Must be nervous energy. While I'm waiting for it to cool down enough
fire up the oven to bake a blueberry pie, I jes knocked out a whole
batch o' rice crispy treats, another treat I've never made before.
Somebody hose me down.

Oooo-weeee! Gonna eat some sweet, 2nite.

nb

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Definition of objectivism:
"Eff you! I got mine."
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Let me guess, you told your wife to make you a sandwich and she did --
literally. ;-) (chop, chop)

-Bob

On 2012-08-22, zxcvbob > wrote:
> Let me guess, you told your wife....

Nope. Dumped that clam 20 yrs ago. Won't catch me makin' that
mistake again.

Now I'm munchin' a rice crispy treat and waiting for my deepdish
blueberry pie to bake. Probably won't be cool till the morning.

nb

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Definition of objectivism:
"Eff you! I got mine."
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In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> Must be nervous energy. While I'm waiting for it to cool down enough
> fire up the oven to bake a blueberry pie, I jes knocked out a whole
> batch o' rice crispy treats, another treat I've never made before.

I think rice crispy treats were the first things that my parents allowed
me to use the stove for in the fifties. My next remembrance was boiling
frozen Birdseye broccoli in the mid-sixties. Apparently, I went downhill
for several years. Brainflash! Somewhere in the middle, I became a Chef
Boyardee "pizza in a box" cook.
FWIW, I remember homemade rice crispy treats as being a bit buttery and
better than the boxed ones in the grocery store nowadays. I may revisit
them the next time I see the grandkids.
If they ain't kind of buttery, they ain't oldstyle. Perhaps, it was the
amount of butter I used to grease the pan. I just don't remember.

leo

Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >,
> notbob > wrote:
>
>> Must be nervous energy. While I'm waiting for it to cool down enough
>> fire up the oven to bake a blueberry pie, I jes knocked out a whole
>> batch o' rice crispy treats, another treat I've never made before.
>
> I think rice crispy treats were the first things that my parents
> allowed me to use the stove for in the fifties. My next remembrance
> was boiling frozen Birdseye broccoli in the mid-sixties. Apparently,
> I went downhill for several years. Brainflash! Somewhere in the
> middle, I became a Chef Boyardee "pizza in a box" cook.
> FWIW, I remember homemade rice crispy treats as being a bit buttery
> and better than the boxed ones in the grocery store nowadays. I may
> revisit them the next time I see the grandkids.
> If they ain't kind of buttery, they ain't oldstyle. Perhaps, it was
> the amount of butter I used to grease the pan. I just don't remember.

The first thing I used the stove for was scrambled eggs. I was 3. I don't
remember cracking the eggs. I do remember using the egg beater and mixing
them in a pan while standing on a chair. I made toast to go with.

I don't think I made Rice Krispy treats until maybe I was in high school but
that's probably because we never had any of that cereal in the house. We
were only allowed to have certain cold cereals.

On 2012-08-22, Leonard Blaisdell > wrote:

> for several years. Brainflash! Somewhere in the middle, I became a Chef
> Boyardee "pizza in a box" cook.

I never could eat those. The first time our neighbor made up a batch,
I thought someone had puked in the kitchen. Smelled jes like barf, to
me.


> If they ain't kind of buttery, they ain't oldstyle. Perhaps, it was the
> amount of butter I used to grease the pan. I just don't remember.

I already had a big bag of bootleg fruity pebbles and noticed this bag
o' marshmallows at the store --lightbulb! So, the instructions are
all microwavy, now, and it's a walk in the park. Nuke 1/2 cube butter
fer 30 secs, toss in mm's and nuke fer another 45 secs ....yikes!
Looks like a Neville Longbottom incantation run amok. Jes stir slimey
gross looking overblown mm's around with big spoon (they deflate) and
add crispies. Voilà! Press into greased pan and let sit overnight.

I'm doomed. I'm completely addicted to these things and have been
paying the big bucks fer the store-bought one's. Now that I know how
easy they are to make.... Oh well, I didn't really believe I'd ever
be skinny.

nb


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Definition of objectivism:
"Eff you! I got mine."
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On 8/21/2012 11:43 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> FWIW, I remember homemade rice crispy treats as being a bit buttery and
> better than the boxed ones in the grocery store nowadays. I may revisit
> them the next time I see the grandkids.
> If they ain't kind of buttery, they ain't oldstyle. Perhaps, it was the
> amount of butter I used to grease the pan. I just don't remember.

The rice krispy treats recipe on the box has changed over the decades.
It originally had about twice as much butter in it, but as fat
concerns became an issue, the company revised the recipe and cut back
on the butter. To me, reducing the butter screwed up the balance,
making them too sweet and sticky. I continue to use the recipe I
copied down back in the 70s.

Same goes for my popcorn ball recipe. It's an old recipe that calls
for a half-cup of butter to make the syrup. That, plus the extra
(homemade) vanilla I put into it, is what makes my popcorn balls so
popular. They have flavor, instead of just tasting sweet.