Foodgasms

Hester said:

how does one make a homemade 'smallow?

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I've never made them, but I've seen it done. There are two methods, really. Both use gelatin, sugar, corn starch, and flavorings, but one is made with egg whites, like an Italian meringue, and one without. In either case, you then pour the mixture into a large shallow pan, let set overnight, then cut into squares.

1 jar (1-1/2 oz.) artichokes, drained
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 pkg. (10 oz.) spinach
3 tbsp. lemon juice
Tabasco, to taste

Directions:
Chop artichoke hearts in food processor fitted with steel blade. Set aside. Wash spinach well. Blanch in boiling water; drain, squeeze dry and chop in food processor. Add chopped artichoke hearts and remaining ingredients and process just until blended. Prepare a day in advance. Serve with vegetable sticks


Gives the pallate a taste.

Yum! One of my favorite "dips" to make, VBE. I sometimes like to do it with that Laughing Cow soft cheese, too.

a great time was had by all at the gingerbread convention. my counters will be sticky for a month.

one of my friends said this was the first thing she's done for the holiday that was actually fun and not full of stress. people get so crazy with this holiday stuff they forget to have fun. what's up with that?

tortoise said:

I've never made them, but I've seen it done. There are two methods, really. Both use gelatin, sugar, corn starch, and flavorings, but one is made with egg whites, like an Italian meringue, and one without. In either case, you then pour the mixture into a large shallow pan, let set overnight, then cut into squares.

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do they taste like the commercial ones?

food.

Smells like butt in here.

Oh wait, let me wash my hands. Ok. Much better.

Damn you, Pete.

Rambling Rose said:

Damn you, Pete.

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mea culpa

'S too late now. Might as well yell it.

We ate dinner from the gift basket. A little mustard. A few crackers. Whatnot.

SaintPeter said:

Smells like butt in here.

Oh wait, let me wash my hands. Ok. Much better.

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Pete, that was masturbationirful.

Rambling Rose said:

'S too late now. Might as well yell it.

We ate dinner from the gift basket. A little mustard. A few crackers. Whatnot.

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Oh, I do love the Basket Nibbles... *nodding*

Where there cheeses? and olives?

There were cheeses and a sausage of sorts. No olives. It was the budget basket.

Rambling Rose said:

There were cheeses and a sausage of sorts. No olives. It was the budget basket.

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Leaving out the olives is like having sex without touching.

I love olives.

For that matter, I'd love to have sex with Olive.

Without touching.

Olives are worthy of sexual attention

with the touching.

Batchoohus said:

Olives are worthy of sexual attention

with the touching.

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Well, one could use olive oil as a lubricant, I suppose.

For beating and stuff.

I had a guest from hell, on Friday. I was holding a small party in my home and had invited a friend and her boyfriend to join us. I decided to go all out and make a lot of goodies (chocolate-covered cherries, various types of fudge and bars, etc.). When she asked me what I'd be serving for lunch, I told her I was making some curry chicken soup and some sammies. "Oh, we don't eat soup" she said. I asked why they don't do soups and she said "They're not substantial enough". Wow. It's not that she doesn't even like the taste of soup - she just doesn't think it's substantial enough. She asked me to have some bread and chicken luncheon meat on hand for her boyfriend since he hates soups, but she promised me she was "just going to set her mind to eating whatever I put in front of her". Gee. Thanks. I tried to smooth things over by telling her I'd spent the last 3 days in a tizzy, preparing all the goodies. Her response, "Oh, we'll we don't eat that sort of stuff. Seriously. You're going to have to hide it because we wont want to look at it." There was no way I could hide my disgust after that. "What?!" I bellowed. "Well we don't want to eat fattening things and if you put it out, we're just going to be staring at it and muttering 'don't eat it... don't eat it... don't eat it" over and over, and we wont hear a word you or anyone else is saying!".

Right.

What is a hostess to do? Well I specifically bought some small decorative platters rather than use my 2 large ones, JUST so that I could make sure there was fudge and bars and cookies and cakes everywhere. She tensed up as she walked into the room, but she handled herself just fine. She begrudgingly ate a piece of cheesecake and then got over it. The goodies weren't around for long because everyone gobbled them up. I just can't see that having happened if I'd honoured her request to "Please, please, please hide them away in the cupboards so we don't have to look at them." HIDE them. When I first laughed at her joke, she quickly caught me and said "I'm not joking. We don't want to see them."

Her partner has back problems and brings his own stool to sit on. She asked me for the numbers of a couple of our guests so that she could "warn" them about it, just in case they decided to... I don't know what. I never really figured it out. I guess she thought we were going to taunt him and beat him with sticks.

Jabbing their eyes out would have been appropriate.

I hope your dance card for New Years is full, Tinks. No room in the inn.

Rambling Rose said:

I hope your dance card for New Years is full, Tinks. No room in the inn.

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I can't believe I'm admitting this - but we are spending New Years Eve WITH THEM. They invited us in August because, they said, they had so many other people they had to RSVP to. We didn't have anything else planned, and most of our other friends have small kids which means our evening is spent watching them busy parenting. The Kooky Couple are single and they are actually really good hosts. We are fairly sure that the evening will be fine. They live on a hill overlooking the town, so that means we will have a great view of the fireworks. This was the selling point, for me In Denmark, we all have access to the types of fireworks used for professional displays. You name it - I can get it. They're all over the place, but just during the week between Christmas and NY. What does it look like? It looks like the New York City firework display on Independance Day... for miles and miles and miles...in every single town. And yes, every single year I nearly shit myself and refuse to go outside. But it's brilliant!!! It's all-out solid fireworks and explosions for about 45 minutes until it begins petering out, but the fireworks are let off for a good week before and after the 31st.

Also? I might just jab their eyes out anyway.

Atta Girl. Anyone who has issues with cheesecake and goodies is destined for the icy depths of Hell.

I this thread.


I also wanted to wish Miss Gypsy Rose and Tinks a very, Merry Christmas!

My own Baileys!

half a pint of single cream
1 tin of condensed milk
coffee (approx 3 - 4 teaspoons in hot water)
quarter of a bottle (minimum!) of Jamesons


Whisk to fuck in the blender. Add ice. Scarf the lot. Rinse and repeat.