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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherri"
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:39 AM
Subject: Katzing's Dutch Black Chocolates
> Hello,
> I'm not sure anyone can help with this, but here it goes. Back when I was
> a kid (circa 1974 - 75), I lived in Peoria, IL. There was a candy store called
> Katzing's Dutch Black Chocolates. They had candy bars and stuff, but they
> also dipped their own confections. And their dark chocolate was BLACK. It was
> delicious! Now I'm old and live far away, I really want some! Do they
> even exist anymore? I have done some candy making of my own, so if anyone
> knows how to make the chocolate so dark and yet so smooth, I would be willing to
> take a shot at it myself. Thank you for any light you can shed on this.
>
> Sherri
>
Hi Sherri,
The making of chocolate is a complex process that you can't do in your
kitchen. You have to at least begin with cocoa butter and chocolate liquor.
On top of that, Dutch chocolate is specially processed with chemical alkali.
A "black chocolate" would contain more cocoa solids and less chocolate
liquor. There's no way to make it out of ordinary store-bought dark chocolate
or cocoa powder, or anything the average homemaker can obtain.
Sorry, even if a recipe was available, this is something you just can't do
at home.
Katzing's Candy on Prospect in Peoria is gone, as far as I can tell. I found
nothing more than a couple of reminisces.
While you can't make Dutch "Black" Chocolate at home, you may be able to buy
it. It probably would be sold as "Dutch extra-dark chocolate", rather than as
"Dutch black chocolate". See these sites:
13-EE620 - Cote d'Or Mini Bar Extra Dark 10g=0.3oz Mini, one bite Chocolate bar Extra Dark
Rademaker Chocolate Extra Dark Sticks 1
Rademaker Chocolate Extra Dark Sticks 2
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 12:03 PM
Subject: jewel fruit cake
This is a light cake with fruit layered by color to give a stained glass effect.
it was in a Fannie Farmer Cookbook, I think from 1935 or so. The same cookbook
has a recipe for "nut pie" to be made with either pecans or walnuts, and if you
double the amount of pecans, it makes a memorable pie, not too sweet. One year
my gift pie list was 37 pies, by request of the recipients.
I have bought several of that cookbook, sometimes finding the pie recipe (which my
family has recorded on each inside flap of every cook book in my home) but never
found the fruit cake recipe.
Good luck with the hunt, looking forward to hearing from you, and Thank You!
Margaret in Atlanta
Hello Margaret,
Sorry, none of the editions of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook that I have access to has
a recipe for Jewel Fruit Cake. While there are recipes for "Jewel Fruit Cake" on the
Internet, none of them mentions Fannie Farmer. Sorry.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vivian"
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 9:37 PM
Subject: Coconut Cake with no icing and raspberry base
Hi,
My name is Vivian and I have tried in vain to find a recipe of a cake I used
to buy at Macy's many years ago. I was able to get it as recently as 10-12
years ago.
It is a plain, heavy pound type cake with coconut integrated throughout the
cake, i.e. part of the batter itself, not on it, but in it. At the base is
a very thin layer of raspberry jam. It is seems to have quite a bit of oil,
butter or both.. It was sold by the pound with your piece sliced off a
large sheet of cake. It was too divine for words....probably terrible for
you, but oh so good.
I am an excellent baker, but would be fine with simply being able to find
the distributor of this cake and buying it.
I would be very grateful for your efforts to find it.
Vivian
Hi Vivian,
Sorry, I had no success locating this recipe or a distributor.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: stephanie
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:17 PM
Subject: the hershey chocolate tin recipe
Do you know what year this recipe was printed on the tin?
Thanks
Hershey's Cocoa Fudge
Ingredients :
4 tbsp. butter
1 c. milk
3 c. sugar
pinch salt
1/2 c. Hershey's cocoa
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. vanilla
Preparation :
Heat milk sugar, salt, cocoa, and cream of
tartar heat to boiling. Stir with a wooden
spoon until mixture boils. Lower heat;
cook to a soft ball stage.
Remove from heat.
Add butter. Do not mix. Let stand until
lukewarm. Add vanilla. Stir until candy is
creamy. Pour into 8 inch square pan. Cut while
still warm. Makes about 1 1/2 pounds.
Hi Stephanie,
Well, I contacted Hershey's and I got a very nice reply from them.
Actually, I got not only a reply, but photocopies of all the actual
different Hershey's Cocoa can labels from 1936 to 1992.
The recipe you sent does not appear on any of them. There is no fudge
recipe with cream of tartar on any of them.
You recipe may have appeared in a magazine ad for Hershey's Cocoa or a
handout recipe pamphlet from Hershey's, but it does not appear to have
ever been on the Hershey's Cocoa can at all.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: rita
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 7:13 PM
Subject: Pancake recipe
Now if you could find the pancake recipe using evaporated milk that
would be great. Sorry I don't recall the exact title but I think it
was in the same Meta Givens edition.
Thanks again,
Rita
Hi Rita,
Sorry, no luck with this one. We don't have the Meta Givens cookbook, and
I cannot locate a recipe for "Meta Givens' pancakes". There are some pancake
recipes that call for evaporated milk, but none that I found made any mention
of Meta Givens.
Phaed
Deborah sent the recipe:
Hi Uncle Phaedrus,
I love your site. You helped me with instructions for a pan I bought once,
and am so glad to be able to help someone else out with a recipe.
I have a few Meta Givens cookbooks, given to me by my mother-in-law.
The first one I checked has the following recipe:
Evaporated Milk Griddle Cakes
1 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup boiling water
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup evaporated milk
Sift flour, measure, and resift twice with baking powder, salt and sugar.
Melt shortening in the boiling water and stir into the beaten egg; add milk,
stir and add all at once to the flour mixture, stirring briskly until well mixed.
Bake on a moderately hot, slightly greased griddle.
Makes about 20 cakes, 3 inches in diameter.
Thanks for all your great work!
Regards,
Deborah
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here u go! my mom is a big fan of these....
Mix together the following:
1 cup flour
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
Optional: teaspoon almond and/or butter extract
Pour onto griddle and turn when bubbly on top.
Makes about 8 medium sized pancakes.
Carole
Carole, the recipe Rita wants has evaporated milk. The one you sent doesn't.
I don't think it's the correct recipe, even if it is from Meta Givens' cookbook.
Phaed
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