There's at least one in Chicago, Kathy. IJS.
Pre-zactly. Chocolate mousse in a pie shell, with whipped cream. No spiders.
That's french silk to me.
Also, yum. I'm not a fan of the Boston Cream.
Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.
'Bring On The Night'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Apr 27, 2005 1:18:45 pm PDT #9501 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
JZ - Apr 27, 2005 1:20:44 pm PDT #9502 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
All tiramisu: oh so awesome. Best tiramisu, made from scratch by the wife of a teeny-tiny storefront mostly-organic coffeehouse the size of a postage stamp (the coffeehouse; the tiramisu was not only not the size of a postage stamp, it was in a loaflike pan as long as my arm -- for a party, not just me) at 18th and Balboa in San Francisco. Many years ago. Probably no longer there.
Like ita, I have no one single favorite. Just lots and lots of fond memories:
A single perfect petit four with a very, very thin layer of extremely almondy marzipan on top
A gross and vulgar but utterly delicious grasshopper pie made with lots of fresh whipped cream and what tasted like an entire bottle of creme de menthe
Trader Joe's praline pecans
Vanilla creme caramel with flecks of vanilla bean and a gorgeous cracked sugar crust on top
Bread pudding souffle with bourbon sauce at Commander's Palace
and so on and so forth. I don't play favorites. It's just not fair to them all.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 27, 2005 1:20:57 pm PDT #9503 of 10001
What is even happening?
Possibly. Boston Cream Pie for me is whipped cream over a light, fluffy aeriation of chocolate. It weighs nothing, and has every superlative of taste.
That's not Boston Cream Pie at all. Boston cream pie isn't pie at all, for that matter.
erikaj - Apr 27, 2005 1:23:09 pm PDT #9504 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Cake with custard stuff. Like it too, because when it comes to sugar, I'm a whore.
Kathy A - Apr 27, 2005 1:23:45 pm PDT #9505 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
We'll have to see if we can get a bunch of Chicagoistas over to the Melting Pot sometime this year, Brenda! Fondue works better if you have a group, I think.
Oh, and the best chocolate dessert I ever had at home was my mom's Texas Cake, so-called because it was made in a huge sheet pan. It was basically a slightly cakier brownie with an awesomely rich nutty chocolate cream frosting. If she hadn't lost her recipe box when she moved out East, we'd still have the recipe for it.
Betsy HP - Apr 27, 2005 1:26:36 pm PDT #9506 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Kathy, I have that recipe. Let me go find it.
Stephanie - Apr 27, 2005 1:29:17 pm PDT #9507 of 10001
Trust my rage
I don't know if there is more than one, but the Chicago Melting Pot I went to had really cool dark booths so you were sort of separated from other groups. I think it would be lots of fun with 6+ people.
And I see there's one in Raleigh. maybe I'll have to go one of these days.
brenda m - Apr 27, 2005 1:30:32 pm PDT #9508 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
One of my favorite desserts in the world is a cranberry pudding that came from one of my grandma's neighbors. Pudding in the British sense - it's really more of a not-too-sweet cake filled with whole cranberries and topped with a luscious lemon sauce.
Gus - Apr 27, 2005 1:31:43 pm PDT #9509 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
My favorite dessert: French Silk Pie
... from Boston.
Betsy HP - Apr 27, 2005 1:33:30 pm PDT #9510 of 10001
If I only had a brain...