Watching Baking with Julia,

[elleng]

just began, her guest making cobbler, begins w melted butter, adds peaches, plums, and sugar! About which Julia says 'Hates' when people are afraid to use sugar, and juices don't flow.

"People is nuts," Julia said!!! (Had to share!)

And in response to 'Its a little rich,' Julia said, "Well, I don't go to a restaurant to diet!"

"Joanne, Thank you; I haven't had a cobbler in a coons-age!!!"

Baking=Mise en place 'very important!'

[Callalily]

1. Your post makes me

smile elleng. And I'm with Julia about the butter. I always use REAL butter and never skimp. Maybe it's because I'm from the dairy state but I truly believe that if one uses real, quality ingredients, a person is very satisfied with the results.

[lizziegrace]

3. +2

I'd rather have a small amount of something rich than a bowlful of bland and so-so.

:)

[elleng]

4. Yes indeed!

'Small' is better for lots of reasons, especially our diets generally; eat small, often, and 'rich' if you will. (My dad's almost 97, and has bread + desert w each meal, but just a bit! NO weight probs, ever! and REAL butter and whole milk, always!)

[Warpy]

6. We hedonistic butter cooks have been vindicated

over the ascetics who ate margarine. It's turned out butter is far less damaging to our arteries than the trans fats in margarine are! So not only have we enjoyed the taste that only butter can give us, we've actually been eating the healthier stuff all along.

Plus, since butter is so much more flavorful, we've actually used less of it than they used of margarine.

Julia was right. So are we.

[pscot]

2. +1

One of the more useful cooking series.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Yes it is. She asks some of the same questions that I would ask

if I was there. It really helps make the recipes much easier to understand.