Friday, 19 February 2010

billy gray rode into gantry back in '83

Ordered Dame Darcy's greatest hits CD...buying seeds from lowe's and home depot (bi-color corn only, giant pumpkins, sweet yellow jumbo onions, snapdragons, four-o'-clocks, red poppies, centaurea....

enjoyed bazbeaux's pizza tonight, set record of e
ating 7 pieces....why so hungy?

sookie's birthday is today, bought her a red velvet pupcake pumped with white frosting on top and a tiny dipped carob biscuit for her birthday treat. and football carob cookies for the rest of the pups here.
Talk of doughnuts lately, especia
lly homemade ones made by Dave, from pillsbury biscuits and frying them and cutting holes and rolling in cinnamon-sugar.

Monkey Bread!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 cans (16.3 oz. each) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired
  • 1/2 cup raisins, if desired
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. In large food-storage plastic bag, mix sugar and cinnamon.

Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.

In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.

Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.



*boudoir queen on etsy did the lovely photo of pink wigged, corsetted woman.


Thursday, 14 January 2010

i didn't know her daddy could do that to her



i don't know about baby dolls or ice cream syrup but i do know about dubois. du-boys.

wallow hollow road?

"you told
me once dear you really loved me..."


Salt and Pepper Oven Fries

Bon Appétit | May 2007

Jill Dupleix

  • 3 large baking potatoes (about 2 1/3 pounds) peeled, cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch-wide planks, each plank cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch-wide strips
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon shichimi togarashi*
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • *Available in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets and at Japanese markets.

Place rack in top third of oven and preheat to 400°F. Place potato strips on rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil; toss to coat. Roast 25 minutes. Using spatula, turn chips over. Roast until tender and golden brown around edges, about 25 minutes longer.

Mix salt, shichimi, and sugar in small bowl. Sprinkle over chips.