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Tropicalsenior

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  1. My next door neighbor has a tree and for 20 years has been offering them to me. I took them once and after that I don't mind buying the paste in the store at all. I learned to say no thank you right quick.
  2. I would never have gotten it. This is a very WEEK joke.
  3. Thanks for the recipe. After looking it over, it is next on my list.
  4. A week in my kitchen would have you rolling in the aisles.
  5. Me too! I'm glad to finally find a recipe that satisfies my taste for ginger. I'll never make it any other way.
  6. Yesterday I made the Sparkling Gingerbread Cake. I like a strong Ginger flavor and it seems like this one probably would have it. Wow, oh boy did it ever. It calls for a tablespoon each of fresh and powdered Ginger and a quarter cup of crystallized ginger. My fresh ginger had quite a bit of a bite as did the crystallized ginger that I had made by @liuzhou's recipe. I must say that it is the first time that I have taken a bite of cake and had it bite me back. This recipe is a keeper.
  7. I had the opposite problem with this dish that I made last Saturday. Photographed well and tasted like hell. So if you see a recipe for Russian pork chops, pass! The last pork loin that I got to cut into chops was a little bit tough so I thought I would braise them in some type of sauce. Instead of tough they were just dry and I can't imagine any self-respecting Russian wanting to eat them. Carlos said they were delicious. It's nice to have somebody that compliments your food no matter how bad it is.
  8. I just made a half a batch of light brioche dough and made nine little dinner rolls and two rolls to have pork schnitzel sandwiches tonight.
  9. Sadly, again I would have to pass. $16.49 $45.24 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to Costa Rica Details
  10. Just read the recipe and it is what we used to call pudding cake. Thank you, it looks like a great recipe. I haven't made it in years but I think it's time to try it again.
  11. Sorry about that but you spoke about 5 minutes too late.
  12. I made Char Siu Bao for my weekly stuffed buns. I had a little bit of dough left over so I made a tiny batch of cinnamon rolls.
  13. I had a little bit of dough left over when I made Char Siu Bao today so I made a tiny batch of tiny cinnamon rolls. Each one is about two bites.
  14. Brown Sugar Nut Bars Makes 9 bars Crust 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 1 cup flour Filling 2 eggs 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1 tablespoon flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup chopped nuts Cream butter and 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Mix in flour. Press lightly in the bottom of a greased 8” x 8” pan. Bake at 350o for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, beat eggs, flour, and remaining sugar until smooth. Add vanilla, baking powder, and nuts. Spread over the crust. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes more. The filling should be just set. Cut into 9 squares. For an extra rich bar. Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips to the egg mixture before baking. Notes: Some recipes call for cooling the base before adding the filling. I don't but I do suggest that you do not compress the filling tightly. It makes for a much lighter bar.
  15. As soon as I reformat the recipe, I will be happy to post it.
  16. I just took my caramel nut bars out of the oven. My husband and I had something similar to this in a bakery quite a few years ago and I decided to see if I could copy it. It took some tweaking to get it just the way my husband liked it but I finally came up with a recipe that I think works. It has a shortbread base and the second layer based on eggs, brown sugar, nuts and both white and chocolate chips. In the photo, it looks like it's over baked but it's just a trick of the lighting. I'll post another photo tonight after I cut into it.
  17. Tropicalsenior

    Dinner 2023

    Tonight we had my favorite beans and rice dish. Tuscan white beans and sausage served over red tomato rice. It is melon season here and I was able to get a nice ripe melon to serve as a side. Not pictured, which I guess is stating the obvious.
  18. Tropicalsenior

    Menudo

    Believe me! I did that plus soaking it in lemon juice for an hour before cooking it the first time. All that does is knock down the tripe aroma while it is cooking, the Taste is still there. And that is one of the reasons that it is a two-day cooking project.
  19. Tropicalsenior

    Menudo

    What I had the first time was the white Menudo and I've never had any menudo since. It has a ton of good stuff until you get to the tripe and then, uh un, no! Can't get near it except to cook it and that was only because I loved him. Believe me, I had to have really loved him to cook that stuff. And I might add, it is a two-day cooking experience.
  20. Tropicalsenior

    Menudo

    I guess so if you like it. When we were dating my husband raved about it so much that I ordered some in a restaurant. I sent it back because I thought it was rotten and then he told me it was supposed to taste like that. I could tell you how I made it but I sure couldn't tell you about the seasonings because that was to taste and he was the one that had to taste it. I used to make about four gallons of it at a time so I didn't have to smell it cooking that often.
  21. Tropicalsenior

    Menudo

    My husband's favorite was nopales and scrambled eggs. He loved menudo and I used to make it in great big batches and put it in the freezer. I couldn't stand it so he had to taste it for seasonings.
  22. Move over, I'm coming up!
  23. Don't feel bad, I still don't quite get it. I guess it would help if we knew what treyf meant.
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