Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Easy Recipe to Try: Black Sambo

!±8± Easy Recipe to Try: Black Sambo

Black Sambo was one of the first recipes I learned from my mother when I started my catering business back in 2006. When I introduced it to my friends, everyone were quite amazed with how wonderful it tasted. Today, it is one of the most ordered desert by my regular customers. Black Sambo is a two layered gelatin made of creamy milk and Chocolate. As I was browsing in the Internet, I came across several almost the same recipes that made me want to share my own. I have invested in several plastic molders circular in shape that makes the Sambo so much prettier when presented.

First Layer:

1/2 cup of Boiling Water
1 can Nestle Cream
1 can Condensed Milk (big)
2 envelopes Knox Gelatin (unflavored)

Procedure:

Mix Condense milk and Nestle Cream together until smooth

Dissolve gelatin in Boiling water, let it cool and strain.

Combine it together with the milk mixture. Chill in the refrigerator.

Second Layer:

1/2 cup Boiling Water
1/2 cup Hershey Chocolate powder
1 can Evaporated Milk (big)
3/4 cup Refined Sugar
2 envelopes Knox Gelatin (unflavored)

Procedure:

Combine sugar and chocolate powder together with the evaporated milk.

Mix well until smooth.

Dissolve gelatin in water then combine it with the milk mixture.

Once the first layer is almost firm, put in the second layer slowly; let it chill. Note: It is best not to wait too long to put in the second layer so that both layers will stick to each other when you serve it.

This recipe is so easy to do-everyone should try it! You can serve it topped with Hershey Chocolate syrup or shredded chocolate but others prefer it as it is.


Easy Recipe to Try: Black Sambo

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Friday, November 18, 2011

The History Of Chocolate

!±8± The History Of Chocolate

Ever wonder how this favorite dessert and ingredient for baked goods came about? What about the famous chocolate chip?

Our love of chocolate started back in 1828 when a dutch chemist Johannes Van Houten came up with a way of separating the fat (cocoa butter) from the ground cocoa beans. This provided cocoa powder which tasted a lot better than the whole bean. Soon enough people were coming up with ways to mix the powder with milk and make chocolate bars and the first bar (swiss of course) was sold in 1875.

Chocolate comes from the cocoa bean. These seeds are found in pods that grow on the trunk and lower branches of the cacao tree. This tree is native to the Amazon and Brazil but is cultivated in many tropical climates today. The pods take about 6 months to develop and cocoa can be harvested about twice a year.

Now that you know where it comes from, you might be wondering how chocolage ends up as a candy bar. First the pods are harvested, fermented and dried. (gourmet chocolates use coca that is dried using a natural process that takes 7 days, the mass produced chocolate is not and the difference is in the taste!). The powder is pressed to extract the cocoa butter then it is blended back together with other ingredients to make the chooclate. Other ingredients include sugar and cocoa liquor. If the desired result is milk or white chocolate, milk or milk powder are also added.

Today, we have 3 basic types of chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate. Each is made with slightly different ingredients but the most important ingredient is the cocoa powder. If you have ever eaten gourmet chocolates, you will notice the difference in taste than that of a regular candy bar and this is because the mass produced chocolate contains little cocoa solids. In fact mass produced chocolate is made with inferior ingredients and the experience of eating it can not be compared to that of fine gourmet chocolates - they cost more but are well worth the money!

One favorite use of chocolate is the chocolate chip which can be used in anything from cookies to brownies or eaten as is!
The chocolate chip has an interesting history which dates back to 1930 when it was "invented" for use in toll house cookies by Ruth Wakefield. Wakefield was the owner of The Toll House Inn in Whitman Massachusetts and baked the meals for the guests herself. She was quite renowned for her cookies and one day while she was baking, a missing ingredient forced her to substitute broken up semi sweet chocolate bars for bakers chocolate. The result was chocolate chip cookies!

Once the cookies were invented, they became so popular that it was only a matter of time before the chocolate chip as a product was born. You see, the bar that Wakefield used as a substitute was given to her by Andrew Nestle and he struck a deal with her to print the recipe on the back of the package in return for a lifetime supply of Nestle chocolate!

But it wasn't until 1939 that the chips were packaged as we know them. Prior to that Nestles printed the recipe on the package of the bars and even included a little chopper so that people could use them to make the cookies easily.


