I will always have a bit of down home cooking in me. Now my mother would have denied this and she actually would have been correct. We didn’t cook this way. My Grandmother would have never created Dora Beaver’s Chocolate Potato Cake or Trailer Meat Snacks or Donna Sue’s Cheesy Hamburger Dish. Why the one [...]
February 13, 2006 – 9:43 pm
This simply sounded good and in the search for the perfect gingercake, it rates. However being in Central PA at this time of year, Fresh Blackberries are not easy to come by. When I was growing up, we would simply walk down the lane and pick huge pails of blackberries to bring [...]
January 31, 2006 – 9:12 pm
CH’IEN TS’E NG KAO
(STEAMED THOUSAND LAYER CAKE)
Yield: 10 Servings
3 1/2 c Flour
2 ts Dry yeast
1 1/2 c Warm water
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Lard or shortening
2 tb Red dates, chopped
Procedure:
1) Place flour in a large bowl. Dissolve yeast in warm water (about 95 to 98 degrees F). Add flour and [...]
January 30, 2006 – 11:32 pm
Per my favorite New Olreans Cook. Be sure to check out all his cooking pages if you visit. His photo btw. Well worth the visit just for the recipes and his blog looka isn't too shabby either. And he makes a mean cocktail btw.
King Cake: "The King Cake tradition came to New Orleans with [...]
January 30, 2006 – 11:24 pm
We can always try the French versions:
Galette des Rois This recipe is for the northern-style pastry and almond cake.
tag: cake, French cake, King cake, Almond, Almond pastry, Galette,
January 30, 2006 – 11:12 pm
Call me silly but this time of year hearts and valentine goodies are not what concerns me. Instead I start thinking of King Cake. So while I was surfing I was suprised to find a lower fat King Cake for those who worry about the fat levels in their food [unlike those who [...]
