What's cookin', good lookin'?

[Endless_Night]

<Surely the writer cannot know where their readers live?? >

I don't know, but I will say that sentence gave me pause!

But, the recipe looks extremely promising. It's in my future. As soon as I get a free weekend! Thank you, again!

 

[Endless_Night]

Yes, it's northern. Durkee-Mower, the maker of Fluff, is based in Massachusetts. You can read all about it here. By the way, Fluff is both gluten-free and kosher.

I'm sure, given the opportunity, I could think of incentives to manke ANYONE ingest a Fluffernutter. ANYONE.

Besides, it's the perfect sandwich, containing several sources of useful nutrition and the ever-popular combination of salty and sweet.

That sounds like a challenge.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Ahlam]

You nailed it, Gianbattista! A small bit of high quality chocolate is much better than chocolate everything. I like mine dark and spiced with chili.

I have maracons in the oven. The aroma is heavenly.

 

[midwestyankee]

Since we're on the subject of childhood comfort foods, here's another one guaranteed to give gluten-free sugar-phobes the heebee-jeebees: the Whoopie Pie.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/mwy_photos/classic_whoopie4_zpsb3ewfunf.jpg

Recipe

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[midwestyankee]

I've not had whoopie pie but I love makin' whoopee . Ah, I'll be going to sleep with Ella singing in my dreams now, thank you midwestyankee

You're welcome. For what it's worth, eating a whoopie pie will give you plenty of energy for making more whoopie.

 

[Endless_Night]

For some reason this is not as unappealing as it should be.... Probably the chocolate, cookie like-exterior. I am a sucker for chocolate.

Okay. It wasn't unappealing until I read the recipe. A cup of sugar, a cup of butter, AND a cup of shortening! Dear Lord.

Though, I will say it's nice to actually get a description of a Whoopie Pie. I've always wondered what one was, but have been too lazy to Google.

Since we're on the subject of childhood comfort foods, here's another one guaranteed to give gluten-free sugar-phobes the heebee-jeebees: the Whoopie Pie.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/mwy_photos/classic_whoopie4_zpsb3ewfunf.jpg

Recipe

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Mmmmmmmm!! Whoopie pies! Some of my fondest childhood memories, making whoopie pies, pickles, and apple sauce with my Aunt. Not all on the same day.. I only use her recipe, and I make them about once a year. A lot of work, but nom nom nom!!

What about strawberry shortcake made from scratch? My grandma always made a buisquit like thing, covered in sliced strawberries, enveloped in a whipped cream like substance that actually had no cream in it. I have that recipe, too.

I think it's going to be a comfort food kind of May

 

[Endless_Night]

Mmmmmmmm!! Whoopie pies! Some of my fondest childhood memories, making whoopie pies, pickles, and apple sauce with my Aunt. Not all on the same day.. I only use her recipe, and I make them about once a year. A lot of work, but nom nom nom!!

What about strawberry shortcake made from scratch? My grandma always made a buisquit like thing, covered in sliced strawberries, enveloped in a whipped cream like substance that actually had no cream in it. I have that recipe, too.

I think it's going to be a comfort food kind of May

I think I OD on sugar just reading your post!

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I think I OD on sugar just reading your post!

Then you might as well make the stuff and eat it, too!

 

[desertslave]

Mmmmmmmm!! Whoopie pies! Some of my fondest childhood memories, making whoopie pies, pickles, and apple sauce with my Aunt. Not all on the same day.. I only use her recipe, and I make them about once a year. A lot of work, but nom nom nom!!

What about strawberry shortcake made from scratch? My grandma always made a buisquit like thing, covered in sliced strawberries, enveloped in a whipped cream like substance that actually had no cream in it. I have that recipe, too.

I think it's going to be a comfort food kind of May

I grew up near the original US "Lady Fingers" factory. If Mom didn't make angel food cake for our strawberries, that was what we had.

So, do tell, please, about the creamless whipped cream?

I saw these on FB today and was blown away by the 3-color piping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S3yUc_TKXU

Oh, and the perfect strawberries for shortcake:
1 lb of strawberries, rinsed, trimmed and quartered
1/3 cup white sugar
2 Tbsp good quality balsamic vinegar
dash of cinnamon

Stir together and let stand at room temperature for at least an hour. Proceed and enjoy!

It's also yummy with some fresh basil chiffonade.

 

[Endless_Night]

Then you might as well make the stuff and eat it, too!

I'm expecting all my "free" cooking time to be focused on gluten-free croissants!

But let me know how May goes! If you aren't in a sugar coma that is.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I grew up near the original US "Lady Fingers" factory. If Mom didn't make angel food cake for our strawberries, that was what we had.

So, do tell, please, about the creamless whipped cream?

