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Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: Esme Rain Date: October 10, 2021, 2:48 pm
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[quote author=offtopicalways link=topic=379.msg27559#msg27559
date=1633887785]
My best success from failure was shen a flourless chocolate
cake, which I'd made many times and everyone always loved,
failed miserably when, of course, my mother was visiting. The
cake sits in a water bath, and I'm guessing I didn't have the
foil on the pan tight enough.
I put the failed cake through the food processor, not really
knowing what I was going for, and ended up with a really
delicious, rich chocolate mousse.
[/quote]
WOW! That is making the best of something!
#Post#: 27643--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: Thetis099 Date: October 10, 2021, 3:01 pm
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[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27619#msg27619
date=1633893559]
[quote author=Thetis099 link=topic=379.msg27608#msg27608
date=1633892619]
My grandad made "wine" and beer. His "wine" was made from
Mustang grapes or plums and had a much higher percentage of
alchohol than traditional wine. I will use a substitute name
for my grandad, but we all called his wine "Old John" as a play
on Old Crow whiskey - because his "wine" was very potent and it
tasted terrible. Nobody but grandad really drank it. Many
unsuspecting folks were lured into trying a glass. It was fun
to watch their faces when they tasted it and who would be polite
enough to try and drink the whole glass before he would let them
off the hook.
The major mishap happened with grandad's brewing efforts. My
grandparents had a two car garage with a big laundry and storage
room. There were lots of shelves full of preserves and pickles
and whatever else grandma had canned from their garden. His
most recent effort at brewing a case of beer had been bottled
and was being stored on a high shelf.
When they came back from church on Sunday, the garage smelled of
beer. Grandma opened the laundry room and found most of the
case of bottled beer had bursted open their caps. Beer had
spewed into every nook and cranny of the laundry room. It was a
terrible mess.
My grandad was in serious trouble with my grandma over the beer
soaked the laundry room. His first few attempts at cleaning up
the beer disaster left the laundry room smelling like sour stale
beer in the Texas summer heat. By the time he had properly
atoned for this transgression he had taken everything out of the
laundry room (including the washer and dryer) to bleach every
surface. He also repainted the laundry room. Grandad stuck to
making only the "Old John" after that.
[/quote]
Oh, phew. I was afraid you were going to say that all her
preserves were hit by shrapnel.
[/quote]
There were a few casualties but most of her canned goods
survived.
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Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: acl-ny Date: October 10, 2021, 3:03 pm
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[quote author=TwoASAPsAgo link=topic=379.msg27636#msg27636
date=1633894743]
[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27617#msg27617
date=1633893425]
Another cousin story.
Took another turn at hosting Thanksgiving. All went well, of
course. During dessert, my cousin made one of his
funny/obnoxious/funny comments.
So to be equally obnoxious, I tossed a cookie (a real baked
cookie) at him. I thought it would gently sail over his head,
land on the floor and the dog would make it disappear in
seconds.
But no. The cookie hit him right between the eyes, right above
the bridge of his glasses, and, um, drew blood.
I couldn't have hit him there had I tried, and I assure you, I
did not try. It's a good thing they love those cookies. And me.
[/quote]
Hmm, I question the edibility of any cookie that can leave a
flesh wound.
[/quote]
Ha! Apparently it's all in the angle and the velocity.
😵
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Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: NoLongerAubergine Date: October 10, 2021, 3:05 pm
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[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27593#msg27593
date=1633891263]
Not funny, but memorable to me. I made a 21 lb turkey for my
first Thanksgiving in my very own apartment. The guests were my
mom, dad, and grandma. 21 lbs for 4 people. But hey, it was on
sale and less expensive than the smaller birds.
[/quote]
I only make turkey once a year and I love leftovers. Turkey
sandwiches for days then the rest cubed and frozen for pot pie,
casseroles, soup, and whatnot. So that sounds about right to me!
#Post#: 27646--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: acl-ny Date: October 10, 2021, 3:06 pm
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[quote author=NoLongerAubergine link=topic=379.msg27645#msg27645
date=1633896322]
[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27593#msg27593
date=1633891263]
Not funny, but memorable to me. I made a 21 lb turkey for my
first Thanksgiving in my very own apartment. The guests were my
mom, dad, and grandma. 21 lbs for 4 people. But hey, it was on
sale and less expensive than the smaller birds.
[/quote]
I only make turkey once a year and I love leftovers. Turkey
sandwiches for days then the rest cubed and frozen for pot pie,
casseroles, soup, and whatnot. So that sounds about right to me!
[/quote]
Yeah, everyone took home a big portion of leftovers. 🙂
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Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: TwoASAPsAgo Date: October 10, 2021, 3:07 pm
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[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27644#msg27644
date=1633896191]
[quote author=TwoASAPsAgo link=topic=379.msg27636#msg27636
date=1633894743]
[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27617#msg27617
date=1633893425]
Another cousin story.
