I’d say it’s time to order some Shoofly Pie. 🥧 😀
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
SHOOFLY PIE I (LANCASTER COUNTY) Credited to: Mrs. D. L. Helfferich
Filling
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup molasses
Crumbs
4 cups sifted flour
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup shortening
1/4 teaspoon salt
Use any pastry recipe you prefer and roll out 2 crusts, placing one in each of 2 pie tins.
Pour boiling water over soda in a bowl and stir in molasses.
Pour filling into pie shells, half filling.
Mix ingredients for crumbs and sprinkle thickly on top of the pies.
Bake in 350° oven for 30-40 minutes until nicely browned.
Makes 2 8-inch pies.
One pie for you and one for the flies? It might attract the flies out of Claude and Clara’s soup so they can enjoy it (well, minus any fly residue, but who’s noticing?)
But your art (the one besides our beloved Cleo and Company) is most excellent, too!
As is StelBel’s, by the way.
Arfside
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3 years ago
Some good videos, but a very evocative painting.
DennisinSeattle
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Atheist eating in a restaurant, with religious server:
Waiter, what’s this fly doing in my soup?
Waiter: He’s praying.
Atheist: Take this away, I can’t eat this.
Waiter: See, his prayers were answered.
Liverlips McCracken
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3 years ago
That swimming team is really good.
Katina Cooper
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3 years ago
Those flies are in that soup to keep it mixed and to keep Clara occupied so that she doesn’t see the owner of the diner going through their car. Only a few more days until April Fools Day. What is Cleo going to do to Claude?
I suspect you are not logging in properly (if it’s deliberate on your part; apologies).
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It’s not perfect, but it will give you an accurate starting point. (Perkycat had to reset her password, and Dennis had to finally go to his email junk folder for his).
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Hey! I have that album!
The liner notes state that the label on the box translates as :Dynamite”
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Good morning, Cleonauts! Q Date: 380.98837.52 T- 16D 2H 10M
Stop complaining. There are starving frogs in the power plant pond that would give 3 of their 12 legs to have those phlies.
NATIONAL SOMETHING ON A STICK, TRIGLYCERIDES, WEED APPRECIATION DAY
There’s another one, but I’m not going there today.
Y’all smoke some weed (milk comes to mind), and have some triglycerides on a stick. Snerks
Not posting pics today. Comcast is being a Richard. .3Mbs download 21.7Mbs upload For the non techs it’s like ordering a 17 pound T-bone and getting a quarter of a slider without the meat.
We just watched The Princess Bride a short time ago. Love it!
As you wish.
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Years ago whenever we traveled, we would only stop at the big chain restaurants because of the ‘fly in the soup’ reputation. Now, we look for the (clean) Mom & Pop places because the food is usually so good. Strangely, our favorite food is usually found at a Cowboy Bar. Never drink, but love the food.
We don’t usually eat on the road. Stay somewhere with a kitchen and cook our own. (We both love cooking.)
Our favorite bathroom stops are local libraries – we also try to avoid interstates as local roads are much more interesting and scenic. Unlike gas stations and fast food joints, library bathrooms are always clean. Besides that, we like to check out what other Friends of the Library groups are doing. Huge range from annual book sales to bake sales to real used book shops to – our personal off-the-top favorite – a Book Lovers Ball. That’s in Denver where they clear out the entire block-long entry space, put up 8-top tables, parquet dance floor, serve multi-course sit-down dinner, black tie of course,etc. All for the low, low price of several hundred dollars. Half price tickets available for the young-uns – under 35 – not for seniors.
The flies on the wall will love that!
I’d say it’s time to order some Shoofly Pie. 🥧 😀
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
SHOOFLY PIE I (LANCASTER COUNTY) Credited to: Mrs. D. L. Helfferich
Filling
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup molasses
Crumbs
4 cups sifted flour
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup shortening
1/4 teaspoon salt
Use any pastry recipe you prefer and roll out 2 crusts, placing one in each of 2 pie tins.
Pour boiling water over soda in a bowl and stir in molasses.
Pour filling into pie shells, half filling.
Mix ingredients for crumbs and sprinkle thickly on top of the pies.
