To fuck or to cook?

[Penske 2.0]

Originally Posted by tmdiva

I'm making a marionberry pie, using frozen marionberries I picked last summer. My sil is bringing a cake of some kind, since Sunday is also my niece's 7th birthday.

But why wouldn't you make something chocolate? I always like chocolate.

tm

Bosco!

Another thought, on the fruit side. A nice kaiserschmarrm. An Austrian lite n puffie pancake with strawberries on top. Yum!

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Originally Posted by tmdiva

I'm making a marionberry pie, using frozen marionberries I picked last summer. My sil is bringing a cake of some kind, since Sunday is also my niece's 7th birthday.

But why wouldn't you make something chocolate? I always like chocolate.

tm

I am in the process of making a chocolate caramel pie. This weekend I am also making, also from the KAF website, a modified traditional Sicilian Easter Fraser that is chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, and a ricotta filling. I am putting back in rum flavoring that they opted to modify out. But for the moment, I am not cooking but resting the hurty knee.

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My right knee and left foot/ankle are too painful for me to even stand, kinda having to grab counters periodically, in the kitchen and attempt to cook.







apparently I could get lower; hence the sinking feeling

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Why would I make this? I have like three lbs of rye flour and no idea why.

[Fugee]

I didn't make these but think the icing is hilarious (and very well done):

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Fugee

I didn't make these but think the icing is hilarious (and very well done):

making ass and breasts equivalents reinforces Ricky Gervais's theory about why ladies wear necklaces.

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

making ass and breasts equivalents reinforces Ricky Gervais's theory about why ladies wear necklaces.

I am unfamiliar with this theory.

[Fugee]

Bumped thius for Wonk who couldn't find it.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Fugee

Bumped thius for Wonk who couldn't find it.

Thanks. I'm not reposting the salad, but this is handy.

[Fugee]

I didn't get into Star Trek until The Next Generation was almost over, but this is for fans of the original series:



Here's the article on making them.

[Fugee]

For the bakers out there, Amazon's Gold Box deal of the day is for the 6-quart KitchenAid mixer. Good price plus a $50 rebate plus another rebate if you don't want the magazine subscription that comes with the first rebate.

I want this so bad, but have to keep reminding myself that I have little counter space and the 6 qt model is too tall to fit underneath my upper cupboards so it would be taking up open space I don't have to spare. Sigh.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

On the impracticality of a cheeseburger: A few years ago, I decided that it would be interesting to make a cheeseburger from scratch. Not just regular “from scratch,” but really from scratch. Like, I’d make the buns, I’d make the mustard, I’d grow the tomatoes, I’d grow the lettuce, I’d grow the onion, I’d grind the beef, make the cheese, etc….

[T]o make the buns, I’d need to grind my own wheat, collect my own eggs, and make my own butter. And I’d really need to raise the cow myself (or sheep, and make lamb burgers), mine or extract from seawater my own salt, grow my own mustard plant… plant and harvest the wheat, raise a cow to produce the milk for the butter, raise another cow to slaughter for its rennet to make the cheese, and personally slaughter and process the cow or sheep. At this point I was thinking that this might all add up to an interesting book, and started to consider seriously the undertaking.

Further reflection revealed that it’s quite impractical—nearly impossible—to make a cheeseburger from scratch. Tomatoes are in season in the late summer. Lettuce is in season in the fall. Mammals are slaughtered in early winter. The process of making such a burger would take nearly a year, and would inherently involve omitting some core cheeseburger ingredients. It would be wildly expensive—requiring a trio of cows—and demand many acres of land. There’s just no sense in it.

A cheeseburger cannot exist outside of a highly developed, post-agrarian society. It requires a complex interaction between a handful of vendors—in all likelihood, a couple of dozen—and the ability to ship ingredients vast distances while keeping them fresh. The cheeseburger couldn’t have existed until nearly a century ago as, indeed, it did not…

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[Sparklehorse]

Does anyone have any recommendations for cooking mustard greens? I know I could do something with some pork fat and vinegar but I'm looking for something beyond generic cooked greens preparations. Thanks in advance for any ideas!

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Sparklehorse

Does anyone have any recommendations for cooking mustard greens? I know I could do something with some pork fat and vinegar but I'm looking for something beyond generic cooked greens preparations. Thanks in advance for any ideas!

I throw them in soup sometimes.

[Fugee]

Penske posted something about spicy bacon caramel corn that sounded amazeballs. Couldn't find a recipe that included the "spicy," but there are a few recipes for bacon caramel corn.

I have to make some, either for Christmas (Fugee Sister will complain) or New Year's Eve. Will probably use the Costco pre-cooked bacon pieces.

Bravo TV recipe

Blogger's version of bunrab's recipe below

Cooking channel recipe

Bunrab's bacon caramel corn

I think I'll start with my basic caramel corn recipe and look over the others for ways to incorporate the bacon.