I made and photographed a Rainbow Jell-o recipe in a Bundt pan as the mold. A clear layer then the other portion with a bit of yogurt. Took hours as each layer had to set before you could pour in the next.
I thought I had a future in abstract photography using jell-o 😂
These already prepared Black Eyed Peas (no soaking) were an impulse buy. I didn’t want to do major cooking. When I lived in Georgia decades ago I remember going to the General’s Quarters on New Year’s Day and that’s where I learned about the traditional dish. They weren’t a part of my growing up. Eating a spoonful insures good luck for the new year.
Click the link for a vegan recipe.
There are tons of recipes with ham hocks, sausage or bacon too.
https://youtube.com/shorts/4PVkPXHh-_I?si=dt1lNziF1eVn3X4V
Here’s the Prune cake recipe
I haven’t baked a prune cake in years. I don’t use the 1cup of vegetable oil called for in the recipe but substituted 1stick of unsalted butter and 1/2c applesauce instead. I used 1c of sugar.
And I didn’t add the frosting called for as it’s incredibly sweet, too. I put chopped pecans in one layer and omitted nuts from the second layer.
I bought the prunes from nuts.com thanks Kristin for recommending them
What a great invention.
My friend Linda recommended purchasing these pre-but rounds when we were in King Arthur Flour in Vermont last month. I’m so glad I did. I used them for 3 – 8 inch layers for two family birthdays in November.
https://youtube.com/shorts/VMa4ZrBbROs?si=IKgYDL55bo4FWWrB
Short Video on YouTube
And this cake was a Brown Mountain Cake from Farm Journal. I added vanilla buttercream frosting. The buttermilk is a key ingredient!
A fondue pot.
I was thinking throwback and they were definitely popular in the seventies but….
turns out Fondue pots are still sold in kitchen stores and online and there are even electric models.
You might have one on a dusty shelf or in the basement. Or in current use.
There’s a fondue restaurant Melting Pot in Pitttsburgh.
Here’s a cheese fondue recipe
Here’s a chocolate fondue recipe
No double dipping! there are Rules of Fondue
From the archives. July 2020
Maida Heatters’s Jelly Roll (click for recipe with step by step photos)
Helps to have the right size pan and a clean linen towel.
15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1”
If you like cheesecake you will like this simple recipe.
Recipe from Ann Walling, my dad’s church secretary at St.Paul’s Morris Plains NJ 1960-1970
Beat until smooth
1 pound cream cheese room temp
3/4 C sugar
3 eggs
1 t almond extract
Bake in a buttered pie plate at 350 until done (knife in Center comes clean) about 45 min
Cool 8 minutes -center will sink
add topping
Mix and pour mixture into center indentation
1 C sour cream
3 T sugar
1 t vanilla
Return to oven for 10 minutes
You may have read the Simple Sandwich post on April 6th with the Tuna balsamic sweet onion, Parmesan, tomato sandwich and “recipe” photos featured.
Several readers were motivated to try the combination and I received good comments. Not everyone a fan of tuna, of course. But-
dc, friend and blog follower, wrote the funniest comment on the day of the post.
It was so satisfying to know the Simple Sandwich post inspired readers to create their own simple sandwich at home
So from Pittsburgh to Spain to Massachusetts and Maine and Florida. Those are few of the locations I know the simple sandwich was created and eaten. Thank you blog followers for such a satisfying result
Thank you for all the response to a Simple Sandwich .
Sunseri’s in the Strip District makes a delicious Balsamic Tuna sandwich.
But you can’t always get there when you want one. So-
We’d been out for a fancy lunch celebrating our friend Donna’s birthday. I’d taken small lunch bags with a few orange cookies as “party favors”
We received the gift of homemade rice pudding perfectly baked by friend Margaret L. She brought it in a bag with ice packs. What a great “party favor”. Delicious. Reminds me of childhood. Thank you for this gift.
Classic 1920s Orange Drop Cookies recipe
Here’s the Grand Concourse where we dined.
