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

I personally wouldn't know what to do with this. I just made it up for
a giggle. I'm easily amused.


(watching a chopped marathon and enjoying the creativity)

On Jul 9, 6:24*pm, 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
>
> I personally wouldn't know what to do with this. *I just made it up for
> a giggle. I'm easily amused.
>
> (watching a chopped marathon and enjoying the creativity)

I would make an ice cream out of the frappuccino and sour
cream....adding brown sugar and some nuts.
I would cut the pita bread into wedges and butter and cinnamon and
sugar it and fry it to crispy.
I would use some liquor like bourbon and make a sauce with the cough
drops (not using many though)

So you would have an ice cream dish with a pita crispy cookie and a
sauce.

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?

A big mess, that's for sure.

-S-

> pita bread
> a bottle of Starbucks frappuccino
> honey mentholated cough drops
> sour cream
>
> I personally wouldn't know what to do with this. I just made it up
> for a giggle. I'm easily amused.
>
>
> (watching a chopped marathon and enjoying the creativity)

On 7/9/2011 10:05 PM, ImStillMags wrote:

> I would make an ice cream out of the frappuccino and sour
> cream....adding brown sugar and some nuts.
> I would cut the pita bread into wedges and butter and cinnamon and
> sugar it and fry it to crispy.
> I would use some liquor like bourbon and make a sauce with the cough
> drops (not using many though)
>
> So you would have an ice cream dish with a pita crispy cookie and a
> sauce.

Very creative! I was playing around looking for dessert recipes with
sour cream, and I know it's a common dessert ingredient, but I found a
savory sauce for potato and cheese pierogis that I'm going to have to try.

There are some on this group that I think would be good at impromptu
cooking shows like Chopped and you're one of them. Not that most would
probably want to go through that pressure but if you have the right
temperament it might be fun. I think some of those chefs have too much
ego for a show like that.

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

On 7/9/2011 11:53 PM, 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.

I think I'd try that, and you won me with Frangelico! Chocolate would
make everything into dessert. Thanks for playing. No $10k here though. )

In article > ,
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?

Reservations.

--
Barb,
The latest jammin'; http://web.me.com/barbschaller July 1, 2011

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.


Bob

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.

On Jul 15, 10:02*pm, Cheryl > 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

On Jul 11, 10:44*am, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
> In article > ,
>
> *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?
>
> Reservations.

For years I've thought that tuna casserole was something that
housewives made when they wanted to be taken out to dinner.
>
> --
> Barb

--Bryan

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?

On Jul 15, 10:31*pm, Cheryl > 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

On Jul 15, 8:42*pm, Bryan > wrote:
> On Jul 15, 10:31*pm, Cheryl > 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.

On Jul 9, 8:13*pm, Cheryl > wrote:

>
> There are some on this group that I think would be good at impromptu
> cooking shows like Chopped and you're one of them. Not that most would
> probably want to go through that pressure but if you have the right
> temperament it might be fun. *I think some of those chefs have too much
> ego for a show like that.

Thanks ! The reason I enjoy Chopped is that it challenges my
creativity. I like to see what is in the basket and
try to come up with dishes in my own mind and see how it compares to
what is actually made and judged.

Sometimes I think I'd win the round hands down and sometimes I get
stumped ! Usually when it's an ingredient I
have never used or don't know anything about, it's hard to come up
with an idea.

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.

And people wonder why so many don't want to talk about food or cooking here.

On Jul 16, 3:51*pm, George Leppla > wrote:
....
> Bryan, this is what I was talking about in another thread. *You
> re-posted over 140 lines of old posts.... just to add a 2 line response.
>
> It is easier for one person to trim a post than it is for hundreds of
> people to be scrolling through old garbage.
>
> Netiquette is becoming a lost art.

True. Note how I trimmed my reply.

But to be fair, in GoogleGroups, those 140 lines were tersely packaged
in a three word clickable link! ;-)

John Kuthe...

On 7/16/2011 4:43 PM, Bryan wrote:

> On Jul 16, 1:58 pm, Cheryl > wrote:

>> And people wonder why so many don't want to talk about food or cooking here.

> You just admitted that it was a parody. I guess that ImStillMags
> didn't get that either.

But it was still meant as a cooking post. The honey menthol cough drops
were meant as the ingredient that would be hard to cook with.

