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FReeper Canteen ~ Your Favorite Dessert ~ 21 AUG 2007
Serving The Best Troops In The World | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 08/20/2007 6:01:48 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe

 

 

 
~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~


What's Your Favorite Dessert?
 

Welcome to the FReeper Canteen! It's great to have you with us!!
Thank you to all of our Troops, Veterans, and their families for allowing us to entertain you!

 

 

 


Your Opinions Please!

 

What is your favorite Dessert?

Pie-Straw

The pie has been around since about 2000 B.C., around the time of the ancient Egyptians. At some point between 1400 B.C. (the time of Greek settlements) and 600 B.C. (the time of the decline of Egypt), the pie is believed to have been passed on to the Greeks by the Egyptians.

From Greece the pie spread to Rome, somewhere around 100 B.C. by which time pies had already been around for some 1000 years. The first known pie recipe came from the Romans and was for a rye-crusted goat cheese and honey pie.

Pies went to America with the first English settlers. As in Roman times the early American pie crusts were not eaten, but simply designed to hold the filling. Today, virtually every country in the world has some form of pie.
 

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Ice cream was introduced to the United States by colonists who brought their ice cream recipes with them. Confectioners, many of whom were Europeans, sold ice cream at their shops in New York and other cities during the colonial era. Ben Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson were known to have regularly eaten and served ice cream. Dolley Madison is also closely associated with the early history of ice cream in the United States.

In 1843, Nancy Johnson of Philadelphia was issued the first U.S. patent for a small-scale hand-cranked ice cream freezer. The invention of the ice cream soda gave Americans a new treat, adding to ice cream's popularity. This cold treat was probably invented by Robert Green in 1874, although there is no conclusive evidence to prove his claim.

 

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The history of the electric blender, malted milk drinks and milkshakes are interconnected. Before the widespread availability of electric blenders, milkshake-type drinks were more like egg nog, or they were a hand-shaken mixture of crushed ice and milk, sugar, and flavorings.

 Hamilton Beach's drink mixers began being used at soda fountains in 1911 and the electric blender or drink mixer was invented by Steven Poplawski in 1922. With the invention of the blender, milkshakes began to take their modern, whipped, aerated, and frothy form.

The use of malted milk powder in milkshakes was popularized by the Chicago drugstore chain Walgreens. Walgreens' employee Ivar "Pop" Coulson made a milkshake by adding two scoops of vanilla ice cream to the standard malted milk drink recipe (milk, chocolate syrup and malt powder).

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The most primitive peoples in the world began making cakes shortly after they discovered flour. In medieval England, the cakes that were described in writings were not cakes in the conventional sense. They were described as flour-based sweet foods as opposed to the description of breads, which were just flour-based foods without sweetening.

There are literally millions of cake recipes (some are bread-like and some rich and elaborate) and many are centuries old. Cake making is no longer a complicated procedure; Baking utensils and directions have been so perfected and simplified that even the amateur cook may easily become an expert baker.

Cheesecake

Cheesecake is believed to have originated in ancient Greece. History has the first recorded mention of cheesecake, as being served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 B.C. However, cheese making can be traced back as far as 2,000 B.C., anthropologists have found cheese molds dating back to that period.

 The Romans spread cheesecake from Greece across Europe. Centuries later cheesecake appeared in America, the recipes brought over by immigrants. In 1872, cream cheese was invented by American dairymen. James L. Kraft invented pasteurized cheese in 1912, and that lead to the development of pasteurized Philadelphia cream cheese, the most popular cheese used for making cheesecake today.

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In America, a cookie is described as a thin, sweet, usually small cake. By definition, a cookie can be any of a variety of hand-held, flour-based sweet cakes, either crisp or soft. Each country has its own word for "cookie."

What we know as cookies are called biscuits in England and Australia, in Spain they're galletas, Germans call them keks or Plätzchen for Christmas cookies, and in Italy there are several names to identify various forms of cookies including amaretti and biscotti, and so on. The name cookie is derived from the Dutch word koekje, meaning "small or little cake."

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The name “brownies” first appeared in the 1896 Boston Cooking School Cookbook, where it describes molasses cakes baked in small tins. The origin of the Brownie is thought to be American and is thought to derive its name from the brown color of the cookie.

Folklore has its origin coming from a careless cook that forgot to put baking powder in the chocolate cake batter recipe. Another story reports that the brownie was invented at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago during the 1892 Columbian Exposition. Bertha Palmer requested a dessert to put in box lunches for ladies that would not get their hands dirty.

Come tell us about your favorite Dessert!!

