posted on September 18, 2001 09:51:19 PM new
What a YUMMY thread!
Let's see, off the top of my head, some of my favs include:
Macadamia Nut Pie
Hula Pie
Mud Pie
Cream Puffs
Warm homemade fudge
Oh! And I just the other night made a batch of donuts for my poor deprived son... rolled them in cinnamon sugar... mmm mmm good! We don't have any donut shops here. Bakeries but no donut shops.
posted on September 18, 2001 10:06:52 PM new
I really love a Japanese pastry called manju. Strangely enough, it is made with lima beans (but doesn't taste like them). I prefer the white bean filling over the red bean filling because it is smooth (red bean filling is "chunky". But it must be fresh or the outer layer gets tough, so I never buy the pre-packaged stuff. Little Tokyo in L.A. has a great Japanese bakery that sells it.
Right now I am devouring a treat I only allow myself about once a year (because of salt content): Chinese preserved plums/prunes called Li Hing Mui. They are preserved with salt, sugar & licorice and are totally addicting.
edited to include name of plum/prunes.
[ edited by bunnicula on Sep 18, 2001 11:06 PM ]
posted on September 19, 2001 12:57:20 AM new
What do I do when there are no sweets in the house? A PB&J or a bowl of whatever sweet cereal the kitten favors for the week. If I must absolutely *have* to have a yummy, I open a tub of cake frosting and use crackers to dip out the frosting.
Granny Cat used to make a dessert she called "Cherry Delight" that I could eat right out of the pan(I would pause long enough to grab a spoon, though). Cracker crust, a layer of meringue, a can of cherry pie filling spread over the meringue, and a top layer of whipped cream. YUMMY!
posted on September 19, 2001 03:37:55 AM new
Cheesecake with a graham cracker crust and NO fruit, chocolate anything, and ... (y'all are gonna think I'm crazy) ... that new Total cereal that's "brown sugar and oat" flavored. That stuff is GOOD!
And it's got vitamins in it, see, so I can eat a candy bar afterwards and the candy bar don't count! hee hee
posted on September 19, 2001 05:36:03 AM new
My moms flan or my moms cheese cake.
hmmmmm.....
followed closely by snickerdoodles that my mom taught me to make.
Haagen Dasz's strawberry cheesecake ice cream or ben & jerry's half baked or b&j's Dilbert's World Totally Nuts.
posted on September 19, 2001 02:58:01 PM newgravid - I'm with ya about the freestone peaches.....HEAVENLY! And the smell of fresh peaches...Yum Yum Yummy!
Other favs:
Cheesecake from Junior's in Brooklyn.
Fresh doughnuts from just about anywhere!
I'm currently on this kick eating Zone Perfect Chocolate Mint Soy Protein Bars...They taste so incredible and are very nutrient dense with about 1/3 the grams of sugar that an ultra slimfast has. But the main thing is they taste soooooo good!
. But it must be fresh or the outer layer gets tough, so I never buy the pre-packaged stuff. Little Tokyo in L.A. has a great Japanese bakery that sells it.
