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Skriven 2007-07-14 08:54:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL BRYANT
Ärende: What should I make 824
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 -=> Carol Bryant said to All <=-

 CB> A big ol' fruit salad to balance the other offerings

ehh

 CB> A big ol' green salad with orange muscat champagne vinaigrette for the
 CB> same reason as mentioned above

ehh

 CB> A chocolate Texas sheet cake like my mama used to make

These guys were all at the spa for treatments, and one of them,
a Texan, looked particularly husky and strong, and people wondered
how a big guy needed spa treatment. Everything went okay for a
few days, but then one evening they were gathered for their dinner
of 3.5 ounces of meat, 7 ounces of vegetable, and the Texan didn't
show up: but there was a new guy, little and skinny and runty. So
one of the patients asked another, where's the Texas guy? The
other pointed at the puny fellow and said, there he is, he had his
enema today.

 CB> An assortment of oddities from Trader Joe's, for those that don't have
 CB> the good fortune to have one handy

ehh

 CB> An assortment of oddities from Big Lots (my BL is nowhere as good as
 CB> Clean Dave's, but it does have some weird stuff)

Mmm. Ocean Prince smoked oysters. Bryan tamales. Blue food.

 CB> A non-food entry, i.e. foodie scented (anything from chocolate to
 CB> fruit to parsley to cinnamon bun) soap for folks to take home as a
 CB> useful memento 

My vote. Since you're going to stench up the house anyway sooner or
later, it'd best be for a good cause. None of the others sound
objectionable (even with orange muscat champagne vinaigrette), and
if you decided on doing them, I might even help (if circumstances
allow), though I doubt I'd eat much of a big ol' salad.

 CB> Something else entirely (if you choose this one, you need to make a
 CB> suggestion)

Velveeta ramen?

--mm
Biscotti della Buca
cat: cookies, Lucchese

1 Kg flour
250 g sugar
250 g pine nuts
350 g vin Santo (M told me you could use sweet sherry)
350 g EVOO
250 g raisins
1 packet "di lievito Bartolini"*

* This is baking powder, probably about 2 or 3 tsps,
  which has some added vanilla flavoring.  I have some
  vanilla powder, but you could probably add a tsp or
  two of regular vanilla in place of some of the wine

Mix all the ingredients and drop by spoonfuls onto a
baking sheet.  Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for
an hour.

One thing Christiano told us that isn't in the written
recipe is to leave them in the oven (with the door ajar)
to cool and harden.

Ristorante Buca di Sant'Antonio, Lucca, Italy
translated and posted by Carol Bryant, March 2003

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