Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Pies, Cakes, Cheesecake, and Cookies.



I'd like to make pie for everyone, but I don't make very good pie. I tried to make a cherry pie once, and the crust was so bad that I just scooped out the filling and ate it by itself. I've also tried to make a lemon meringue pie, but the merinque never became meringue and it all turned to slime. It wasn't even good enough to scoop out the filling. If I could make good pie, then I would be fat, so it's probably for the best.
I can, however, make good chocolate cake. I actually use real ingredients too, like flour and cocoa. It's much better than the stuff from the box. I even make my own chocolate frosting for the cake. It's chocolate on top of chocolate and it's great.
I also like to collect old cookbooks. I like the strange recipes that say to add 2 tablespoons of MSG because they think it's a magical and necessary ingredient. What I really like about the cookbooks is the design with their photos of well-posed food and/or funny drawings.

2 Comments:

At 6/15/2005 7:32 AM, Blogger cks said...

Mmmm. You should check out this quintessential Russian/Soviet cookbook we have. It's been reprinted countless times since 1939 and still has the Stalinist housewife pictures.
here and
here (sorry, don't have a scanner)

 
At 6/15/2005 11:53 PM, Blogger Johnny Chang said...

yeah try making pies from teh Futurist Cookbook. LOL

 

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