The History Of Chocolate

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Friday, November 4, 2011

Varieties of Cookie Jars

!±8± Varieties of Cookie Jars

Any outsider would think this to be crazy, but only the people who have grown up eating those special cookies cooked by grandma would appreciate the real value of that glimpse of a cookie jar. It is almost magical - the effect that brings water to your mouths like in the case of that classical conditioning experiment with the dog. It seems like a lot of Americans especially and other kids around the world have had this special experience with cookies which has till today the cookie jar industries. Some of the most amazing products are seen below:

- Company name: Vandor
- Jar Specialty: Musicians, especially pop like Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Betty Boop etc. Later also joined by other famous celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Scooby doo, Uncle Sam etc.

- Company name: Quaker Oats
- Jar Specialty: Commonly found boxes in market, Aunt Jemina etc.

- Company name: McCoy
- Jar Specialty: Marilyn Monroe, Marvin Martian, Maxine Series, M and M etc.

- Company name: Nightmare Before Christmas
- Jar Specialty: NBC Peacock, Nestle Bear, Nabisco etc.

- Company name: Keebler
- Jar Specialty: Little Red Riding Hood

Here we can see the great influence of American tradition, myths, stories, legends and even pop culture clearly visible on the cookie jars. It is like an untold story. These treasured items even today remain a very impressive antique collection. Like the collection of Andy Warhol that was sold for 0,000.
Other items listed in the most valued list may include Superman, Batman, James Dean, Felix the Cat, The Three Stooges, Amazing Grace, Ragtime, Jazz Player, Babe Ruth, Animals, basketball, American Bisque, Animal Crackers, Brush Pottery Jars, Coca Cola, Easter, Entertainment Logos, Encore's Buddies, Flying saucer, Flamingo, Frog, Football, Foo God, Ghosts, Grant Howard, Halloween, Hearts, Howdy Doody, IGA Circus, Hopalong Casidy, Leprechauns, Mickey Mouse, People, Penguins, Planet Hollywood, Sports themes and so many more.

The awesome variety of designs and ideas is just staggering. Nothing more beautiful could be imagined than what the artists inspired from. This whole collection stares right back at you with all the historic themes and stories that come with it. Imagine if you are looking at an ancient inscription on an old cave's walls. What would you have seen? Their stories, their lives were written on those walls. How they dressed, how they played, how they danced and how they loved is all brought to us by their paintings. There are no words involved as words leave far lesser to your imagination.

The cookie jar undoubtedly are one of these remains of the earlier times when we set on our paths of economic progress, learnt our heavy lessons from the world wars and economic turmoil. They will tell the future generations about the themes and decorations of our lives. When a kid born in 2020 will eat his favorite cookie from a jar carved with Mickey Mouse and Elvis Presley, will he not wonder who these famous personalities are? Perhaps this is our way of writing our stories.


Varieties of Cookie Jars

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Four Facts About Chocolate Chip Cookies

!±8± Four Facts About Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookies are one of the most popular biscuits in the world - here are some interesting and fun facts about chocolate chip cookies, which include the difference between an American and an English Cookie, and how the cookie was born.

Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House restaurant is credited to be the first person to bake a chocolate chip cookie as we know it today. The chocolate chip cookie arose because she was actually a little bit lazy. Ruth decided to throw in small chunks of chocolate into her cookie mix assuming it would melt (and therefore produce drop cookies she was aiming for).   Ruth assumed the chocolate would melt and nobody would know the difference. For Ruth, it was a shortcut that really paid off. Her customers loved the chocolate chip cookie and the 'Toll House Cookie' was born. Nestle later bought the trademark.

In the UK, the term 'cookies' generally refers to Chocolate Chip cookies, and other forms of cookie are called 'biscuits' - in America, generally every type of biscuit is called a cookie.  

Cookies are very important in Pennsylvania - on February 7, 2001, the Cookie was declared the official cookie of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Historically 'hardtack' biscuits played a very important role in travel - they stayed fresh for long periods, and therefore were a great food with a very long storage life. For years when setting sail, one of the most important items carried on a ship was cookies. 

If you do love cookies, I recommend you find a place that serves handmade cookies - they'll test much better than anything in a packet.


Four Facts About Chocolate Chip Cookies

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