 

 

 




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To: BIGLOOK

Hey, Big Guy!!

How ya doin’? How are things.................?

We have thought about you this week...wishing you were with us!

Hope you get a vacation soon. You need it.


181 posted on 08/20/2007 10:00:15 PM PDT by luvie (Thompson)
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To: LUV W

Very good week...we may talk about it after it’s over, it’s been that ‘good’.

Looks like you’re enjoying your visit...keep it up!!!


182 posted on 08/20/2007 10:00:51 PM PDT by HiJinx (Learn to take as a measure of success the criticism of your enemies. RL.)
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To: y'all; AZamericonnie; Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; NYTexan; mylife; MS.BEHAVIN; ...

Nighty-night my friends! We are fading fast around here.

Y’all hold our places till next time....we’ll be back.

(((((((((hugs)))))))...to all!

*yawn*


183 posted on 08/20/2007 10:03:30 PM PDT by luvie (Thompson)
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To: LUV W

Good night and sleep tight, Luv. ((HUGS))


184 posted on 08/20/2007 10:09:08 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Socratic
Like this?


185 posted on 08/20/2007 10:10:13 PM PDT by HiJinx (Learn to take as a measure of success the criticism of your enemies. RL.)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN
Good night and sleep quickly...*HUGS*


186 posted on 08/20/2007 10:12:35 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: laurenmarlowe

There’s another at 185...


187 posted on 08/20/2007 10:12:40 PM PDT by HiJinx (Learn to take as a measure of success the criticism of your enemies. RL.)
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To: LUV W
Aloha Luv!

A vacation this year is just a pipe dream. Wish it weren't so.

Passing along a bit of advice to any and all who are tempted to purchase beach front property on the Big Island......

A 44 acre lava bench broke off this weekend and fell into the sea. No one lived there...no one was hurt. Just in case you hear of land deals too good to be true.
188 posted on 08/20/2007 10:13:13 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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To: Randy Larsen; laurenmarlowe
These bears come into my yard when my grandbabies are outside!

Sounds like it's about time to kill one and nail its hide to the outside of your fence...sorta like a warnin' to the rest of the bear clan...

And dare the game warden to say a word...with your grandbabies in the back yard.

189 posted on 08/20/2007 10:17:33 PM PDT by HiJinx (Learn to take as a measure of success the criticism of your enemies. RL.)
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To: StarCMC; swmobuffalo

Star....The Weather Channel shows rain over your whole state. You guys ok?


190 posted on 08/20/2007 10:17:59 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: vetvetdoug

Happy birthday from another English Air Force brat...

RAF Burderop Park, outside of Swindon, England, two years later.


191 posted on 08/20/2007 10:20:48 PM PDT by HiJinx (Learn to take as a measure of success the criticism of your enemies. RL.)
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To: mupcat

Welcome to the Canteen, mupcat. Hmmmm....chocolate ice cream and apple pie. Have to think about that one.


192 posted on 08/20/2007 10:25:04 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; mupcat

That combo - chocolate ice cream and apple pie - isn’t bad at all. But it is definitely different.

Of course, this comes from someone who has been known to eat his hot apple pie with shredded cheddar on top.


193 posted on 08/20/2007 10:27:33 PM PDT by HiJinx (Learn to take as a measure of success the criticism of your enemies. RL.)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Tunnel of fudge cheesecake with a graham walnut crust topped with more fudge, caramel and pecans (homemade). I’ll bet whipped cream would make it even better!


194 posted on 08/20/2007 10:28:02 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: HiJinx; mupcat

I’ve heard of apple pie and cheddar, but not seen it.


195 posted on 08/20/2007 10:32:08 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Good stuff...but reading through the thread tonight, I’m seeing all sorts of desserts. That’s one of our weaknesses!


196 posted on 08/20/2007 10:35:08 PM PDT by HiJinx (Learn to take as a measure of success the criticism of your enemies. RL.)
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To: HiJinx

There does seem to be a plethora of after dinner delights. You have lots of company in the weaknesses department.


197 posted on 08/20/2007 10:45:25 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

It’s good company I’m in...


198 posted on 08/20/2007 10:53:23 PM PDT by HiJinx (Learn to take as a measure of success the criticism of your enemies. RL.)
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To: MeekMom

199 posted on 08/20/2007 10:59:17 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6; All

My fav desert got be chocolate

BTW Aussie Age wire report that one of Brit doctor busted down in Austriala may have be release in stupid move by Aussie court apparently they didn’t do Aussie version of Mirana rights NICE GOIN DUDES


200 posted on 08/20/2007 11:06:39 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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