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Pecan Cookies And Sinks
Posted by Lidian on September 21, 2008
And the connection between the pecan cookies and the sinks, is…?
- It is apparently National Pecan Cookie Day (it is also National Banana Day, which I am celebrating over on my other blog. Cueing the shameless plug!)
- I found a good recipe in Mabel Claire’s 1932 opus, The World’s Modern Cookbook.
- Mabel is a little bit obsessed with showing, via black and white photographs, just what you need to have a perfect kitchen, the right supplies to cook with, and seven thousand kinds of mops to clean up afterwards with. She does not, however, show a picture of delicious cookies, pecan or otherwise.
- So we will have to use our imaginations – or else come up with some of these cookies. To wit:
PECAN MACAROONS
3 egg whites
1 cup powdered sugar
3 Tb flour
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
3 drops vanilla
Beat the egg whites stiff. Add the softed powderred sugar gradually. Fold in the flour. Add the vanilla and chopped nuts. Drop in spoonsful on a buttered cookie sheet or pans. Bake 15 minutes in a moderate oven (350 degrees) until a delicate brown. makes 3 dozen macaroons.
There you go!
I know, I know – I haven’t done that many recipes lately, and as for the retro cookbooks…same thing. I actually prefer baking recipes and strange recipes (also, of course, strange baking recipes – which is why I adore the Pillsbury Bake Off series).
Also I really, really love retro ads. You may have noticed! New things to come though – not sure what, yet. Stay tuned! Oh, and have a good rest of the weekend – I’ll see you tomorrow! I’m off to think of something good to post then…
Amy said
mmm yum! Well, I must be one of those people who likes a clean clutter free kitchen sink. Don’t know if I could handle pots or plates sitting there.
Bill said
That looks like a good kitchen for a murder.
Is it just me, or does that tableau look more than just a bit depressing? A kitchen for the careworn; no matter how hard you try the cake always falls, the milk curdles, and the sink drain backs up.
And what is that table doing wedged under the sink? Is that a slop bucket next to it? I like how the contractor has assisted the built-in drainboard by making the sink list to the right. No thanks, Mabel, I’ll keep the kitchen I’ve got.
Celia Pleete said
Yes! AT ALL TIMES.
Brandon Burt said
Well, around these parts, you can still find some of those old sinks in low-rent districts. They have their charms; they’re laterally roomier than today’s kitchen sinks, but they are curiously shallow. And, as for garbage disposal? Forget it.
I dated somebody with one of those sinks, and, over time, as I developed a feel for it, my general attitude toward dishwashing changed. There was something methodical–even meditative–about it. After successfully washing up, I felt a genuine sense of satisfaction, as though I had accomplished something.