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Comment on Cinnamon Pecan Streusel Topped Buttermilk Coffee Cake by anita

anita — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:02:17 +0000

I made this coffee cake yesterday morning for a large gathering. I made it in a jelly roll pan which was large enough to hold it all. Everyone loved it!! It was so good! I gave pieces away for “take-home” and even a few to my real estate broker who is helping us find a new home. He says that now I have to bake another for him since he knows I can do that.
I used half ww pastry flour and half white. Cut the butter back in the cake about half simply because I only had that much butter and I did not want to skimp in the streusel! the cake was still very good.
Recently I was in Texas and a friend gave me a huge bag of pecans from her tree. My husband shelled them for me fresh as I was putting the rest together. They had the best flavor, were large and full of oil. (plenty of water there this year)
Thanks for the recipe. I definitely want to use it for leaving a hostess gift and make it in the springform pan for beauty. I am excited to try that.
The story about Kipling, your beloved Kitty touched my heart. I had a wonderful cat, Shrimpboat, who was with us for over 17 years. He is my “very best kitty friend forever” as I promised him. We had to let him go similarly. That was about 4-5 years ago and my heart is just now possibly able to receive another pet.

Comment on Kipling-The Jungle Cat Who Walked by Himself- We will miss you! by casalba

casalba — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:00:08 +0000

Oh Dear Gabi, I was so sorry to read this and send you love from across The Pond. Beautifully written and very moving. Lots of love, Sally

Comment on Poor Man’s Butter by What Makes These Avocados Different From All Others? | Off the Road

What Makes These Avocados Different From All Others? | Off the Road — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:01:05 +0000

[...] Long before there was guacamole, California rolls or the Super Bowl, there were avocados. The species–Persea americana–is native to Mexico and Central America and has been widely planted and naturalized in the Caribbean and South America. While vast orchards of trees–most of them genetic duplicates of the Hass variety and several others–grow in the world’s main regions of production, like California, in places less affected by the homogenous sprawl of commercial agriculture, hundreds of different varieties exist. In Ecuador, avocados of endless shapes, colors and sizes are sold in the central town markets. Certain varieties are favored and cultivated widely, but the spectrum of avocados here is almost as varied as the people who grow them. For avo advocates, such a selection of varieties makes touring the local markets a source of intrigue and offers a fine opportunity for a varietal tasting of the fruit that was once called “poor man’s butter.” [...]