Grandpa's Chocolate-Rum Cake
Mousse Frosting
This recipe goes with Grandpa's Chocolate-Rum Cake
2 cups whipping cream
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup dark rum
Beat whipping cream until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar and next 3 ingredients, beating until blended. Add rum; beat until thick and smooth.
Yield: 3 3/4 cups
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION:
[img]der Brucer[/left]
He's hinting he wants me to try baking, kids.
As for the mousse, isn't having me work out how to cook goose and deer enough game for one season?
Nice to meet you all.
I’ve lurked for a few months and enjoyed all your posts but I thought I might as well say hello. And on this very special day, would like to say
-Do I sense some C.C. Brown's Hot Fudge somewhere on today's menu? Or at least a Pounded Steak?
My BK question of the day (for BK and everyone)...why, oh why, do people put toilets in their front yard and used them as planters??? I just don't understand it!
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-Do I sense some C.C. Brown's Hot Fudge somewhere on today's menu? Or at least a Pounded Steak?
Is nobody gong to touch this line??
There's a quote I need to get right.
It goes something like this: It was said of Richard Rodgers that he pissed melody.
What's the actual quote and who said it? I have a feeling it might have been Noel Coward, but it doesn't sound like a very Cowardian thing to say.
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Who do I have to blank to wish Bruce a good blank?
Noel Coward once said that Daddy just "pissed melody." That doesn't mean that a lot of thought didn't go into his songs, however.
My BK question of the day (for BK and everyone)...why, oh why, do people put toilets in their front yard and used them as planters??? I just don't understand it!
I just spent two hours writing up about my theatre trip. When I posted, it said my message was too long and to go back and shorten it. When I went back to do try. It was gone....
Is nobody going to touch this line??
Well, I was watching Season 5 of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" over the weekend, and in each episode, somone (and more than one someone) pounded a stake!
My BK question of the day (for BK and everyone)...why, oh why, do people put toilets in their front yard and used them as planters??? I just don't understand it!
Nice to meet you all.
I’ve lurked for a few months and enjoyed all your posts but I thought I might as well say hello. And on this very special day, would like to say
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR BK !
From Tokyo with Love,
PS: Did you ever try to throw out an old toilet?
Exactly...if I had read further before replying to the original post, I'd have spared all of you some terrible attempts at humor!
Is there no God? LOL, DRRLP! ;D
My BK question of the day (for BK and everyone)...why, oh why, do people put toilets in their front yard and used them as planters??? I just don't understand it!
I do believe I am going to buy myself a digital camera...does anyone have any recommendations?
a belated welcome to DRvixmom.
Thank you! I am glad to be here
My question: how do people like having Dec. birthdays so close to Christmas, Chanukah, or whatever winter holidays you celebrate?
VIXMOM - my mother's birthday is also on Christmas day....
Well, DR's - in Indiana, a Shelby County Elementary School has banned ALL peanut products from its building. No student may bring a peanut butter sandwich to school for lunch. ONE student is allergic to peanuts. His classroom had been declared a "No peanut" zone, and precautions were taken in the cafeteria for said student, BUT his parents would NOT accept that as "enough." So ALL students must now accommodate this ONE student's "rights."
A peanut allergy is terrible, I have friends who might die if they eat anything with any type of peanut product in it.....but they don't make ME stop eating peanut butter.
Let's ban Rap too while we're at it, I think perhaps my rights are being violated by being forced to hear sounds unpleasent to my ears...
I have a Kodak EasyShare camera. it is very easy to use and very easy to hook up to the puter and print etc. It includes all the software you need to crop, correct redeye nd other picture problems or to convert to black & white, or cartoon version or other little fun features. The sioftware also includes a link to make emailing the pictures very easy. I have had mine for two years so it is only a 2.0 megapixal. My husband just got a 3.1 megapixel (also Kodak Easy Share) and his enlargements are much nicer than mine. Two of the ladies in my office also have Kodak Easyshares , one is a 4.0 and the other a 5.0. The differences in the clarity really are noticable. We all love how easy they are to use. I would definitely recommend the Kodak Easy Share in the highest megapixel you can afford.
;D
Well, DR's - in Indiana, a Shelby County Elementary School has banned ALL peanut products from its building. No student may bring a peanut butter sandwich to school for lunch. ONE student is allergic to peanuts. His classroom had been declared a "No peanut" zone, and precautions were taken in the cafeteria for said student, BUT his parents would NOT accept that as "enough." So ALL students must now accommodate this ONE student's "rights."
