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Snapshots from South Korea: Bbopgi, a Sugar and Baking Soda Candy on a Stick
it sounds a bit like honeycomb candy! except flattened
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
fruit so that it isn't soggy or overly sweet
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
nutty and soft oatmeal bread!
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Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
mastering the all-lard crust on my boyfriend's grandmother's blueberry cottage pie
Snapshots from South Korea: Bbopgi, a Sugar and Baking Soda Candy on a Stick
it sounds a bit like honeycomb candy! except flattened
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
fruit so that it isn't soggy or overly sweet
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
nutty and soft oatmeal bread!
absentminded kitchen disasters
i was roasting a whole (baby!) pumpkin and had slit a few holes in it to let the steam out. or so i thought. it comes out of the oven looking very pretty and i'm so excited i decide to cut into it to take a look at the insides before it cools down. in goes my knife, a slit down the side, and then BAM! shards of glass flies all over the kitchen and i'm left there cowering with a paring knife in my hand. what the...? i guess there was still liquid in there and it was so hot it caused the pan to expand and then break.
i also usually keep cakes and stuff in the oven as a place to store it and i usually keep a knife with it so that i can slice and go w/o needing to rummage around for one. well, i started preheating my oven one day without looking inside and then walked away. 20 minutes later, the fire alarm goes off and i go running into the kitchen to see big black clouds coming from the oven door sides. WITH PARTICLES. i open the door and there's a knife, which had a black plastic handle, burning merrily in the back. anyway, after getting it under control (and putting the hot rack onto the plastic floor--still have the burn marks there.....), we still had to clean the kitchen because it was covered with a fine layer of black flakes. ugh.
Cook the Book: 'Baked, New Frontiers in Baking'
"Eight Treasure Rice," this Chinese sweet rice dish with sweet beans and other goodies that my mom would trot out during Chinese New Year's and other special holidays.
Cook the Book: 'The Sweeter Side of Amy's Bread'
oatmeal chocolate chip cookies dipped in powdered sugar! every time i make it (~70/batch), it's gone within 3 days.
What do foodies do?
I'm on my year off before graduate school. Right now I'm working as a serious lab bitch.
After 5pm I am a baking machine and furry animal lover.
Cook the Book: 'Fat'
Plain old beans. I'm a college student, so living on a budget but eating well go hand-in-hand with me. I simmer beans till they're ready, then mix them in lard or bacon fat with some herbs. Yum!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
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Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
dropping the entire casserole on the oven door
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
I made walnut brownies with walnuts that had secretly gone bad...it was a giant inedible pan of musty, nasty brownies. Sick and so, so sad.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
As a kid, my best friend and I made sugar cookies. She read the ingredients as I incorporated them. She read off 1/4 cup of salt, I then asked her if she read that right because that was a lot of salt. She insisted she was correct and I added that amount in. Once the cookies had baked, we couldn;t wait to try them, we each took a bite and spit them out. She was wrong, it was 1/4 tsp salt!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My most triumphant baking success was making brownies for my friend.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My biggest success was baking my husband's favorite pie, a Lemon Meringue Pie. garrettsambo@aol.com
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
no disasters but I haven't tried to make anything that seems too complicated for me, I guess the triumph would have to be making pound cakes, just because I had to make them with a hand mixer
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My most disasterous was when I was about 8 or 9, I deceided to make my mother a surprise cake. I got up about 4 in the morning and decided to make of all things a chiffon cake. Well it calls for lots of eggs and etc. When that cake came out it was flat as a pancake and I cried and cried, but my mother said it was the thought that counted, but she was not happy I had used so many eggs.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My greatest success was the first time I made bread. I was inspired by a retired pro-wrestler (yeah, a "wrassler") interviewed in the student newspaper. He baked bread, read classic literature and was a tour guide at the local zoo. If he could do it, I could do it. And it did.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Oh, just pick me, I always enter and never win, but this book I REALLY want. I now live in the south (KY) and really need to show up my next door neighbor, she's just a little too cocky about her pies. And I'm telling you, they aren't that good. This old lady needs to be taken down a couple of notches!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
I made an apple pie in college from apples grown on my parent's farm for a girlfriend. It came out quite well.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My baking disaster was the time I made a red velvet cake and forgot to put in the baking powder. I ended up with a 1/2 inch thick red, tough cake. It didn't taste bad, but the texture was horrible.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My greatest baking success is finally learning how to make my great grandmother's pie crust using her method. It took me awhile, and I had a few of my greatest disasters during the process (including a pie crust that literally disintegrated and became part of the filling), but I've finally gotten the feel for it. I hope it makes her proud.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Success: Three layer chocolate wedding cake
Catastrophe: Three layer chocolate wedding cake that fell over...
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My own personal success was making a devil food cake once. Turned outlywonderful
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
In college, I made my own chocolate ganache cake. Definitely a big success for someone who never baked!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My biggest success is turning the dial to preheat the oven for someone else in the family who is baking!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My greates baking success was making about 12 full loves of pumpkin bread from scratch for family as gifts at Thanksgiving time! They turned out delicious too! =)
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Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
I have an old Hershey's cookbook that produces marvelous results every time. I make a great chocolate cake with a little strong, black coffee added for flavor.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
I am still learning so it is all a disater.
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Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Disaster? The typical adding salt instead of sugar - yes, I did it! Oh my!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My parents and grandparents were meeting my fiance for the first time - I was preparing my FIRST Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people.....guess who forgot to put sugar in the pumpkin pie? They never let me forget it - 25 years later!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My best experience was the first time I had help from my daughter making a red velvet cake. We made quite a mess but the cake was smokin' great!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
My best baking experience was when I made a homemade chocolate cake from scratch with homemade frosting! I was very happy with the results and it tasted even better. Just made me think of it. I think I will make another one!
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
Mini pumpkin cheesecakes last Thanksgiving. People thought they came from a bakery.
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mastering the all-lard crust on my boyfriend's grandmother's blueberry cottage pie