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sugar cookies in muffin tins?
Hey guys, I have been going nuts looking for a recipe that was posted here a couple years ago...I believe it was a sugar cookie base, cooked in muffin tins, with fruit pressed into it. There may have been more to it than that, but that is all I remember for sure. Basic enough, and I guess I could just use another sugar cookie recipe, but it was so ( Read more... ) -
Stewed Plums
After a couple of late night cooking extravaganzas, I’ve finally managed to work my way through all the remaining plums from my parents’ plum tree. I made three variations of regular stewed plums, and I’m quite pleased with the way they’ve all turned out. They’re now all sealed up in containers and have been banished to the depths of the freezer. I ( Read more... ) -
Plum Jam
There’s something so quaint and homely about jam making. It has that real olde-worlde charm which instantly makes you seem like a complete domestic goddess, swanning around in a frilly apron making batch after batch to bottle and sell at the village fête. Everyone tends to ooh and ahh impressively when you produce a fresh jar of homemade jam. ( Read more... ) -
Plum and Cream Mini Tortes
I wanted to do something with plums and ricotta cheese this weekend. Something rustic, hearty, and lovely. Something beautiful -- naked plum halves roasted to bubbly perfection. Thankfully, my friend posted this Original Plum Torte recipe (thanks m!), of which she had fond childhood memories. I adapted it to make individual mini-tortes in ( Read more... ) -
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hi! I'm new to the community, etc, etc.
the other day I went to a Vietnamese farmers' market in New Orleans East and managed to get a bag full of what I think is ume (a type of Asian plum?). I thought they were something else, but I didn't know what that something else is called in English (my parents are Indian so I only know the Hindi names for ( Read more... ) -
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I'll make this short: My husband and I have had to stay with his parents for a few weeks due to moving & a variety of issues. I'd really like to get them something nice, and I KNOW his mom loves this one type of plum she never can seem to find anywhere. They're called Santa Rosa plums (I know because I look for them a lot for her) and incredibly ( Read more... )
