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26 December 2007

You can't beat the Old Dominion. What a weird name for peanut brittle. i haven't had peanut brittle in ages. Yum. Want some?

post by: ethylene at: 18:35 | 12 comments

There is also key lime silk cake, panettone-- this dessert train never seems to go anywhere but keeps coming. Tea?

posted by ethylene 26 December | 18:37

Old Dominion is a state nickname for Virginia. Virginia has peanut pride.

posted by rainbaby 26 December | 19:16

Does it mean what it seem like it means?
How's the doggie?

posted by ethylene 26 December | 19:21

We have chocolate mousse. Which was an adventure.
Didn't simply stick to one recipe. Combined 2.5 recipes just to make it interesting. Now, we have one bowl of notverysuccessfulchocolateglop and another of yummy chocolate mousse. I must to to mefi and search to see suggestions of what to do with the glop...other than to eat it straight out of course. I'll share!

posted by mightshould 26 December | 19:22

You could make it a layer in another dessert, like a trifle or in a baking dish like this thing a roommate from Tennessee made: it was a graham cracker crust, then a sweetened cream cheese layer, then toffee brickle, then chocolate pudding, and finally whipped cream.
So you could improvise with whatever you have or make it a filling in something.

posted by ethylene 26 December | 19:30

Mmmm, good idea - I could mix into the graham cracker crust - it's a bit grainy (over-heated the chocolate - it lost it's temper!) On second thought, Great idea ethylene!
I think your roommate made what's called "Something Good" around here - don't know what the real name for it is, but that's our title for it.

posted by mightshould 26 December | 19:42

Does it mean what it seem like it means?

The colony of Virginia stayed loyal to the crown during the English Civil War, so was upgraded to the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.

The Constitution of Virginia (June 29, 1776) used the name Commonwealth of Virginia, thus making the Dominion "Old".

posted by dhartung 26 December | 19:50

Thanks, dhartung, it just sounded so oppressive for candy, i thought it was funny.

might, for lack of a name, we dubbed it godpie.

posted by ethylene 26 December | 20:23

godpie, har! now I know god....

posted by mightshould 26 December | 20:43

Oh thanks ethy, doggie is recovering nicely, I think, I hope. See also ODU.

posted by rainbaby 26 December | 21:50

I like Old Monmouth, but then I'm prejudiced. I'm from Old Monmouth.

PB is really easy to make at home, too, if you're not scared of boiling sugar. It sure is good fresh.

posted by Miko 27 December | 00:23

Old Dominion Brewing for those unfortunate enough to get stuck anywhere near Loudon county for a spell.

I cotton'd to "seafoam" candy at a confectioner's in Rehobeth which goes by "Crunchie" (Nestle) and "Violet Crumble" commercially.

Not a patch on the peanut-butter covered version Yia Yia's Goodies does in Buffalo, NY though.

posted by mochicrunk 27 December | 02:25

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