Foodgasms

Rambling Rose said:

Did someone say gumbo?

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It always comes back to the gumbo, sooner or later. Cold weather has finally returned, renewing a yearning for roux.

smartandsexy said:

I'm a huge double gloucester fan. Toasted granary bread, lots of melty butter, and wafer thin slices of double gloucester...heaven!

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*salivate*

You live in a cheese mecca.

I am going to start on my stock this evening. Two turkey carcasses + three chicken carcasses + carrots + celery + onion + bay leaves + peppercorns. Yum.

tortoise said:

It always comes back to the gumbo, sooner or later. Cold weather has finally returned, renewing a yearning for roux.

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Yes, now that Dec. 1 is here, it's officially Gumbo Season.

I've been a devotee of the 2 Beer Roux for years, but I think this year I'm going to try working my way up to the pinnacle of roux-ness and go for the 3 Beer Roux.

Hamletmaschine said:

Yes, now that Dec. 1 is here, it's officially Gumbo Season.

I've been a devotee of the 2 Beer Roux for years, but I think this year I'm going to try working my way up to the pinnacle of roux-ness and go for the 3 Beer Roux.

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I have vowed to take a picture of my next roux, to show the level of darkness that is my aim.

Jewish Apple Cake

So tonight was a dark and stormy night (just like Snoopy's novel), awesome thunderstorm and strong winds, It was such a nice treat to get a thunderstorm on the 1st of December, I thought they were long over, so I was inspired to bake.
This recipe was given to me by a very old friend. It's super rich, not too sweet, and VERY moist cake. I LOVE the way the apples are swirled throughout the cake, so you get cinnamony, appley goodness with each bite.

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Preheat oven to 350°, butter and flour a 10” tube pan.

4 - 6 Macintosh apples
5 TBS. Sugar
2 TBS. Cinnamon
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 TBS. Baking powder
1 cup of vegetable or canola oil
4 eggs
½ cup orange juice
Pinch of salt
2 ½ tsps. Vanilla


Peel and core apples and slice thin, set aside.

Mix the 5 TBS. sugar and the 2 TBS. cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, (I use my kitchen aide), Mix together the rest of the ingredients, add eggs one at a time, making sure each egg is incorporated into the batter before adding the next egg. Remember to scrape down bowl, flour can accumulate on the bottom and not mix in. Do NOT over beat.

Put thin layer of batter on bottom of tube pan (batter will be thick, so use spatula to spread), then a layer of apples, a layer of cinnamon sugar and back to another layer of batter, keep alternating that way, make sure you end up with batter on top of the apples so they don’t burn while baking.

Bake for 1 to 1¼ hours, depending on YOUR oven, I check at 1 hour and it’s usually done, remember that if you are using a dark colored pan that it browns easier, so you can bake it at 325°, if the pan is very dark

Tatiana0706 said:

So tonight was a dark and stormy night (just like Snoopy's novel), awesome thunderstorm and strong winds, It was such a nice treat to get a thunderstorm on the 1st of December, I thought they were long over, so I was inspired to bake.
This recipe was given to me by a very old friend. It's super rich, not too sweet, and VERY moist cake. I LOVE the way the apples are swirled throughout the cake, so you get cinnamony, appley goodness with each bite.

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*salivating*

That looks and sounds so amazing, Tati. And I love your stormy night! I could use a good storm right about now.

Thank you so much for sharing.

That looks like it would hold up well if sent by mail.

Ahem.

Rambling Rose said:

That looks like it would hold up well if sent by mail.

Ahem.

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lol...it does, however, the cake is SO dense that when I sent one by overnight mail a couple of years ago...it cost $40 to send it!

Tatiana0706 said:

lol...it does, however, the cake is SO dense that when I sent one by overnight mail a couple of years ago...it cost $40 to send it!

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Now THAT'S a cake!

Tatiana0706 said:

This recipe was given to me by a very old friend. It's super rich, not too sweet, and VERY moist cake. I LOVE the way the apples are swirled throughout the cake, so you get cinnamony, appley goodness with each bite.

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That sounds DELICIOUS...

Am I glad I found this thread this afternoon!!!

Dragonteeth said:

That sounds DELICIOUS...

Am I glad I found this thread this afternoon!!!

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Welcome to the thread, Dragonteeth. Please feel free to contribute some of your own favorite foodgasms, whether they be from eating, cooking, or both.

so i have food network on in the background today. i look up, and it's one of those cooking competitions and someone is preparing food with open cuts on his bare hands.

that would fall squarely into the unappetizing category.

Hester said:

so i have food network on in the background today. i look up, and it's one of those cooking competitions and someone is preparing food with open cuts on his bare hands.

that would fall squarely into the unappetizing category.

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Ick. A definite buzzkill.

stood up and twiddling our thumbs

Oh, you are just killing me.

I am sitting here with my nice steaming bowl of ramen.

Be jealous with me.

damn.

small world.

that's what we had, too.

Yeah, that's more than obvious by the aperitif glasses. That's how I always start my ramen dinner.

we didn't take pictures of the moonshine. you would have enjoyed.

it was pear moonshine.

went well with the apple crisp.

there's still about half a mason jar full of moonshine. you could still make it in time for a drink.

*swoons*

KERPLOP!

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Rambling Rose said:

*swoons*

KERPLOP!

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Leftovers again?