tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16399752851193019572011-11-27T19:13:12.698-05:00For Christmas we each received, from our parents, the new edition of Joy of Cooking. This gift was possibly instructive...a subtle push toward mindful meal preparation...or maybe it was a straightforward addition to our libraries. In any case, it seems like fun to have a record of our individual forays into the joy of cooking!rebeccanoreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639975285119301957.post-29190509199724739952011-01-29T13:51:00.016-05:002011-01-29T14:27:55.664-05:00

This morning I made Savory or Sweet Crêpes, page 649.[Preferring salt over sugar, I made Savory. It's just the taste of the crêpe I want savory though; I like a bit of jam on them.]I made a half-batch, and used one egg instead of two (because eggs are kind of gross--and the thought of two was too much). Perfectly fine.The Joy speaks the truth: "Savory crêpes make an elegant brunch, lunch, or

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If I can convince you to make one thing for eating, as you greet 2010, let it be Tomato and Goat Cheese Quiche, page 109.Last week, on one of those nights where you wake up at 7:30pm, having fallen asleep to the sweet sounds of npr-in-the-evening, I impulsively decided that it was not another night for 2 (by 2 I mean 3) glasses of wine and cold cheese and crackers, with a side of sad and lonely,

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Shared chat transcript from 12/31/09:Terence: back... me: yo Terence: need to unload groceries me: get anything good? Terence: yeah, cocktail wienies Terence: stuff for food tomorrow so we don't have to leaveme: pilsbury dough?Terence:no i think i'll make simple biscuit doughThat's right.See Biscuits and Scones, page 638.

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All I'm saying is: I have three ripe bananas sitting on my counter that might make their way into some banana bread tomorrow.

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Philip came over last night for some dominoes and he arrived just in time. Turns out that I'd let myself run out of brown sugar. Not only that, but I never even had the coconut shavings that I hoped to add to the Joy Of Cooking's oatmeal raisin cookie recipe. Thankfully Phillip had both at his house and was willing to measure out and bring over the two ingredients. Meanwhile I walked to the

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[ed. note: found this draft in the hidden archives. published in partial state. 1/1/10]The other night I made pizza from the Joy of Cooking. Remembering that Becky posted about her pizza awhile back I thought it would be a good chance to compare Joy recipes.First I called my sister and got her recommendation for toppings. She chose, no surprise, thinly sliced onions and green pepper. She

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and a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead.oh why hello there.Did you think the Joys of Cooking had left town? Well, we haven't.I seem to be the only one cooking anything from the book...but let's put that aside for now.The other night I made Creamy Pasta with Chard and Tomatoes, page 328.There is no picture because, frankly, it was kind of gruesome. ...I think because I used

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Here's to a new year, hopefully, with many more Joys of Cooking posts.To kick it off, this week, I made Peanut Butter Fudge, p 864.I was flipping through the book, and came across the candies. I think it's amazing that there's a cookbook that has recipes for everything in it.And there's something so appealing, so wholesome and frugal-seeming, about making one's own candy. "I do enjoy a sweet now

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I took some vacation days a few weeks ago, when the school got out for summer--to feel the celebratory shift in schedule.On this day, I drew all day, on assignment!, and drank coffee all day, and made scones. with chocolate chips.Cream Scones, p 640+ tiny chocolate chips, because they were in my refrigerator.Cream scones are so ridiculously much easier than Classic Scones that I'm not sure why

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Almondy sweet crust + raspberry crunchy seed jam = lovely.The recipe makes one 9 ½-inch torte.But all cheap stores were out of the 9 ½-inch pop=out bottom tart pans...so I settled for a cheap set of 8 tiny pop-out bottom pans--not so cheap at $11 but just a dollar or two more than I'd allotted to spend on a regular pan. ...Now I have 8 tiny tart pans. If you come to my house for dinner, expect

