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Posted by rixflix on Saturday, January 19, 2008 3:26 PM

Ray, except for the walnut on top and the cinnamon baked in, I don't know what goes into the sugary batter. They come out of the the oven very thin  and about 2-1/2" diameter and if I had a pile of them nearby I'd eat 'em all right now!

I'll have to google molasses now because I can't remember what exactly it/they is/are. And while we're at it what are sugar beets about. You see sugar beet loaders in TRAINS and Model Railroader but I wonder if I've ever eaten one.

My grandmother used to boil eggs in a red onion skin broth for Easter, giving them a rich red/brown color and a very slight onion taste. They were great! The rest of the eggs we'd decorate but no one in our family would hollow them out and hang them on a tree or place them in a bowl. Other families did that, and the local historical society always had an Easter display

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:55 PM

I don't know what sand tarts are, that is one that I've never heard of before.

I keep a couple bottles of molasses in my kitchen cupboard, and about the only thing I use it or is to make molasses-sugar cookies with. These are real good, kind of like a ginger snap, only soft and chewy. They do harden up a bit if left in the cookie jar long enough.

I once tried molasses as a substitute for pancake syrup on buttermilk waffles, and YUCK!!, it was not a good combination. :-(

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Posted by rixflix on Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:38 PM

Bouillabaisse was also cool because you'd sometimes get the head of the fish in the chowder and could actually eat the eyeballs. If you want a full life, you wouldn't want to miss that.

Ray, I just realized there were no sand tarts in my family's usual haunts this Christmas. I like them a little chewy i.e. right out of the oven. My walnut rations for a year, and they never showed up. I guess it's time for a family conversation.

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Posted by rixflix on Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:02 PM

In New York City didn't the street sellers used to offer roasted sweet potatoes with butter slathered in there and wrapped up in a piece of newspaper. Or was that E.L.Doctorow?

Or just me thinking about a treat in the cold city canyons?

Dunno.

Rixflix

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, January 19, 2008 1:24 PM

afternoon

2 large orders of hot chocolate please.csx was quite interesting today.lots of bnsf power around.Cw we are ready to help with the pizzas.matts got his apron and chefs hat on.

stay safe

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, January 19, 2008 11:54 AM

....Rix and Ray:

Thanks for all the comments of the various food stuffs....I've heard of some of the above described but probably would eat very little of them...Kind of a sneakin' eater.  Not as bad as I was as a youngster but really a meat and some other stuff...kind of guy.  Not even fond of potatoes as such...Love sweet potatoes though.  And of course I eat most forms of white potatoes, but there is other stuff I like better.  In sweet potatoes, expecially the "Jersey" ones.  {yellow inside}.  Put lots of butter to them and yes, that is good eating...!

Rix, as I think you know, I'm a Pennsylvania fellow too but 150 or so miles west of the Lancaster area....{Somerset Co.}.

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Posted by rixflix on Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:48 AM

Growing up in Reading PA in the early fifties was a gastro... food lovers delight.

Canadianpacific nailed it on the shoofly pie and you might google up a recipe. Now just for today we'll eat backwards, but don't tell your mom.

Chow-chow: pickled veggies that wikipedia calls a relish but I remember as something served out of a mason jar as is and cold. Wiki reminded me of piccalilli, the similar Italian relish and a wonderful (pronounce it) word I'd forgotten. Never could stand chow-chow and once I'd discovered 3-bean salad it was sayonara to the former.

Ring balogna: aka ring baloney is another thing my mom loads me up with. My friends here in DC love it. I've always loved to gnaw on them. The casings were better years ago and I'm not sure what I'm eating today is OK to eat, but I do.

Kielbasa: our Polish neighbors introduced this sausage to us. Yum! We were at a woodworking show in Fort Washington PA a few years back and not exhibiting for once. Late in the day I discovered a Polish sausage stand in the back of the hall and they were reducing prices on their sandwiches and they were gooooood! The supply I bought lasted 3 days and nearly incapacitated me.

Bouillabaisse: my mother was a French (Marseilles) war bride. Having lived through their Depression and then the Vichy years with ersatz sugar, coffee and a lot of other stuff. When my father brought her to the States it was "goodbye to the Old World". Hamburgers and chicken for us kids and nylon stockings for her. The Army sent me to Germany in 1966 and a pal and I went to Paris, Marseilles and Nice for two weeks. Around Marseilles' Old Port there were dozens of little restaurants, each serving their own take (red, brown, sort of like Italy) of bouillabaisse and believe me, we sampled nearly all of them. And the Provence vegetables and fruits!!! We would cut up tomatoes and peaches very slowly just to enjoy the taste bud sensations. Ask Dougherty, he was there.

And then there was and is Reading Market in Philadelphia where the farms met the shore. I can't start to tell you about that place!!!

Driving from work in South and East Reading on a Friday in the fifties was an ethnic treat for the nose.

