tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280903002024-03-13T05:20:59.306-07:00Silver Screen SuppersFellow film archivists - one Stateside, one Thameside - attempt to recreate recipes allegedly cooked by the stars of the silver screen themselves.Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.comBlogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-48319426249248728982010-04-26T10:01:00.000-07:002010-04-26T10:18:21.956-07:00Jean Harlow's Stuffed Celery a la Shrimp<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S9XHlZ_aY-I/AAAAAAAAA14/4qO6UT5d2yk/s1600/jean.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S9XHlZ_aY-I/AAAAAAAAA14/4qO6UT5d2yk/s200/jean.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464493168329909218" border="0" /></a>Just back from a wonderful weekend in Stroud with Gary C and chums. Two days of belly dancing, eating a vast amount of delicious food and consuming a vast amounts of red wine and fruity cocktails. Fabulous!<br /><br />Just wanted to write a quick blog entry before the site goes offline for a few days. It's having a makeover so it has to come down for the work to be done. I'm excited but scared - what if everything I've written here gets lost in the ether? Four years of cooking antics gone! Keep your fingers crossed my lovely chums.<br /><br />On Friday gorgeous Paulette cooked dinner en famille and she made Jean's stuffed celery as a starter. YUM. She was using premium quality mayonnaise and I must say it does make a difference. They were scrumptious. I made Ida Lupino's Lemon Mousse for pud and got it all a bit wrong as I was chatting to Shirley when I should have been concentrating. I put in too much cornflour but it still tasted good. Didn't set like it usually does though - was more mouseey..<br /><br />As with all gizmo's young 10 year old Shirley was doing all sorts of fancy tricks with Paulette's new i-phone while us grown ups just looked at it like it was something out of a Star Trek film. Shirley took some pretty good pix of the celery, one of which can be seen on the<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzyritz/"> flickr site </a><br /><br />See you once the site transformation has taken place...Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-53149349265858311052010-04-23T23:51:00.000-07:002010-04-26T10:01:11.584-07:00Janet Gaynor's Ice Box Cookies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S9KVO1Wns1I/AAAAAAAAA1w/gzETqxCAaqc/s1600/JanetGaynor1937Phone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S9KVO1Wns1I/AAAAAAAAA1w/gzETqxCAaqc/s200/JanetGaynor1937Phone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463593380026495826" border="0" /></a><br />Oh what FUN it was to be on Market Kitchen! They had cooked up 4 dishes to be sampled but I was so nervous I didn't take a bite of any of them! Alex James from Blur was on the show too and my favourite moment was seeing the look of horror on his face when he cut into one of Joan Crawford's Creamed White Onions in a Red Pepper Cup - ha ha! I admit, it didn't look very appetising!<br /><br />Everyone working on the show was adorable. I got to sit in front of one of those mirrors surrounded by lightbulbs to have my hair and make-up done. Blusher! I haven't worn that since the 80s! Matthew Fort interviewed me and was absolutely charming. He got a few classic film quotes in and it was a fun chit-chat. I can barely remember what I said because it all went by in a flash, but I do remember ranting on about imagining Marlene Dietrich playing the musical saw while she waited for her Banana Nut Bread to cook!<br /><br />I made a batch of the good old JGIBCs and gave some out to all the lovely folk who worked on the show. TX date will be Friday May 7th at 7pm on the Good Food Channel with repeats on Saturday. Can't wait!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-68091061868097135142010-04-21T05:26:00.000-07:002010-04-21T05:36:37.352-07:00Cary Grant's Tuna Fish Pie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S87vVfwy4TI/AAAAAAAAA1o/Pt0GkDr2mCc/s1600/cary_grant.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S87vVfwy4TI/AAAAAAAAA1o/Pt0GkDr2mCc/s200/cary_grant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462566550629441842" border="0" /></a>My lovely work colleague Kim came over last night for a trying on session and Cary's Pie. We are going to an awards ceremony next week and Kim wanted something vintage to wear. My wardrobe was raided, many frocks were paraded up and down the landing and a decision was made. Well, a choice of two actually. I think she should go with the Joan Crawfordesqe black number that I bought to wear to the Brits - it looked amazing on her. We are about the same size and shape so we may just swap frocks halfway through the event!<br /><br />Man, we put the world to rights last night over two bottles of red. Main subject? Men we have loved and men we would like to love. There's a certain fellow at the bfi who better watch out when Ms Kim is wearing that frock on Tuesday! A certain award winning film director too the way she is feeling...<br /><br />My desk-mate Jim has returned from the ash cloud. So nice to have him back taking the mick out of my cooking. I've got some left over pie for lunch and I admit, it doesn't look very appetising after a journey in on the bus. I did like Jim's observation though that the little "biscuits" that top the pie look like miniature scones.