"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sun 14 Aug 2005 02:28:37p, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>> On Sun 14 Aug 2005 04:21:02a, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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 *¿*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, Wayne! I wasn't knocking you.... Just the idea of a so called
>>>>>> "restaurant" serving something like this!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> MoM
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, I know. Seems odd, doesn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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>>>> Not odd. Disgusting!
>>>> MoM
>>>
>>> LOL! I understand, but there are probably a fair number of people who
>>> may not have had the real thing and would find this combination to
>>> their tastes. They're really two quite different desserts sharing a
>>> name, if not accurate for one. As I've said, I personally would not
>>> like it and I know you would not.
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>>> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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>> Actually, that may not be true. If I was warned in advance what it
>> contained and it wasn't called Millefeuille, I might like it.
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>> But if I was served it as Millefeuille, I would be very disappointed.
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>> MoM
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> Well, sorry if I misread. I say I know that I would not because I'm not
> overly fond of graham crackers and have never liked vanilla pudding.
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> Wayne Boatwright *¿*

You may not have misread.... after all, I'm a woman! ;- D

MoM