See ya later 'cause I'm hungry

RIX

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Posted by blhanel on Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:23 AM
You win the low temp award today, Ray- I "only" have -2 degrees here...Tongue [:P]
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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:37 AM
 Modelcar wrote:

....Rix...Expand a bit of what a shoofly pie is....

Wife Jean has heard of them and I just ask her what that is so she pulled out her recipe book and it's not listed.

 

Shoofly pie is a molasses pie considered traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch and also known in Southern cooking. The more common version of the recipe - sometimes known as "Wet bottom" - consists of a layer of sweet, gooey molasses beneath a crumb topping sometimes compared to that of a coffee cake. In contrast, a "dry bottom" shoofly pie is more thoroghly mixed into a cake-like consistancy.

The desert has earned quite a reputation in the "Dutch Country" of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, where it's distinctive flavor and texture is quite alluring to tourists.

The term "shoofly" is commonly thought to have been derived from the fact that molasses will attract flies and they must constantly be "shooed" away.

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:16 AM

....Rix...Expand a bit of what a shoofly pie is....

Wife Jean has heard of them and I just ask her what that is so she pulled out her recipe book and it's not listed.

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:10 AM

....Yes, I appreciate how cold it normally gets up along the northern border....Burr....Here right now, it's 9.3 degrees.  A drop from 29.5 when I went to bed last night around 12:30.  But tomorrow morning if the forecast is still the same, we'll have a few degrees below "0".  Wherever that is, it's cold.

Sunshine now and just a touch of wind.  Must go out and retrieve the paper and I'll find out how much wind then....No snow.

Believe Monday morning will be a super cold one too and then we'll have a bit of a "warm up"....yea, warm up....Off and on snowflurries this coming week.  Guess this cold stuff is dropping down from the Yukon area....

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 7:30 AM

CW, you should move to South Dakota, then you will know what it really means to be COLD. Currently we have a temp of -11 degrees below 0, the wind is out of the west at 5 mph and this leaves us with a wind chill of 23 degrees below 0. I'm not looking forward to walking to work this morning. I got my heavy-duty parka out this morning........haven't warn it in I don't know how many years.

Save some pizza for me, I may be back tonight.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:35 AM

Good Saturday morning, everyone!  Joe, thanks for making breakfast and the morning beverages!  

Our temp at 6:00 this morning was 30, and it's now down to 28 or 29.  Going down to about 17 around 7 p.m. tonight, with an overnight low in the morning of 8 degrees.  Can anyone say "brrrrrrrrrr"?  And yes, I know it's going to be colder elswhere, but for us, that is COLD!

You all have a great day, stay warm, and see you tonight for our SATURDAY NIGHT PIZZA FEST.

 

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:20 AM
Good morning everyone, it be Saturday! Currently 41 deg and rainy in Carolina on this primary day. The temp is already todays high and it will drop to 25 with SNOW tonight. Praise The Lord the primary will shut down the telephone calls. Yesterday, we got so many campaign calls I was tempted to take it off the hook. It was ridiculous.Yall stay warm

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, January 19, 2008 4:30 AM

good morning

juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready to go.we also have pancakes eggs and sausage coming up.if you are in the icebox like we are please watch out for your neighboors and your pets.

stay safe

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Posted by rixflix on Friday, January 18, 2008 11:35 PM

Tomorrow I'll start carving up the last of the shoofly pies (wet bottom only) my mother always loads me up with at Christmas. I love the smell of molasses in the morning. 

RIX

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Posted by locomutt on Friday, January 18, 2008 10:29 PM

We hit our high of about 43 degrees here around 4:30-5:00 this afternoon, down

to about 27 right now, and not supposed to get out of the 20s for the next day

or two. 

 

Jim, your idea of curling up on the couch with warm.... (fill in the blank)....sounds

very good.

(now to figure out which train movies we want to watch and what snacks to have.Confused [%-)])

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Posted by eolafan on Friday, January 18, 2008 5:20 PM

Here in Aurora, IL on Saturday it's supposed to hit a "high" of 9F and a low of -2F...good times to wrap up on the couch with a blanket and a couple of dogs (or even better, the significant other of your choice) and snuggle with old movies on the TV until things warm up a bit.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, January 18, 2008 4:52 PM

Nice picture, Tyler! 

FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRY is now on the warmer bar.   Same list as from the lunch menu.  Hope everyone enjoys their fish, fries, etc., and have a great evening.  (Think I'm going to go take a short nap.  Having trouble keeping my eyes open).

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 18, 2008 3:33 PM

A few days ago I went on a hike with my family and caught this old Providence and Worcester Railroad truck trailer with the old logo.

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, January 18, 2008 1:07 PM

...30.0 degrees in Muncie right now.  Beautiful blue sky and bright sunshine.  Stopped {first this year}, at our NS tracks....right besides the Mc D's parking and had some lunch but no traffic.  Truck was warm as we pulled in and the bright sun kept it that way.  My kind of January {for here}....A good thing.  But no trains.

