Our Third Quarter '06 FReepathon is now Underway!! ... Thread 2

Click here to donate ^ | 7/7/06 | Jim Robinson

[Coop]

Won't you please help end this FReepathon?!?

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[Quilla]

Here's their absolute all time favorite breakfast that doubles for a late night dessert as well:

 Banana's Foster

• ¼ cup (½ stick) butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ cup banana liqueur
• 4 bananas, cut in half 
  lengthwise, then halved
• ¼ cup dark rum
• 4 scoops vanilla ice cream

Combine the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet. Place the pan over low heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan. When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum. Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum. When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream. Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.

Credit goes to Brennan's of New Orleans.

[RottiBiz]

Thanks, Quilla. I've added that important fact to the recipe.

My husband loves to cook, but doesn't do any cleaning up. He often leaves me baking dishes in unbelievable condition.

Mustn't upset the cook -- so I just soak the dish overnight in water with a good shot of Cascade in it and clean up is easy it the morning.

Works great for for burnt pots, too. He has lots of those.

[onyx]

Good morning BUMP!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

LOL!

My hubby is an angel. I'll get distracted here at FR or something, and he'll just go into the kitched and do the dishes.

He also cooks some, but not much of a pan burner. That's my job!

[RottiBiz]

Thanks so much Quilla! I love Banana's Foster.

I order it whenever it's on a dessert menu, but haven't seen it for quite some time.

I can't wait to try it.

[RottiBiz]

Good morning, onyx!

[RottiBiz]

Hey! I'm not complaining. Anything to keep him cooking. He's creative and I'm not.

On the other hand, I'm one of those weirdos who actually likes cleaning things. (Must be the nurse in me.)

[RottiBiz]

   Q3 2006 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$4,004.00	86	$46.56	2,855	$1.40	$1,444.56	105
2	Texas	2,010.00	51	39.41	2,548	0.79	975.00	67
3	Florida	1,855.00	41	45.24	1,388	1.34	686.11	42
4	Virginia	1,325.00	31	42.74	937	1.41	520.50	26
5	Pennsylvania	1,150.00	28	41.07	881	1.31	316.00	24
6	New York	966.00	26	37.15	1,115	0.87	551.00	29
7	Alabama	918.00	16	57.38	371	2.47	243.00	13
8	New Jersey	870.00	20	43.50	590	1.47	230.00	12
9	Washington	817.00	16	51.06	700	1.17	305.00	19
10	Colorado	805.00	10	80.50	487	1.65	180.00	11
11	Georgia	720.00	21	34.29	770	0.94	240.00	16
12	Maryland	690.00	13	53.08	546	1.26	210.00	13
13	Illinois	641.00	14	45.79	729	0.88	326.50	21
14	Arizona	505.00	10	50.50	609	0.83	170.50	14
15	Michigan	490.00	12	40.83	620	0.79	130.00	11
16	Massachusetts	490.00	12	40.83	481	1.02	310.00	19
17	Missouri	445.00	11	40.45	523	0.85	195.00	14
18	Tennessee	440.00	9	48.89	510	0.86	108.00	9
19	Ohio	390.00	14	27.86	775	0.50	617.25	18
20	District of Columbia	375.00	2	187.50	113	3.32
21	North Carolina	361.00	9	40.11	762	0.47	349.00	22
22	Connecticut	361.00	5	72.20	248	1.46	30.00	3
23	Indiana	355.00	10	35.50	458	0.78	73.00	9
24	New Hampshire	323.00	4	80.75	167	1.93	10.00	1
25	Kansas	272.00	5	54.40	256	1.06	50.00	5
26	Oregon	250.00	9	27.78	366	0.68	90.00	9
27	Utah	240.00	9	26.67	149	1.61	100.00	5
28	Louisiana	240.00	8	30.00	297	0.81	85.00	8
29	Wisconsin	220.00	8	27.50	403	0.55	115.00	9
30	Australia	200.00	2	100.00	98	2.04
31	Minnesota	190.00	6	31.67	395	0.48	95.00	8
32	Arkansas	185.00	6	30.83	223	0.83	25.00	2
33	Oklahoma	185.00	4	46.25	323	0.57	131.00	8
34	Canada	170.00	5	34.00	355	0.48	5.00	1
35	Maine	170.00	6	28.33	154	1.10	10.00	1
36	Nevada	165.00	7	23.57	177	0.93	50.00	3
37	Wyoming	155.00	4	38.75	44	3.52
38	North Dakota	150.00	1	150.00	46	3.26
39	New Mexico	130.00	6	21.67	148	0.88	40.00	2
40	South Carolina	125.00	5	25.00	313	0.40	105.00	8
41	South Korea	100.00	1	100.00	7	14.29
42	Kuwait	100.00	1	100.00	13	7.69
43	Hawaii	95.00	3	31.67	90	1.06	20.00	3
44	Germany	70.00	2	35.00	78	0.90
45	South Dakota	65.00	2	32.50	58	1.12	30.00	2
46	Idaho	60.00	2	30.00	147	0.41	95.00	5
47	Kentucky	60.00	2	30.00	312	0.19	10.00	2
48	Montana	60.00	2	30.00	70	0.86	348.33	3
49	Mississippi	50.00	3	16.67	176	0.28	162.00	8
50	West Virginia	40.00	3	13.33	130	0.31	55.00	3
51	Delaware	40.00	2	20.00	44	0.91
52	Armed Forces - Europe	30.00	2	15.00			25.00	2
53	Vermont	20.00	1	20.00	50	0.40	56.00	3
54	United Kingdom	20.00	1	20.00	343	0.06	70.00	3
55	Rhode Island	20.00	1	20.00	56	0.36	55.00	3
56	Nebraska	20.00	1	20.00	121	0.17	45.50	4
57	Alaska	20.00	1	20.00	125	0.16	40.00	2
58	China	10.00	1	10.00	28	0.36	10.00	1
	Norway						10.00	1
	Iowa						75.00	4
	Croatia						5.00	1
Never Never Land		2,117.76	71	29.83			263.00	21
59 locations total		$27,350.76	664	$41.19	29,956	$0.91	$10,496.25	658

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Maybe I need more of the want to clean and less of the compulsive FReeper in me....

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Ah, Texas! IN second place....Is Florida going to let you get away with that?

[RottiBiz]

85%

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[hipaatwo]

Mo..you know my financial situation, but, I got some birthday money last week so I'm making a donation now.

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[Mo1]

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