[Jamestown1630]

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-JT

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

My best bud hates Asperagus!.”, a world famous guitarist and Vegan, he stopped by whilst I was making a late lunch salad of raw young asparagus and oil and vinegar. He said, “Gawd I hate asparagus.!” Well. his Mom cooked it the same way mine did; boil it until it turns gray, then dump cheese sauce on it. Yuck! He’d never consider eating raw asparagus, so strong was his revulsion. I Chinese roll-cut some chilled young asparagus, added a bit of oil and vinegar, and practically had to force him to try it! He went nutz! Victory for me!

[mylife]

Tonight its Chicken Fried Steak (CFS) Mashed Taters, Ceaser Salad and Chocolate Cake at the VFW.

That packs em in

[Liz]

A family favorite---and don't you love the name? Called a "buckle" b/c it cracks and buckles as it bakes and cools. Full of blueberry flavor; really moist; great with vanilla ice cream. Not too sweet. Drizzling Glaze over before serving is a beautiful finishing touch.

BLUEBERRY BUCKLE

STREUSEL: Elec/mixer on low 1/2 c flour, 1/2 c br/sugar/2 tbl sugar, 1/2 tea cinnamon, pinch salt. Add 4 tb softened butter; mix on low til crumbly; set aside.

CAKE: Elec/mixer cream 10 tb butter, 2/3 c sugar, 1/2 tsp ea salt, lemon zest until light and fluffy. Beat in 11/2 tsp vanilla. Add 2 lge eggs singly til incorporated. Gradually add sifted 11/2c flour/11/2 tb b/pwder til almost incorporated.

FINAL Finish by hand (heavy/thick batter). Gently fold in 2 pints fresh blueberries. Place in sprayed/floured 9" pan; add streusel; bake golden 350 deg 55 min; cool a bit on rack. Loosen sides w/ knife; invert on server. Drizzle Glaze over.

SERVE warm in wedges. Gild the lily---add a scoop of ice cream.

GLAZE Mix conf/hot water/vanilla.

[pugmama]

I went to a bourbon tasting event a while ago. I took this with me and it was gone very quickly.
I have collected a series of menus using bourbon and plan to make a dinner featuring it. People really like bourbon here in the South.

http://beyondfrosting.com/2014/11/03/sweet-potato-cake/