On 7/16/2011 1:53 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Jul 15, 8:42 pm, > wrote:
>> On Jul 15, 10:31 pm, > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 7/15/2011 11:12 PM, Bryan wrote:
>>
>>>> On Jul 15, 10:02 pm, > wrote:
>>>>> On 7/15/2011 6:21 AM, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Marty wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>>>>>>> Cheryl wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>> Here are your ingredients. You have a whole pantry to use to create a
>>>>>>>>> dessert with your mandatory ingredients. What would you make?
>>
>>>>>>>>> pita bread
>>>>>>>>> a bottle of Starbucks frappuccino
>>>>>>>>> honey mentholated cough drops
>>>>>>>>> sour cream
>>
>>>>>>>> The cough drops are the trickiest ingredient. I'd melt them down with
>>>>>>>> water and honey to make a honey-menthol syrup, which I'd then use to
>>>>>>>> make Italian meringues (Beat egg whites until nearly stiff; drizzle
>>>>>>>> boiling-hot syrup in while continuing to beat until glossy. Dollop or
>>>>>>>> pipe onto parchment and bake until lightly toasted.)
>>
>>>>>>>> I'd blend the pita bread in a food processor with brown sugar, egg
>>>>>>>> yolks, sour cream, and baking soda. Form into thin cookies and bake
>>>>>>>> at 350F until lightly browned.
>>
>>>>>>>> I'd cook the frappuccino with cornstarch to make pudding. When
>>>>>>>> thickened, I'd remove from the heat and add Frangelico and orange
>>>>>>>> extract.
>>>>>>>> I'd tie it all together by making a chocolate syrup (corn syrup,
>>>>>>>> Dutch-processed cocoa powder, sugar, and butter) to drizzle over
>>>>>>>> everything on the plate.
>>
>>>>>>>> Bob
>>
>>>>>>> She forgot to mention you've got twenty minutes.
>>>>>>> ;-)
>>
>>>>>> How fast does the oven preheat? :-) It would only take about five minutes to
>>>>>> get the cookies onto the cookie sheet. The time-consuming things would be
>>>>>> melting the cough drops and cooking the pudding; everything else is pretty
>>>>>> quick. The meringues can be cooked in the residual heat from the brown-sugar
>>>>>> cookies. The game plan would be:
>>
>>>>>> 1. Put water, honey, and cough drops into a pan and start heating.
>>>>>> 2. Separate eggs.
>>>>>> 3. Start heating frappuccino.
>>>>>> 4. Prepare cookie sheets.
>>>>>> 5. Make pita cookie dough, put onto cookie sheet and into oven.
>>>>>> 6. Make chocolate syrup
>>>>>> 7. Cough drops should have melted by now, so make Italian meringue; dollop
>>>>>> onto prepared cookie sheet.
>>>>>> 8. Make thick heavy-cream and cornstarch slurry; stir into frappuccino,
>>>>>> bring to boil. As soon as the mixture starts boiling (which shouldn't be
>>>>>> long), remove from heat, add Frangelico and orange extract, dispense into
>>>>>> serving dishes, and start chilling. (It's okay if the pudding is still warm
>>>>>> when it's served.)
>>>>>> 9. Remove pita cookies from oven, put meringues into oven, and turn oven
>>>>>> off.
>>>>>> 10. Plate pita cookies and pudding.
>>>>>> 11. Remove meringues from oven and put onto plates.
>>>>>> 12. Drizzle chocolate syrup over everything.
>>
>>>>>> Would that take less than 20 minutes? POSSIBLY. I don't know for sure.
>>
>>>>> I like the sound of it actually! Ironically I picked up a bottle of
>>>>> Frangelico tonight for a sweet buzz.
>>
>>>> Liqueurs are nice for flavoring desserts. Honey mentholated cough
>>>> drops are nasty though. Nothing good is going to result from using
>>>> them in any recipe.
>>
>>>> --Bryan
>>
>>> You do realize it was a parody, right?
>>
>> People on here make some nasty stuff sometimes, and I've heard some
>> awful concoctions on The Splendid Table's version of that type of
>> challenge. Barb had the most correct--and by far the cleverest--
>> answer.
>>
>> --Bryan
>
> The OP was in the spirit of the tv show. If you don't want to play,
> don't criticize those who do. It was a fun
> challenge idea.

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