I had volunteered to bring snacks to tonight's neighborhood garden club
meeting along with another volunteer. We are co-program chairs this year.

I planned on deviled eggs, smoked salmon and chive cream cheese on party
rye, crackers and cheese, and a rum cake.

All went well until I tried to peel the eggs which I had cooked by the
"surefire" method advised by the Egg Council brochure I read. (Let come
to a boil, cover and remove from heat, let stand 15 minutes (I did 20
min. just to be sure, given the altitude here.) Then run under cold
water to peel. They were too fresh. Not one dang egg white came out
whole and stuffable.

I mashed the whole mess up, added mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, chopped
green onion, and spread it on cut rounds of buttered pumpernickel bread
and trimmed variously with sliced gherkins, fresh dill weed, sliced
stuffed olives, and capers. It makes a pretty platter, at least.

The rum cake is a variant of Melba's Kentucky butter cake. It has rum
in the cake batter, then when it comes out of the (bundt) pan it is
heavily basted with a mixture of melted butter, sugar, and rum. I also
put a cup of chopped pecans on the bottom of the pan before the batter
went in which makes it seem more of a coffee cake. THAT turned out
really well.

Tonight's meeting is a speaker from the county pa5ks dept, speaking
on the topic "Nature as your Neighbor". It should be fun because half
the members will ask how we can get rid of foxes, raccoons, squirrels,
geese, and coyotes in the neighborhood while the other half are dying to
ask when they should be feeding these critters. I'll admit I put out
meat scraps in the back yard because I love to see the foxes come
through, but often my neighbor's outdoor (illegal) cat gets the meat.
I'm waiting for the foxes to get the cat, but they won't till there are
no ducks left in the neighborhood pond.

gloria p

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:57 -0700, Gloria P >
wrote:

>
>I had volunteered to bring snacks to tonight's neighborhood garden club
> meeting along with another volunteer. We are co-program chairs this year.
>
>I planned on deviled eggs, smoked salmon and chive cream cheese on party
>rye, crackers and cheese, and a rum cake.
>
>All went well until I tried to peel the eggs which I had cooked by the
>"surefire" method advised by the Egg Council brochure I read. (Let come
>to a boil, cover and remove from heat, let stand 15 minutes (I did 20
>min. just to be sure, given the altitude here.) Then run under cold
>water to peel. They were too fresh. Not one dang egg white came out
>whole and stuffable.
>
>I mashed the whole mess up, added mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, chopped
>green onion, and spread it on cut rounds of buttered pumpernickel bread
>and trimmed variously with sliced gherkins, fresh dill weed, sliced
>stuffed olives, and capers. It makes a pretty platter, at least.
>
Good save, Gloria. We do our eggs the same way, but we only let them
stand 11 minutes in the hot water. I think D got that from Mark
Bittman. Anyhow, out eggs turn out well. Of course, we're at an
elevation of only ca. 500 feet.

>The rum cake is a variant of Melba's Kentucky butter cake. It has rum
>in the cake batter, then when it comes out of the (bundt) pan it is
>heavily basted with a mixture of melted butter, sugar, and rum. I also
>put a cup of chopped pecans on the bottom of the pan before the batter
>went in which makes it seem more of a coffee cake. THAT turned out
>really well.
>
>Tonight's meeting is a speaker from the county pa5ks dept, speaking
>on the topic "Nature as your Neighbor". It should be fun because half
>the members will ask how we can get rid of foxes, raccoons, squirrels,
>geese, and coyotes in the neighborhood while the other half are dying to
>ask when they should be feeding these critters. I'll admit I put out
>meat scraps in the back yard because I love to see the foxes come
>through, but often my neighbor's outdoor (illegal) cat gets the meat.
>I'm waiting for the foxes to get the cat, but they won't till there are
>no ducks left in the neighborhood pond.

Nature is your neighbor, eh? More like our landlady, I'd say.
--

modom

On Feb 23, 6:02*pm, Gloria P > wrote:
> I had volunteered to bring snacks to tonight's neighborhood garden club
> * meeting along with another volunteer. *We are co-program chairs this year.
>
> I planned on deviled eggs, smoked salmon and chive cream cheese on party
> rye, crackers and cheese, and a rum cake.
>
> All went well until I tried to peel the eggs which I had cooked by the
> "surefire" method advised by the Egg Council brochure I read. *(Let come
> to a boil, cover and remove from heat, let stand 15 minutes (I did 20
> min. just to be sure, given the altitude here.) *Then run under cold
> water to peel. *They were too fresh. *Not one dang egg white came out
> whole and stuffable.
>
> I mashed the whole mess up, added mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, chopped
> green onion, and spread it on cut rounds of buttered pumpernickel bread
> and trimmed variously with sliced gherkins, fresh dill weed, sliced
> stuffed olives, and capers. *It makes a pretty platter, at least.
>
> The rum cake is a variant of Melba's Kentucky butter cake. *It has rum
> in the cake batter, then when it comes out of the (bundt) pan it is
> heavily basted with a mixture of melted butter, sugar, and rum. *I also
> put a cup of chopped pecans on the bottom of the pan before the batter
> went in which makes it seem more of a coffee cake. *THAT turned out
> really well.
>
> Tonight's meeting is a speaker from the county pa5ks dept, speaking
> on the topic "Nature as your Neighbor". *It should be fun because half
> the members will ask how we can get rid of foxes, raccoons, squirrels,
> geese, and coyotes in the neighborhood while the other half are dying to
> ask when they should be feeding these critters. *I'll admit I put out
> meat scraps in the back yard because I love to see the foxes come
> through, but often my neighbor's outdoor (illegal) cat gets the meat.
> I'm waiting for the foxes to get the cat, but they won't till there are
> no ducks left in the neighborhood pond.
>
> gloria p

Sounds like your platter turned out really delicious regardless! A
good cook can be very resourceful when they have to.

