A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-27-02

Billie

[dansangel]

With my pleasure, family and great food, is the things memories are made from

And it doesn't get any better than that!

Thank-you for the happiness that you've brought to FR....may God Bless you and your family abundantly.

[carlo3b]

I'll have to stick with the usual dinner.

Oh my, no Turkey, but what is a typical holiday dinner in the Netherlands?

I am in love with Dutch baking, and someone sent me this great recipe for Christmas. It's is wonderful...

Kerstkrans
(Christmas Ring)  Ingredients:
Puff pastry:

• 1 cup of flour
• ½ cup butter or margarine
• water to mix
• salt

For the filling= Almond paste :

• 3/4 cup shelled blanched and peeled almonds
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• the peel of 1 lemon
• 5 candied cherries

To decorate :
Thin lemon icing

• apricot preserve
• candied red and green cherries
• candied orange peel
• candied lemon peel
• a red ribbon, holly

Instructions:
Make the filling preferably at least 1 month in advance. Store in jar.

Grind the almonds very finely, add the sugar and the egg, also the grated peel. Mix well. Grind again. Store. When necessary knead through and add some water if paste is too stiff. Make the puff-pastry your favorite way. Roll out into long strip of 1/8 inch (4mm) thick, 4 inch (10 cm) wide. Brush your baking tray with water. Take a pan cover that will nearly fit the baking tray. Put it in the middle and trace the circumference, this will guide you when forming the ring. Shape almond paste into roll of nearly the same length. Press 10 halved candied cherries at equal intervals into the almond paste roll. They must not be visible any more. Now place the almond roll on the dough, a little above the center.

Wet the lower part of the dough with water and wrap it loosely around the almond paste roll. Put it on the baking tray : the 'ring' will guide you. Seal the join well and turn the roll until the join faces down. Form a ring by joining the two ends together with some water. Brush with beaten egg. Allow to stand for 15 minutes in a hot oven (450 degrees Fahrenheit) until golden brown. When done, coat the ring thinly with preserve and when still HOT, coat with thin icing (with a few drops of lemon juice). Cool. When firm, take from the tray and cool on wire rack. Decorate with halved candied cherries, orange peel and lemon peel cut in leaf shapes. Tie a ribbon around the ring where the two ends meet and decorate with holly.

[lodwick]

Gran's pic is great enough to get everyone looking for a home on a canal - myself included. ;-)

[stanz]

Well, chef, ya made it big this time.....I'm still waiting for you to come to New York...my recipe file needs an update and I need a date for Le Cirque!
Carlo has been one of my food buddies at FR. He sends me meatless recipes even though it breaks his little pea-pickin' heart.
Congrats to you on making to the "Big Time". You well deserve it.

Happy Thanksgiving (I'm using your meatless gravy recipe again.)

[ST.LOUIE1]

Congratulations, Carlo! Your bio is truly....

Enjoy your day, Carlo!

[carlo3b]

Mornin sweetheart, I need a date for Le Cirque!

Brushing up the ole TUX, can't pass up a date with an angel... Happy Holiday my dear friend...wink!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Good morning, BillieBlue! : )

Excellent!!!!

[Mo1]

Carlo3b .. Where have you been all my life!!!

The first turkey I ever made took about 16 hours to cook .. No one told me I was suppose to let it defrost first .. LOL

CONGRATS ON BEING FR's FINEST!!!!

Morning Billie and thank you for this wonderful thread

[ru4liberty]

Aqua, I remember that he received my recipes as though they were from a chef at Le Cordon Bleu. Very gracious, don't you think?

[Mudboy Slim]

Congrats to Carlo3b fer bein' FReeper's Finest fer the Day... YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

"Shan't Git Fooled Again"
(To be sung to The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again")

We'll enlighten all we meet...
Fer our children, we shall FReep...
Truth and Morals that We Worship Shall Live On!!
'Tis Clinton who spurs us on...
Lib'ral Judgement is all Wrong...
Medyuh LIES, but the Sheeple shall catch on!!

We'll re-enforce Nation's Ol' Constitution...
Devolve Power...The Great Devolution...
Laugh and sing and take Slick Willie down!!
Listen to what Limbaugh's sayin'...
Gotta do more than pray!!
Folks, we'll rise to our feet and sing...
"We Shan't Git Fooled Again!!!"...No NO!!