On Jul 16, 4:24*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Jul 16, 3:51*pm, George Leppla > wrote:
> ...
>
> > Bryan, this is what I was talking about in another thread. *You
> > re-posted over 140 lines of old posts.... just to add a 2 line response..
>
> > It is easier for one person to trim a post than it is for hundreds of
> > people to be scrolling through old garbage.
>
> > Netiquette is becoming a lost art.
>
> True. Note how I trimmed my reply.
>
> But to be fair, in GoogleGroups, those 140 lines were tersely packaged
> in a three word clickable link! ;-)

John and George were both correct, and I apologize for my sloppiness.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

On Jul 16, 4:45*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
> On 7/16/2011 4:43 PM, Bryan wrote:
>
> *> On Jul 16, 1:58 pm, Cheryl > wrote:
>
> >> And people wonder why so many don't want to talk about food or cooking here.
> > You just admitted that it was a parody. *I guess that ImStillMags
> > didn't get that either.
>
> But it was still meant as a cooking post. *The honey menthol cough drops
> were meant as the ingredient that would be hard to cook with.

The cough drops are not a legitimate ingredient at all. The idea of
Chopped is to use legit ingredients that seem not to belong together.

--Bryan

On 7/16/2011 5:10 PM, Bryan wrote:
>> in a three word clickable link!;-)
> John and George were both correct, and I apologize for my sloppiness.

No harm no foul. I enjoy your posts... you are one of the people here
who are worth reading!

George L

On 7/16/2011 6:15 PM, Bryan wrote:
> On Jul 16, 4:45 pm, > wrote:
>> On 7/16/2011 4:43 PM, Bryan wrote:
>>
>> > On Jul 16, 1:58 pm, > wrote:
>>
>>>> And people wonder why so many don't want to talk about food or cooking here.
>>> You just admitted that it was a parody. I guess that ImStillMags
>>> didn't get that either.
>>
>> But it was still meant as a cooking post. The honey menthol cough drops
>> were meant as the ingredient that would be hard to cook with.
>
> The cough drops are not a legitimate ingredient at all. The idea of
> Chopped is to use legit ingredients that seem not to belong together.
>
> --Bryan


Ok, whatever.

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
.com...
> On 7/16/2011 6:15 PM, Bryan wrote:
>> On Jul 16, 4:45 pm, > wrote:
>>> On 7/16/2011 4:43 PM, Bryan wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Jul 16, 1:58 pm, > wrote:
>>>
>>>>> And people wonder why so many don't want to talk about food or cooking
>>>>> here.
>>>> You just admitted that it was a parody. I guess that ImStillMags
>>>> didn't get that either.
>>>
>>> But it was still meant as a cooking post. The honey menthol cough drops
>>> were meant as the ingredient that would be hard to cook with.
>>
>> The cough drops are not a legitimate ingredient at all. The idea of
>> Chopped is to use legit ingredients that seem not to belong together.
>>
>> --Bryan
>
>
> Ok, whatever.

I have seen them use candy in the baskets. One time they had gummie bears
and they've had hard candy several times.

Ms P

LOL! Watching Chopped tonight and they actually are using cough drops as
an ingredient. I think it's a new one.

Cheryl wrote:
> LOL! Watching Chopped tonight and they actually are using cough drops
> as an ingredient. I think it's a new one.

Were they menthol?

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:50:11 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>LOL! Watching Chopped tonight and they actually are using cough drops as
>an ingredient. I think it's a new one.

Not new... gays have been using cough drops as suppositories for
years.

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:47:08 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:50:11 -0400, Cheryl >
>wrote:
>
>>LOL! Watching Chopped tonight and they actually are using cough drops as
>>an ingredient. I think it's a new one.
>
>Not new... gays have been using cough drops as suppositories for
>years.

Experience talking I see.

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:19:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>Cheryl wrote:
>> LOL! Watching Chopped tonight and they actually are using cough drops
>> as an ingredient. I think it's a new one.
>
>Were they menthol?

Yeah, menthol-lickherass-honey.

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:48:48 -0500, Bob Molder wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:47:08 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:50:11 -0400, Cheryl >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>LOL! Watching Chopped tonight and they actually are using cough drops as
>>>an ingredient. I think it's a new one.
>>
>>Not new... gays have been using cough drops as suppositories for
>>years.
>
> Experience talking I see.

god only knows the source of sheldon's anal fantasies.

your pal,
blake

Cheryl wrote:

> LOL! Watching Chopped tonight and they actually are using cough drops as
> an ingredient. I think it's a new one.

I think someone who chooses ingredients for that show must read RFC. That's
*too* coincidental.

Bob

On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:37:09 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> Cheryl wrote:
>
> > LOL! Watching Chopped tonight and they actually are using cough drops as
> > an ingredient. I think it's a new one.
>
> I think someone who chooses ingredients for that show must read RFC. That's
> *too* coincidental.
>
I don't usually watch that type of show, but have been in the last
week and something else (another ingredient) struck me that way too.
Can't tell you which show or what ingredient, but the same thought
flashed across my mind when I saw it.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.