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[DaveC426913]

Are pears endangered? Do their tusks make for good carving?

 

[turbo]

That looks delicious hypatia!

Last weekend I received a large bag of poaching pears, home grown ones out of someone's garden. I've been poaching them in red wine every night and can't get enough of it, delicious! I still have many left, are there any good suggestions for other ways to prepare them?

Have you considered making a compote of the pears, with apple cider, a bit of cider vinegar, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc? Might be a nice way to top a scoop of ice-cream...

 

[Monique]

Are pears endangered? Do their tusks make for good carving?

you should know how long it took me to find the correct word for the pears, the translator never mentioned anything about tusks. I call them stove-pears and judging by their quantity they are not endangered.

Have you considered making a compote of the pears, with apple cider, a bit of cider vinegar, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc? Might be a nice way to top a scoop of ice-cream...

Oooh, no. But that sounds delicious! I have all the ingredients lying around, except for the ice-cream. I'll definitely try that tomorrow.

 

[turbo]

you should know how long it took me to find the correct word for the pears, the translator never mentioned anything about tusks. I call them stove-pears and judging by their quantity they are not endangered.

Dave is punning on the word "poaching". You can poach eggs, and other foods, but poaching animals means shooting them illegally. Poachers take their toll on slow-breeding animals like elephants and rhinos.

 

[nismaratwork]

Are pears endangered? Do their tusks make for good carving?

You sir, are a wit... and maybe a little evil.

Anyway, pear ivory is primarily used for fertility medicines in southeast asia... DUH.

Hypatia: I'm making those muffins... I have a niece and nephew who are going to swoon over them. I'll report back, and thanks for sharing that recipe!

 

[Astronuc]

Apple time here in Michigan! Apple muffins.


Ingredients

* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/4 cup white sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup milk
* 1 egg, beaten
* 1/4 cup butter, melted
* 1 cup apple - peeled, cored and chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
2. Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, stir together milk, egg and butter. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture just until combined. Don't over stir!
Fold in chopped apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Fold in a cup or so of oats (that one uses for oatmeal) and one can make apple crisp. Usually one puts it in baking pan and covers with a layer of oats mixed with cinnamon, sugar and butter.

 

[Evo]

Fold in a cup or so of oats (that one uses for oatmeal) and one can make apple crisp. Usually one puts it in baking pan and covers with a layer of oats mixed with cinnamon, sugar and butter.

Oh, I MUST get spawn's apple crisp recipe. You have never, ever tasted anything this good in your entire life, I guarantee it. Yes, it has oats in it.

 

[nismaratwork]

Oh, I MUST get spawn's apple crisp recipe. You have never, ever tasted anything this good in your entire life, I guarantee it. Yes, it has oats in it.

Crisp? *sniffs* I keep hearing talk of crisps... I... LOVE apple crisp. It's my favorite desert... please... please share! *begs*.

 

[Evo]

Crisp? *sniffs* I keep hearing talk of crisps... I... LOVE apple crisp. It's my favorite desert... please... please share! *begs*.

We are at the mercy of the Spawn of Evo. I have been begging her for her recipe for over 2 years with no luck. It is to die for.

 

[Astronuc]

Oh, I MUST get spawn's apple crisp recipe. You have never, ever tasted anything this good in your entire life, I guarantee it. Yes, it has oats in it.

I will gladly take you up on that! I look forward to the experience.

Does one eat it à la mode?

 

[lisab]

Aaahh...I'm feeling inspired to make an apple crisp this weekend!

 

[Astronuc]

We should have a PF bake off.

 

[Evo]

Watching the premiere episode of "meat and potatoes" where some idiot supposedly goes around naming "The best of" places.

The opening of the show names the best place for barbecue, some place called "Danny Edwards Boulevard BBQ" in Kansas City. I have never heard of the place, Evo Child and her BF have never heard of it. We live in Kansas City. I've seen a number of "Best BBQ in Kansas City" shows on tv, and I've heard of some, eaten in some, but never eaten in what all of the natives say is the best.

The best BBQ is a small dive in southern Johnson county that is only open a few days a week and for only a few hours. It's always in the paper as the best, everyone says it's the best. I've never eaten there, but it's the only place I've ever heard about, so I assume it's really the best, from word of mouth.

Oh, and did I mention that this person, the host, is incredibly annoying?

 

[G037H3]

I just had a coffee from 7-11, half hot cocoa, half pumpkin spice.

Do I get secret special points for posting in this thread? :O

 

[Evo]

I just had a coffee from 7-11, half hot cocoa, half pumpkin spice.