We'll raise our voice fer our Country with pride...
Ain't gonna listen to Left's Med'yuh jive!!
We'll wake all the Sheeple and smite all Left's spies!!
Folks, you know that RATS' Chi-Com spies always lie...don'tcha?!!

(Kewl synthesizer/guitar combo...maybe a li'l MUD on harp...LOL!!)

YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

FReepers, hit the streets...educate everyone you meet...
Lib'rals' "programs" we'll erase...by and by!!
And the SLAUGHTER of the Left...means momentum for the Right...
Sheeples' fears shall melt away before our sight!!

Right'll re-enforce our Ol' Constitution...
Reject Lib'rals' Socialist "solutions"!!
Smile and grin at the change all around...)8^D!!
Pick up my ol' harp and sing...ain't like yesterday...
Folks, we'll take to streets and scream...
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

Meet Right's New Hoss...his name's George Dubyuh!!

Mudboy Slim

Anybody know how to play this on the synthesizer?! I'm practicin' my Roger Daultrey...

FReegards...MUD

[Mo1]

Just in case I don't get a chance later .. I wanted to wish Y'all a very

[jwfiv]

Good morning to you hostess-chefettes, whatta cute picture...little JH2 seems curiously pleased with himself, surrounded by such bounty and beauty.

Carlo3b, very pleased to say hello to you, and to have a chance to say thank you for the tributes to Angelique...I remember bawlin' while reading the "Remembering " thread.

True chefs are artists, and it sure seems to me you've got the knack.

May this day before Thanksgiving be joyful and filled with good cheer for all Freepres.

[The Thin Man]

Congratulations, Carlo! What a remarkable profile with quite a list of accomplishments.

Hope you enjoy your day in the spotlight.

[The Thin Man]

Wake up sleepy head! Rise and shine!

[Mudboy Slim]

"Kosovo Slaughter"
(To be sung to Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water")

Yugoslavs thought they were sovereign...
Forgot 'bout that New World Order...
'Cuz NATO wanted a li'l more Power...
And Clinton's motives were VILE!!
Yeah, Slick Willie had a problem...
His Impeachment was bringin' him down...
Said, "Networks need 'em a story...
I'll bomb them Serbs outta town!!!"

Kosovo Slaughter...Death rainin' from the sky!!
Innocents slaughtered!!

Slick burned down that Waco House...
Kids FRIED!! What an Evil Sound...
In Viet Nam, Slick LIED and chickened out...
Now, Bill LOVES puttin' kids underground!!
When it all was over...
Them Sheeple, they knew their place!!
But Slick's time is runnin' out...
SEEK JUSTICE...Slick must be DISGRACED!!!

Vile Waco Slaughter...small children, they did fry!!
Innocence slaughtered...

(Excellent guitar jammin')

We FReeped Slick up on Capitol Hill...
Slick's heart's empty, cold, and hard!!
Yes, we'll keep FReepin'...we must not stop!!
Left's just not Right!! The Righteous the Left doth fear!!
It's a worthwhile fight...gotta use our heads (UNNNHHH!!)
Truth's gonna save the day...
No matter what...Bill will feel Justice!!
We know...Slick knows...FReepers never forget!!

Kosovo Slaughter...Death rainin' from the sky!!!
Dethrone the TYRANT!!

FReegards...MUD

99 posted on 11/16/2001 4:22 PM EST by Mudboy Slim

[jellybean]

I don't want to sound like I'm compalaining or whining, but I'm unable to read this thread beyond post #3. I would simply like to request that those who post graphics please add the height and width attributes to your images. This tells the browser how much space to reserve for the image and allows the rest of the page to load even if the image itself hasn't yet. It's very easy to do and requires typing only a little more code.

<img src="http://www.zyworld.com/jelibn2/chef.gif" width=100 height=100>

Please be considerate to those of us with a slow connection. I really wanted to read this thread, but you've locked me out.

Did I get it right, mich?

Sorry for the rant. It's just very frustrating. I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

[Billie]

Good morning!

To my hostesses, I need to apologize - I 'preach' to always include the width and height in the graphics, and I forgot to do that in several of the graphics in today's thread. : (

[Billie]

Good morning, Amy - I'm glad to see you today.

[Billie]

Hi, ru - I know it was past my bedtime. :) But I also had an idea if I DIDN'T get this thread up at midnight last night, it would be VERY late before I had a chance this morning. I was right - look at the time! : (

[lodwick]