On Monday, February 11, 2013 1:42:33 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
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> > For bird's-nest pudding, I need to make a hole to put the brown sugar in. Clearly, I don't want the hole to go all the way through. I don't have a regular apple corer, but the ones I've seen at Google Images don't really look any better than my peeler. In short, I can only do it slowly and carefully - with a paring knife if I want enough room. Got any other ideas?
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> Use a corer and go all the way through. Then cut the end of the core
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> and plug it back into the apple.


Ah, brilliant! Thank you.

I just wish it didn't go so well with chilled, sweetened cream.

From "Farmer Boy":

“It takes a great deal to feed a growing boy,” Mother said. And she put a thick slice of bird’s nest pudding on his bare plate, and handed him the pitcher of sweetened cream speckled with nutmeg.

Almanzo poured the heavy cream over the apples nested in the fluffy crust. The syrupy brown juices curled up around the edges of the cream. Almanzo took up his spoon and ate every bit.

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The recipe is in "The Little House Cookbook."

Multiple recipes he

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&t...w=1680&bih=913


Lenona.