Re: Hershey's Favorite Recipes

Ranee wrote:

If it's the Cake Bible, it is worth the price simply for the
Neoclassic Buttercream.

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Yes, it's Rose's CAKE BIBLE. I've been hanging out at
Borders bookstore for an hour or two on the weekends,
copying recipes out of books I'm too cheap to buy. I've
been spending a lot of time with Rose.

I ordered a book called 20 Easy Cakes, and it came
yesterday, but I was kind of disappointed with it. It uses
more rolled fondant than what I'm interested in.

Michael

Michael said:

Ranee wrote:

If it's the Cake Bible, it is worth the price simply for the
Neoclassic Buttercream.

*******
Yes, it's Rose's CAKE BIBLE. I've been hanging out at
Borders bookstore for an hour or two on the weekends,
copying recipes out of books I'm too cheap to buy. I've
been spending a lot of time with Rose.

I ordered a book called 20 Easy Cakes, and it came
yesterday, but I was kind of disappointed with it. It uses
more rolled fondant than what I'm interested in.

Michael

A great source for cookbooks is www.newbookscheap.com. The prices are
1/2 the retail and they ship media rate. The Cake Bible is priced at
$17.50. I have bought from them several times and have been very
satisfied with the service.

www.ecookbooks.com (Jessica's Biscuit) also has some good prices.

And there is always www.amazon.com. Usually pretty good prices and no
shipping on orders over $25.00. I think they are out of everything
right this minute. Most of the things I ordered after Christmas are
on back order. I'm not in any hurry.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:11:31 -0500, The Cook <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

A great source for cookbooks is www.newbookscheap.com. The prices are
1/2 the retail and they ship media rate. The Cake Bible is priced at
$17.50. I have bought from them several times and have been very
satisfied with the service.

I second your recommendation. They're amazing. And, if I remember
correctly, proceeds of sales go to a military or veteran's fund.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Damsel in dis Dress said:

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:11:31 -0500, The Cook <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

A great source for cookbooks is www.newbookscheap.com. The prices are
1/2 the retail and they ship media rate. The Cake Bible is priced at
$17.50. I have bought from them several times and have been very
satisfied with the service.

I second your recommendation. They're amazing. And, if I remember
correctly, proceeds of sales go to a military or veteran's fund.

Carol

I just checked the site again and saw nothing about proceeds going to
a veteran's fund. David Sprigg (the owner) is the holder of a purple
heart from Vietnam and a member of the Military Order of the Purple
Heart. I gather that New Books Cheap provides their livelihood.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:39:00 -0500, The Cook <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Damsel in dis Dress said:

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:11:31 -0500, The Cook <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

A great source for cookbooks is www.newbookscheap.com. The prices are
1/2 the retail and they ship media rate. The Cake Bible is priced at
$17.50. I have bought from them several times and have been very
satisfied with the service.

I second your recommendation. They're amazing. And, if I remember
correctly, proceeds of sales go to a military or veteran's fund.

Carol

I just checked the site again and saw nothing about proceeds going to
a veteran's fund. David Sprigg (the owner) is the holder of a purple
heart from Vietnam and a member of the Military Order of the Purple
Heart. I gather that New Books Cheap provides their livelihood.

From: http://www.newbookscheap.com/about_new_books_cheap.htm :
"Most of what little profit there is goes to the Military Order Of The
Purple Heart. "I have calculated just how much I need to live on, and it
is calculated in such a way that when I die, I will be back to zero, just
as I was when I came in. The Army will pay for my funeral, and then I'm
done. Till then, I'll continue to lose a certain amount of money each
month, year in and year out, until the bank account is empty. By then,
they'll be pulling the plug on life support, and I'll be content in the
knowledge that I'll have done all that I could to achieve my goal of
helping all that I can."

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

The Cook said:

Damsel in dis Dress said:

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:11:31 -0500, The Cook <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

A great source for cookbooks is www.newbookscheap.com. The prices are
1/2 the retail and they ship media rate. The Cake Bible is priced at
$17.50. I have bought from them several times and have been very
satisfied with the service.

I second your recommendation. They're amazing. And, if I remember
correctly, proceeds of sales go to a military or veteran's fund.

