Weekly Cooking (and related issues) Thread

[CottonBall]

thanks!

[leaning conservative]

I bought a bag of the soft frosted molasses cookies & they were sooo good. I got a bag of the wedding cakes, yuck.......too too sweet & tasted of chemicals. I think it’s funny & in turn sad that when you called they told you they were using healthier ingredients. How stupid, no one buys archway cookies for health reasons!

[Jamestown1630]

I buy them to throw crumbs at the birds outside my workplace. They love the oatmeal ones ;-)

-JT

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you for supporting the birdies!

[cherry]

I’m going to try that recipe...sounds great.

[cherry]

we live in eastern Washington and my bil is from the Duckhobor clan....

[kalee]

Exactly what I said to the customer rep. lol Who buys healthy cookies?!?!?!? They are a treat!

[Jamestown1630]

I feel like a mobile vending machine. They now follow me everywhere when I walk outside, and even recognize my car when my husband drops me off in the morning ;-)

[Jamestown1630]

They’re addictive. I hadn’t had one in a while, but writing this post was infectious; I’ve had three since Wednesday ;-)

-JT

[Liz]

Texas convenience store and truck stop purchases. Found the make-at-
home recipe on a cute retro recipe website recipecurio.com which was
featured in a Texas magazine. Nice use for individual recycled pot pie tins.

PEANUT PATTIES / Original Recipe Clipping

ING 2 1/2 cups raw peanuts 3 cups sugar 1 cup water 1 cup white Karo 1/2 stick margarine Dash of salt

Lightly grease small aluminum pans (the kind pot pies come in) or cookie sheets. Cook the first four ingredients together until the mixture forms a firm ball in cold water. Remove from heat and add butter and salt. Beat until it begins to turn creamy. Drop by tablespoons into pans or onto cookie sheets.

Let set until firm.

[leaning conservative]

That is incredibly adorable. ; )

[Jamestown1630]

It’s really bizarre. I’ve been feeding them for several years, so they really know me now. Last year, someone ploughed into the back of our car, and it was in the shop for a long time. At that time I had cultivated a mockingbird who would come when I called, to get a treat.

I was taking cabs to work for a while, and the first morning I rode up to my workplace in the cab, I opened the door to get out, and when I stood up, that mockingbird was already on the roof of the cab, looking at me! Unless mockers have ESP, he had seen and recognized me through the window!

I’ve loved birds all my life, and you learn a lot watching them. They’re just like people, really: there are some who are industrious and bold, and take initiative; there are some who try to live off the work of others; and some who have no gumption either way, and just lose out through timidity ;-)

There’s one male house sparrow who spies me as soon as I come out the door, and lands right at my feet with no fear at all, looking up in anticipation. And a cardinal who is so shy and diffident that he misses out on lots of peanuts. (I’ve gotta work on that guy.)

-JT

[Bellflower]

Sounds yummy! I will have to try to make one or at least find one already made. It so fun to try things totally new.