Monthly Cooking Thread - November 2018

[Yaelle]

Harrassment by chefs in a kitchen! Why, that NEVER happens! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! (Some unfond memories cropping up at the moment...).

[Jamestown1630]

Thanks! I saved it.

[Yaelle]

Saving this to experiment on it with more fig, less sugar in. I would love this but it would be too sweet.

[Yaelle]

They’ll take my desktop from my cold, dead hands.

---

I feel that way about my iPad. And I can take it wherever I go, even...into the kitchen to cook with! It’s da best!

[Yaelle]

Awesome recipes on that site. I need to make vegan pumpkin pie for school, and that recipe looks great. Going to experiment. I don’t know why people don’t enjoy butte and eggs, because yum, but I’ve been learning how to bake for this community and vegan is often really desired. Whatevs. It just has to taste good. (But give me my butter crust and eggy filling with CREAM from real cows!)

[Yaelle]

What about the iPad? I live on mine. The mobility of a phone but big screen, big keyboard, etc. best of both worlds.

[Jamestown1630]

I have a Kindle and a Fire; they go everywhere with me, too, for reading and listening. But I need a real desktop to do real work.

[MWestMom]

for later

[boatbums]

The balsamic vinegar tones down the sweetness, but you can always add more sugar if you use less than the recipe calls for at the start.

[Yaelle]

Exactly. Plus there are two sugars, the dates and the actual. In my mind the dates will be enough. I love balsamic.

[metmom]

Good idea.

I have some now but want to get more before I run out.

[pugmama]

I grew up in Canada and I forgot about this dish we always had on holiday table. Thanks for posting. I will make it this season for sure.

[pugmama]

We moved from Northern CA to upstate SC. It was extremely stressful as we brought 11 animals with us in a travel trailer, and they were not happy campers. I still have boxes that have not been unpacked-3 years later. Good luck with the move.

[pugmama]

I did contact BHG re a lost recipe and they were very helpful. They found it for me in their archives.

[miss marmelstein]

Thank you! Sounds like us - only two animals and something like 150 boxes.

[miss marmelstein]

Thanks, Yaelle!

[pugmama]

I love this site. It has so many great recipes:

http://www.pbs.org/food/occasion/thanksgiving/

[kalee]

Thank you! I am going to contact them today!

[Liz]

Holidays mean....its time for chocolate. Recipe makes enough to feed a crowd.

Brownie Chocolate Chip Cheesecake / 16 servings

ING •3-8 oz pkgs cr/cheese, •2/3 cup veg/oil •14 oz can Sweet/Cond/Milk •5 lge eggs, divided
•1/2 cup mini choc/chips •18.4 oz pkg Fudge Brownie Mix •2 tsp vanilla •1/4 cup water

BROWNIE •Prepare mix as per pkg w/ oil, water, 2 eggs. Spread evenly in sprayed springform. BAKE set as per pkg 350 deg.

CHEESECAKE --- BEAT cr/cheese fluffy. Gradually beat in sweet/cond/milk. Add eggs, vanilla; mix well.
Stir in mini/choc/chips. Pour over brownie. •REDUCE oven to 300°F. Bake 50 min til set.

FINAL Cool on counter. Chill thoroughly. Remove springform sides.

SERVE topped with whipped cream garnished w/ choc/chips.
Maybe sprigs of mint and sugared cranberries surrounding it on footed cake plate.

[Covenantor]

A brownie base! OMG!