Carol

I just checked the site again and saw nothing about proceeds going to
a veteran's fund. David Sprigg (the owner) is the holder of a purple
heart from Vietnam and a member of the Military Order of the Purple
Heart. I gather that New Books Cheap provides their livelihood.

Did another look at the page and you are correct Carol. Next time
maybe I will read the whole thing before I start typing.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

Thank you, Susan and Carol, for recommending the newbookscheap
place. That is a great price! I think it lists for $35 at Borders,
and
that is a lot for me to pay for a book, even a nice one like Rose's.

And I can understand you not seeing the message about where the
profit goes to at the site, Susan. I struggle to find even the most
basic information at a lot of web sites.

And that is wonderful that the profits go for a good cause.
Thanks again, Michael

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:43:51 -0500, The Cook <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Did another look at the page and you are correct Carol. Next time
maybe I will read the whole thing before I start typing.

<G> Who'd think you'd have to go through the whole site? Ya done good.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

I was starting to feel guilty because I got the Hershey's Best-Loved
Recipes cookbook for Christmas and had yet to make anything new
from it, so I made the Easy Rich No-Bake Chocolate Cheescake
last night. I have only made one cheesecake before, the one inside
the Philadelphia cream cheese package, and I have been wanting to
try a chocolate cheesecake. The no-bake part of it fit in with my
schedule, too. It was getting late in the evening and I didn't really
relish the idea of sitting around for an hour waiting for it to bake.

It came out pretty good considering that I forgot one of the major
ingredients. Haha! It calls to beat the basic ingredients together
and then pour in melted chocolate and beat it some more and then
blend in whipped cream. I forgot the cream! I figured it would come
out hard as a rock but it wasn't bad at all. Cheesecakes tend towards
the "heavy" side in texture, anyway.

Oh! I also had to use a different crust. It called for one made with
almonds and vanilla wafers, but I used graham cracker, walnuts, and
a heaping tablespoon of cocoa for mine, and baked it for 8 minutes
to set it.

I also got to use my new springform pan for this. Very nice! The
first one I did ended up more like cheesecake bars, done up in two
baking pans.

Michael

Michael said:

Oh! I also had to use a different crust. It called for one made with
almonds and vanilla wafers, but I used graham cracker, walnuts, and
a heaping tablespoon of cocoa for mine, and baked it for 8 minutes
to set it.

How about crushed Oreos?

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Damsel wrote:

How about crushed Oreos?

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I've heard they make a good crust. A friend of mine says he runs them
through his food processor. But I didn't have any. I've found that as
far
as baking cookies and cakes, I can maintain a standard stock of about
15 or 20 items and I've got what I need for at least 50% of the
recipes.
It's a 20 minute drive into town, so I've learned to improvise when I
don't
have exactly what's called for.

Michael

Damsel <[email hidden]> wrote in
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On 7 Jan 2005 05:02:09 -0800, "Michael" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Oh! I also had to use a different crust. It called for one made
with almonds and vanilla wafers, but I used graham cracker,
walnuts, and a heaping tablespoon of cocoa for mine, and baked it
for 8 minutes to set it.

How about crushed Oreos?

Carol

I've used oreos, graham waffers, almonds and Black Brazillian Cocoa...the
black cocoa was to get a nice even color.

--
Starchless in Manitoba.
Type 2 Diabetic 1AC 5.6mmol or 101mg/dl

Hahabogus wrote about cheesecake crusts:

I've used oreos, graham waffers, almonds and Black Brazillian
Cocoa...the
black cocoa was to get a nice even color.

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That's an interesting cocoa. I've heard of the Dutch chocolate
variety, and I've kept my eye out at the grocery store, but I've
never seen any but the standard kind.

Michael

"Michael" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Hahabogus wrote about cheesecake crusts:

I've used oreos, graham waffers, almonds and Black Brazillian
Cocoa...the
black cocoa was to get a nice even color.

*****************
That's an interesting cocoa. I've heard of the Dutch chocolate
variety, and I've kept my eye out at the grocery store, but I've
never seen any but the standard kind.

Michael

I "found" the Black Brazillian cocoa at a scoop and weigh store. And I
buy Dutch Cocoa from penzey's.

--
Starchless in Manitoba.
Type 2 Diabetic 1AC 5.6mmol or 101mg/dl