<br /><br />Market Kitchen tomorrow - EEK!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-13258562402958195602010-04-18T11:59:00.000-07:002010-04-18T12:21:13.634-07:00Jimmy Stewart's American Apple Pie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S8tXg8tfU-I/AAAAAAAAA1g/m886brSExTs/s1600/jimmy"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S8tXg8tfU-I/AAAAAAAAA1g/m886brSExTs/s200/jimmy" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461555196681212898" border="0" /></a><br />Tonight's post is a slow process because to be frank, I am absolutely sloshed. Usually a fast touch typist, tonight this is like typing underwater...<br /><br />My lovely Walthamstow chums have been over for lunch and it was supposed to be a dinner and a movie affair - Barbara Stanwyck's wine soaked leg of lamb with Jimmy's Apple Pie to follow. These were both DELICIOUS but as we are having an unseasonally gorgeous weekend the six of us went to the Middle Lane Pleasure Gardens instead of watching Ball of Fire.<br /><br />It's been an odd weekend. After lying fallow for 8 months or so - like buses, two have come along at once. For the first time since moving to Crouch End I had a bed fellow of the opposite sex last night. I am having to keep my eyes open with matchsticks this evening - not much sleep was had. But I was strangely disconnected throughout. Perhaps I was just hungry? After the promise of a nice dinner, turned out crisps and wine sufficed.<br /><br />And then, after a big build up from Grace, ROD turned up on the scene this afternoon. Interesting. There's a touch of the David Essex about him, and as some of my readers know, I am rather partial to the gypsy lifestyle...<br /><br />Over and above all of this was the absolute HEAVENLY PLEASURE of spending some time with Cary, Grace, William and the lovely and very zen Douglas Fairbanks. I do not see these folk often enough so a whole afternoon with them all was a springtime treat of the very best kind.Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-35740067915388850332010-04-09T13:42:00.000-07:002010-04-09T14:07:29.287-07:00Rudolph Valentino's Secret Spaghetti Sauce<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7-Rm04W4DI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/8YMCaKgPXG8/s1600/rudolph"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7-Rm04W4DI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/8YMCaKgPXG8/s200/rudolph" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458241369612410930" border="0" /></a><br />My lovely friend Gary C is coming to stay for a couple of nights next week so I have made a batch of Rudi's spaghetti sauce for us to have one night for dinner. I couldn't get the Italian sausage I usually get for this dish so bought Sicilian sausage instead. I hope that won't make Rudi turn in his grave...<br /><br />There is a big weekend ahead. I've been preparing for a big gig tomorrow night, I am DJing solo - without my sisters - at a big house party in Islington. It's a blitz themed party so I'm going with two gramophones, two boxes of 1940s records and my new gorgeous red and gold guitar amp. I don't have enough shellac from the actual blitz period (strictly speaking 1940 and 1941) so I'll be treating the rug cutters to some futuristic sounds right up to 1949. I'm being paid in champagne and canapes - have they any idea how much fizz I can put away during a set?!<br /><br />Then on Sunday night I am going on a DATE. Yes, another one, but this time with somebody brand new. A friend of Ava's who my desk mate thinks looks like George Clooney... Intriguing.<br /><br />By the way, quick update on the moth box situation - moths in the bedroom moth motel - zero (good) - in the lounge moth motel NINETEEN! The swarm continues...Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-53948559917187168092010-04-07T06:18:00.000-07:002010-04-07T10:32:16.138-07:00Dolores Del Rio's Arroz Con Pollo<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7yHFCc4n7I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/lFU6x5HbbUc/s1600/dolores.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7yHFCc4n7I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/lFU6x5HbbUc/s200/dolores.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457385369093316530" border="0" /></a><br />"Beauty does not come with creams and lotions.<br />God can give us beauty, but whether that beauty remains or changes<br />is determined by our thoughts and deeds."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Wow, Dolores you are a wise, wise woman. I shall only think beautiful thoughts and do beautiful deeds from now on.<br /><br />Edmund came to dinner last night and much fun was had. It was the first time I'd made Dolores' chicken dish and Edmund enjoyed reading the characteristically bizarre recipe. He was much amused by the fact that the stock was supposed to be made from veal knuckle and mixed vegetables with the exception of celery. Why no celery? Because Dolores no likee celeree we decided. He was also amused by the fact Dolores said to throw the unwashed rice in a pan and fry it until it was "tea colour". Who knows how Dolores took her tea? We let it get to a kind of "tea with a dash of milk" colour.