I saw these on FB today and was blown away by the 3-color piping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S3yUc_TKXU

Oh, and the perfect strawberries for shortcake:
1 lb of strawberries, rinsed, trimmed and quartered
1/3 cup white sugar
2 Tbsp good quality balsamic vinegar
dash of cinnamon

Stir together and let stand at room temperature for at least an hour. Proceed and enjoy!

It's also yummy with some fresh basil chiffonade.

That was an awesome meringue technique... very cool video!
The whipped topping is a 1, 2, 3 recipe, but I don't recall exactly... it's maybe 1 cup sugar, 2 cups strawberries, 3 egg whites? I will have to find the recipe... Some might not go for it now, as there are raw egg whites in it. We never died But then again, I think food was more wholesome "back in the day", you know?

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Wait, scratch that... 1, 2, 3 is the home made wine recipe
1-1-1 is the strawberry recipe.
1 egg white beaten with 1 cup sugar until stiff, beat in 1 cup cut up strawberries until you have a pink, fluffy, strawberry heaven. Put it on the cake like thing of your choice. Preferable something less sweet than angelfood or those commercially available cups...

 

[Endless_Night]

Wait, scratch that... 1, 2, 3 is the home made wine recipe
1-1-1 is the strawberry recipe.
1 egg white beaten with 1 cup sugar until stiff, beat in 1 cup cut up strawberries until you have a pink, fluffy, strawberry heaven. Put it on the cake like thing of your choice. Preferable something less sweet than angelfood or those commercially available cups...

LOL! Wait! You have a homemade wine recipe? Is it any good!

The other just sounds nom. I suspect it would be fab on top of my great grandmother's pound cake recipe!

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

LOL! Wait! You have a homemade wine recipe? Is it any good!

The other just sounds nom. I suspect it would be fab on top of my great grandmother's pound cake recipe!

I don't care for my family's home made wine, unfortunately... I like dry wines and this produces a sweet one. If you want the super secret recipe though, I will share it with you

 

[Endless_Night]

I don't care for my family's home made wine, unfortunately... I like dry wines and this produces a sweet one. If you want the super secret recipe though, I will share it with you

You are such a sweetie!

But...I'm with you. Only dry wines pass these lips!

 

[desertslave]

Wait, scratch that... 1, 2, 3 is the home made wine recipe
1-1-1 is the strawberry recipe.
1 egg white beaten with 1 cup sugar until stiff, beat in 1 cup cut up strawberries until you have a pink, fluffy, strawberry heaven. Put it on the cake like thing of your choice. Preferable something less sweet than angelfood or those commercially available cups...

Ooooh that works!!!!

Just the thought of homemade wine makes me giggle a bit. My BFF, growing up, came from an immigrant south-Italian family. Her dad (my Papa) made wine from grapes his brother-in-law grew. Good heavens, it was DRY. I kid you not, my mom used a wine vinegar for salads that was sweeter!

He used to serve it to us kids (all of 15 or so) cut generously with 7-Up (lemon-lime soda for those who don't know) with dinner. I loved 'Mama's' cooking and tried to eat over as often as possible. (Bless her, she taught me how to make good red sauce, bracciola, "meat" parmesan, meatballs to die for, and that amazing honey cake that's made of oodles of little dough balls, honey, and sprinkles. Oh how I miss her!)

Anyway, we discovered a strange thing....if one accidentally left a glass with a ring of wine and forgot to wipe down the table immediately, that wine (in Papa's very UN-sweetened glass) would eat the varnish off the table! Not long after, Saturday Night Live offered up the silly skits about "it's a floor wax, it's a paint stripper, it's a dessert topping!" and it reminded me of that wine.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Ooooh that works!!!!

Just the thought of homemade wine makes me giggle a bit. My BFF, growing up, came from an immigrant south-Italian family. Her dad (my Papa) made wine from grapes his brother-in-law grew. Good heavens, it was DRY. I kid you not, my mom used a wine vinegar for salads that was sweeter!

He used to serve it to us kids (all of 15 or so) cut generously with 7-Up (lemon-lime soda for those who don't know) with dinner. I loved 'Mama's' cooking and tried to eat over as often as possible. (Bless her, she taught me how to make good red sauce, bracciola, "meat" parmesan, meatballs to die for, and that amazing honey cake that's made of oodles of little dough balls, honey, and sprinkles. Oh how I miss her!)

Anyway, we discovered a strange thing....if one accidentally left a glass with a ring of wine and forgot to wipe down the table immediately, that wine (in Papa's very UN-sweetened glass) would eat the varnish off the table! Not long after, Saturday Night Live offered up the silly skits about "it's a floor wax, it's a paint stripper, it's a dessert topping!" and it reminded me of that wine.

