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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTonight Chez trof: Peanut Soup and Cadillac Grilled Cheese sandwiches.
Peanut Soup is my favorite 'sick food'.
I'm not sick, but just had a taste for it.
Miz t. whips it up out of sauteed onions, chicken broth, peanut butter and who knows what else.
All goes into the blender until it's smooth as silk.
Cadillac Grilled Cheese
Grate cheddar, and mozzarella, mix.
Throw in a tablespoon or so of bleu or Gorgonzola.
Mix well.
Spread on bread (fresh baked sourdough tonight) and grill in a lightly buttered skillet.
AMBROSIA
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I will try it as soon as I can buy the cheese ingredients.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Haven't had it in years.
12 navel oranges, peeled and sectioned
1 fresh pineapple, peeled, cored, and cut into cubes $
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 cup freshly grated coconut
Garnish: orange rind curls
Toss together fruit and powdered sugar in a large bowl.
Place one-third fruit mixture in a serving bowl. Top with one-third coconut. Repeat layers twice. Cover and chill 2 hours. Garnish, if desired.
Note: Three red grapefruit, peeled and sectioned, may be added to fruit mixture, if desired.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)also a FRESH coconut cake, too
trof
(54,256 posts)And there was no prepackaged grated coconut back then.
I think granny poked the 'eye holes' out with a hammer and screwdriver and drained the milk.
(I got to drink that as a special treat.)
Then she baked it in the oven for a while.
Busted it open with a hammer and used a knife to cut out the meat.
Grated that and so forth.
They were good cakes.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)had them both at Christmas ... I think my Grandma loved him, don't you
trof
(54,256 posts)Granny was a staunch tea-totaler.
Grandpa wasn't.
He kept his 'red medicine' (Bourbon) in a cabinet on the back porch.
When he had the inclination, he'd go back and pour himself a shot and down it.
I never saw much affection on granny's part, but occasionally I'd see him pinch her on the fanny and she'd say: "MARVIN!!".
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)here's to Marvin and Your Granny's Fanny
trof
(54,256 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)I can't recall proportions, but my sister-in-law makes it with canned, drained mandarin slices, canned, drained crushed pineapple, miniature marshmallows, sweetened flaked coconut, sour cream and I forget what else. It's still pretty good.
siligut
(12,272 posts)I hadn't heard of peanut soup before, but it sounds tasty.
PuffedMica
(1,061 posts)Toast white bread until light brown
add thin sliced Velveeta Cheese
heat in microwave just until cheese melts
If you want to take it up a notch, hit it with a couple of shots of Texas Pete hot sauce.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I have Colby and Monterey Jack cheeses and 2 bottles of Texas Pete in my refrigerator. Think I'll try both cheeses.
trof
(54,256 posts)I won't get into the Velveeta 'cheese product' thing here.
No, I won't go there.
I won't.
Nope.
RILib
(862 posts)The microwave method doesn't get the saturated with butter effect.
trof
(54,256 posts)PuffedMica
(1,061 posts)And if you use a paper plate (or a dirty one allready in the sink) there is not much cleanup to do.
PuffedMica
(1,061 posts)I just re-read the Peanut Soup recipe.
I do not think I have ever had peanuts and onions at the same time.
This is going to require an investigation, but it will have to wait until tomorrow when I can get an onion.
trof
(54,256 posts)But they have curative powers.
Note: You will not be constipated the next day.