Okay, Candice, break it to me. What is it?
joanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "MC Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: Bakery Talk
>I made a mock apple pie with Saltine crackers and it
> fooled my father. It was delicious!
>
> Candice
>
> I gotta go
> (Merle Kessler)
>
>
>
> --- Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> steamed apple pudding - same as S&k accept with
>> apple inside. It would
>> take hours to make: a porcelain bowl, lined with the
>> suet mixture,
>> filled with sliced cooking apple and sugar nearly to
>> the brim, then a
>> suet lid put on top. Foil lid, tied with string to
>> make a handle. put
>> in a half full vat of water, keep boiling, and
>> adding water.
>>
>> Pumpkin pie is what the English would call a tart or
>> a flan: I made
>> one and kept wondering when the lid was going to
>> come into it.
>>
>> Apple Pie goes back even further to Chaucer.
>>
>> Has anyone had Mock Apple Pie? And is it as awful as
>> it sounds?
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> On 3/25/07, Joanna Boulter
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > Has anybody mentioned scones? Do you have them in
>> the States? I do still
>> > have a reputation for my cheese scones -- I took a
>> fresh-baked batch, ready
>> > split and buttered, to a birthday party the other
>> day, and they were gone in
>> > a flatteringly short time.
>> >
>> > Just as as well, since my once-light hand for
>> pastry seems to have deserted
>> > me with age and stiffening joints.
>> >
>> > There was something I used to make years ago, when
>> I had a houseful of kids
>> > and very little money, which was a steamed pudding
>> along the lines of steak
>> > and kidney only taking much less time to cook.The
>> filling was chopped leeks
>> > and bacon offcuts -- I used to buy trimmings, or
>> an actual hock and cut the
>> > meat off at home. Lots of black pepper, and it was
>> lovely with parsley
>> > sauce, carrots, and some really dark greens. Of
>> course, cheap food tends to
>> > be fattening ..... ah well!
>> >
>> > Actually, while we're on this thread, can anyone
>> explain to me exactly what
>> > Americans mean by "pie"? It doesn't seem to be the
>> double shortcrust pastry
>> > (with a lid) that we mean by the term.
>> >
>> > joanna
>> >
>> > > Roger and Christopher,
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for educating me on cakes and muffins. I
>> had
>> > > some experience with English cooking when I was
>> at
>> > > Oxford one summer in the 1970s. I learned, for
>> > > instance, that there are several different
>> versions of
>> > > afternoon tea: tea & bikkies,
>> > > beans on toast, bangers with mash and canned
>> peas, and
>> > > finally, when I became convinced that cream teas
>> were
>> > > a fiction, I came across a little cottage with a
>> sign
>> > > saying "Cream Teas" in the window. It was
>> wonderful,
>> > > as were the desserts (and only the desserts) at
>> > > Oxford. Dinner was frequently what we called
>> "the
>> > > white plate special": mutton, mashed potatoes,
>> and
>> > > cauliflower on a white plate. The lunches were
>> worse,
>> > > so I finally appealed to the Bursar for yoghurt,
>> > > fruit, cheese, and peanut butter to be set out
>> buffet
>> > > style so that the undergrads would have an
>> alternative
>> > > lunch. (The Bursar was a guy who'd fallen out of
>> a
>> > > truck onto his head while on the way to his
>> exams. He
>> > > got a sympathy degree.) Anyway, I had to listen
>> to his
>> > > ranting about rich, spoiled American kids before
>> he
>> > > finally acquiesced to my request. (I was an
>> assistant
>> > > to the program's director, so I got all the
>> worse
>> > > jobs.)
>> > >
>> > > From what you say, I think I'd like the tea
>> cakes
>> > > because I'm the only one I know who likes
>> fruitcake,
>> > > especially when wrapped in a brandy-soaked cloth
>> and
>> > > put in a tin for a year before serving. And I'd
>> like
>> > > to know what black buns are since they've been
>> > > positively reviewed by Christopher.
>> > >
>> > > Now, Joanna, I've heard the raves for your
>> cooking, so
>> > > I hope you'll contribute something to this
>> wannabe
>> > > thread.
>> > >
>> > > Candice
>> > >
>> > > I gotta go
>> > > (Merle Kessler)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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