I have had it before! I think I just don't like boxed brownies.
True. Most people didn't start feeding their children like humans until the 00s lol.
I never use box cake mix (always homemade) but for some reason brownies (really anything chocolate flavored) intimidate me. And I agree, the Ghirardelli box is so yum.
Do you have a brownie recipe you like?
Yes, it's from Cooks Illustrated. I have it in my binder, but let me see if I can find it online anywhere. I let my online subscription lapse so I can't pull it from the site.
Eta - (I use semisweet chocolate, not bittersweet) Cooks description/science behind this recipe: To devise a properly chewy brownie recipe, we first had to discover the perfect ratio of oil to butter. We then combated greasiness by replacing some of the oil with egg yolks, whose emulsifiers prevent fat from separating and leaking out during baking. We found that unsweetened chocolate provides the strongest chocolate flavor. Finally, folding in bittersweet chocolate chunks just before baking gave our chewy brownies gooey pockets of melted chocolate and rounded out their complex flavor.
Cook's Illustrated Chewy Brownies Adapted from Cook's Illustrated March 2010
1/3 cup Dutch processed cocoa 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoon boiling water 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 large eggs 2 large egg yolks 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon baking soda (optional) 4-6 oz. bittersweet or semi sweet chocolate, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
Place rack on second lowest position in oven. Preheat oven to 350.
Make a foil liner for a 9x 13 pan by turning the baking pan pan upside down. Tear a piece of foil the length of the pan, leaving extra (about 2 inches) hanging down on both ends. Form the foil over the outside of the pan, Then flip the pan over, and place the molded foil to the inside of the pan. Spray the foil with cooking spray.
Whisk cocoa and boiling water together in a large bowl until smooth. Add unsweetened chocolate and whisk until chocolate is melted. Whisk in melted butter and oil. Mixture may look curdled at this point. Add eggs, egg yolks and vanilla. Continue to whisk until smooth. Whisk in sugar until fully incorporated. Using rubber spatula, fold in flour, salt, baking soda and bittersweet chocolate all at once, taking care to not over mix.
Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 30-40 minutes. Do not over cook. Transfer pan to wire rack and let cool completely, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove from pan using foil liner to lift brownies out of pan. Cut when cooled.
I love Jello brand cook and serve chocolate pudding. Not the instant kind.
My dad always burned that pudding slightly when he cooked it and I still love that burned taste. And the top skin part.
Kielbossa, sauerkraut and potatoes.
Tomato slices, cheese and mayo on bread.
ETA: When my dad was working out of town, we always ate at my Nana's. She always made lima beans with red beets and mashed potatoes. The white lima beans so they made a gravy. Somehow.
I'm the freak that likes to eat the cook and serve chocolate pudding hot. As in, I'd microwave it when stored in the fridge :-)
My dad always burned that pudding slightly when he cooked it and I still love that burned taste. And the top skin part.
Kielbossa, sauerkraut and potatoes.
Tomato slices, cheese and mayo on bread.
ETA: When my dad was working out of town, we always ate at my Nana's. She always made lima beans with red beets and mashed potatoes. The white lima beans so they made a gravy. Somehow.
I'm the freak that likes to eat the cook and serve chocolate pudding hot. As in, I'd microwave it when stored in the fridge :-)
I eat mine hot! And I pour some cold milk on the top.
I like several of the terrible foods listed here. My mom called the green fluff Watergate salad. If I eat breakfast cereal it must have marshmallows. I love Reddiwhip. I also loved sos aka chipped beef on toast. I also love Velveeta and will eat a slice every time I cut it up.
I grew up eating spam and fried bologna as well but I do not like those or really any lunch meat.
The one thing I remember eating as a child not listed here was a slice of American cheese broken into quarters melted over a saline cracker in the microwave. We also had "salads" like macaroni salad and English pea salad (peas, cheddar cheese cubes,and onions dressed in miracle whip).
I made chipped beef on toast not long after DH and I moved in together and he looked at me like I had three eyes! I think most of you would hard judge me for my food choices...I have ZERO shame in sharing I consume many of these things. But in moderation of course!
Also, someone mentioned pigs in a blanket. I forgot how freaking DELICIOUS these are...made some for DS' b-day party for the little kids and they were the first thing to go because all the ADULTS ate them!
My dad growing up would make this weird rice concotion...white rice, stir in an egg and crumbled bacon, salt & pepper and call it good. Quite tasty! My mom would make Tuna Patties and we'd eat with Ketchup. She made homemade scalloped potatoes w/ Velveeta for holidays, and I now make it too, it's turned into such a comfort food (and everyone who eats it LUUUUVVVS it). My dad would make "fake" garlic bread; slice of white bread (usually), buttered, sprinkle garlic salt on top and put under the broiler. We'd do this if we didn't have french bread. I still do this on occasion, and in fact I use it by putting my spaghetti (w/ jarred sauce of couse) in the bread, and folding it up and eating it like a taco.
