Comments on: Breakfast in Bed…

By: Call Center Agent

Call Center Agent — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:41:06 +0000

keep safe :)

By: sleepless in Seattle

sleepless in Seattle — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:21:51 +0000

Enjoy your stay And vacay in the good old USA!!

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:58:16 +0000

Hi Ms. Betty – This is Carol. I have been trying to contact you to say hullo and wish you well since I heard you were sick. Kindly email me since what I have is your old email address, so we can correspond again through email. I also wanted to ask you when I can have your palayok sent through your sister? Many thanks and take care! (Sorry, MM, and thanks for the space!)

By: joey

joey — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:03:16 +0000

Fage! Oh yum! Just came from Barcelona and that’s one of the grocery items I bought for breakfast too :)

By: wisdom tooth

wisdom tooth — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:35:47 +0000

Oh BettyQ. Thanks for the response but I don’t think I know your new email. Tried emailing you awhile back for the pang award winning na choco cake recipe but I don’t know if you got them. I’m giving you my email instead and awaiting for your Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe tweeked version. :-) miotitat@yahoo.com
My family and I enjoy all your recipes that we’ve tried (from suman to salad dressings to yorkshire puddings to lemongrass bbq chicken….) Maraming salamat.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:41:02 +0000

Wisdom tooth: that is the one! Are you searching for the Perfect Chocolate Chip cookie, too? Send me an e-mail to the old one and I will reply to you with my tweaked version that I can guarantee you will be really HAPPY with. I did some MAJOR tweaking with most of the ingredients including baking time.

I have had major problems with the old e-mail addresses that I am reluctant to reply to ANY e-mails. Hubby told me to just open and read BUT not to reply and let it die down on its own in a few months. So, I have a new e-mail address. I know it is great to keep up with technology . But now, I think the PONY EXPRESS is way better, has no complications other than postal strike.

By: teacupmoments

teacupmoments — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:39:40 +0000

i also love those small soda bottles as well as the 90 cal. mini-cans, MM. and yes, we do get good blueberries from the farmers markets here in NC.

By: wisdom tooth

wisdom tooth — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:45:00 +0000

Hi Bettyq! Is this the cookbook you are referring to? I just copied and pasted. Thanks.

CookSmart: Perfect Recipes for Every Day [Hardcover]
Pam Anderson Executive Editor (Author)

By: betty q.

betty q. — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:52:26 +0000

Footloose, you made my morning again, as usual!

Thank you for the link…I can certainly relate to her. However, it was just recently (maybe the last 5 years) that I have resorted to just borrowing cookbooks from the library should I have a desire to cook the perfect something…This way , hubby need not buy another shelf!

Everybody’s mom makes the BEST this or that…Why? Because they put so much LOVE into what they are making. Others would say a bit of PAWIS does the trick, too!

And speaking of searching for the PERFECT this or that, I have found the PERFECT CHOcolate Chip recipe that surpasses those of famous cookbook authors. It is from a cookbook called Cooksmart. I have tweaked her recipe to suit my taste and if I may say so, my version is really good! I started to brown half the amount of butter called for. It gives the cookie depth in terms of flavour. I decreased the amount of granulated sugar , the amount of salt to since I preferred to use regular butter so I can brown the butter, and decreased the amount of chcolate chips. Dove semi-sweet is what I used ….so silky smooth even after baking.

I shaped them into walnut size balls thinking if I made them smaller, I will not feel guilty eating 3 cookies! …wrong! I will not tell you how much I ate! Since they were a lot smaller, needless to say baking time is also shorter. My search for the Perfect Chocolate Chip cookie recipe has ended! I can tick this one off my list!

By: Footloose

Footloose — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:58:09 +0000

A good read for a long-haul flight back (in conjunction with relief from tiny airplane seats by assuming certain hatha yoga poses along with some one-sided freely adopted Kama Sutra positions), one person’s quest for the perfect recipe and the acquisition and reading of cookbooks. Fully resonates with me because its time-frame is congruent with that of my awareness and pursuit of cookbooks. Link may not be accessible everywhere.

https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/09/05/050905crat_atlarge?currentPage=all