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At work, morning coffee and a chocolate chip cookie generously supplied by one of my co-workers:
Do you have chocolate chips readily available? I remember that when I lived in Europe, I had to make my own with a chocolate bar and a hammer. That was over 10 years ago, though, so I'm assuming things have changed.
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The chips don't melt, so you get a little yellow cake with powdered sugar coated chocolate chips clustered on top. I think I need to make these this weekend.
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Here is Grandma Ana's Famous Pierres Recipe.
(She is 92 years old, and will be thrilled to hear that her recipe is online for all to see!)
1-1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup melted butter
4 eggs
1-1/3 cups sugar
2 cups chocolate chips (I use the mini ones)
2 teaspoons vanilla
powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Sift flour, salt and baking powder. Melt butter. Beat eggs with sugar. Add gradually to flour mixture. Add butter. Add chocolate chips and vanilla. Butter a 9x12 Pyrex dish. Pour in batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes. The chips will all sink to the bottom - you want this to happen.
Sprinkle on powdered sugar while still warm. After it cools, invert and empty from pan, and sprinkle with more powdered sugar. Cut into squares.
These will last for at least a week or two if kept in an airtight cookie tin.
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The prune paczki I just ate downstairs, by myself, in about 2 minutes flat.
I have never like packzi previously. Must be this pregnancy thing.
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I'm glad I found this old topic! I'm headed downstairs to eat mine - Prune. Anyone else partake today?? If so, what flavor?
It's a huge deal here - all the news stations covered the paczki-eating contests that were held throughout town.
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I thought of another idea after seeing the cupcake post.
What about cupcakes baked in ice cream cones? I always bake them for my daughter's birthday party at preschool, and everyone loves them (even the teachers). You can use any cake recipe and decorate them to look like ice cream cones with a little cherry on the top, or those Valentine's sprinkles.
I'll post the Pierres recipe tonight. Please PM me a reminder if I forget. I'm forgetting a lot lately.
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You need to make it today, or tonight? I have a great, easy recipe for a bar cookie called Pierres. The recipe is from my Grandma Ana, and they are these little cakes topped with chocolate chips and powdered sugar. Definitely easy enough for a preschooler to help with. But, the recipe is at home, and I won't be there till later tonight.
Could you do some sort of mandelbread? I make one with brickel (toffee chips) instead of chocolate chips that is wonderful. I think something with chocolate, though, would sell better.
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Hmmm...
Am I the only parent out there who still lets their kids eat cookie dough batter raw, doesn't mind a regular bit of candy in the diet and and ould care less about trans-fat?
I allow the first two, but I am a fanatic about trans fat.
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We only use the dining room if more than three of us are eating. If it's just the three of us, we sit at stools at the kitchen counter (peninsula). Our house is almost 115 years old, so our dining room is incredibly formal. We have huge round windows, a giant buffet and the walls are dark red. The table has eight chairs and we keep both leaves in so the room looks full enough. If it's just the three of us, it feels silly.
Our house has been for sale for almost a year. I can't wait for a more modern floor plan. At Thanksgiving, my sister-in-law and I do all the cooking, and we feel like the "help" at times. We are all the way in the back of the house, as far from the living room as you can get.
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I'm a fluff fan too, dating back to my years in sleepaway camp. I would eat fluffers, as I didn't like fluffernutters.
I made a fun frosting for my daughter's birthday cake that uses fluff, butter, powdered sugar and food coloring.
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Mrs. Varmint would order that in a heartbeat. Seriously.
As would my 3 year old.
I'd definitely want a bite, but I'd prefer a savory sandwich.
I'll take cheese over chocolate, anytime.
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Thanks so much for posting this. My mom lives in nearby Jericho, and I'm excited to have a new place to try out! We love southern Indian food, but don't get much of it in Toledo.
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Forgive me, Danielle, but are you referring to these?
I think all the suggestions are great, Jason's a la lobster rolls sound outstanding!
Happy birthday, Michael!
Yep! THat's what I had - they were awesome - I had unfortunately filled up on bread and salad. I'm going out to get some fresh dill, some hot dog buns and a new jar of mayo this morning. I'll take pics.
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Yet another possiblilty is to toss chunks of the meat in a light mayonaisse/dijon mixture with a bit of dill and serve it on toasted hot dog rolls, and perhaps some chopped up celery, a la New England lobster rolls.
Yes, this is exactly what I was thinking!! Thanks for the tip!
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I love Heritage-O's, especially in the summer, when I can get fresh organic berries to put in there with it. I like them best with vanilla Silk soy milk, but 2% milk is OK too.
When I have morning sickness, I like Gorilla Munch, which is essentially an organic Cap'n Crunch. The Whole Foods 365 brand Fruit Loops are excellent too, though I haven't made it up to the store lately to stock up.
If I could eat anything with no consequences, I'd eat Cap'n Crunch, Fruit Loops and Golden Grahams every day.
