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Diane took a big slice of the cake to her sister today, along with some peanut butter cookies. (Her sister doesn't eat peanut butter cookies.)
Linda must have liked the cake, I got a text to send Diane a link to the recipe.
It's pretty good with some blackberries on it, though I think I liked it better with sliced strawberries.
My wife's step-mother had lung cancer that had spread to her brain before it was diagnosed. The reason she went to the doctor is that she was having trouble filling out the daily crossword puzzle.
She tried a couple of radiation treatments but they made her so sick and the prognosis wasn't great anyway, so she discontinued them and was gone in another week or so. That was 20 years ago and I still miss her phone calls asking for help with that day's crossword puzzle. I think she would have liked Wordle, too.
That is very difficult news to hear, Joan. Stay as strong as you can.
The Washington Post reader comments tend to be savage and no matter what the subject, seem to wind up being about politics. I've heard the NY Times reader comments are even worse.
I've gotten some good recipes from the WaPo, though. This one isn't what I'd call a 'must make' recipe, but I'm not sorry I made it, and it was much better with some fresh strawberries on top. I think I like it better than Diane does.
The recipe will go in the cake section of my notebook, but towards the back, I suspect.
One of the people my wife works with is a former chef, he thinks my take on the Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake is restaurant-worthy. But it is funny how many people call them brownies.
We had tacos. And got about 3/4 inch of rain in maybe 15 minutes this evening. Hardest I've seen it rain in quite a while.
I made over 2 quarts of chicken stock from the bones of the rotisserie chicken we had a few days ago, I'm planning to make a chicken pot pie tomorrow, the high is supposed to be only 75.
The cake is very good with some fresh strawberries on top, sort of like strawberry shortcake with frosting. 🙂
I think the cake, unfrosted, would make a decent, if soft, shortcake.
It is lighter than a Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake, and the strawberry flavor is quite mild. Some sliced strawberries on top would be good, that's probably something we'll try at lunch tomorrow, if not at breakfast. 🙂
I think it's a cake we might make every now and then as a change of pace, but I don't think it'll be something I'll make nearly as often as a Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake. It would also make a good 2nd cake to make for a group if there may be people who don't eat chocolate.
I'm tempted to try heating the butter/milk/sugar mixture and adding that to the flour so that some of it gelatinizes like with the chocolate version.
We had burgers on the grill, plus 4 bean salad.
I made the strawberry glazed Texas sheet cake today (1/2 recipe), pictures in cake thread.
Cake before frosting:
Cake after frosting:
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You must be logged in to view attached files.At last weekend's family reunion, my wife's cousin brought a pasta salad with diced apples and pineapple in it. It was quite good, I'll suggest she ask for the recipe.
I think I'm going to make a half recipe of it in a 9x13 pan.
We had salami and tomato sandwiches tonight, and 4 bean salad, which Costco has again.
I don't know about the planting and fertilizing equipment, but I know wheat harvesters are very different from corn or bean harvesters.
It used to be that many wheat growers wouldn't own their harvesters, they'd contract for a team that roams around the region harvesting wheat fields, bringing multiple harvesters with them so they could do your fields quickly. I know one wheat farmer who referred to it as the 'Million Dollar Parade' because of the cost of those harvesters.
BLTs are on the menu tonight.
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