Now I want rum cake, too....thanks a lot!

Congrats on your "save".

Kris

"Gloria P" > wrote in message
...
>
> I had volunteered to bring snacks to tonight's neighborhood garden club
> meeting along with another volunteer. We are co-program chairs this year.
>
> I planned on deviled eggs, smoked salmon and chive cream cheese on party
> rye, crackers and cheese, and a rum cake.
>
> All went well until I tried to peel the eggs which I had cooked by the
> "surefire" method advised by the Egg Council brochure I read. (Let come
> to a boil, cover and remove from heat, let stand 15 minutes (I did 20 min.
> just to be sure, given the altitude here.) Then run under cold water to
> peel. They were too fresh. Not one dang egg white came out whole and
> stuffable.
>
> I mashed the whole mess up, added mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, chopped
> green onion, and spread it on cut rounds of buttered pumpernickel bread
> and trimmed variously with sliced gherkins, fresh dill weed, sliced
> stuffed olives, and capers. It makes a pretty platter, at least.

<snip>

SMART!

Good job.

Dimitri

> gloria p

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:02:57 -0700, Gloria P >
wrote:

>
>I had volunteered to bring snacks to tonight's neighborhood garden club
> meeting along with another volunteer. We are co-program chairs this year.
>
>I planned on deviled eggs, smoked salmon and chive cream cheese on party
>rye, crackers and cheese, and a rum cake.
>
>All went well until I tried to peel the eggs which I had cooked by the
>"surefire" method advised by the Egg Council brochure I read. (Let come
>to a boil, cover and remove from heat, let stand 15 minutes (I did 20
>min. just to be sure, given the altitude here.) Then run under cold
>water to peel. They were too fresh. Not one dang egg white came out
>whole and stuffable.
>
>I mashed the whole mess up, added mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, chopped
>green onion, and spread it on cut rounds of buttered pumpernickel bread
>and trimmed variously with sliced gherkins, fresh dill weed, sliced
>stuffed olives, and capers. It makes a pretty platter, at least.

Not a failure, just a change of plans...

"Gloria P" > wrote in message
...
>
> Tonight's meeting is a speaker from the county pa5ks dept, speaking
> on the topic "Nature as your Neighbor". It should be fun because half the
> members will ask how we can get rid of foxes, raccoons, squirrels, geese,
> and coyotes in the neighborhood while the other half are dying to ask when
> they should be feeding these critters. I'll admit I put out
> meat scraps in the back yard because I love to see the foxes come through,
> but often my neighbor's outdoor (illegal) cat gets the meat.
> I'm waiting for the foxes to get the cat, but they won't till there are no
> ducks left in the neighborhood pond.
>
> gloria p

QUIT PUTTING FOOD OUT!!! The animals are wild and should be treated as such.
You do them no favor by feeding them and making them less reliant on their
skill as hunters. I get sooooo ****ed at people like you who think they are
cute little cartoon characters instead of wild animals!!

Dale P

Kajikit wrote:

>> I mashed the whole mess up, added mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, chopped
>> green onion, and spread it on cut rounds of buttered pumpernickel bread
>> and trimmed variously with sliced gherkins, fresh dill weed, sliced
>> stuffed olives, and capers. It makes a pretty platter, at least.
>
> Not a failure, just a change of plans...

My sentiments exactly! The platter was pretty, and people enjoyed eating it.
That's not a failure AT ALL!

Who's going to say, "Oh, I wish your eggs had been less fresh, so you could
have deviled them"?

Bob

>
> All went well until I tried to peel the eggs which I had cooked by the
> "surefire" method advised by the Egg Council brochure I read. *(Let come


How many times have I said this?? The only sure-fire way to peel a
fresh hard-boiled egg is to cook them in a small appliance called an
-- wait for it -- egg cooker! I wouldn't trade mine for anything.
They are under $30, take up very little cupboard space, and last
forever. Mine is from 1962 and I use it a couple times a month. ;-)

N.

"Gloria P" > wrote in message
...
It should be fun because half
> the members will ask how we can get rid of foxes, raccoons, squirrels,
> geese, and coyotes in the neighborhood while the other half are dying to
> ask when they should be feeding these critters. I'll admit I put out
> meat scraps in the back yard because I love to see the foxes come through,
> but often my neighbor's outdoor (illegal) cat gets the meat.
> I'm waiting for the foxes to get the cat, but they won't till there are no
> ducks left in the neighborhood pond.
> > gloria p

What's an illegal cat?
You shouldn't put meat scraps out in your yard, period. Meat scraps attract
vermin, Wait until you get rats.
Foxes , raccoons, possums, etc. can feed themselves without your help, and
if there isn't enough food, they will go away, which is ideal. If you
attract these smaller animals, coyotes will follow, and you do not want
them. I repeat, DO NOT WANT.
If your neighbor is irresponsible enough to let the cat out, they probably
did not have it vaccinated, so good luck with the rabies epidemic you're
enabling.