1999
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My reaction to Tina Jakes' Turkey story: To Tina: You've got to let me put this on the web! It goes with my whole wheat-baking powder biscuits that I left the baking powder out of (being rushed in the morning after Thanksgiving.) And the pumpkin pie I made with double the spices - forgetting I had finally broken down and bought fresh ones for the first time in a dozen years. All of them replaced. ALL OF THEM. TOO much of a good thing. (Too strong.) I had also tried a new pastry recipe for this same pie - too dry, not enough shortening. And I used all dark brown sugar - because I put the golden brown sugar into the wrong cupboard and didn't find it for three days. My son says the pie was fine (gone in 24 hours - 10" and 2" deep. He's a purist - no whipped cream or ice cream.) Oh well. And of course I made bread the easy way - beat it to death with a mixer (with only half the flour) and let it rise the first time that way - different texture - little kneading - fast rise. (Didn't come out bad - just different. Also disappeared within 24 hours.) I made a fabulous stuffing - and then my son informed me that he really doesn't like stuffing. Oh well, my other son does. I'll take it to him. He didn't bother coming home for Thanksgiving. The turkey was fine. However, next time, somebody else cook! You are welcome to it. I wrote it for you. But my ex boss can beat the pumpkin pie story. She is rich, and she hired a cook. When I asked her why she told me that some friends of hers had a Thanksgiving party and they wanted her to bring something. She had apparently always let her kids' nanny do the cooking and the nanny was off so she bought pie shells and poured in the pumpkin and baked it. Well, she said she smelled a bad odor when the pies were done and when she looked at them, she discovered that she had not removed the wax liners they use to separate the pie shells. She had baked the pumpkin on top of the liner and it had burned. She said that she hired a cook the next day and had never even attempted to make a sandwich since then! Tina Lucky Woman! When my younger son leaves home..... The holidays are on us and there are fundraisers everywhere. And we have to participate..... I brought home low-fat fudge brownie dough from a fundraiser at work. I cooked some on a cookie sheet. They burned! Wait a minute - did I sleep through the timer? So I made another pan. Because the raw dough was addictive - needs to be cooked up quick or I'll eat it with a spoon all night long. Note how the eating disorder has taken hold of me again - Damn. Damn. Damn. And I caught these just as they were trying to incinerate! What is this? My new oven acting up? So I read the directions. Yep. Says right there, 325. I was cooking them at 350. Great dunked in hot tea. I never throw out chocolate - regardless of the chewiness or crispness of the cookie. TROY - How about an exercise program for us poor helpless chocolate addicts? Help me! |
Copyright 1999 Donnamaie E. White. email to dewhite@NOSPAN_best.com