Well, DR's - in Indiana, a Shelby County Elementary School has banned ALL peanut products from its building. No student may bring a peanut butter sandwich to school for lunch. ONE student is allergic to peanuts. His classroom had been declared a "No peanut" zone, and precautions were taken in the cafeteria for said student, BUT his parents would NOT accept that as "enough." So ALL students must now accommodate this ONE student's "rights."
Welcome Hisaka. It is lovely to have another non North American resident here. I hope you feel comfortable here and post regularly.
I don't know which is worse, the kid's asshole and arrogant parents or the schook for capitulating to them.
Do you have an address for those parents? We should send them a jar of Peter Pan or Shedds, maybe a case.
How about trained pigeons dive bombing the school yard with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
der always-thinking-ahead Brucer
[move=up,scroll,8,transparent,100%]Happy, Happy Birthday, Bruce.[/move]
If you come to Portland to promote Writer's Block, Betsy will bake you the most yummilicious homemade chocolate cake (not to be confused with the yummilicious chocolate zucchini cake she made for the HHW gettogether, though she could make that, too) you have ever tasted--guaranteed. It is a combination of her family's secret from-scratch cake recipe combined with my late mother's secret from-scratch frosting recipe and it is not to be believed.
Is there ANY nutritional value to peanut butter? Any that isn't negated by saturated fats???
Not that this should have anything to do with the question at hand, but it's not like they're banning One-A-Day mulitple vitamins.
My brother's birthday IS Christmas The poor kid never got a birthday party and always got jipped on the prezzies as one gift would have two cards, one for Christmas and one for his bd.
In my adult years I gave attempted to make uop for the past by getting him more extravagent gifts than the rest of the folks get, (DVD vs sweater for instance when a DVD was in the $100's for example)
MBarnum, Canon Power Shot S410 Digital ELPH 4.0 Mega Pixels with a zoom lens 3x.
Girl Suspended for Bringing Jell-O Shots to School
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
NEW ORLEANS — An 8-year-old girl was suspended for nine days for bringing to school what appeared to be about 30 "Jell-O shots" — though it was unclear whether they contained alcohol.
The incident occurred Nov. 29, as the girl stood after classes outside Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School
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The gelatin was turned over to the sheriff's department for testing to see if it contained alcohol.
The girl was suspended for violating school rules against possessing or trying to distribute a "lookalike," or something that appears to contain drugs or alcohol.
Under the lookalike rule, the girl's suspension will stand no matter what the sheriff's department finds.
"The school system's position is, it doesn't matter if it had alcohol in it or not," Nowakowski said.
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The mother must also allow school officials to test her daughter's hair for signs of drug use, Nowakowski said.
Very much like peanut butter in texture and somewhat like peanut butter in taste, soynut butter is delicious in its own right. It works perfectly in all recipes calling for peanut butter including the classic sandwich with jelly and of course Elvis' favorite sandwich with banana. Soynut butter has less fat than peanut butter and perfect for those with nut allergies. It has a high level of soy protein, since it is made from ground, roasted soybeans blended with soyoil, and seasonings such as salt. The final product has a nutty flavor akin to peanut butter and is made in both smooth and crunchy styles
Actually, RLP, One-A-Day vitamins are alrady banned in schools; at least they are in Washington State schools. No pills of any kind are allowed to be brought on to school grounds including aspirin, No-Doz, and vitamins.
The one story that amazed me today was the 11-year old who was kicked out of school for ten days because she brought Jell-O to school in the shape of Jell-O shooters -- even though these contained no alcohol.
As TCB rumored and the AP (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140825,00.html) reports:Lets see, if junior goes to school with a "lookalike" peanut butter sandwich, will his parents be jailed and the kids urine tested for asparagus consumption?
And, yes, Virginia, you can make "lookalike" peanut butter sandwiches:
SoyNut Butter (http://www.thesoydailyclub.com/groceries/SoynutButterAisle.asp):der trouble-making Brucer
I am going to want to be able to have the pictures printed out (after all I don't have enough boxes full of family photos that have never seen the inside of a picture album!LOL!) as well as for HHW posting purposes!
Is Nutter Butter made with peanuts?(http://www.bewarethecheese.com/nutterbutter.jpg)
My take on the peanut butter thing is that the school does not want to be responsible for this kid inadvertently eating someone's peaunt butter sandwich and croaking...and the parent's don't want to take the chance that some kid might feed a peanut butter sandwich to this kid just to see what might happen (which is not unlikely to happen)...so the solution is obvious...
I don't particularly care for sushi, in fact, I loathe it. I think in my honor all sushi places should be shuttered so I will not be sickened by the sight of watching people eat beautifully presented bait.
