"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sun 14 Aug 2005 04:21:02a, MoM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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?
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>>> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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>> Not odd. Disgusting!
>> MoM
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> 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 *¿*

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.

But if I was served it as Millefeuille, I would be very disappointed.

MoM