Chess Pie #2

  Quite some time ago I posted another recipe for chess pie and a friend told me it is like a custard pie and delicious! I haven’t tried making one yet but Miss EE, if the first one didn’t work out, maybe try this one. :-) So, of course because the cook knew what she … Continue reading

Pear Salad

  I mentioned recently that pears are getting close to harvest, so here is another pear recipe. I am in the dark as to what “cheese dressing” may be. This doesn’t actually sound very good to me. Pear Salad Pare pears, cut in halves, remove cores & fill hollows from which cores were removed with … Continue reading

Fudge

  Here is another fudge recipe. Candy making is an old and wonderful art form, something I do not excel at, unfortunately.  This recipe in particular reminds us that candy making originated as a hands-on process. The recipe indicates that it should be stirred for some undefined amount of time, which when you think about … Continue reading

Lemon Sherbert

  So you think you know what “sherbert” is? Well, first off, it’s sherbet, not with the extra R. Second, sherbet in America is different from sherbet in other countries and regions. Everywhere else, sherbet is the same as sorbet, an iced fruit dessert (except for some Asian regions where it is like a cake). … Continue reading

Spiced Figs (Mrs. Laible)

  I enjoy figs but not everyone does. In their fresh state they can be intensely sweet, but they are most often enjoyed dried, stewed or otherwise prepared. This recipe appears to stew them. Figs apparently were one of the first foods cultivated by humans! The growing history goes back thousands of years, and they … Continue reading