The can claimed 4 servings... for tasting purposes, 8 would be about right...
For tasting purposes, 50 would be about right.
Some people might like to have more than just a crumb for tasting... :)
I'm figuring a tablespoon each would be plenty.
I see no point in the lattes, though.... just using the flavor does seem silly to me, too...
I figure pumpkin bread is what happens if you have too
many squash around the farm and not enough eggs.
Or have had too many pumpkin pies and custards already that season...
I see them as an either/or.
Possibly here, too....
Poop, my computer crashed after I typed in an amusing
and eloquent response to this. The gist was that there's
not so much danger of an overdose of squash at a family
gathering, where there is some coordination beforehand;
the issue is more perilous at, say, church suppers, where
everyone and his grandma has been thinking of pumpkins
since summer, and, hey, the pie is easy and inexpensive,
and so the groaning board is likely to be viewed by lots
of bored people groaning about too much of the same.
He was showing off his accumulation of stuff while you were otherwise occupied... ;)
I did end up otherwise occupied a lot.
Yup, especially on Sunday... :)
I'd have welcomed company, but the kitchen wasn't set
up for that, especially given my tendency to make swift
and abrupt motions and changes of direction.
I sort of feel guilty at times, because we lack the
growth motive, but if our hosts (Ed, for example) want to
keep going for the long run, they'll want some level of
growth to make satisfaction and perhaps produce revenue.
I do try to encourage new people to join us, but so far only Edith has
even tried, of my friends/family locally....
Many of us have tried, but there's been no long-term
success, which is kind of fine with me, just so the
echo doesn't get smaller. Speaking of which, does
anyone know what southern Ruth is up to?
tweets. Another beauty of this place is how it's
uncluttered, relatively speaking.
That, too....
Which is quite important to me, both aesthetically and
as moderator.
It does make your job a little easier... :)
And if the echo got too much bigger, I'd be
overwhelmed and have to appoint you as a co-.
Smartphone use is considered normal and expected nowadays...
A lot of things are considered normal and expected that
I think will do the species damage in the long run. You
probably agree with that, though our choices of things
no doubt differ to some degree.
Obviously there is some overlap... :)
Were we majorly at odds, it would be interesting and
perhaps rather disquieting.
Richard's run into that, where they want to use a smartphone for
multistep identification, and neither of us has one, he doesn't
even have a simple cell phone....
My situation exactly.
I know. :)
Today there's the situation where Lilli and I have
to be in different places, and it would be convenient
to be in touch by phone. That would be about the one
time this year when I might miss one.
It was hard to tell if the morality tale punchline was
to be taken at face value or not. No doubt it was put
onto a slasher film in the first place to avoid the
MPAA or Legion of Decency problem.
Possible.... or maybe a little tongue in cheek...?
Quite possibly, or a puckish skirting of the norms.
Hard to tell; impossible, in fact, at this long remove.
... Laziness is simply the habit of resting before you get tired.
---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00
Title: Queen Elizabeth Cake 2
Categories: Canadian, Cakes
Yield: 1 servings
1 c -Boiling water 1 Egg
1 c Dates;chopped 1 ts Vanilla
1 ts Baking soda 1 1/2 c Flour,all purpose
1/2 c Butter 1 ts Baking powder
1 c Sugar,granulated 1/2 ts -Salt
------------------------------BROILED TOPPING------------------------------
1/4 c Butter 3/4 c Coconut;shredded;half
nuts
1/2 c Brown sugar;packed -if desired
1/4 c Light cream
"This date and nut cake always included a broiled topping. Lazy Daisy was
a
plain cake with the same topping. ... Queen Elizabeth cakes have appeared
in cook books coast to coast for many years. Some claim that the recipe
was
a favorite of the Queen Mother and given to worthy groups as a fund
raiser
during World War II. One from Quebec's Eastern Townships includes the
footnote that says that, "This is not to be passed on but must be sold
for
charitable purposes for 15 cents.
In a reply to our query about the name of this recipe, the Queen
Mother's
Lady-in-Waiting writes; "I fear I have to tell you that, although we have
known about this recipe for many years, it did not originate from either
Buckingham Palace or Clarence House...However as Her Majesty always made
it
a rule, due to the number of requests receieved, never to give "favorite
recipes", I fear that I have to tell you that you that should you wish to
include this recipe in any cookbook, it should only be called a 'date and
walnut cake' with no reference to the Queen Mother."
Pour water over dates and soda; let stand until lukewarm. In bowl, cream
butter with sugar; beat in egg and vanilla. Mix together flour, baking
powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with date mixture.
Spread in a greased and floured 9 inch square cake pan. Bake in 350F oven
for 40 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
Broiled Topping: In a small heavy saucepan, combine butter, packed brown
sugar, light cream and coconut (half nuts if desired). Bring to a boil,
stirring; boil gently for 1 minute. Spread over warm baked cake; broil
until bubbly and lightly browned, watching carefully.
SOURCE: The Forties chapter, _A Century of Canadian Home Cooking_
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