[palo verde]

in summers in the adirondacks
my mom made apple pie for my dad
and she used to make lemon meringue pie too
I thought it was most most delicious thing ever
she baked chocolate cakes too

back in the city I guess she was always busy
every supper I would dream dessert would be chocolate cake or chocolate brownies or chocolate pudding

but either it was that entenmann's pecan nut roll (that my friend helen is so nuts about)
or it was cookies
''help yourself to two cookies'' she would say
I considered malomars the best of the cookies
fig newtons were at the bottom

oh I just remembered about fruit cocktail
half the time dessert turned out to be canned fruit cocktail
I always tried to explain to her that fruit cocktail is not a dessert
''dessert means cake'' I would explain

[andysandmikesmom]

Ah, but do you know how fruit cocktail is really good?...I love to make homemade cream puff shells, they are easy and a snap to make....make the cream puff shells, let them cool, and scoop out the soft insides(they usually suggest that you throw away the soft insides, but I eat them as I am scooping the other shells)

Then drain a can of fruit cocktail....get a tub of KoolWhip, and put about two cups or so in a bowl...mix the drained fruit cocktail into the koolWhip, till its all evenly distributed...then fill the cooled cream puff shells with the Koolwhip-fruitcocktail mix, and put the lids back on the shells....

They are quite yummy, and a nice tasty way to have fruit cocktail....

But my all time favorite dessert has got to be cheesecake...I used to make my own, and it was really delicious, but then I found the cheesecake that Costco puts out, and for what they charge for a delicious giant cheesecake, I could not make it for that price....so when we want cheesecake, we just go to Costco...