FReeper Canteen ~ Your Favorite Dessert ~ 21 AUG 2007

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~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ What's Your Favorite Dessert?
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What is your favorite Dessert?

The pie has been around since about 2000 B.C., around the time of the ancient Egyptians. At some point between 1400 B.C. (the time of Greek settlements) and 600 B.C. (the time of the decline of Egypt), the pie is believed to have been passed on to the Greeks by the Egyptians.

From Greece the pie spread to Rome, somewhere around 100 B.C. by which time pies had already been around for some 1000 years. The first known pie recipe came from the Romans and was for a rye-crusted goat cheese and honey pie.

Pies went to America with the first English settlers. As in Roman times the early American pie crusts were not eaten, but simply designed to hold the filling. Today, virtually every country in the world has some form of pie.
 

Ice cream was introduced to the United States by colonists who brought their ice cream recipes with them. Confectioners, many of whom were Europeans, sold ice cream at their shops in New York and other cities during the colonial era. Ben Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson were known to have regularly eaten and served ice cream. Dolley Madison is also closely associated with the early history of ice cream in the United States.

In 1843, Nancy Johnson of Philadelphia was issued the first U.S. patent for a small-scale hand-cranked ice cream freezer. The invention of the ice cream soda gave Americans a new treat, adding to ice cream's popularity. This cold treat was probably invented by Robert Green in 1874, although there is no conclusive evidence to prove his claim.
 

The history of the electric blender, malted milk drinks and milkshakes are interconnected. Before the widespread availability of electric blenders, milkshake-type drinks were more like egg nog, or they were a hand-shaken mixture of crushed ice and milk, sugar, and flavorings.

 Hamilton Beach's drink mixers began being used at soda fountains in 1911 and the electric blender or drink mixer was invented by Steven Poplawski in 1922. With the invention of the blender, milkshakes began to take their modern, whipped, aerated, and frothy form.

The use of malted milk powder in milkshakes was popularized by the Chicago drugstore chain Walgreens. Walgreens' employee Ivar "Pop" Coulson made a milkshake by adding two scoops of vanilla ice cream to the standard malted milk drink recipe (milk, chocolate syrup and malt powder).

The most primitive peoples in the world began making cakes shortly after they discovered flour. In medieval England, the cakes that were described in writings were not cakes in the conventional sense. They were described as flour-based sweet foods as opposed to the description of breads, which were just flour-based foods without sweetening.

There are literally millions of cake recipes (some are bread-like and some rich and elaborate) and many are centuries old. Cake making is no longer a complicated procedure; Baking utensils and directions have been so perfected and simplified that even the amateur cook may easily become an expert baker.

Cheesecake is believed to have originated in ancient Greece. History has the first recorded mention of cheesecake, as being served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 B.C. However, cheese making can be traced back as far as 2,000 B.C., anthropologists have found cheese molds dating back to that period.

 The Romans spread cheesecake from Greece across Europe. Centuries later cheesecake appeared in America, the recipes brought over by immigrants. In 1872, cream cheese was invented by American dairymen. James L. Kraft invented pasteurized cheese in 1912, and that lead to the development of pasteurized Philadelphia cream cheese, the most popular cheese used for making cheesecake today.

In America, a cookie is described as a thin, sweet, usually small cake. By definition, a cookie can be any of a variety of hand-held, flour-based sweet cakes, either crisp or soft. Each country has its own word for "cookie."

What we know as cookies are called biscuits in England and Australia, in Spain they're galletas, Germans call them keks or Plätzchen for Christmas cookies, and in Italy there are several names to identify various forms of cookies including amaretti and biscotti, and so on. The name cookie is derived from the Dutch word koekje, meaning "small or little cake."

The name “brownies” first appeared in the 1896 Boston Cooking School Cookbook, where it describes molasses cakes baked in small tins. The origin of the Brownie is thought to be American and is thought to derive its name from the brown color of the cookie.

