notbobsmith wrote:Definitely worth a try. Calling it pecan pie may be a bit generous. The filling is pretty much a sugar mixture. Pecans are used to cover it. I'm not sure why, but I've noticed that nuts in the US seem to lack flavor. When I was in Germany, I had some of their pastries. I had this danish with walnuts on it. I've never had a walnut taste that good. But then it's really difficult to find a decent bakery in the US too.
Oh? *surprised* Then come to Melbourne, Australia (my home town)!
We have plenty of yummy nuts and lots of good bakeries too.
Just in my suburb, there are at least three pretty decent bakeries making fresh-baked delicious bread and rolls, and one offering daily-baked kosher bread and NY-style bagels (to die for). Just a couple of suburbs over, we have a Russian bakery that offers all kinds of delicious rye bread, and in the next suburb we have Italians making fresh bread and pizza every day.
In the mood for take out? You'll be spoiled for choice. As well as the usual McDonalds/KFC/Dominos/etc., we have restaurants all over the place catering to all kinds of tastes: Malaysian food (fresh fish & prawns!) as well as Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, Japanese, and Korean restaurants... and let's not start on Italian food - yum. And then we have our home-grown pubs serving up staples like steak-and-chips-and-a-beer, mate!
Or... well, you get the idea.
I'm surprised that nuts in the US lack flavour. Have you thought of flavouring them with
tarragon or
turmeric? Or how about giving a bunch of almonds a honey coating and putting them in the oven for a little while? Or...
here are some nice roasted nut recipes that I tried.
(Sorry to go on like that, but Melbourne's a nice place. If you're prepared to work hard, you'll never go hungry). *G*
Tawmis wrote:Rath Darkblade wrote:
How adorable.
(Although Collector would probably say "Pics or it didn't happen").
Tawm, the kids and the family are gorgeous.
How old is the bulldog? He looks a little scared.
I hope it was a good one!