Do I get secret special points for posting in this thread? :O

Yes, yes you do.

 

[G037H3]

:D

I don't really cook, but hopefully you guys post recipes. Or perhaps you just brag about your cooking utensils.

 

[nismaratwork]

We are at the mercy of the Spawn of Evo. I have been begging her for her recipe for over 2 years with no luck. It is to die for.

I'll beg... hell, I'll GROVEL! Tell her that food is art, and like any art it can only be fully appreciated when shared. Tell her you'll cut off a limb, whatever it takes I NEED GOOD CRISP *pant* *pant*... OK... I'm better now... juuuust... ask nicely for all of us at PF... pretty pllleeeeaaassseee?

 

[nismaratwork]

:D

I don't really cook, but hopefully you guys post recipes. Or perhaps you just brag about your cooking utensils.

My rolling pin is bigger than yours...

Check the previous pages, there are some fantastic recipes for everything from haute cuisine through tacos and drinks. Remember, the best way to learn how to cook, is practice... just make sure you have your friends taste it first in case the food ends up toxic. Eventually you either develop skills, or you run out of vict- errr... friends.

 

[Evo]

Ugh, I just had the best burger in my entire life, and I've had some really great burgers.

I think I'm going to die. A big greasy handful of ground beef, bacon, and fried onion rings inside a bun. I couldn't finish it and I'm in pain from being about to burst open.

It's from a place called Smashburger.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Ugh, I just had the best burger in my entire life, and I've had some really great burgers.

I think I'm going to die. A big greasy handful of ground beef, bacon, and fried onion rings inside a bun. I couldn't finish it and I'm in pain from being about to burst open.

It's from a place called Smashburger.

I just posted what you need, in product claims.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/10304/saturday-night-live-colon-blow

 

[nismaratwork]

Ugh, I just had the best burger in my entire life, and I've had some really great burgers.

I think I'm going to die. A big greasy handful of ground beef, bacon, and fried onion rings inside a bun. I couldn't finish it and I'm in pain from being about to burst open.

It's from a place called Smashburger.

Sounds like the proverbial "good hurt" to me!

 

[Monique]

Have you considered making a compote of the pears, with apple cider, a bit of cider vinegar, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc? Might be a nice way to top a scoop of ice-cream...

I brought home three bags of groceries and I forgot the ice-cream
Maybe I'll try and get some in the evening, but these days there has been unrest in the street. It has become illegal to poach houses, but some lowlifes decided that the law does not apply to them. So they poached a house that was empty, but for sale, pretty much next door to me. Result: an entertaining evening of riots, resulting in a lot of property damage. Now these lowlifes still have to be kicked out of the house that they illegally took possession of, I don't want to be walking around when that happens. (yes, I know that you can't poach a house, can someone inform me on the correct word?)

Anyway, I bought a bag of apples, so I'll probably be putting those into the stove this evening

 

[nismaratwork]

I brought home three bags of groceries and I forgot the ice-cream
Maybe I'll try and get some in the evening, but these days there has been unrest in the street. It has become illegal to poach houses, but some lowlifes decided that the law does not apply to them. So they poached a house that was empty, but for sale, pretty much next door to me. Result: an entertaining evening of riots, resulting in a lot of property damage. Now these lowlifes still have to be kicked out of the house that they illegally took possession of, I don't want to be walking around when that happens. (yes, I know that you can't poach a house, can someone inform me on the correct word?)

Anyway, I bought a bag of apples, so I'll probably be putting those into the stove this evening

In English the correct term for taking residence in such a fashion is, "Squatting". It's extremely annoying, highly illegal, and generally a practice of people looking for a place to use illicit substances. I'm not sure that "poaching" is such a bad term either...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I discovered a way to lose weight and reduce the grocery bill by about 30%.

When our cat, poor ole toothless Issac, died, we didn't need to put wet [canned] food down in the house anymore as the other cats are all fine with dry food, which we buy in large bags. Beyond that, as I'm sure most cat owners would understand, it is all but impossible to feed only one cat, canned food. If Issac was eating canned food, in order to keep peace in the house, all of the other cats did as well. The end result was that after Isaac died, our need for cat food dropped dramatically, so I found myself making far fewer trips to the grocery store. As near as I can tell, beyond the cost of the cat food, our grocery bill has dropped by about 30% due to the fact that I shop less. Since I shop less, we tend to make do with smaller, less fancy meals, so I'm losing weight.

That was one damned expensive cat!

 

[nismaratwork]

I discovered a way to lose weight and reduce the grocery bill by about 30%.