<br /><br />Anyhow it was absolutely DELICIOUS and much more appropriate for the book than her Enchiladas - with or without the veal knuckle. Edmund had brought along "Flying Down to Rio" which we half watched and half gossiped through. When we were almost at the end Edmund started obsessing about the fact that there should have been a song called "Orchids in the Moonlight" somewhere or another in the film. He insisted on rewinding then fast forwarding while we searched for it. Every time Dolores appeared on screen I waited until she opened her mouth to speak then bust out with ORCHIDS IN THE MOONLIGHT in a strangulated falsetto. All very amusing when one has drunk three packs of Coronas between two!<br /></div></div>Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-61098657040609972552010-04-05T05:20:00.001-07:002010-04-05T05:25:22.488-07:00Gloria Swanson's Butterless Devil's Food Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7nVtyg-jTI/AAAAAAAAA1I/DfkPu3ZblpY/s1600/gloria.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7nVtyg-jTI/AAAAAAAAA1I/DfkPu3ZblpY/s200/gloria.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456627406166986034" border="0" /></a>Oh my goodness! It is with much excitement that I report that the first edition of Vintage Life magazine is out and it has my article on GLORIA in it. Oh how very lovely! I am going to try and link to it here...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/588/1101/6824/3/49/0/">http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/588/1101/6824/3/49/0/</a><br /><br />I had heared nothing from the editor for months so assumed that she wasn't going to run it - just IMAGINE if I'd known before - it would have completely blown my Gloria Swanson frock competition as the answer to the question I posed is right in there!<br /><br />It has cheered my up no end - still no word at all from the New Yorker who stood me up last night - he has brought disrepute on a whole city with his dating style!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-41367123533860476802010-04-04T09:03:00.000-07:002010-04-04T14:15:53.484-07:00Bette Davis' Marmalade<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7i4gVxD53I/AAAAAAAAA1A/PtRADDl2wEg/s1600/BetteDavis.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 158px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456313814297601906" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7i4gVxD53I/AAAAAAAAA1A/PtRADDl2wEg/s200/BetteDavis.jpg" /></a><br />Bette looks how I feel. Mildly pissed off that her marmalade yet again hasn't set. I am beginning to come to the conclusion that it must be the ratio of fruit to sugar that's to blame rather than my technique. I'm going to have to do some research on preserves. It was nice to have Paulette's lovely big copper preserving pan in to make it but I do feel like I have wasted the whole day standing over a pan of bubbling sugary fruit...<br /><br />Alongside wasting time doing that I have YET AGAIN been wasting my time waiting for the phone to ring. Spoke to Mr Mayfair on Thursday and agreed to meet this evening. 5pm and still no call. Has he forgotten? Or is this just his style? Well whatever (as the teenagers say), I'm going to go for a swim, watch a movie and blow a raspberry in his general direction. He'd better not come up with some cock and bull story...<br /><br />I am getting some comfort from the fact that a newly purchased moth box seems to be doing its work. I can see three moths from where I am sitting and they are all in the general vicinity of the moth motel. I predict that when I get back from my swim there will be three less of the critters to worry about. In general I like animals but the moth is the enemy of the knitter and my wardrobe is full of beautiful hand-knits so death to the moth!<br /><br />Update - it is now 22.15pm and no phone call - should I consider that being stood up?!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-34139978517000649652010-04-03T07:17:00.001-07:002010-04-03T07:23:52.151-07:00Gloria Swanson Frock Competition - RESULT!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7dOAKSdiaI/AAAAAAAAA04/LSGC31KREz8/s1600/gloriadress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 76px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7dOAKSdiaI/AAAAAAAAA04/LSGC31KREz8/s200/gloriadress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455915238251399586" border="0" /></a>Well, the competition has closed and the winner has been announced. The answer to the question, "Which fruit did Gloria Swanson regularly keep in her handbag?" was AVOCADO. Quite a few of you guessed correctly, and everyone amused me greatly with their reasoning for choosing certain fruit, but only one person could win the frock and that person was the lovely Brian Dennis - portrait painter extraordinaire.<br /><br />The exciting news is though that Brian did say that if he DID win, he would paint a portrait of someone wearing the dress (not sure it is his size!) so I'll keep you posted as to who that is going to be. In fact, I got a text from him this morning that suggested he might run his own competition to find a sitter to wear the frock.... So you may still get a chance my lovelies!<br /><br />I am back from a little Easter visit to my folks which was lovely and I've just scoffed some Joan Bennett's Beetroot Salad which was yummy. Much to do this afternoon and tomorrow. Mostly watching 1940s fashion newsreel items. It's WORK you know!!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-82347144990790776952010-03-31T06:15:00.000-07:002010-03-31T06:52:23.506-07:00Claudette Colbert's Claudette Colbert Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7NLYAiOhFI/AAAAAAAAA0w/lY61m3NFZp4/s1600/claudette.