tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post8843816081795947369..comments2023-10-25T01:08:53.988-07:00Comments on The Undaunted Baker: Love in My Tummymoihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-77324481813993781162009-02-14T08:26:00.000-08:002009-02-14T08:26:00.000-08:00Moi,can I be the first to request a signed copy of...Moi,<BR/>can I be the first to request a signed copy of your new book?<BR/>Happy Saint Valentine's Day!fishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169980377922293950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-9699796276372754692009-02-14T06:37:00.000-08:002009-02-14T06:37:00.000-08:00Troll, Fishy pointed me to a recipe as well, on sm...Troll, Fishy pointed me to a recipe as well, on smittenkitchen.com (awesome site!) that affirms this.<BR/><BR/>Now, this is interesting, because all my culinary history books point to the Waldorf-Astoria as the originator of the Red Velvet Cake. But obviously, its roots are rural, as you point out.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm . . . a book is forming in my mind: Culinary Myths and Legends . . .moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-18637724305242198792009-02-13T15:32:00.000-08:002009-02-13T15:32:00.000-08:00Moi,Beets. Left-over homemade baby-food beet mash,...Moi,<BR/><BR/>Beets. Left-over homemade baby-food beet mash, to be precise.<BR/><BR/>What the babies and young-uns didn't eat during the day got snuck into the men-folk's vittles at night. What the men-folk didn't finish went to the chickens or, if you were rich, pigs. Waste not, want not.<BR/><BR/>That might make a good book for you or Aunty. The many now socially-acceptable (and even expensive) Southern dishes that were borne from poverty and scarcity. <BR/><BR/>I looked it up after Mama chimed in. Southern women-folk also used an inferior type of chocolate in Red-Velvet cake that turned somewhat reddish when baked. The beets made it redder still. But still a much more brownish red than you'd find today as Red-Velvet Cake in a bakery. They mostly use red dye too.hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341805107057968097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-87460322666945602882009-02-13T14:30:00.000-08:002009-02-13T14:30:00.000-08:00Gnome: They ship just fine. I need to remember tha...<B>Gnome</B>: They ship just fine. I need to remember that :o).<BR/><BR/><B>Shamu</B>: Mmmmmmmmmm . . . <BR/><BR/><B>Boxer</B>: I've seen those cupcake towers. AWESOME!<BR/><BR/><B>Aunty</B>: If all love WERE romantic, think about how exhausted we'd all be!<BR/><BR/><B>Troll</B>: 'kay, if food coloring is the Yankee Shortcut, can you ask Mama Troll what isn't? 'Cause I do think it just slightly affects the taste and I'd like an alternative.<BR/><BR/><B>Wendy</B>: What is it some folks say? "Cake is just a carrier for the frosting." Bwahahahahaha! Can't say I disagree.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-76009105023666855772009-02-13T13:13:00.000-08:002009-02-13T13:13:00.000-08:00Please don't hate me, but I am not a cake person. ...Please don't hate me, but I am not a cake person. I will, however, eat off all the icing and leave the cupcake for whoever wants it and my residual DNA.VintagePurseGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726788265397970796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-68405689680795699822009-02-13T13:12:00.000-08:002009-02-13T13:12:00.000-08:00Mama Troll has pronounced food coloring to be a "y...Mama Troll has pronounced food coloring to be a "yankee short-cut". I'm just the messenger.hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341805107057968097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-23831970055750519252009-02-13T12:27:00.000-08:002009-02-13T12:27:00.000-08:00Definitely will give this a whirl--Gnome, phone ho...Definitely will give this a whirl--<BR/><BR/>Gnome, phone home. It's OKAY to celebrate even if it is jes' the idea--all love ain't romantic (Thank God!) an' ya can give yore Mama or Sis a happy call and let'em know youse thinkin' on them...<BR/><BR/>Funny Fishy!<BR/><BR/>I'se wif' Big Shamu--cream cheese icin'...mah most recent cupcakes was pineapple wif pineapple bits in the cream cheese icing....<BR/><BR/>Boxer Babe, wedding cupcakes?<BR/><BR/>Troll-Chef, mercy, even pagans knew what love meant.Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-61496981204726058232009-02-13T09:01:00.000-08:002009-02-13T09:01:00.000-08:00Cupcakes are now the new wedding cake, too.I wish ...Cupcakes are now the new wedding cake, too.<BR/><BR/>I wish I baked, but I still love the pictures and will stop by the store on the 15th to pick up the day-old cupcakes they had out last night.<BR/><BR/>:-)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280822962202098606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-53183921558498938692009-02-13T07:19:00.000-08:002009-02-13T07:19:00.000-08:00I join Fishy in not knowing that the red in red-ve...I join Fishy in not knowing that the red in red-velvet-cake was merely food coloring. And Gnome in disliking this accursed pagan pseudo-holiday.<BR/><BR/>But I salute you for your baking skills and would definately eat one or six of those cup-cakes!hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341805107057968097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-74068651870657057302009-02-13T06:22:00.000-08:002009-02-13T06:22:00.000-08:00Mmmmmmm cream cheese frosting. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM.Mmmmmmm cream cheese frosting. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM.Big Shamuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297361034783510191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-11220122735993130982009-02-13T05:41:00.000-08:002009-02-13T05:41:00.000-08:00Bah Humbug!Wait, that's one of the other holidays ...Bah Humbug!<BR/>Wait, that's one of the other holidays I hate.<BR/><BR/>Cupcakes are good though.Gnomeself Be Truehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113957403673838613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-21834657335050229352009-02-13T05:13:00.000-08:002009-02-13T05:13:00.000-08:00Sugar beets? That's funny! It's okay, hon', no sin...Sugar beets? That's funny! It's okay, hon', no sin in keeping things simple. Or ordering in :o).moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800904667925499288.post-85528185180622749882009-02-12T19:17:00.000-08:002009-02-12T19:17:00.000-08:00See... you make it sound easy. I always thought"Re...See... you make it sound easy. I always thought<BR/>"Red Velvet" cakes got the color and the sweetness from sugar beets. It's probably best i stick to cooking and stay away from baking.<BR/><BR/>I think at the Pond the offerings will be limited to fresh strawberries with real whipped cream.fishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169980377922293950noreply@blogger.com