Text 5073, 122 rader
Skriven 2010-12-18 07:18:00 av Dave Drum (48763.cooking)
   Kommentar till text 5037 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Buying a house
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-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dale Shipp <=-

 DS> How about simply "Very nice lot.  Would be a good place to build a house
 DS> after you demolish the existing one."

 SD> Sounds like the house I'm living in now...

A few months ago I went a looked at a place that was advertised as a "900
square foot, two bed, one bath with fenced yard". For the fairly low price of
U$9500. Well, heck - I had to go look. The neighbourhood was lower blue-collar,
the street out front pretty well sucked rocks - rocks that could have been used
to fill pot holes.

Boy, HOWDY! It was on a crawl space, in sad looking shape, gutters falling off
the dry-rotted fascia, etc. The neighbour saw me peering in the windows at the
detritus left by the previous occupants, who seemingly decamped precipitously -
leaving mounds of "stuff" behind. He asked if I was thinking about buying the
property. 

When I said I was just checking it out to see if it would make a decent buy. He
then told me that the reason the previous tenants had scrammed was because the
landlord would do NO maintenance on ANYTHING. Including the leaky roof. His
advice was "Don't buy this unless you plan to bulldoze it and start over."

The place eventually went up for auction. I saw that whoever bought it brought
in a track hoe and a semi-dump and built a vacant lot there. Never did learn
what it went for at the auction ... but if it was over U$2500 someone got hosed
pretty good.

I went down that street the other day on the way home and saw that there was a
new structure on the lot. And a brag sign in the front yard (now un-fenced)
proclaiming "Another Fine Homeway Home" so, I went to their web site and had a
look -- http://tinyurl.com/26kbq6w -- is what was placed there - without the
attached garage, since the lot is only 45' wide.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Baby Fruitcakes
 Categories: Cakes, Snacks, Desserts, Fruits, Nuts
      Yield: 24 servings

      3 lg Eggs
      1 c  Fine chopped mixed candied
           - fruit
    1/2 c  Dried currants
    1/2 c  Sweetened, flaked coconut
    1/4 c  Pitted, chopped dates
      1 tb Lemon juice
           Grated zest of 1/2 lemon
      1 c  Sifted cake flour; divided
    3/4 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Soft, unsalted butter
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 ts Vanilla extract
    1/3 c  Pineapple juice
      1 c  Pecan halves
           Candied fruit & nuts, to
           - decorate

MMMMM------------------------RUM GLAZE------------------------------
    1/4 c  Sugar
    1/4 c  Pineapple juice
      1 tb Golden rum
      1 ts Lemon juice
           Grated zest of 1/2 lemon

  In England, it's traditional to send fruitcakes to loved
  ones during the holiday season or for welcoming gifts.
  Unfortunately, said fruitcakes usually arrive hardened,
  stale, and are often inedible. Let's bring this tradition to
  America with these cute, fluffy baby fruitcakes from Cakes
  from Scratch in Half the Time that are guaranteed to be
  tasty and fresh! 

  Prepare to bake. Arrange a pan of water on the bottom rack
  of the oven. Arrange the top rack in the middle of the oven
  and preheat it to 400øF. Line 24 standard muffin cups with
  paper liners and spritz them with Baker’s Joy. Place the
  eggs in a bowl of hot, tap water.

  Make the batter. In a medium bowl, stir together the candied
  fruits, currants, coconut, and dates. Sprinkle with the
  lemon juice and zest and stir again. Toss with 1/4 cup of
  the flour. Sift the remaining flour, baking powder, and salt
  onto a piece of wax paper. Cream the butter and sugar in a
  stand mixer until light. Add the eggs, one at a time,
  beating after each addition. Add the flour mixture to the
  butter mixture in thirds, alternately with the vanilla and
  pineapple juice. Fold in the fruit and nuts.

  Bake the cakes. Fill the paper-lined muffin cups almost to
  the top. Bake until a wooden pick comes out clean and the
  cakes are done, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to a rack and prick
  3 or 4 holes in each cake with a wooden skewer.

  Finish the cakes. While the cakes are baking, make the glaze
  by bringing the sugar, pineapple juice, rum, lemon juice,
  and zest to a boil in a small saucepan. Spoon half the glaze
  over the warm cakes, slowly letting it soak in. Decorate
  with additional candied fruits and nuts.

  Excerpted from Cakes from Scratch in Half the Time by Linda
  West Eckhardt with permission from Chronicle Books

  From: http://www.thenest.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

ENJOY!!!

From Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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