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7NLYAiOhFI/AAAAAAAAA0w/lY61m3NFZp4/s200/claudette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454786449508303954" border="0" /></a>I've been putting off testing this as it looked like a bit of a challenge. It was, but it was worth it! Basically I made a Rita Hayworth's Angel Cake then followed Claudette's instructions for fancifying it with home made lemon curd filling and lemony frosting. Oh YUMSKI as my French colleague Marie-Agathe put it.<br /><br />We've had a lovely redhead rockabilly girl working with us for a couple of months and she's such a peach I decided to make the cake for her last day. What a success it was. Everyone piled up to the mezzanine waiting for their slice - it was gone in a flash! I decorated it with little pink sprinkles and some mini eggs to make it look Eastery. A BIG success!<br /><br />And by the way, I hereby award test cook Miss Dorothy an internet MEDAL for making this for an event at the Cinema Museum. It is the most time consuming cake I have ever made so bravo Ms D over there at the British Film Institute.Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-26321879025912435532010-03-29T13:32:00.000-07:002010-03-29T13:41:08.587-07:00Cary Grant's Tuna Fish Pie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7EOuJ9l3BI/AAAAAAAAA0o/SDj-H7BmxSs/s1600/cary_grant.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S7EOuJ9l3BI/AAAAAAAAA0o/SDj-H7BmxSs/s200/cary_grant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454156809833405458" border="0" /></a><br />Mmmm. The Tuna Pie was good. Little pastry biscuits on top. Yum, yum. I'm looking for an alternative Cary recipe for the book to replace the apple pie. He's got some good ones too. He's a man who loved his fish. This could be the one. Chicken of the Sea in a pie.<br /><br />It's a busy week this week and I SHOULD be making some Bette Davis marmalade tonight but there is just too much to do. I guess it can wait until the weekend. I'm cat sitting for Paulette and Ivor and they do have a lovely big kitchen for cooking. Would it be mad to take my biddy-bag trolley full of jam jars round there and make the marmalade in Paulette's nice copper preserving pan?Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-45941655123767624242010-03-28T04:33:00.000-07:002010-03-28T05:02:33.106-07:00Thelma Todd's Scripture Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S69CT4LwBUI/AAAAAAAAA0g/Ubi9-HkyPvY/s1600/thelma"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S69CT4LwBUI/AAAAAAAAA0g/Ubi9-HkyPvY/s200/thelma" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453650583035577666" border="0" /></a><br />Lolita over at Lolita's Classics has done some lovely work colourizing some pictures of Thelma Todd. Wish I knew how to do that, I'm sure I could spend many a happy hour colouring in! One of her readers left a link to a brilliant song and dance routine featuring Hot Toddy and I'm going to pass it on here. I laughed out loud VERY loudly at the part where the two guys were swinging the dummy - genius - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCGD2a5iE3M<br /><br />Yesterday Bette and Jean came over with their little monkey-chew Romy. I'm not really a fan of babies in the flesh but I have to admit that this one is absolutely adorable. I had a bash at Thelma's crazy Scripture Cake - all the instructions involve looking up certain things in a bible so I had to call upon Shirley and Paulette to assist with that, not having a bible myself. So things like, "Use 4 and 1/2 cups of I Kings, 4th chapter, 22nd verse" translates to "Use 4 and 1/2 cups of flour". You get the idea. The ladies had a few religion related comments about it all: "should be heavenly" quipped Joan and Bette observed that it was a bit crispy because it was a "Catholic Cake".<br /><br />The thing that amused me most about the whole thing was that when I stumbled into the lounge this morning with a mighty hangover there was a left over piece of cake on the table and a LADYBIRD was nibbling away at it. There is a photo over on the Flickr site!<br /><br />It was great to see the ladies and Joan and I had a very in depth conversation about domestic violence. I guess it is the old case of "it takes one to know one" so it was good to hear Joan's take on it all to realise it's quite normal to be grappling with the fallout of it even now.Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-18420221740193594372010-03-25T06:56:00.000-07:002010-03-26T10:45:00.874-07:00Irene Dunne's Shrimps and Rice<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6tsDoO27wI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/96Qs7URK2Ug/s1600/irene.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6tsDoO27wI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/96Qs7URK2Ug/s200/irene.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452570583457263362" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="body">"Years ago the public used to hound me<br />but now I can go shopping in peace."<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="body"></span>Brand new test cook Kim sent over a report on her cooking of the shrimp dish. She also, much to my delight, sent a photo of the finished result which I shall load up to the Flickr site (you can be transported to this via the picture of a buffet spread in the sidebar to the right). I have never been to Kim's kitchen but I love the fact that she has black marble work surfaces - tres chic! Also love the fact that there is a glass of fizz lurking in the background of the shot!