For our birthdays growing up we could have anything we wanted for dinner, which was pretty exciting because we rarely had takeout and never went to a restaurant and my dad had a limited palate. Anyway, when my brother was like 20 his dinner choice was steak-ums and Velveta shells. Why?!!!
My dad always burned that pudding slightly when he cooked it and I still love that burned taste. And the top skin part.
Kielbossa, sauerkraut and potatoes.
Tomato slices, cheese and mayo on bread.
ETA: When my dad was working out of town, we always ate at my Nana's. She always made lima beans with red beets and mashed potatoes. The white lima beans so they made a gravy. Somehow.
I'm the freak that likes to eat the cook and serve chocolate pudding hot. As in, I'd microwave it when stored in the fridge :-)
My mom used to make us chocolate pie, it was a frozen pie shell she baked, then she'd make cook and serve chocolate pudding, put it in the pie shell and we'd all it it while it was still warm and gooey. BEST PIE EVER. I still love it.
I love Jello brand cook and serve chocolate pudding. Not the instant kind.
My dad always burned that pudding slightly when he cooked it and I still love that burned taste. And the top skin part.
Kielbossa, sauerkraut and potatoes.
Tomato slices, cheese and mayo on bread.
ETA: When my dad was working out of town, we always ate at my Nana's. She always made lima beans with red beets and mashed potatoes. The white lima beans so they made a gravy. Somehow.
one of my friends in high school shared my love of the skin on the pudding. So when we had sleepovers we'd put it in a wide bowl so we double up on the skin
Post by tacosforlife on Oct 10, 2015 14:23:13 GMT -5
Lest y'all think I'm a complete food snob, I totally chowed down on fast food today. But it was Culver's, which is far superior to other fast food. H even gave me three of his cheese curds. NOM.
Lest y'all think I'm a complete food snob, I totally chowed down on fast food today. But it was Culver's, which is far superior to other fast food. H even gave me three of his cheese curds. NOM.
Post by darkling_glory on Oct 11, 2015 19:18:08 GMT -5
My MIL makes this broccoli casserole with cheese whiz and slivered almonds. It's so good. So comforting. I'm already ready for it and Thanksgiving is still over a month away.
I'm back. I forgot there are three Stouffer's meals I like: fettucine alfredo, macaroni and cheese, and tuna casserole. I also like letting them cook longer than suggested to make the edges crispy. I already know that sounds gross.
Eta - I'm back again. So wait, if I have to count Twizzlers and other cheap candy, then this could take awhile. Twizzlers, Snickers, Rolo, Twix, KitKat, Laffy Taffy, Charleston Chew, Sno-Caps, and Reese Cups. Bye again.
Eta - Hi again. Also Tastycakes (butterscotch Krimpets and chocolate cupcakes), but only in Philly. They taste different other places.
OMG. My FIL is visiting and literally 2 hours ago came in from the store complaining he couldn't find Tastycakes for his breakfast while he's here. He's Philly native, lives in Atlanta now. He has no complaints about Atlanta's Tastycakes. I've never seen one of these things. But it does not sound healthy to eat one of these every day for breakfast. But he's 75, so I guess he should do what he wants He bought some sort of Little Debbie mess as a consolation breakfast.
ETA: Lest anyone think I'm not feeding my 75yo FIL, this morning we had home fries, eggs and fruit. Evidently that can't compete with Tastycakes.
Lol! I have many complaints about Atlanta Tastycakes, but in fairness, I only tried them once, probably ten years ago, and not sense. Maybe they have improved. They tasted a little stale to me. You can only buy them in bulk for one thing, not the nice fresh single pack you can grab at any corner store. It's probably not so healthy, but it's basically the same as people who have coffee and doughnut, I guess. I wonder what kind he gets. The only kind that seems breakfast like to me is the jelly Krimpet (which I don't eat). He should definitely do what he wants--it's working for him!
I love the SHIT out of Totino's pizza rolls. Are they good? No. Do I love them? YAAAAASSSS. We all have guilty pleasures.
Stovetop stuffing is marginally offensive. I mean, it's just dried, seasoned bread that you add liquid to. I don't get it. Why not just use your own bread and seasoning? It's the just-add-water pancake mix of stuffing - it gets the job done, but it's so much better if you make it from scratch.
You take the stovetop stuffing and doctor it up with real celery/onions/carrots. Then it beats all.
Is this a good place to admit that my favorite candy is tootsie rolls?
Ha, every time, I'm like "WHO IN THE HELL LIKES TOOTSIE ROLLS?!?!?" It seems to me like the candy you'd eat in a poor, sad land where real chocolate hasn't been invented yet. But I love Bit O Honey, so...glass houses.
I love vanilla and cherry Tootsie Rolls but prefer real chocolate..I do have a fondness for Charleston Chews.