210 serviette napkin diamonds Recipes

christmas with louise, as a joke , my brother, jay, used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before christmas. he said all he wanted was for santa to fill them., what they say about santa reviewing behavior and checking the list twice must be true because every christmas morning, although jay s kids stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty., year i decided to make his dream come true. i put on sunglasses and with a hat pulled down and went in search of an inflatable love doll. they don tsp sell those things at walmart., i had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. if you ve never been in an x-rated store, don tsp go. you ll only confuse yourself. i was there an hour saying things like, what does this do you re kidding me! who would buy that finally, i made it to the inflatable doll section. i wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my car so i could use the car pool lane, during rush hour. finding what i wanted was difficult. love dolls come in many different models. the top of the line , according to the side of the box, could do things i d only seen in a book on animal husbandry. i settled for lovable louise. she was at the bottom of the price scale. to call louise a doll took a huge leap of imagination., on christmas eve , with the help of an old bicycle pump, louise came to life., my sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after santa had come and gone, i filled the dangling pantyhose with louise s pliant legs and bottom. i also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. i went home, and giggled for a couple of hours., next morning my brother called to say that santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him very happy but had left the dog confused. she would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. we all agreed that louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional christmas dinner., my grandmother noticed louise the moment she walked in the door. what the hell is that she asked. my brother quickly explained , it s a doll. . who would play with something like that granny snapped. i had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. where are her clothes granny continued., boy , that turkey sure smells nice, gran, jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. but granny was relentless. why doesn tsp she have any teeth again, i could have answered, but why would i it was christmas and no 1 wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, hang on granny! hang on! ., my grandfather , a delightful old man with very poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, hey, who s the naked gallon by the fireplace i told him she was jay s friend. a few minutes later i noticed grandpa by the mantel, talking to louise. not just talking, but actually flirting. it was then that we realized this might be grandpa s last christmas at home., dinner went well. we made the usual small talk about who had died , who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. the cat screamed. i passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. my brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants laughing and granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car., it was indeed a christmas to treasure and remember. later in my brother s garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of louise s collapse. we discovered that louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape , we restored her to perfect health., louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. i think grandpa still asks about her whenever he can get out of the house

pepperidge farm puff pastry sheets, butter or margarine, chopped onion, frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry, condensed cream of chicken and mushroom soup, eggs, shredded swiss cheese, ground nutmeg, water

carrots (about 6 large ), peeled and cut into 1/4-inch coins, canola oil, diamond crystal kosher salt , plus more to taste, freshly ground black pepper , plus more to taste, honey, juice of 2 lemons, thyme, quartered pitted prunes, golden raisins, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, sunflower seeds, toasted, chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, for garnish

barley malt syrup, malt vinegar or apple cider vinegar, fresh sage sprigs, fresh thyme sprigs, ground black pepper, unsalted butter, water, diamond crystal coarse kosher salt or 1 1/2 cups morton coarse kosher salt, stout beer (such as guinness), barley malt syrup, turkey, ground black pepper, peeled onions, quartered, celery stalks, cut into chunks, fresh sage, fresh thyme, unpeeled head of garlic , cut crosswise in half, extra-virgin olive oil, more) water

unsalted butter, softened, brown sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, all-purpose flour, salt, fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), finely chopped, walnuts (5 oz), toasted and coarsely chopped

all purpose flour, powdered sugar, cornstarch, salt, chilled unsalted butter , cut into 1/2-inch pieces, golden brown sugar, light corn syrup, unsalted butter, coarsely chopped pecans (about 14 1/2 oz), whipping cream, vanilla extract

unsalted butter, room temperature, sugar, eggs, beaten to blend, whipping cream, all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, ground cardamom, ground nutmeg, vegetable oil (for deep frying), powdered sugar

garlic, minced, kosher salt , preferably diamond crystal, dark brown sugar, smoked paprika , preferably pimenton de la vera, ancho or new mexican chile powder, freshly ground black pepper, chopped fresh sage leaves, chopped fresh thyme leaves, dry mustard , preferably colman s, ground cumin, ground coriander, ground ginger, cayenne pepper (optional), bacon, diced, onions, finely chopped, garlic, minced, chopped fresh sage leaves, chopped fresh thyme leaves, smoked paprika , preferably pimenton de la vera, ancho or new mexican chile powder, ground cumin, freshly ground black pepper, ground ginger, brewed coffee, dark brown sugar, yellow mustard, worcestershire sauce, cider vinegar , plus more to taste, ketchup, few dashes hot sauce , such as tabasco, plus more to taste, fresh or 2 dried bay leaves, kosher salt

uncooked large shrimp, peeled, deveined, dry sherry, minced peeled ginger, garlic cloves, minced, dried crushed red pepper, canned low-salt chicken broth, cornstarch, soy sauce, asian chili-garlic sauce, sugar, peanut oil, red bell pepper , cut into 1-inch diamond-shape pieces, green onions , cut into 1/2-inch pieces, cooked rice

pitted dates, blue diamond roasted salted almond, bacon, sliced in half

oil, light soy sauce, honey, brown sugar, vinegar, ginger, garlic powder

balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, star anise, garlic clove, lightly smashed, hot red chile, split, duck breasts , skin scored in diamonds, salt and pepper, oil, plums, canned, couscous, chicken stock, boiling, butter

rum, raisins, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking soda, freshly grated nutmeg, salt, unsalted butter, softened, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, applesauce, pecans or walnuts, toasted, cooled and chopped coarse, sugar for dusting

russet (baking) potatoes, cornstarch, carrots , grated coarse in a food processor, minced shallot, heavy cream, milk, eggs

sugar, frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed, water, matzo cake meal, potato starch, ground cinnamon, pitted dates (about 1 1/4 cups), chopped, bittersweet (not unsweetened ) or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped, walnuts (about 4 oz), toasted, coarsely chopped, unsalted pareve margarine, melted, cooled, eggs, separated, grated orange peel, salt, sugar, oranges

unbleached all purpose flour, yellow cornmeal, salt, unsalted butter, room temperature, sugar, egg yolks, water, grated lemon peel

cream cheese, feta cheese, curd cottage cheese, egg yolks, minced parsley, butter or 1 cup margarine, melted, sheets phyllo dough (about 2/3 of a 1 lb package)

all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, butter , cut into flour and sugar until mixture is like fine meal, raspberry jam, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, flour, salt, baking soda, chopped diamond walnuts