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Here we go...Basically, you bake up frozen corn, monterey jack cheese, eggs, & jalepeño peppers, with some salt, pepper, and chile powder, and you come out with a pretty substantial meal.1. this seemed more appealing when I was on a Joy-of-Cooking bender... Inspired by a conversation I'd had with a mutual egg-hating friend, about how we wish we loved eggs, and didn't hate them, because they are

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Because we're in jeopardy of losing our focus, (and when a blog loses it's focus, it's trash), I'm going to acknowledge that we've collectively strayed a bit from our modus operandi. ...While simultaneously noting that I'd rather tangential posts to no posts at all (and I'm looking at you, through the internet, sister-new-in-law...anything--you can write about anything!), I am going to attempt to

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Best message I received on my cellular telephone yesterday, from Daniel:"Joy of Cooking. page 203. Gross."hahahaaa. jammy alcohol filled sugary omelets!! yes!Coincidentally, Pike and I had just had Jam-filled Souffléd Omelets for breakfast in bed, that very morning!! mmmmm.

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That was it. That was the first meal I made in the new apartment. It took me a while to get back to the inter net, so some of the details are fading... I think it was a Friday night. Two weeks ago? Hard to say.I camped out at the new place. On the floor, in an empty room, with a small CVS 'Emerson' boom box playing a friend's 18 yr old birthday mix tape and entirely exhausted. Come morning

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In a matter of weeks I'll have my own kitchen. That's to say, my own pedestal for my Joy Of Cooking to sit. Be ready. Be very ready. (And I vote we team up in Oyster Bay for some outdated cocktails and Peter made Pizza.)

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Last night Erika came for dinner. Eager to impress her with a treat from the Joy of Cooking, I looked in my refrigerator, and consulted the cookbook, to figure out if there was anything within reach. Well, of course there was!Broiled Grapefruit! "This old-fashioned grapefruit recipe can be served as a first course, for dessert, or for breakfast." I decided to serve it as dessert.Remarkably

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After a trying couple of days, I was glad to return to my apartment Friday night, turn to page 56, and fix myself a Gin and Tonic.Note: the recipe calls for 1 ½ oz. gin... I prefer 2.

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After much conversation, from how many mouths to feed, to what type of peppers to use, we figured it out. Prep Time - 15 minutes (as long as they're not too busy) Skill Level - Minimal (Can you use a phone) Cost of Ingredients (Even less than the skill) Cost of Product (Incredibly Expensive ... how can they charge for four toppings when they are all half toppings? They charge double for

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Last night, at 11pm, I decided to make shortbread.because I was watching Veronica Mars, and had several more hours in front of me, and had already had three cups of tea, and had no dessert.mmmmm. butter and sugar. that's basically it.and it is good.Note: recipe says 300° for 45-50 minutes. more like 25-30 minutes.

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Super easy.The full recipe makes enough dough for 2 pizzas.I divided it in half after it had risen, and put half in a big zip-loc bag, in the refrigerator.I skimmed "About Pizza, Calzone, and Stromboli" on page 190, and learned that "topping a pizza is a matter of taste." And that "Indians top pizza with pickled ginger, minced mutton, and paneer.""Mutton" makes me laugh.Moreover, "the 'Double

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A few weeks ago, I was tired of my nightly dinner being a combination of washed spinach and scallions and soup and crackers and cheese and salty salty lovely chips or whatever I tend to do nightly...a piecemeal dinner--which has its advantages...like it can be stretched out as long as a five course meal, which is sort of nice when it's a two-hour tv night and you want to have dinner while

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I first used my Joy of Cooking soon after Christmas. At some point, in early January, I was making a batch of granola, and I didn't have my recipe cards with me. I knew what I'd put in, and roughly how long/what temperature, but it had been a while and I wanted to check my memory against some general guidelines.So I went to page 353.I skimmed over the basic Granola, Three-Grain Apple Cinnamon

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Man, I really wish I'd had this up and active before the first of April... so that I could have done a post about my success with Hasenpfeffer, page 525.The 75th anniversary edition has minimized the wild game pages...at least my memory suspects this...because I have definite memories of sitting for long stretches of time at the kitchen table during parent-parties, looking at sketches of

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