Took another turn at hosting Thanksgiving. All went well, of
course. During dessert, my cousin made one of his
funny/obnoxious/funny comments.
So to be equally obnoxious, I tossed a cookie (a real baked
cookie) at him. I thought it would gently sail over his head,
land on the floor and the dog would make it disappear in
seconds.
But no. The cookie hit him right between the eyes, right above
the bridge of his glasses, and, um, drew blood.
I couldn't have hit him there had I tried, and I assure you, I
did not try. It's a good thing they love those cookies. And me.
[/quote]
Hmm, I question the edibility of any cookie that can leave a
flesh wound.
[/quote]
Ha! Apparently it's all in the angle and the velocity.
😵
[/quote]
Suuuurrrrree, blame physics! 🤣
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Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: acl-ny Date: October 10, 2021, 3:08 pm
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[quote author=TwoASAPsAgo link=topic=379.msg27647#msg27647
date=1633896444]
[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27644#msg27644
date=1633896191]
[quote author=TwoASAPsAgo link=topic=379.msg27636#msg27636
date=1633894743]
[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27617#msg27617
date=1633893425]
Another cousin story.
Took another turn at hosting Thanksgiving. All went well, of
course. During dessert, my cousin made one of his
funny/obnoxious/funny comments.
So to be equally obnoxious, I tossed a cookie (a real baked
cookie) at him. I thought it would gently sail over his head,
land on the floor and the dog would make it disappear in
seconds.
But no. The cookie hit him right between the eyes, right above
the bridge of his glasses, and, um, drew blood.
I couldn't have hit him there had I tried, and I assure you, I
did not try. It's a good thing they love those cookies. And me.
[/quote]
Hmm, I question the edibility of any cookie that can leave a
flesh wound.
[/quote]
Ha! Apparently it's all in the angle and the velocity.
😵
[/quote]
Suuuurrrrree, blame physics! 🤣
[/quote]
I'll send you a batch so you can judge for yourself!
Or the recipe. 🍪
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Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: Esme Rain Date: October 10, 2021, 3:08 pm
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[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27617#msg27617
date=1633893425]
Another cousin story.
Took another turn at hosting Thanksgiving. All went well, of
course. During dessert, my cousin made one of his
funny/obnoxious/funny comments.
So to be equally obnoxious, I tossed a cookie (a real baked
cookie) at him. I thought it would gently sail over his head,
land on the floor and the dog would make it disappear in
seconds.
But no. The cookie hit him right between the eyes, right above
the bridge of his glasses, and, um, drew blood.
I couldn't have hit him there had I tried, and I assure you, I
did not try. It's a good thing they love those cookies. And me.
[/quote]
_Fearsome_ aim.
#Post#: 27651--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: TwoASAPsAgo Date: October 10, 2021, 3:10 pm
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[quote author=NoLongerAubergine link=topic=379.msg27645#msg27645
date=1633896322]
[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=379.msg27593#msg27593
date=1633891263]
Not funny, but memorable to me. I made a 21 lb turkey for my
first Thanksgiving in my very own apartment. The guests were my
mom, dad, and grandma. 21 lbs for 4 people. But hey, it was on
sale and less expensive than the smaller birds.
[/quote]
I only make turkey once a year and I love leftovers. Turkey
sandwiches for days then the rest cubed and frozen for pot pie,
casseroles, soup, and whatnot. So that sounds about right to me!
[/quote]
I love turkey leftovers. When I was a kid, I would put a slice
in the toaster oven with diced mushrooms and shredded cheese on
top. Sooo yummy.
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Re: Cooking/Food Hoot
By: Esme Rain Date: October 10, 2021, 3:10 pm
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[quote author=2schmoopiesathome link=topic=379.msg27624#msg27624
date=1633893979]
So many stories with smoke alarms. So many.
Just last week, I was browning some (vegan) sausage for lasagna.
The cast iron pancake griddle was still over the burners from
breakfast - husband always lets me clean the cast iron and I had
been lazy- so I put the pan on the other side of the stovetop -
the side that I usually use to boil pasta. I had turned on the
other cast iron pan, put in the oil and then the sausage after
cutting it up. I turned around to continue chopping veggies for
roasting and heard the friendliest female robotic voice, "The
smoke alarm in the family room is about to go off. It will be
very loud." I whipped around to see smoke coming from the
sausage - hit the fan just as the alarm went off. My husband
attended to the alarm as I realized that I had set the burner on
high - as if to boil water for pasta. I took the pan off the
heat and continued to stir. It took five minutes for the alarm
to settle down.
The lasagna was really good.
[/quote]
Technophobe me is oddly more intrigued by the robotic psychic
voice.
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