Bake in 350° oven for 30-40 minutes until nicely browned.
Makes 2 8-inch pies.
One pie for you and one for the flies? It might attract the flies out of Claude and Clara’s soup so they can enjoy it (well, minus any fly residue, but who’s noticing?)
Sorry, Alexi, this hardly sounds edible. Flour, sugar, molasses, fat. Yum.
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That Hopperesque picture above has got to be one of yours.
It’s beautiful.
In a way (I guess)…
The artist’s name is in the title of the picture-file Nighthawks has posted.
https://alexrussellflint.com/prints/alone-now
Thank you for the information.
And while I did erroneously attribute it to him, for which I apologize, nighthawks still has beautiful taste in art.
thanks, but no, it’s not mine.
I admire the style and I especially admire the subject—-the mood
But your art (the one besides our beloved Cleo and Company) is most excellent, too!
As is StelBel’s, by the way.
Some good videos, but a very evocative painting.
Atheist eating in a restaurant, with religious server:
Waiter, what’s this fly doing in my soup?
Waiter: He’s praying.
Atheist: Take this away, I can’t eat this.
Waiter: See, his prayers were answered.
That swimming team is really good.
Those flies are in that soup to keep it mixed and to keep Clara occupied so that she doesn’t see the owner of the diner going through their car. Only a few more days until April Fools Day. What is Cleo going to do to Claude?
Mysteriousâ„¢ (by “Rotifer [what-ever’s-in-the-middle-when-you-read-this] Thalweg”) one:
I suspect you are not logging in properly (if it’s deliberate on your part; apologies).
I have put an attachment below that shows where everything is.
It’s not perfect, but it will give you an accurate starting point. (Perkycat had to reset her password, and Dennis had to finally go to his email junk folder for his).
Right click on the attachment and open it in a new window so you don’t lose this page.
Ohhh… good question!
Who is that mysterious figure in the window of the diner?
Mrs. Bates?
Yikes!
That’s what I thought, too!!
Pre-stuffing?
Hey! I have that album!
The liner notes state that the label on the box translates as :Dynamite”
Good morning, Cleonauts! Q Date: 380.98837.52 T- 16D 2H 10M
Stop complaining. There are starving frogs in the power plant pond that would give 3 of their 12 legs to have those phlies.
NATIONAL SOMETHING ON A STICK, TRIGLYCERIDES, WEED APPRECIATION DAY
There’s another one, but I’m not going there today.
Y’all smoke some weed (milk comes to mind), and have some triglycerides on a stick. Snerks
Not posting pics today. Comcast is being a Richard. .3Mbs download 21.7Mbs upload For the non techs it’s like ordering a 17 pound T-bone and getting a quarter of a slider without the meat.
(((((HUGS)))))
then there’s everybody’s favorite–fried rat on stick
ISH! ICK!!
We just watched The Princess Bride a short time ago. Love it!
As you wish.
Years ago whenever we traveled, we would only stop at the big chain restaurants because of the ‘fly in the soup’ reputation. Now, we look for the (clean) Mom & Pop places because the food is usually so good. Strangely, our favorite food is usually found at a Cowboy Bar. Never drink, but love the food.
When we travel ~ and even at home, we try to avoid the big chains.
We don’t usually eat on the road. Stay somewhere with a kitchen and cook our own. (We both love cooking.)
Our favorite bathroom stops are local libraries – we also try to avoid interstates as local roads are much more interesting and scenic. Unlike gas stations and fast food joints, library bathrooms are always clean. Besides that, we like to check out what other Friends of the Library groups are doing. Huge range from annual book sales to bake sales to real used book shops to – our personal off-the-top favorite – a Book Lovers Ball. That’s in Denver where they clear out the entire block-long entry space, put up 8-top tables, parquet dance floor, serve multi-course sit-down dinner, black tie of course,etc. All for the low, low price of several hundred dollars. Half price tickets available for the young-uns – under 35 – not for seniors.
Me Da always said to stop at the place with the most big trucks.
This is always funny! Those flies are very talented.
Great animation. If they don’t drown I’ll give them 5.3 (I think they use a 6 point scale).