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Lebkuchen Ice Cream

Three years ago I had my first Lebkuchen Ice Cream at Kiez Eis in Berlin, Germany. Here’s my post of that experience.

I received some Lebkuchen (a soft spiced gingerbread cookie with ground dried fruit and nuts) for Christmas from my sister and daughter.

Last night I chopped two cookies and folded them into softened vanilla ice cream.

I ate a dish of it last night and it tasted good.

But this evening, I had another scoop and after 24 hours in the freezer it was so flavorful, the spices flavoring the ice cream beautifully.

January 10, 2021 by Ruth Categories: food, PhotographyTags: food, gingerbread, ice cream, kitchen, lebkuchen, photography, postaday, Spode Gloucester Blue, taste, vanilla ice cream 17 Comments

Sugary Breakfast “Pastry”Pop-Tarts Introduced in 1964

Pop-Tarts. Yes or no?

Since 1964. They come in a foil sleeve in a box from the grocery shelf. Steve was given a box of Pop-Tarts (Strawberry) and he put two in the toaster. The hot bubble-gum flavor aroma alerted me that something was up in the kitchen. When they came out, he put them on the plate, and showed me. I said “Wait, don’t bite it yet. Let me photograph them.” They are from the same era as Tang, an orange powdered breakfast drink that the astronauts were supposedly consuming.

Sugary is the word. There are 18g of sugar in a serving. Here’s a CBS News article Pop-Tarts

Pop-Tarts is a brand of toaster pastries that the Kellogg Company introduced in 1964. Pop-Tarts have a sugary filling sealed inside two layers of thin, rectangular pastry crust. Most varieties are also frosted. Although sold pre-cooked, they are designed to be warmed inside a toaster or microwave oven” Wikipedia

Strawberry Frosted Pop-Tarts

December 10, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: 1964, breakfast, food, food photography, photography, Pop-Tarts, postaday, Spode Gloucester Blue, Sugary 10 Comments

Red Pear

November 12, 2019 by Ruth Categories: foodTags: autumn, color, food, fruit, photography, postaday, red pear, Spode Gloucester Blue, still life 8 Comments

Grated Grenada Nutmeg

Sunday afternoon I was getting ready to bake cookies. (Originally from Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking School)

The recipe my mother used to use for her signature Sour Cream cookies – (baking them on my cousin Paul’s milestone birthday 🙂 and will mail them tomorrow)

‘d just gotten back from the store with the sour cream when I realized I did not have a container of nutmeg on the spice rack.

But wait, how abou these whole nutmegs in a little bag? I pulled one out and began to grate it and the aroma was amazing.

The label said Grenada Nutmeg .

(Joanne, did you send them to me?)

You may already grate your own nutmeg but it was first for me. The interior was a beautiful pattern. The smell intoxicating.

Freshly Grated Nutmeg ready to go in to the Sour Cream Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 3/4cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture on top before baking – I used parchment paper for easy baking and clean up
Bake at 350 for 11 minutes

Back to the Post Office after school.

November 24, 2013 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: baking, birthday, family, Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking School, Grenada Nutmeg, kitchen, postaday, recipe, Sour Cream Cookies, Spode Gloucester Blue 13 Comments

Green-Tipped Straightneck- Organic Baby Squash

Bought from the Farmer’s Market in East Liberty Monday afternoon. In haste. It started to pour. Will get the name of the vendor next week!

Green-tipped straightneck squash and a few baby zucchini. I liked the green-tips which looked as if the squash ends were dipped in green paint.

June 12, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Cooking and EatingTags: East Liberty, eating and cooking, Farmer's Market, food, green-tipped straightneck, iPhone photography, organic, photography, Pittsburgh, Spode Gloucester Blue, squash, vegetables, vegetarian, zucchini 8 Comments

How to Revive a Slice of Cake

Place in a bowl and pour some cool fresh milk over it. Eat with a silver spoon. My father used to do this and I'd turn my nose up. Boy, was I wrong about this practice! Delicious

March 23, 2012March 22, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, Cooking and Eating, PhotographyTags: baking, cake, chocolate icing, family, food, kitchen, memories, milk, photography, postaday, Spode Gloucester Blue 14 Comments

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