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Friday, January 18, 2008 12:42 PM
Had to help with parking detail last night for ~6 hours from 5-11 PM.  It was a tad chilly and windy.  It's a good thing I'm so gravity friendly or I'd have ended up in MN!  That and my feet literally froze in place twice.  Shock [:O]Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, January 18, 2008 11:16 AM

Good afternoon to you all!  Our FRIDAY FISH FRY is now on the warmer bar.  Today's fish selections are:  cod, perch, jack salmon, hallibut, haddock and shrimp.  Hot sides:  corn on the cob, baked beans,fries and cornbread.  Cold sides:  cole slaw, and garden salad.

Desserts:  chocolate cake,  yellow cake w/caramel icing, chocolate, apple, cherry, peach and pecan pies.

Mookie, when you go trackside this weekend, be sure you have a set of thermals on under your street clothes (maybe two layers of thermals might keep you toasty)!  And anyone else going trackside this weekend, that advice goes for you also.  Shoot, I've got a thermal top on, just here in the house today!  

Everyone have a good afternoon, and if I dont' get to talk to you before you leave for the weekend, those of you who won't be around over the next three days, have a safe, warm weekend.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, January 18, 2008 10:55 AM

sunshine but cold windchills and its suppossed to get colder.after matt went off on the bus I picked up a friend and we went to see the doings in hamler.the derailment wasn't bad and the cars were still upright.looks like the jointed track just gave way underneath the cars.well mamma is on her way home from the store.time to unload the van.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, January 18, 2008 7:34 AM

 Mookie wrote:
10 above all weekend - will take toaster to trackside.......

I'm sure you'll see some "toasters" on the tracks (GE's)....  Wink [;)]

We're supposed to only get to 17 on Sunday, but otherwise the next 10 days look pretty seasonal and mild.  I'm not complaining.

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Posted by blhanel on Friday, January 18, 2008 7:24 AM
 Mookie wrote:

10 above all weekend - will take toaster to trackside.......

You're lucky- tomorrow we're not supposed to make it above zero.Sad [:(]

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, January 18, 2008 5:54 AM

I brought in the new US map I bought so I can take a little time and look up some of the cities that come up in the forum. 

As I said before, some people have golf handicaps - I have major geography and history handicaps.  Better late than never I guess.

Better raid the fridge and pack a burro - I won't be back after today until maybe Tues morning, but have an all day meeting away from here and again Wed morning - so - maybe two burros.....

Heard Amtrak this morning as I was coming into the building - different engine on the front and right on time! I like the other one better - and no - I have no clue which ones they run.  Just that they sound different.

10 above all weekend - will take toaster to trackside.......

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, January 18, 2008 5:21 AM

Good Friday morning to you all!!  And a cold morning, at that!  Coffee, hot chocolate, hot cider, hot tea, as well as fresh juices are all ready for everyone.

On the warmer bar this morning:  bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hot buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, oatmeal (hot cinnamon & spice and maple & brown sugar), blueberry muffins, bagels and bear claws.  

So, gather around, and get yourselves some hot food in you to warm up your insides, and have a great day today.  And, speaking of warming up, Emma, did your feet finally thaw?  Sure hope so!!

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Posted by blhanel on Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:34 PM
 mudchicken wrote:
 blhanel wrote:
 cherokee woman wrote:

Brian, you are always missed when you're not around.  So we know you are semi present, how about just saying "Hi, everyone" once in awhile, so we know you're around, o.k?  Wondered why I hadn't seen Ed around anywhere for a few days.  I did see the thread he started at the beginning of the week, and the pictures were very nice to see.  Always love looking at pictures!!  

Thanks Mook and CW- I shall endeavor to comply with that request.  I do know that a big part of my problem lately is a lack of time and cooperative weather to engage in any train watching around here.  Our January Thaw has come and gone, and it wasn't a very enjoyable period (no sunshine along with it).  My Digital Rebel has sat in its case since Christmas.

Back to work here...

...and el gato mookster didn't tell Brian that I'm poaching in his backyard (Ames)! 

 

She didn't need to- I caught that... say hi to Jeff if you run into him! 

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Posted by emmar on Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:30 PM

Thanks for the yummy food CW. I think I might stick around for a while and warm up in front of the fire(Do we have oneConfused [%-)]). I was out this evening trying to get some pictures of a local Jersey Transit train in the snow. I'm gonna have to finish up the roll of film soon so i can see if any of them came out. I think I may have been pushing the limits of slow shutter speeds that I can handhold at. Anyway my toes are just about froze off and need to get toasty in front of the flames. Maybe if Mook is around we can sceme up something funny to do. 
For now a word of advice- chase trains from the warmth of an automobile,  NOT ON FOOT! (especially in the snow) 

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