Mystery Thread - Page 5

flowperson · 12-06-2006, 11:48 PM

I see nothink ! I hear nothink ! I know nothink ! But someday I vill talk about bread...promise.

flow....

juantoo3 · 12-07-2006, 01:14 AM

Kindest Regards, InLove!

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How about the tea ceremony?

If by "tea ceremony" you mean the authentic Oriental one, I have pictures of myself and my lovely wife in Beijing...unfortunately no way to upload just now (drat!).

Need a really good genuine green tea from the local Chinese food store. Spring for the best they've got!

Pretty simple really; prepare the tea, and serve each other at the same time, with arms interlocked. It's pretty romantic in the right setting. Kinda like the wedding cake getting smooshed between bride and groom, only I don't recommend trying to get too messy with tea. Enjoy!

InLove · 12-07-2006, 07:56 PM

Hey juan!

Thanks--wish you could post those pics. That would be nice.

Is this the same thing as what I've always heard referred to as the Japanese Tea Ceremony? If I remember correctly, there are certain place settings and certain places and ways to sit. I have seen it before, but it has been a long time. Are there certain words recited? Do I ask a lot of questions, or what?

InPeace,
InLove

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine · 12-08-2006, 03:05 AM

I'm not juantoo3 (nor do I play him on tv) but that doesn't sound like the same thing as a Japanese Tea Ceremony (I learned some aspects of it when I took Japanese classes when a delegation from Chiba [I think] visited the campus.)

I have a couple of other recipes I can post later if you want, too.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

InLove · 12-08-2006, 11:06 AM

Regarding the tea ceremony (ies?), I would love to read anything anyone knows about it (them?). I am not sure if there is any religious significance involved, so if it is inappropriate here, I understand.

I love the mystery thread--its just so...mysterious.

Recipes? From Phyllis? Lemmee see....YES! Bring 'em on.

By the way, my uncle (you know, the one who has the small pecan orchard in Arkansas?) brought me about a ton of pecans. So if anyone has something nutty to add in that regard, I'd appreciate it. They are still in the shells, so I'd better get crackin'.

InPeace,
InLove

seattlegal · 12-09-2006, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by InLove

Regarding the tea ceremony (ies?), I would love to read anything anyone knows about it (them?). I am not sure if there is any religious significance involved, so if it is inappropriate here, I understand.

We'll just sneak it in here in the middle of a post. "The Book of Tea" {Looks around in a paranoid fashion}

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I love the mystery thread--its just so...mysterious.

Recipes? From Phyllis? Lemmee see....YES! Bring 'em on.

By the way, my uncle (you know, the one who has the small pecan orchard in Arkansas?) brought me about a ton of pecans. So if anyone has something nutty to add in that regard, I'd appreciate it. They are still in the shells, so I'd better get crackin'.

InPeace,
InLove

I think you can candy coat them by cooking 1 cup of sugar with a quarter cup of water to the boil, and adding whatever seasonings you like to them.
(I like a bit of cayenne pepper, cinnamon, salt and vanilla.) That should be enough to coat about 2 cups of nuts.

InLove · 12-09-2006, 01:21 PM

Oh thank you, Seattlegal! That recipe looks really good. There was a little gift shop near me for a while that sold "sweet-hot" pecans in pretty brown paper bags with some kind of clever name I don't remember. Anyway, they were budget busters. But I think I will make my own, now, and give some for gifts.

(InLove quietly hits "print" and sneaks away with a cup of tea and some new reading material

)

InPeace,
InLove

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine · 12-10-2006, 08:09 AM

Do you eat fish? Pecan crusted fish can be good, I think. I have a recipe somewhere for it... *goes off on a recipe-hunting trip with several volunteers from the :kitty: delegation*

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

flowperson · 12-10-2006, 02:14 PM

The pecan pie recipe on the Karo bottle. I rest my case.

flow....

InLove · 12-10-2006, 02:26 PM

Hey, Phyll and company--

I have actually tried pecan fish before. Mine didn't turn out so well--maybe you can help me? (Leave the pecans off for the kitties).

Flow--yup the Karo "receipt" is a good one (sorry--recently been spending time with my kinfolk--the language is rubbing off on me again).

I haven't done SG's recipe yet, but I'm on my way--still shelling. Tried some oatmeal-pecan cookies yesterday, which are usually pretty good. Don't know what I did wrong, but they came out more like "oatmeal-pecan lumpies". Maybe I beat up on the poor eggs too much or something. Or tried to use too many pecans in an effort to make a dent in my outrageous supply.

You know, I've been thinking about those squirrels in my backyard. (Heads out back with hands full.) I'm sure they will plant some trees with whatever they don't need. I just wish they would stop planting them so close to the house.

And I just remembered that I have a good key lime pie with a pecan butter crust recipe---but the weather here just doesn't seem to call for that right now. Guess I'll save some nuts away for summer. LOL--sounds kind of "squirrely" doesn't it?

And I'm thinking that I surely must have a good praline recipe around here somewhere...

InPeace,
InLove

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine · 12-13-2006, 09:17 PM

I couldn't find the pecan crusted fish, but I came across another idea for your pecans: Butter Pecan Ice Cream. I don't know of any "receipts" that doesn't require an ice cream freezer, but...

Sorry about all this.

*heads for the Mope Corner, :kitty: in tow*

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

InLove · 12-14-2006, 08:08 AM

Butter Pecan Ice Cream??? Now you're talkin! (That just happens to be my fave, Phyllis--sounds like a good excuse to go out and get one of those fancy newfangled ice cream makers I saw the Barefoot Contessa using one day.) Don't know why I didn't think of it myself.

Don't cry, kitty....we have tuna!

If you ever do find the fish one, I'm still interested.

InPeace,
InLove

InLove · 12-22-2006, 12:21 AM

I just figured out what went wrong with my oatmeal pecan cookies.

The nuts were innocent. It was me who transgressed.

The flour I used was self-rising. I asked J.H. to pick up some regular, all-purpose stuff. Alas (I love that word) he is a well-meaning man. And I am a human woman. I just did not see what was coming....

So, at worst, my husband and I invented oatmeal lumpies.

InPeace,
InLove

juantoo3 · 12-22-2006, 02:14 AM

Kindest Regards all! Special nod to InLove!

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So, at worst, my husband and I invented oatmeal lumpies.

Let's just say, I can relate. My wonderful wife knows I enjoy her dumplings. Helpful me, I too got "the wrong flour," and we ended up with something more like boiled mini-burgers. Not too bad...but decidedly *not* what she intended.

:blush:

InLove · 12-22-2006, 10:18 PM

Well, you know what they (whoever they are) say--Necessity is the mother of invention. But I tend to think that Accident is quite often the catalyst. All I have to do is think of "blackened" food in the Cajun tradition. Do you think that it all started because someone accidentally burned the shrimp, and invented a new gourmet dish rather than throwing it out?

InPeace,
InLove