanuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In medium bowl, add the cookie crumbs, 2 Tbsp. of chopped peanuts and the melted butter and mix well. Press into bottom and up sides of 9" pie pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 5-6 minutes until set.
Cool completely.
When crust has cooled, spread softened chocolate ice cream in bottom of crust. Freeze for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine vanilla ice cream and peanut butter in large bowl and beat until peanut butter is thoroughly blended with ice cream. Spread over chocolate ice cream in crust and top with remaining chopped peanuts.
Cover and freeze for at least 6 hours.
Stand at room temperature for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

Sheringham Museum

Sheringham Museum is celebrating the successful acquisition of eight new paintings, all of which have a story to tell of the town's maritime history and development. The paintings are the work of local man Mick Bensley who had established an international reputation as a marine artist, with examples of his work to be found in collections throughout the world.

Mary Byth, chairman of the Museum Trustees, said today "When we heard these painting were coming on the market we decided to do all we could to acquire them. She paid tribute to the independent art charity, The Art Fund, who invited the museum to submit an application for grant aid through its new "Enriching Regions" scheme to help in the purchase of the paintings. The charity awarded a grant of £3925. "They have been such a helpful and friendly body of people to deal with", she said, adding "It is rewarding to know we have met all their requirements for without their help we would not have been able to add these scenes to our growing collection of Mick Bensley paintings.  One of the conditions of the application for a Enriching Regions grant was that the Museum should seek to obtain funding within its local community.  Mary expressed the Museum's gratitude and thanks to the businesses and organisations in Sheringham who have made such generous donations to help achieve this successful result and promised that all the paintings, together with other pictorial records charting Sheringham's history and development will be on display when the town's new museum opens at The Mo on the seafront next year.

COMPETITION CORNER

With the numbers 123456789, make them add up to 100.  They must stay in the same order. You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.   Remember, the numbers have to stay in the same order!