[Sca-cooks] Testing ...
Susan Fox
selene at earthlink.net
Wed Dec 17 09:42:57 PST 2008
Jennifer Carlson wrote:
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> I had to make a dash to the store for rosewater and saffron, and my Middle Eastern grocer gave me a look, since I usually buy only yogurt, olive oil and nuts from him. I explained what I needed the rosewater and saffron for and gave him the recipe. He got the same look on his face that Anton Ego did when he took the first bite of ratatouille. “Those people knew how to eat,” he said.
Don't you just love that? They think you are some kind of anglo [or
whatever, not-us] whackjob, then they find out that you actually know
what you are doing and suddenly they accept you.
My local Persian storekeeper is happy to sell me the *good* saffron
now. I'm still working on that sort of thing at my local Korean
grocery. Man, they are hard to convince! Yes, I really do want that
ingredient.
My big baking push is this weekend for the Christmas Day for Jews,
Orphans and Heathens. Fruited spicebreads [spiked and unspiked], cutout
cookies. Also, a strictly NON Christmasy birthday cake for a gentleman
friend with the unfortunate birthday of 24 December. Probably his
favorite, classic German Chocolate Cake with extra coconut filling.
I think I need an extra hand or three, any locals with a hankering for
baking, come on down, take home goodies too. It's as easy to make four
cakes as it is to make two.
Selene
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