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| Old photo of house in snow |
The dark chocolate cream pie is one of my favorites. And I don't make it often. The recipe calls for only dark unsweetened chocolate, but I usually use half unsweetened and half semi-sweet. Then I use real whipping cream on top. My neighbor when we first moved to Texas made the *best* chocolate pie. She past away a long time ago and I never knew her recipe (back then I was 27 and had 3 babies and no time to bake). But I've tried several over the years and this one is the closest I've come. Some chocolate pies are more like chocolate pudding in a pie shell, others are like brownies in a pie shell. This one is the consistency and flavor I like. I found it in my King Arthur's Flour cookbook a few years back.
Well, we woke up to snow this morning here in Texas. It always surprises me. Luckily we haven't had any long lasting cold so far this year, just a few snowfalls and drops to below freezing days. It will stay cold today, so I suspect the roads will be icy tonight and tomorrow. Hate that. But... one of the good things about being retired... I don't have to go out in it! When the weather is especially cold and nasty, I can stay cozy and warm by the fireplace with the cats and a good book. THAT is one of the joys of retirement!
And yes, I'm still 'considering' the Alaska trip. Haven't made any decision. I'm letting it 'ruminate' around in my head for a while.
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| My mom and a friend in my kitchen taken a few years ago - both deceased now and dearly missed |
Just wanted to try this. I did the 'resize thing' here where I resized the picture in Microsoft office manager and then downloaded it into blogger. I think you can click on it and it will enlarge... thus keeping my google photo capacity lower... ??
One more 'blogger type' question. If I should decide to 'change' my template to another form now... will all my old blogs be changed to the new form or will it save the old posts in the old template? Just curious...
You had a lovely house and lot, in that first photo. And so pretty, with the snow. :-)
ReplyDeleteIf you change your blogger template, it will change it globally--i.e. for all posts in that particular blog. You'd have to change each blog's template individually, though. The boys' cat blog template and my personal one are different, for instance.
That's what I was wondering. If I understand you correctly, all the "Older but..." blogs will change, but not the "Cats, Coffee, and Chocolate ones", right?
DeleteGorgeous older pic of house/snow. Simply gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteBtw, that pic (house/snow) "clicks" to larger. The other pic, does not. I have no idea why.
Your change-template-question, I have no idea. Some other Dear Reader may well, have more knowledge, than I though.
On the trip question, hope you eventually make the best decision, for you. :-)
Auntie, I changed the size of the picture in my kitchen before I uploaded/downloaded? it. Now I've changed it back to normal. It will enlarge now. Don't know what happened before... must have done something wrong.
DeleteI am very sad that there was no picture of that chocolate pie.
ReplyDeleteMe too. But I just made a chicken pot pie from a new recipe and this time I remembered to take a picture as soon as it came out of the oven. I will post it tomorrow.
DeleteThe one of our Mum didn't enlarge for me. As for the template thingy ... daughter messed around with my family history blog a time ago ...all the posts changed ...I hated it ...and she couldn't get it back to how it was....grrrr.
ReplyDeleteI think your brisket sounds great but I am not surprized it was salty ....I know you will make it just right for your pallet next time ...I have never had chocolate pie ...you could have atleast let me drool over a photo of it . xx
Angie, I cannot believe you have never had a chocolate pie. They (well, not all...) are really great!
DeleteAnd I've fixed the picture of my mom and it will enlarge now. I was trying to do the resize thing and must have messed up.
All posts on your entire blog will be in the new format if you change your template.
ReplyDeleteThe ingredients for your chocolate pie sound delicious but rather fattening. I’ve already eaten far too many chocolates to start on a chocolate pie.
It probably is, Friko. But as I said, I don't make it very often. And I'm one that doesn't eat lowfat or non-fat. I just moderate the amount that I eat. My Oncologist put me on a macrobiotic diet years ago... and its worked for me. I use regular sugar and regular butter when baking, but skip it completely in things like sugar and tea, etc.
DeleteJust dropped back to say ...yes she is a pygmy hedgehog ....she loves the cats ...and some love her. She lives in her own special environment in Jay and Vicki's room and has a play with them every evening on the bed but comes down every other day to play in her pen. Many of the cats are curious....some jump in but once they pat her and feel her quills they jump out. Ellie, Barnaby Rusty and Smudge just sit inside and watch or have a friendly play ...others watch from the other side of the bars ...like at a zoo.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure we have chocolate pie over here???
No chocolate pie over there!!! That's really sad. I may have to send you the recipe so you can introduce it. It can be made with milk chocolate if you're not a dark chocolate lover.. but dark chocolate cream pie is wonderful (IMO).
DeleteAs for the cats and hedgehog, we have brought Butterfinger (the Guinea pig) down and let the cats smell him. They are definitely 'interested'...
I remember chocolate pie....I have not had any in years. I am glad you did not post a picture LOL I am trying to stay away from goodies for awhile,
ReplyDeleteDee, we usually stay away from goodies during Lent, which isn't until after Mardi Gras. But we do limit ourselves. When I make a pie or cookies, we both get a piece (or 2 cookies) and then we give the rest to our next door neighbors. Now that my son and grandson are living with us, we don't even have to do that.
DeleteWell, I was going to answer the question about your fonts and stuff, but everyone has already beat me to it. As far as what I do when I download my pictures, I export them onto my desktop in a low resolution in a large format. When I put them into my blog, in Chrome I can choose what size they appear on the page, and they are "clickable" to get bigger if anyone wants to do that.
ReplyDeleteNow that I am at my goal weight, I'm wondering if I could have just a teeny bit of chocolate pie? Or would I want to eat the whole thing? :-)
It's pretty rich... so you could never eat the whole thing. But a teeny bit certainly couldn't hurt (and it makes the world a happier place)
DeleteThe photos are working beautifully, Rian, and yes, if you change your blog format, all your posts will appear in it.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have things like chocolate cream pie in the UK, but it sounds deliciously fattening and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to resist. :)