From: The New Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book
By: Ruth Hutchinson
Illustrated by: Tim Palmer
Published by: HARPER & BROTHERS NEW YORK 1958
Earlier edition published as: The Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book (1948)
Library of Congress catalog card number 58-8873
CREAM PUFFS Credited to: Mrs. Abram Samuels
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sifted flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
3 eggs
Filling
2 cups milk (whole milk 3.25% milk fat)
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla (real, not artificial)
Melt butter in saucepan, take from stove, blend with flour and salt. Return to
stove, add water gradually, stirring to a smooth paste. Remove from stove, beat
in eggs one by one. Drop from spoon to greased cookie sheet, about 2 inches
apart. Place in preheated oven, 400°, bake for 30 minutes. (Reduce to 350° during
last 5 minutes of baking.) Cool, slit sides, fill with custard or whipped cream. To
make filling, scald the milk. Sift together cornstarch, salt and sugar, add and
blend. Place in top of double boiler over hot water and cook until mixture thickens.
Cool, add egg yolks lightly beaten and vanilla. If you prefer, beat egg whites stiff
and fold in, but they can be omitted. Makes 10 or 12 large puffs.
Notes from me:
These are puffs, keep a close eye on them (quite literally, your altitude and the weather will affect the baking time). Make sure the batter off the stove is cool enough that the eggs don’t cook before they’re blended
Basically you have 1 1/2 cups of batter, to get 12 puffs use 1/8 cup per puff.
You could easily do the filling in a microwave (use a deep bowl). Use 1 minute 30 second cycles; stir after each one. When enough cycles have been used, the custard will start to thicken up, use your judgement for the last time in the microwave.
And since I see Arfside is apparently starting a New Year’s diet; I figured from figures on the internet that each of 12 puffs will be about 220 calories (the internet’s resolution was to be completely accurate from now on).
In house personal teamwork project at Meduzarts. Project received a lot of attention online, and was featured in Digital Art Master Volume 5, and made front page of multiple online digital art websites. Image was also adapted for some items you can buy at Sharp Shirter:
42?
That’s okay for long term planning, but in the immediate present I’d rather be known as a frood who really knows where my towel is.
From Wikipedia
Isaac Asimov
Russian: Исаак Азимов[1]
Yiddish: יצחק אזימאװ[1]
Born c. January 2, 1920[a] Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
Died April 6, 1992 (aged 72)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
This LINK leads to one of my favourite short stories of his “A Feeling of Power.”
Written in 1958, he actually foreshadowed the days of cashiers not knowing what change to give (let alone how to count it up) if the machine doesn’t tell them what it is.
As a side note I nearly fell into that trap. I became so used to using a calculator to avoid doing things by hand that, one day, I caught myself using my calculator to multiply something by 10 (I know, I know, it’s disgusting); when I realized what I was doing, I immediately put the calculator down, and put my brain back to work. It took a while to recover, but I did.
Claude says “No you don’t look like Lassie, but close enough when I’m in trouble”. He wants Cleo to go tell Clara he pushed the button AGAIN! Clara will say “Sorry, I don’t understand Dog talk.
Wait, what – I’m here first?!?
OK; took a long nap after the last lovely, but strenuous days…
.
Interesting how it kind of breaks into unattached, layered panels as it swings.
Not something I picture in the still dress.
Maybe it’s the underside, flipping up?
Marylin did it better!
cream puffs
Why, yes. Two please. 🙂
Strictly low calorie, right?
Let us all hope this year is a cream puff.
From:
The New Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book
By: Ruth Hutchinson
Illustrated by: Tim Palmer
Published by: HARPER & BROTHERS NEW YORK 1958
Earlier edition published as: The Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book (1948)
Library of Congress catalog card number 58-8873
CREAM PUFFS Credited to: Mrs. Abram Samuels
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sifted flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
3 eggs
Filling
2 cups milk (whole milk 3.25% milk fat)
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla (real, not artificial)
Melt butter in saucepan, take from stove, blend with flour and salt. Return to
stove, add water gradually, stirring to a smooth paste. Remove from stove, beat
in eggs one by one. Drop from spoon to greased cookie sheet, about 2 inches
apart. Place in preheated oven, 400°, bake for 30 minutes. (Reduce to 350° during
last 5 minutes of baking.) Cool, slit sides, fill with custard or whipped cream. To
make filling, scald the milk. Sift together cornstarch, salt and sugar, add and
blend. Place in top of double boiler over hot water and cook until mixture thickens.
Cool, add egg yolks lightly beaten and vanilla. If you prefer, beat egg whites stiff
and fold in, but they can be omitted. Makes 10 or 12 large puffs.
