A Taste of Liberation

NY Times ^ | October 28, 2007 | MARGALIT FOX

[neverdem]

My mother never owned a copy of “The I Hate to Cook Book,” but that was probably because she was a Communist. Communists, at least the 1960s suburban...

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“Another good gambit, when a Potluck is under discussion, is to move in fast with the dessert. You say, ‘Girls, I’ll bring my wonderful Hootenholler Whisky Cake!’ (These things must always be done with a good show of enthusiasm.) Suggesting this Whisky Cake is a shrewd move, too, because you can make it six months ago, it’s easy and very good, it’s cheap, as good cakes go, and as good cakes go, it goes a long way. Also, it has a rakish sound which is rather intriguing.

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HOOTENHOLLER WHISKY CAKE

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

3 beaten eggs

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 cup milk

1/4 cup molasses

1/4 teaspoon soda

1 pound seedless raisins

2 cups chopped pecans (walnuts will do, but pecans are better)

1/4 bourbon whisky

“First, take the whisky out of the cupboard, and have a small snort for medicinal purposes. Now, cream the butter with the sugar, and add the beaten eggs. Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg, and add it to the butter mixture. Then add the milk. Now put the soda into the molasses and mix it up and add that. Then add the raisins, nuts, and whisky. Pour it into a greased and floured loaf pan and bake it at 300° for two hours.

“Your Whisky Cake keeps practically forever, wrapped in aluminum foil, in your refrigerator. It gets better and better, too, if you buck it up once in a while by stabbing it with an ice pick and injecting a little more whisky with an eye dropper.”

[neverdem]

Commies good for something for a change!

[xzins]

1/4 bourbon whisky

Is this in all the world?

I'm in!

[Luke Skyfreeper]

1/4 bourbon whisky

But ossifer... I'm not as think as you drunk I am!