When our cat, poor ole toothless Issac, died, we didn't need to put wet [canned] food down in the house anymore as the other cats are all fine with dry food, which we buy in large bags. Beyond that, as I'm sure most cat owners would understand, it is all but impossible to feed only one cat, canned food. If Issac was eating canned food, in order to keep peace in the house, all of the other cats did as well. The end result was that after Isaac died, our need for cat food dropped dramatically, so I found myself making far fewer trips to the grocery store. As near as I can tell, beyond the cost of the cat food, our grocery bill has dropped by about 30% due to the fact that I shop less. Since I shop less, we tend to make do with smaller, less fancy meals, so I'm losing weight.

That was one damned expensive cat!

Oh man Ivan, when you started talking about pet food, I feared the worst!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Oh man Ivan, when you started talking about pet food, I feared the worst!

Well, my theory is that you can make a taco out of anything... You never know, a little cilantro and onion may go a long way.

 

[nismaratwork]

Well, my theory is that you can make a taco out of anything... You never know, a little cilantro and onion may go a long way.

Well, if I had to eat cat food, Taco... or maybe a stew would be it. Still... a really great fish taco is a sublime experience. I'll happily risk food poisoning on some roadside taqueria for a good fish taco.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Well, if I had to eat cat food, Taco... or maybe a stew would be it. Still... a really great fish taco is a sublime experience. I'll happily risk food poisoning on some roadside taqueria for a good fish taco.

My wife is a fish taco addict. When she goes to Hawaii, she pretty much lives on the fish tacos. If there isn't a local restaurant serving them, she'll track down a taco truck.

 

[nismaratwork]

My wife is a fish taco addict. When she goes to Hawaii, she pretty much lives on the fish tacos. If there isn't a local restaurant serving them, she'll track down a taco truck.

Sounds like a woman with fine taste and excellent taco skills. You sir, are a lucky man.

 

[lisab]

OK, looking for opinions on what kind of apples to use in a crisp. I'm thinking Granny Smiths, although in recent years they've been disappointing. Ideas?

 

[Andre]

Most definitely the Belle de Boskoop. Most popular variety here by street lenghts, for all apple dishes that involves heating, and for delicious reasons.

 

[turbo]

I wish I knew the variety of our apple tree by the road. The apples are crunchier and more tart than Macs, and they cook up very well. Great in crisps, pies, compotes, and applesauce.

 

[turbo]

Fall is here! Sunny cool weather, and we had a nice lunch on the deck. Fresh French bread, with a hearty soup made of venison burger, black beans, corn (that we cut and froze this summer), fresh garden tomatoes, carrots and and fresh herbs. The broth was started from a frozen beef stock reserved from a roast that we marinated and cooked earlier this summer.

Two kinds of fresh bread today - traditional French bread, and a seeded sourdough Jewish rye. Mmm! I have been babysitting that sourdough starter all week, and it was well worth the effort.

 

[Monique]

In English the correct term for taking residence in such a fashion is, "Squatting". It's extremely annoying, highly illegal, and generally a practice of people looking for a place to use illicit substances. I'm not sure that "poaching" is such a bad term either...

Ah thank you, squatting it is. These people feel that it is their right to live at an A-location for 0-money, that other people actually have to work hard to pay for their apartment probably doesn't occur to them.

Anyway, I made a delicious apple ball:

Take an apple, peel it and remove the core.
Take a square of puff-pastry and put some beaten egg on it, together with a layer of sugar, cinnamon and some zest of a lemon.
Place the apple on the middle of the square and fill the core of the apple with a mixture of almond paste and raisins (that were hydrated in hot water or liquor).
Fold the puff-pastry so that it encloses the apple and cover with some egg and some more sugar.
Bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes and enjoy

 

[Evo]

Ah thank you, squatting it is. These people feel that it is their right to live at an A-location for 0-money, that other people actually have to work hard to pay for their apartment probably doesn't occur to them.

Anyway, I made a delicious apple ball:

Take an apple, peel it and remove the core.
Take a square of puff-pastry and put some beaten egg on it, together with a layer of sugar, cinnamon and some zest of a lemon.
Place the apple on the middle of the square and fill the core of the apple with a mixture of almond paste and raisins (that were hydrated in hot water or liquor).
Fold the puff-pastry so that it encloses the apple and cover with some egg and some more sugar.
Bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes and enjoy

Oooh, that sounds lovely!

It's a beautiful fall day, perfect for that sort of thing.

Evo child bought apples and they're the size of grapefruit. I accidently dropped one on the floor and it burst open and juice was running out of it, so I put the spewing part into my mouth and it was like fresh pressed apple juice running into my mouth. Wow. They're called honey crisp.