<br /><br />Kim and her guest (who was it I wonder?!) enjoyed the shrimpy dish very much. I have a feeling that she bought nice big fat king prawns rather than the teeny weeny shrimp Irene might have used. Obviously a gal who likes high-hat living, Kim even suggested throwing in a couple of langoustines to "add a bit of luxury".<br /><br />I am in a mood for confession so I will admit that I have never eaten a langoustine. In fact, I am not even sure I know what one is. Mini-ature lobster? And while we are at it I will also come clean and admit that although I know that Irene is probably my co-writer's favourite silver screen star, I've never seen a film with her in it. Shocking - bring me ebay immediately!<br /><span class="body"></span></div> </div>Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-77122326108867408582010-03-23T06:37:00.001-07:002010-03-23T06:58:45.230-07:00Boris Karloff's Steak and Kidney Pie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6jEWqrLBoI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/MT0sLtB0LoI/s1600-h/Frankenstein_monster_Boris_Karloff.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6jEWqrLBoI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/MT0sLtB0LoI/s200/Frankenstein_monster_Boris_Karloff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451823242623518338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"The monster was the best friend I ever had."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Aw Boris, that's so SAD!<br /><br />I am so lucky that I have such wonderful friends. And some who REALLY love the Silver Screen Suppers project too. King loves it so much that he made a great big gorgeous pie for us last night EXACTLY to Boris's recipe. Three people had volunteered to test cook this one but so far, King is the only one who has had the guts to do it!<br /><br />Rosalind was on hand to assist, her lovely ma had made the pastry for the pie on Saturday in Lincoln and wrapped it up in the paper from the lard. We all sat consuming vast amounts of wine whilst Rosalind and King were huddled together removing the channels from the kidneys and confiding in each other how much they loved to handle offal... And what a wonderful result - a great big, beautiful pie which was 100% delicious. I laughed out loud when Edmund found out what the secret ingredient was - hard boiled eggs. He SHOUTED, "Eggs? Where? It's a PIE not a QUICHE"! But he gobbled it all up just the same.<br /><br />Rosalind couldn't find her copy of "Gods and Monsters" which we were gathered there to see but no matter, we watched "An Education" and gossiped all the way through it instead. A wonderful night in the grand tradition of dinner and a movie.<br /></div></div>Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-3667739483615011172010-03-21T12:51:00.000-07:002010-03-21T13:07:48.221-07:00Silver Screen Sunday - Now Voyager<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6Z5ErTI2rI/AAAAAAAAA0I/JyaZCcX_Lis/s1600-h/now+voyager+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6Z5ErTI2rI/AAAAAAAAA0I/JyaZCcX_Lis/s200/now+voyager+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451177520227998386" border="0" /></a><br />"...don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />It's a good point Bette, we just CAN'T have it all... As someone once said, you can't expect to have a great job, a great relationship and a great place to live all at the same time. You can only have maximum two at once. Might have been Rosalind actually.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> </div>This is THE hat Veronica came over to see. We had a lovely Now Voyager brunch with Finnan Haddie a la Davis and some Bonita Granville Gingerbread followed by the film. A lovely springtime lunch party. There was much discussion before and after the film about whether Veronica should take the plunge and co-habit once more with her ex-husband. An interesting conundrum and more complicated than it sounds. I'm glad I don't have that to worry about at the moment.<br /><br />I was very glad I got up the gumption to go to the Rock and Roll night last night. Reminded me how at home I am with the rockabilly types, even if none of them will speak to me. They were all too cool for school but I do love all that posturing. At one point there were about a dozen men lined up at the bar and the sight of their massive turn ups pleased me immensely. Brilliant to see that as usual at this kind of event the most unexpected people are always the best dancers. An Amy Lame lookalike and a guy who looked like one of the scary types in a Dickens novel wiped the floor with all the beautiful people. I loved his half splits.Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-82119115582405188982010-03-20T09:54:00.000-07:002010-03-20T13:38:14.938-07:00Bonita Granville's Gingerbread<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6UxRjQ5v-I/AAAAAAAAA0A/Qg0-DNTMoS0/s1600-h/bonita.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6UxRjQ5v-I/AAAAAAAAA0A/Qg0-DNTMoS0/s200/bonita.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450817101595525090" border="0" /></a>Bonita, Bonita, Peanut Eater.