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Today was the day Punxsutawney Phil, and all of the other groundhogs or woodchucks came out saw their shadow and dove back underground.  According to tradition, that means 6 more weeks of winter.  If you ever saw the movie Groundhog day, you would roll your eyes at the whole process.  Really!  I don’t worry about whether or not he sees his shadow, because I don’t mind winter.  I’m not a happy hot and sweaty person. I can take a little bit of coolness much better, that’s not to say I want icy roads because I don’t wish that on anyone. 

Groundhogs themselves are not such cute things.  They dig up huge holes in my yard and kill my young trees, and drive my dog batty.  I never knew that groundhogs could climb trees, until my dog had one cornered.  It was holding on tight for dear life and didn’t leave for at least 2 days.  You’d think I was a sucker for a cute animal, but I tell you, my yard looks like land mines went off.  So today, in honor of Groundhog’s Day, I offer up Groundhog recipes.

According to a Anna Lee Robe-Terry …