Let's ban Rap too while we're at it, I think perhaps my rights are being violated by being forced to hear sounds unpleasent to my ears...
Thanks DerBrucer, I would want one with that there removable photo card, I think!
Panni does your's have a removable card?
PS: Did you ever try to throw out an old toilet?Have you ever tried to pick up an old toilet? Much less give one the old heave-ho!
Have you ever tried to pick up an old toilet? Much less give one the old heave-ho!
(Which reminds me, der B: One of these days we'll have to tell everyone the story of how we met... ::))
DR NOEL - I did find one more source for the quote, and it is a bit more elegant.This has to have been from the time Rodgers and Hammerstein were writing Pipe Dream.
Noel Coward once said of Richard Rodgers: "When he pisses, melody comes out."
Jane, Keith can come live with me and we'll ship Betsy off to live with you. Betsy can walk into an immaculate room and within seconds it is complete and utter chaos, from a clutter standpoint, anyway. ;)
Happy Birthday, Bruce! Best wishes, happy returns, etc. (pronounced "etz," dontcha know :) )
Just heard that Dick Clark had a stroke today :'(
Welcome, DR Vixmom, and congratulations on getting into the snarky stride of things here at HHW! All within your first ten posts! ;)
Also, bienvenue to DR Hisaka!
DR derBrucer - that photo-shopped poster is an insult to Miss Allison Hayes and her fame as the one, the only, 50 Foot Woman!
I am appalled.....as Eulalie McKechnie Shinn would say.
MB - also you can check the cameras that have been suggested at www.epinions.com and get other users opinions and prices and technical details if you like.
Dick Clark had a stroke? How can they tell?
Did I hear correctly that tonight is the last new episode of LOST? I may have dreamed it.....
Just heard that Dick Clark had a stroke today :'(
I got Son of Godzilla today, along with two new Criterions - M and DeMille's King of Kings.
Sandra your paper sounds interesting. I wonder if any of my family names are part of your study. Is Sankey one of them?
For long posts, you can also just highlight your text and right click on "copy". It definitely makes you feel more comfortable when typing something long!
In some instances, it has been confused with "sionnach," meaning "fox," and has been Anglicized as the last name Fox.
Was the soundtrack of "Night and Day" ever released on record (or CD). Just had a phone call about it.. Who sang "Begin the Beguine" in the film. I know the DVD is available now.
Thanks Prince Elmore
Wonderful news, DRMBARNUM.
...that I a goofing off, or about the AIP DVDs? LOL!
elmore seems I’m not a fox but I might be holy, ;D
I should be working, but instead I seem to be goofing off 8)
Isn't that a coffee?
Request time.
Was the soundtrack of "Night and Day" ever released on record (or CD). Just had a phone call about it.. Who sang "Begin the Beguine" in the film. I know the DVD is available now.
I am listening to an import CD of Tito Guizar. I just love him (he was wonderful in BLONDIE GOES LATIN).
Any DRs have an opinion of this singer?
Good moving up the amazon vibes.
Thanks Panni. That was in the past because I had very nice birthday right here on HHW. :)
George I have been having fun with your ctrl-A suggestion. :D
DRGEORGE sounds like he is on the Manhattan Project!
Thank God for my Friends.[/b]
Thank God for my Family.
And I thank God for my Friends that have become my Family.
DtM-sorry your niece wants to marry an oaf.
But, God, can we talk about the oaf that my niece wants to marry...
This is a question for our musician out there.
Let's you're arranging and/or arranging Jacques Brel' Carousel and you musical quote Richard Rodgers' Carousel (Which I don't know if it is a good idea or not) but does one also pay royalities to the Rodgers estate?
Thanks to the wonderful suggestions from various HHWers I have now purchased my first digital camera!! Woohoo! I bought the Kodak EasyShare CX7430. It has 4.0 mp, 3X zoom, and a bunch of other stuff that I don't have the foggiest knowledge of! LOL! But I think it will be a good camera for me! Thanks all!
This picture actually is a tender love story, punctuated with intricately choreographed scenes of action and violence.
Aren't all tender love stories punctuated that way? ;D
DtM-sorry your niece wants to marry an oaf.
Other than onc strip what is the difference with two and three strip technicolor
Betty Hutton Night on TCM. Rerun of the marvelous interview and then ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK, AND PERILS OF PAULINE!
My question: how do people like having Dec. birthdays so close to Christmas, Chanukah, or whatever winter holidays you celebrate?
Love Gerry. Can you send me the names of the mystery stores in DC and I'll have Marcy the Marketing Lady get in touch with them.