<br /><br />OK, I am going to try and channel the spirit of Bonita this evening if I ever get it together to get out of the house and go to the Rock 'n' Roll night at the Music Palace. I will be going on my own and won't know a single person there but it is the month of being brave so I am going to do it.<br /><br />I've just eaten a solo portion of Marlene Dietrich's Lamb Chops to fortify myself and have made a batch of Bonita's Gingerbread for tomorrow's Silver Screen Sunday. It smells mighty fine but I've never made Gingerbread before so am not sure how it will taste but fingers crossed Veronica will like it.<br /><br />I almost chickened out of going out on my own to rub shoulders with rockabilly boys and then when I went into the kitchen to do the washing up they were playing the Stray Cats on the radio. I am taking it as a sign...Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-90621825663850961952010-03-19T13:25:00.001-07:002010-03-19T13:41:40.464-07:00Jean Arthur's Chocolate Fudge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6Pd7vt8OwI/AAAAAAAAAz4/Ud_qtTXZyYA/s1600-h/jimmystewart.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6Pd7vt8OwI/AAAAAAAAAz4/Ud_qtTXZyYA/s200/jimmystewart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450443992539609858" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"It's a strenuous job every day of your life<br />to live up to the way you look on the screen."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I admit that this week I've let it all go a bit! It's been sooooooo busy and stayed at Paulette's last night and the night before. This resulted in my wearing the same rockabilly cardigan to work 3 days in a row - I wonder if anyone noticed?<br /><br />Spring is most DEFINITELY in the air. Everyone is getting very frisky. Today a momentous thing happened for me, I saw someone I fancied. I thought that had stopped happening.?! Eureka, I had a nice little frisson with someone on the tube. 3 minutes of no strings attached microflirting. I shall try and get back in practice, it was most enjoyable.<br /><br />And just now a phone call from Mr Mayfair saying that he's moving back to the States and insists that he kisses me at least once before he goes. Ha ha! Sure, why not?! I told him to call me when he was in the mood for making out...<br /><br />I'm considering having another go at Jean's fudge. Ruth's mom sent a very thorough email explaining why her recipe was not really for the beginner. I LOVE the mom testers because they really know what they are doing and they make me feel better about failing. I could NOT get Jean's fudge to set when I tried it but felt better when Ruth's mom emailed to say, "fudge is a little complicated; you can ruin it easily and Jean's won't help anyone succeed." So, if we do include this recipe in the book we'll include some of Ruth's mom's excellent guidance in how to actually get this to work.<br /><br />I did a silly thing on the way home from work today. I left a folder that effectively contained the first third of the Silver Screen Suppers book AND the book proposal on the BUS. Oh my Lord. I guess three things could happen. 1) someone finds it and pinches the whole idea. (Ruth and I would probably have to hire a contract killer if this happened.) 2) a publisher who happens to live in Crouch End finds it and offers us an incredible deal. (This would be what happened in a movie of course.) 3) I will have to go to some Godforsaken bus garage somewhere in the arse end of Greater London to retrieve it. <br /><br />I am predicting number 3.<br /></div> </div>Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-78022577492481673302010-03-17T07:12:00.001-07:002010-03-17T09:07:57.333-07:00Katharine Hepburn's Eggplant in Casserole<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6DjktQwYeI/AAAAAAAAAzw/Q_RMqH2Xpes/s1600-h/katharine_hepburn.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 167px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S6DjktQwYeI/AAAAAAAAAzw/Q_RMqH2Xpes/s200/katharine_hepburn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449605768882971106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="body">"If you always do what interests you,<br />at least one person is pleased.</span>"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Cheer up then Katharine, you look like you are in a right old strop! Oh alright then, please yourself....<br /></div></div><br />Gadzooks, just when I think I can drop Katharine's recipe from the book I get a report from a test cook saying she loved it. Some of you may know that the eggplant / aubergine gives me the fear so I've been putting off trying this one myself. But now it looks like I'll have to do it - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrg!<br /><br />Trusty test cook Nazimova tried it out for a veggie friend who came to dinner and this is, of course a very good reason for including it in the book. We are short on main course recipes for those who don't eat meat. Maybe I'll take Naz's tip about using small young aubergines as she says, "they are much quicker to fry and don't turn to rubber but melt away". Hmm. The vegetarian friend, "thought it was brilliant!" and Naz says, "This will probably be my dish for the summer, like it that much". What a bunch of crazed aubergine fanciers they all are!