"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sat 13 Aug 2005 04:39:03p, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat 13 Aug 2005 02:06:04p, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Fri 12 Aug 2005 08:22:08p, Carrie Jacques wrote in
>>>>> rec.food.cooking:
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>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is my first post to the group, and I'm hoping someone may be
>>>>>> able to help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My father used to be a manager at Le Biftheque
>>>>>> (http://www.lebiftheque.com) about ten years or so ago, when the
>>>>>> restaurant was in the states (I think they are only in Canada now).
>>>>>> The restaurant has the most wonderful dessert I've ever had, called
>>>>>> Millefeuille. My father cannot remember the recipe for the dessert,
>>>>>> he used to know it by heart but as he's gotten older he can no
>>>>>> longer remember it. His birthday is coming up and I would love to
>>>>>> make it for him, as it was a family favorite of ours when I was
>>>>>> younger.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I remember some things that were in this dessert: it had two layers
>>>>>> of graham crackers (one bottom layer and one on the top), two layers
>>>>>> of a cream or pudding (yellow and white), a top and on top of the
>>>>>> graham crackers on the top there was white icing drizzled with
>>>>>> chocolate. It looks a lot like a Napoleon but this dessert
>>>>>> definitely tasted a lot different and it was much better. I've
>>>>>> tried to wing it, not follow a specific recipe and make it from
>>>>>> memory, but I always fail miserably.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If anyone knows how to make this, I would love to have the recipe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Carrie
>>>>>
>>>>> This seems to be almost exactly what you are looking for.
>>>>>
>>>>> "MILLE FEUILLE"
>>>>> 2 pkgs. vanilla pudding (cook and serve); 1 (6 oz.) and 1 (3.4 oz.)
>>>>> 1 box graham crackers
>>>>> 1 pt. heavy whipping cream
>>>>> 6-8 oz. chocolate chips
>>>>>
>>>>> Layer 9x13 Pyrex dish with graham crackers. Cook pudding according to
>>>>> box directions. Slowly pour pudding over crackers. Cover pudding with
>>>>> graham cracker layer. Beat whipping cream, then cover over graham
>>>>> cracker. Melt chocolate chips, then sprinkle melted chocolate over
>>>>> whipped cream. Chill 1-2 hours before serving.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>>>>>
>>>> What a horrible murder of a wonderful pastry! Mille-feuilles are made
>>>> with puff pastry.
>>>>
>>>> Mille-feuilles are a type of pastry consisting of two thin sheets of
>>>> pastry laid on top of each other like a sandwich with jam and cream
>>>> spread on the inside and a thin layer of icing (usually lemon icing)
>>>> on top.
>>>>
>>>> The word mille-feuille means thousand leaves in French
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>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, Helen, I know all of that, and I agree. I was just trying to give
>>> the OP what she was seeking.
>>>
>>> I have eaten and made the original kind and love it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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>> Oh, Wayne! I wasn't knocking you.... Just the idea of a so called
>> "restaurant" serving something like this!
>>
>> MoM
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> Oh, I know. Seems odd, doesn't it?
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> Wayne Boatwright *¿*

Not odd. Disgusting!
MoM