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Tonight was Michael's birthday, and we went to our favorite seafood restaurant. It's pretty upscale, but wonderfully enough, they have a fabulous birthday special. Because it was his birthday, we got 50% off the food bill. So, of course, we ordered two of the most expensive dishes on the menu. He got lobster tail and filet mignon, and I got Alaskan King Crab Legs. And ate only half.
So, I said I'd make some fancy crab salad for my lunch tomorrow. Michael was horrified. Here's where you all come in. I told him I'd have the eGullet crowd mediate. Don't you all think that a delicious crab salad served with an avocado half, perhaps, would be a great use of these leftovers? He said that if I added anything other than butter, it would be sacriledge.
If my crab salad idea is, indeed, wacko, what are some other ideas? I got 1.5 pounds of crab, and I ate half. It is all out of the shell already (my favorite bartender was moonlighting as a waiter, and he hooked me up).
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The banana/Turbinado crepes I made for breakfast. (not normal weekday fare, but it's Michael's birthday). Yum, I love crepes.
Yetty, those rose apples look divine!!
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Well, I'm allergic to all fish except shellfish, but sushi is one of my favorite things to eat. Here are my favorites, that I ALWAYS have to order:
Ama Ebi, though I can't eat it now that I'm pregnant. :-(
Spicy tofu roll
Sweet potato tempura roll
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I'm heading to the east coast in May and will be staying in Manhattan around 48th and 8th. I'm looking for restaurants that have the best pastrami on rye, pizza by the slice, sausage, cheesesteak, etc. I'm also looking for a decent restaurant to eat before a show...not too expensive but good. I'm going off my diet for 24 hours and I'm gonna go nuts because I've heard so much about NY food.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Bob
Here are my suggestions - I'm sure you'll get a ton of input here:
Les Halles - even before Bourdain was as big as he is now, we loved this steakhouse. Superior quality, great NY atmosphere. Love it.
Kang Suh - my favorite Korean BBQ joint. It's open 24/7, so you could hit this late night for some Bul Go Ki.
Arturo's - I have a soft spot for this brick oven pizza place on Houston. Crazy, tacky decor. Excellent pizza and mussels.
Deli - Head down to the lower east side. You can get corned beef at Katz's, knishes at Yonah Shimel, appetizing at Russ & Daughter's.
Pre-show - Gosh, I haven't done this since I was a kid. We always used to do Joe Allen's, but I have no clue on the quality these days.
Hot Dog - I'm partial to Gray's Papaya or Papaya King. Love 'em.
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I never liked them growing up (on Long Island). I morphed from poppy to sesame to egg onion to everything.
Now, they still seem a bit much, but when we are up in Ann Arbor, I get the "Enuf Already" bagel from Zingerman' which does include some nice crunchy salt chunks.
Boy, does that make me thirsty though!! (Especially when I get it with scallion cream cheese and Virginia ham).
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Most Delicious - One egg over medium with a TON of black pepper on multi-grain toast slathered with butter.
Most Fun - celery with peanut butter
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cottage cheese and noodles with freshly ground black pepper
hot bread with EVOO
radishes with butter and sea salt
tomato and mozzarella
popcorn and butter
apples and stilton
chocolate chip cookies and milk
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I'm also in my first trimester with my second! Great topic.
My sickness has subsided somewhat in the past few days, so we are finally eating again. :-)
With my first pregnancy, I wanted sour cream and root beer (not together).
This time, I'm loving fresh, crisp apples, sour cream again, and pizza sounds really good to me. I've been making myself mocktails of cranberry juice, seltzer and Rose's lime juice. I've also been craving Japanese. That's what we ordered in for lunch today, and I totally pigged out. Spicy tofu roll, cucumber avocado roll, sweet potato tempura roll, soup and salad. Boy was I full. But it was goooood.
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I struggle with this all of the time. My daughter is 3. When she was a baby, it seemed that the witching hour ALWAYS coincided with dinner prep time.
Some advice:
- get help
- share duties
- cook ahead
- take advantage of nap times
- don't be a martyr. If I need to use a pre-made marinade, I don't torture myself over it. I just try to find stuff that is as good quality as possible.
- along the same veins, lower your expectations!!!
Hot Dog Hegemony
in Food Traditions & Culture
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In my mind, the best way is with mustard and sauerkraut, though I will partake of a "Chicago Dog" with all the toppings when I'm in the windy city, or at Red Hot Lovers in Ann Arbor.
My dad prefers the Smoosh. This is a hot dog with mustard and sauerkraut minus the hot dog. It derives from his childhood in Brooklyn when he was too poor to get the hot dog. And, now he eats it b/c he doesn't eat red meat. I suppose he's come full circle.
My daughter, age 3, used to do ketchup AND mustard, despite my explanations that ketchup on a hot dog is a bad, bad thing. Thankfully, she's come around. On our last visit to NY, her dad picked her up a Gray's Papaya frank with mustard and sauerkraut, and she ate the whole thing. I think I might have cried.