Notes from me:
These are puffs, keep a close eye on them (quite literally, your altitude and the weather will affect the baking time). Make sure the batter off the stove is cool enough that the eggs don’t cook before they’re blended
Basically you have 1 1/2 cups of batter, to get 12 puffs use 1/8 cup per puff.
You could easily do the filling in a microwave (use a deep bowl). Use 1 minute 30 second cycles; stir after each one. When enough cycles have been used, the custard will start to thicken up, use your judgement for the last time in the microwave.
And since I see Arfside is apparently starting a New Year’s diet; I figured from figures on the internet that each of 12 puffs will be about 220 calories (the internet’s resolution was to be completely accurate from now on).
Buffet day!
That random blow doesn’t look that good; I think I’ll go somewhere else and have some not very bright total.
And you chose such a delicious-looking one.
call me crazy, but I’m sensing sarcasm there, Ms Sunshine
Maybe you need new glasses…
…but won’t wear them.
A wise decision.
“No; you’re much lovelier, girl! – now go get help…” – “Tell me how much lovelier I am first! – And take your time.”
“Cloud Pumps” by: Mark Akopov
So this is how Mars lost its water! Much less mundane than the theories!
Whoa!
I always loved this Melanie song! “Some people say I done alright for a girl” indeed.
I thought “Carolina on my mind” was the best.
Carolina in My Mind – Melanie Safka – YouTube
Just be glad he didn’t pull you in with him.
Bite him before he does stupid stuff like that.
Okay Lassie, you can go get help now. (giggle, giggle)
Cleo, text Lassie to get help!
Hah!
January 2nd, 2022… That date looks almost… but not quite… real, doesn’t it… hard as it is to believe…
But I suppose it’s easier to believe in 2022, than to believe that our favorite little basset girl is really Lassie.
…
First off, there’s the lack of a pointed nose … nope, she doesn’t have Lassie’s carrot face.
Then… the fat, stubby little legs. definitely not Lassie material.
But mostly… there’s that selfish, greedy, self-absorbed, and gun-toting personality we all know and love….
the one inside those eyes that are looking down at Claude… and nope…. you don’t look like Lassie, Cleo.
…..
It’s a good thing we Cleofans love you anyway.
But Claude… I hope you have your cell phone in your pocket.
And maybe a snack…. which you can either eat while you wait for help…
or maybe, but only if it’s good enough, use for bribing your devoted dog to go find Clara, if nobody answers your call.
selfish, greedy, self-absorbed, and gun-toting ?
ok, probably.
more science fiction
“Octopus Diner”
In house personal teamwork project at Meduzarts. Project received a lot of attention online, and was featured in Digital Art Master Volume 5, and made front page of multiple online digital art websites. Image was also adapted for some items you can buy at Sharp Shirter:
https://www.sharpshirter.com/search?q=octopus+diner
– Stephan Brisson: Concepts, Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Lighting
– Valérie Villeneuve: Concepts, Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Lighting
– Elise Frappier: Concepts, Texturing, Matte Painting
DATE
February 1, 2009
The above comes from HERE. There are more details there, too.
The “sharpshirter” link is a sales site Meduzarts has chosen to work with. I left it in for the sake of completeness.
Looks like they’re in a dive bar. 😉
Okay….(sigh)…you get the second of 2022.
G 🦨 N
R A
O
R A
G 🦨 N
Boo! 😀
You know you shouldn’t, but you always do.
Good morning Do not Touch phans!
.
Y’all remember… 42 (((((HuGz!)))))
Space Roomba™?
😂
42?
That’s okay for long term planning, but in the immediate present I’d rather be known as a frood who really knows where my towel is.
From Wikipedia
Isaac Asimov
Russian: Исаак Азимов[1]
Yiddish: יצחק אזימאװ[1]
Born c. January 2, 1920[a] Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
Died April 6, 1992 (aged 72)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
This LINK leads to one of my favourite short stories of his “A Feeling of Power.”
Written in 1958, he actually foreshadowed the days of cashiers not knowing what change to give (let alone how to count it up) if the machine doesn’t tell them what it is.
As a side note I nearly fell into that trap. I became so used to using a calculator to avoid doing things by hand that, one day, I caught myself using my calculator to multiply something by 10 (I know, I know, it’s disgusting); when I realized what I was doing, I immediately put the calculator down, and put my brain back to work. It took a while to recover, but I did.
Please do not press this button again.
What a ghastly audio quality.
Claude says “No you don’t look like Lassie, but close enough when I’m in trouble”. He wants Cleo to go tell Clara he pushed the button AGAIN! Clara will say “Sorry, I don’t understand Dog talk.
Good one, Perky!