tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18060187.post116226298013027089..comments2023-09-22T01:05:35.240-04:00Comments on Poodlevania: Pantry Raid!Poodlebugzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081585495748471838noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18060187.post-1162557899836393542006-11-03T07:44:00.000-05:002006-11-03T07:44:00.000-05:00My from-scratch mayo did not taste any better than...My from-scratch mayo did not taste any better than Hellman's. I had high hopes that "real" mayonnaise would somehow transcend the mayonnaise in a jar, but it wasn't happening. It was a nice little experiment, but from now on, I'll be opening the Hellman's, thank you very much.Poodlebugzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081585495748471838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18060187.post-1162304350132924812006-10-31T09:19:00.000-05:002006-10-31T09:19:00.000-05:00Congrats on doing decent poached eggs! I've tried...Congrats on doing decent poached eggs! I've tried them a couple of times for Eggs Benedict on New Years Day (cooking while the Rose Parade is on), but they always turn out loose and feathery. Edible but not beautiful.<BR/><BR/>I make very decent Hollandaise sauce (Joy of Cooking), but I have never tried making mayo. That's what a jar of Hellman's is for. Does your from-scratch mayo taste really different?<BR/><BR/>I like plain pancakes. I like pancakes with butter. But I really like pancakes with syrup. Which is weird because we had home-made syrup growing up that was barely okay. I'm not talking maple-trees-boil-your-own or anything interesting. I'm talking sugar syrup flavored from a little bottle by my mother. I don't know if this was pre-Mrs. Butterworth or if syrup in a bottle just cost too much for the budget.<BR/><BR/>These days I cut my calories by using Smucker's sugar-free Breakfast Syrup. Notice: they are not allowed to call it "maple" syrup because there's probably no maple tree by-product in there. I use more on my oatmeal than I do on pancakes.<BR/><BR/>I love pancakes but only if I can eat them with greasy bacon. I have a couple of great pancake recipes (lots of buttermilk) and one okay WW-healthy-kinda-pancake recipe that I make when I'm being good.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, now you've got me going. My mother loves banana pancakes. We went to Hawaii with them one time, and my mother was on a Quest. We finally found the BEST banana pancakes in a greasy diner off the main drag in Hilo on the Big Island. An enormous mumu-clad woman was making pancakes on a big flat grill. In one hand was a banana and a wicked looking knife. As she poured out the batter the other hand, the first hand was cutting off chunks of very ripe banana to fall onto the proto-pancakes, snip-snip-snip. Amazingly, she still had all her fingers. Heavenly pancakes.<BR/><BR/>Banquet class sounded like waaaay too much work. I would take it during a semester when that's the only thing you tangle. You are right -- you are an adult and are no longer trapped in school. Go back when the vibes are right.LinChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09113762158392906559noreply@blogger.com