Folklore has its origin coming from a careless cook that forgot to put baking powder in the chocolate cake batter recipe. Another story reports that the brownie was invented at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago during the 1892 Columbian Exposition. Bertha Palmer requested a dessert to put in box lunches for ladies that would not get their hands dirty.

Come tell us about your favorite Dessert!!

 

 

 

[SandRat]

in

[ConorMacNessa]

Woohoo!

[Randy Larsen]

IN!

[Old Sarge]

Present!

[ConorMacNessa]

A scoop of vanilla ice cream with a shot of Grand Marnier poured over it.

[laurenmarlowe]

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[leda]

chocolate! :)

i made brownies with mini marshmallows stirred in, they were
simply divine! especially with a scoop of ice cream on top!

[laurenmarlowe]

Lookit you guys, WOO HOO!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[G8 Diplomat]

Chocolate ice cream, chocolate mousse, chocolate cheesecake...anything chocolate!

[Izzy Dunne]

HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT apple pie, made with fresh apples picked out of the backyard tree, with COLD, COLD, COLD homemade vanilla ice cream on top.

[laurenmarlowe]

NORFOLK, Va. (Aug. 18, 2007) - Families and friends gather to greet loved ones as the guided missile frigate USS Hawes (FFG 53) returns home to Naval Station Norfolk. During the deployment, the Hawes conducted Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in support of the ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW/SW) Flor Valerio (RELEASED)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 18, 2007) - Aviation Ordnancemen Airman Joshua Farmer (left) and Mark Rushing stage cargo pendants and nets on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in preparation for ammunition to be transferred to USNS Flint (T-AE 32) during a weapons off-load. Stennis, as part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, is on a regularly scheduled deployment to promote peace, regional cooperation and stability. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul J. Perkins (RELEASED)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 15, 2007) - Sailors and Marines man the rails as amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge(LHD 3) pulls into the Port of Malta. Kearsarge participated in numerous community relations (COMREL) projects while in Malta. Kearsarge is on a scheduled deployment in support of maritime operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Derek Poole (RELEASED)

[Randy Larsen]

Graham Crackers With A LARGE Glass Of Ice Cold Milk, With Three Or Four Ice Cubes Floating In It! HEAVEN!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you Sand!

FIRST!!

[Izzy Dunne]

Or maybe HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT peach cobbler, made with fresh peaches picked out of the backyard tree, with COLD, COLD, COLD homemade vanilla ice cream on top.

[crazyhorse691]

Pecan Pie with double scoop of homemade vanilla and peaches icecream...add favorite topping at own peril.

[The Mayor]

August 21, 2007

Distressed Travelers

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READ: Matthew 11:20-30

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. —Matthew 11:28

After a long journey from Hong Kong, which involved a 7-hour layover compounded by a 3-hour delay, we arrived in Chicago. We missed the last flight to Grand Rapids, our destination, by just 20 minutes. The airline arranged hotel rooms for us, and we took a shuttle for a short night’s rest. We must have been a pretty sorry sight to the hotel staff. One of them looked at us, shook his head, and simply said, “Distressed travelers.” Perhaps in the travel industry that is a common term, but it was new to me. And it felt appropriate after 2 hard days of travel.

That experience was, for me, something of a metaphor for life. We are pilgrims in this world, traveling to a heavenly home that will be beyond description. Along the way, however, the cares and burdens of the journey can rob us of our hope and joy. We become distressed travelers in desperate need of encouragement and refreshment. The Lord calls to weary pilgrims like us, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28). Only He can give us rest for our souls to strengthen us for the road ahead.

Are you distressed in your journey? Lean on Him! His love and care are there to restore your heart. 

Strength and courage for the weary,
God’s own hand to guide each day—
This and more is for the asking
When we meditate and pray. —Anon.

As you travel life’s weary road, let Jesus lift your heavy load.

Bible in One Year:   Psalms 107-109; 1 Corinthians 4

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy ConorMacNessa! WOO HOO!

SECOND!!

[Randy Larsen]

WHHAAATT!??!