<br /><br />I'm looking after Shirley this evening while Paulette goes for cocktails. It amused me greatly this morning when I popped round to test my door keys to see that on Paulette's shopping list it said, "Beer for Jenny". She knows me SO WELL!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-73643520891376481622010-03-16T11:58:00.000-07:002010-03-19T13:53:47.547-07:00Janet Gaynor's Ice Box Cookies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5_VMgCbDgI/AAAAAAAAAzo/Sj0wp510tLY/s1600-h/janet"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5_VMgCbDgI/AAAAAAAAAzo/Sj0wp510tLY/s200/janet" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449308484876832258" border="0" /></a><br />Oh what joy, home in time for Desmond Carrington on R2 with nothing to do but listen in.<br /><br />Got up early to get Janet's cookies in the oven. I broke my own rule and made them with spreadable butter. Mistake. They weren't all firm and crisp like they should be, but soft and chewy. Nice, but not as Janet would have wanted them. Still, my work chums gobbled them up in a flash, making appropriate noises and giving them double thumbs up.<br /><br />Had a wonderful lunch with my mentor Hugh. As usual we laughed far too loudly, I had to calm down for fear of upsetting other people in the restaurant. The thing that really killed me was him recounting a story I had told him, with great embellishment. I don't think I have ever experienced this before. He asked me how my Second Life adventures were going and when I said I hadn't been on there for a while he was astonished. He said that last time we'd got together I told him all about dancing in the ballroom of the Titanic and an encounter with a sleazy man and a billiard table that was interrupted by a phone call from a Hawaiian. Well, he'd kind of got it right. What about the guy pole dancing in a Batman outfit though?!<br /><br />It has reminded me that I did find it incredibly calming to wander around on my own in virtual reality and often ended up sitting under a fountain meditating. But it was a worse time waster than TV for a while there so I'd better not get back into it...Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-4504309379302059722010-03-14T07:21:00.000-07:002010-03-14T07:53:41.515-07:00Oliver Hardy's Spaghetti Sauce<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5zxa2AsE1I/AAAAAAAAAzg/EVd7yVv6whA/s1600-h/LaurelandHardy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5zxa2AsE1I/AAAAAAAAAzg/EVd7yVv6whA/s200/LaurelandHardy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448495092688753490" /></a><br />Ah, Sunday afternoon and Columbo on the tele. Heavenly.<br /><br />Again, I have a humdinger of a hangover and red wine lips. Temperance month is not really happening is it? I'm cooking some of Ollie's Spaghetti Sauce in an attempt to feel better.<br /><br />It was a wonderful evening last night chez Jean. It was Oscars night, a week after the event but hugely enjoyable nevertheless. We had some Hollywood canapes and a Gloria Swanson Devil's Food Cake alongside his delicious terrines and little cups of celeriac soup. Cries of "look at his HAIR!" and "what IS she wearing?" filled the air as we had great sport putting our oars in. Ava showed us her lovely new feet with great pride. Beautiful they are too. I bet she can't wait to get those into a pair of strappy sandals for spring.<br /><br />I can never see a terrine without thinking of Ava and her hospitalization due to sliding on a terrine. Ha ha! I must get her to tell me the story again, I'm sure I've altered it in my mind but she almost definitely ended up with a terrine shaped bruise on her bum. <br /><br />Talking of bruises, the lovely Preston got me a ticket to a special screening of the new roller derby movie "Whip-It" on Saturday night. I loved it. Juliette Lewis rocked as Iron Maven and it was great to see some familiar faces amongst the roller girls in the audience. RAWHIDE!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-42339408904911837052010-03-12T05:28:00.001-08:002010-03-12T05:35:30.658-08:00Janet Gaynor's Ice Box Cookies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5pCAzEmMfI/AAAAAAAAAzY/qZ2WIyf3nVk/s1600-h/gaynor-janet2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 164px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5pCAzEmMfI/AAAAAAAAAzY/qZ2WIyf3nVk/s200/gaynor-janet2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447739280734958066" /></a><br />I'm very excited about Olivier's Oscars party tomorrow. He has the whole thing on tape and a bunch of us are going to pretend we are watching it "as live" whilst chowing down on a few Silver Screen Supper specialities. I'm doing the canapes and cake and will report back on what we had on Sunday.<br /><br />Janet was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actress so I thought it would be a good day to mention that my lovely ex-housemate Grace made some Ice Box Cookes last week with modifications. She added 1 teaspoon of mixed spice and 100g sultanas and pronounced them to be "yumtastic!" She also came up with the genius suggestion that they be renamed "Janet's nicey icey spice box cookies". <br /><br />Easy for her to say!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-91498894277071662642010-03-11T12:39:00.000-08:002010-03-11T13:57:14.337-08:00Gena Rowland's Spinach and Rice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5lVK5uSEUI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/aUDWrYcBAH4/s1600-h/gena-rowlands.