Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Election Chocolate Pie


DESCRIPTION

Went to my polling site and voted this morning. There was a PTA bake sale in the lobby and I bought a slice of "fudge pie" from this statuesque MILF. Liked it so much (yeah, I ate a slice of chocolate pie for breakfast) that I went back in and asked for the recipe.

She looked at me a little strangely and I was afraid she might charge me for it, but she wrote it down for me. It was her Little Rock, Arkansas mother-in-law's recipe.

INGREDIENTS

(Pie Crust)
[Look up a decent pie crust recipe: she didn't offer up ingredients for the crust, which wasn't anything too special]

(Filling)
4 eggs
3 tbls Karo syrup
1 1/2 C. sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1 stick of butter, melted
3 oz. UNSWEETENED chocolate, melted

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Beat eggs. Dump in all the rest and use an electric mixer to incorporate really well.

Pour into your readied pie crust and bake for 35 minutes.

She called it a "fudge pie" and I was expecting it to be really dense like fudge, but it was surprisingly soft. Really simple but lovely.

Vote for change and eat some fucking chocolate pie, America.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

The Hydrox Proxy

Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone...?

They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.

I had no idea that Hydrox Cookies:

A) Pre-dated OREOS
B) Are now a discontinued brand

For what it's worth, I do remember them. And I did prefer them. The taste was just subtly but distinctly superior.

It's good to mourn. You are not alone. (Check out "The Truth" on that Hydrox Cookie fan page.)

!!!UPDATE!!!

Back by popular demand...?

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Fried Apple Pies

Are you young enough to remember McDonalds's original fried apple pies?

Largely retired since 1992, they're still out there if you're willing to travel. That's the fun thing about the old golden arches. They preach uniformity, but there's actually a great range of variation throughout their worldwide empire.

Or you can try one of the many recipes out there. That's filed under

Things I Will Do One Day When I'm Feeling Better About the World

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Bow Down Before the One You Serve

Obey, Brad.

Obey.

Brad Renfro has a posse, now.

The fear is real inside your heart.