Meatball recipe, please
And... Yeah. I'm pretty sure you could find multiple uses for our wine if you could get my brother to part with it

 

[desertslave]

Meatball recipe, please
And... Yeah. I'm pretty sure you could find multiple uses for our wine if you could get my brother to part with it

1 lb of mixed ground meats (pork/beef/veal)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 cloves minced garlic
1/2 cup shredded parmesan or asiago
1 tbsp dried basil
1/2 tbsp dried oregano
2 tbsp olive oil

Heat olive oil in pan til it shimmers. Add dried spices and garlic and cook over medium heat until garlic starts to color.

Add to the rest of the items, already in medium bowl. Start mixing with a fork, until oil is cool enough, then do final mixing with your hands.

Roll into meatballs and brown in hot skillet (with a little olive oil). Add red sauce and bring to simmer. Cook 10 minutes and serve with pasta.

Mangia!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

1 lb of mixed ground meats (pork/beef/veal)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 cloves minced garlic
1/2 cup shredded parmesan or asiago
1 tbsp dried basil
1/2 tbsp dried oregano
2 tbsp olive oil

Heat olive oil in pan til it shimmers. Add dried spices and garlic and cook over medium heat until garlic starts to color.

Add to the rest of the items, already in medium bowl. Start mixing with a fork, until oil is cool enough, then do final mixing with your hands.

Roll into meatballs and brown in hot skillet (with a little olive oil). Add red sauce and bring to simmer. Cook 10 minutes and serve with pasta.

Mangia!

Spiced oil right in the meat.. I like it! Will definitely try it, though I have about 6 helpings of meatballs vacuum packed and frozen right now so it will be a while

I love strawberry shortcake! I haven't had it for many, many years though.

Perhaps you should remedy that

 

[midwestyankee]

Ooooh that works!!!!

Just the thought of homemade wine makes me giggle a bit. My BFF, growing up, came from an immigrant south-Italian family. Her dad (my Papa) made wine from grapes his brother-in-law grew. Good heavens, it was DRY. I kid you not, my mom used a wine vinegar for salads that was sweeter!

He used to serve it to us kids (all of 15 or so) cut generously with 7-Up (lemon-lime soda for those who don't know) with dinner. I loved 'Mama's' cooking and tried to eat over as often as possible. (Bless her, she taught me how to make good red sauce, bracciola, "meat" parmesan, meatballs to die for, and that amazing honey cake that's made of oodles of little dough balls, honey, and sprinkles. Oh how I miss her!)

Anyway, we discovered a strange thing....if one accidentally left a glass with a ring of wine and forgot to wipe down the table immediately, that wine (in Papa's very UN-sweetened glass) would eat the varnish off the table! Not long after, Saturday Night Live offered up the silly skits about "it's a floor wax, it's a paint stripper, it's a dessert topping!" and it reminded me of that wine.

Alcohol is the proper solvent for stripping shellac or lacquer from wood furniture, so when a spill of wine ruins the finish, that means that it was either shellac or lacquer. Since about 1930, lacquer has been the preferred clear finish by most furniture manufacturers. For older furniture, varnish was sometimes used as commonly as shellac. Varnish, however, can only be removed with a petroleum-based agent so alcohol will not visibly damage a varnished top - though it might still leave a dusty looking ring.

That is all. You may return to food-gasms now.

 

[midwestyankee]

For some reason this is not as unappealing as it should be.... Probably the chocolate, cookie like-exterior. I am a sucker for chocolate.

Okay. It wasn't unappealing until I read the recipe. A cup of sugar, a cup of butter, AND a cup of shortening! Dear Lord.

Though, I will say it's nice to actually get a description of a Whoopie Pie. I've always wondered what one was, but have been too lazy to Google.

We have made whoopie pies a few times for neighborhood parties and such. Most people seem to prefer to cut them in half and eat the smaller portion. When I return home to see family, whoopie pies are de rigueur whenever there's a whole-family gathering. My sister makes about 4 dozen and they disappear in one event for perhaps 25 people.

Mmmmmmmm!! Whoopie pies! Some of my fondest childhood memories, making whoopie pies, pickles, and apple sauce with my Aunt. Not all on the same day.. I only use her recipe, and I make them about once a year. A lot of work, but nom nom nom!!

What about strawberry shortcake made from scratch? My grandma always made a buisquit like thing, covered in sliced strawberries, enveloped in a whipped cream like substance that actually had no cream in it. I have that recipe, too.

I think it's going to be a comfort food kind of May

My mother's strawberry shortcake is a biscuit base with cut strawberries and a light strawberry glaze over whipped cream. The biscuit is sliced into two layers and some strawberries and whipped cream are used as a filling between layers.