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5lVK5uSEUI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/aUDWrYcBAH4/s200/gena-rowlands.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447478870063321410" /></a><br />Gorgeous! What a babe!<br /><br />This week I have had a bit of an "emotional gust". Luckily for me, on the night it happened Paulette was still up when I walked past her house and so I went in and had a cry. She gave me a big hug, some sound advice and a bag of spinach. THAT is what friends are for!<br /><br />So in my new spirit of trying to use up all the stuff in my cupboards before impending move (yes, again!) I checked the recipe spreadsheet to see what we had that included spinach and one of the store cupboard staples. And so, tonight, whilst watching amazing things being created on Masterchef I ate a very weird dinner. I guess it was OK, and I guess there's plenty of iron in there, but I also guess I'm turning into a ravenous carnivore and could have done with a nice pork chop on the side!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-39623654341686027802010-03-10T12:09:00.000-08:002010-03-10T12:31:03.886-08:00Anna Mae Wong's Tea Cakes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5f9kxvTN9I/AAAAAAAAAzI/gaTDB-EMA9U/s1600-h/AnnaMayWong2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5f9kxvTN9I/AAAAAAAAAzI/gaTDB-EMA9U/s200/AnnaMayWong2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447101082596751314" /></a><br />I missed the Movie Memorabilia Bazaar at the Cinema Museum the other weekend because I was too hungover to leave the house. But lovely Dorothy was there, not in her usherette uniform this time, but still working the Silver Screen Suppers magic nonetheless. She made some of Anna's Tea Cakes and reports back that special celebrity guest Caroline Monroe had one and said it was lovely! Worlds colliding - super.<br /><br />It is little things like this that keep me going. I had to defend myself this week when someone I barely knew launched an astonishing attack on my much beloved project. What was the point he asked? Why bother testing the recipes? Why not just reprint them? Why was it taking me so long?<br /><br />Hmm. I employed the "bubble" technique recommended by Lisa over at The Sassy Minx to try and avoid being crushed by it all. And then in my mind I blew a big raspberry in his general direction!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-28551905332012248512010-03-09T05:38:00.000-08:002010-03-09T05:51:04.127-08:00Greer Garson's Guacamole<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5ZPqBlc5jI/AAAAAAAAAzA/8iqsFQ_tcv4/s1600-h/greer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5ZPqBlc5jI/AAAAAAAAAzA/8iqsFQ_tcv4/s200/greer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446628382749812274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="sqq">"Do what you feel you have a flair for doing,<br />and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.”<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="sqq">I do hope so Greer, because I am stony broke!</span><br /><br />I think about my Glasgow chums every time I try and preserve my curls by wearing the spotty shower cap they gave me for my birthday. Twice now there has been a spider hiding inside it. What does that mean? I've never seen a spider ANYWHERE in my flat apart from in my shower cap. Luckily, since living on a boat for a year, I like arachnids.<br /><br />As if by magic, thinking about Katy made an email from her appear - her verdict on Greer's Guac. Just like Dorothy she was APPALLED by the amount of salt therein. Methinks if this one makes it to the book we will definitely have to modify for the modern palate, as Katy points out, she suspects that using the full amount would result in hospitalisation. She and hubby Buster ate some before they went to the cinema and said, "by the end of the screening we were frothing like rabid dogs from the salt intake and had to find a mini store to sell us bottles of water to surpress the raving. Ha ha - it aint a picnic being a test cook!<br /><br />There is a photo of Katy's "salty snack" over on the flickr site but do be warned - as Katy herself points out, it looks like green vomit!<br /> </div></div>Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28090300.post-77100145222313775132010-03-07T13:51:00.000-08:002010-03-07T14:03:24.226-08:00Rita Hayworth's Angel Food Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5QgIiuXrQI/AAAAAAAAAy4/NUS3o-61Ti0/s1600-h/Rita"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_746r6EOk5w0/S5QgIiuXrQI/AAAAAAAAAy4/NUS3o-61Ti0/s200/Rita" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446013180530109698" border="0" /></a><br />Hello Sailor!<br /><br />Definitely feeling full of the joys of spring now that I have successfully made an Angel Food Cake. There is a picture of it on the flickr site - I personally have never seen anything like it!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzyritz/4414358525/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzyritz/4414358525/</a><br /><br />The secret is obviously all in the whipping. Last time I tried to whip the egg whites with one of those soup mulchers but it just didn't work. Has to be the old fashioned egg beater for sure. <br /><br />Lord knows how I'll get it into work tomorrow!Lya de Puttihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814399884635533546noreply@blogger.com2