While we're all thinking of food... (electric, reviews, dry)

[Valerie C]

So I mentioned to my mother-in-law that I was going to make Whoopie Pies for the Superbowl this weekend, and of course she proceeds to tell me how much everybody loves her Whoopie Pies (mind you, I've been married to her son for 20 years and were together for 5 years prior, and I've NEVER seen her make a Whoopie Pie...) I showed her the recipe I got here, and she asks "When did I give you my recipe?" LOL So I can only take this to mean that the recipe posted is "the real thing" (tested and approved in Maine!)

Thank You (it's good to get one-up on my MIL)

Originally Posted by msina

Hi Val!! If you do a search for whoopie pies you'll find lots of wonderful recipes. Here's a link to a page with a really good one by Bewitched.

Is this the link that someone recommended for shipping whoopie pies?

[msina]

LOL!!! Nice Val,... There must be at least 10 recipes for differant flavored whoopie pies, but the traditional is my favorite.

[elston]

The last time I made, or ate, a whoopie pie my 40 year old son was still in elementary school; they were popular at school bake sales, I remember baking and filling and wrapping them in "syran-wrap" lots and lots of whoopie pies!

[ribbets]

msina please do you have a recipe for the old fashion Ice box cake with the chocholate whipped cream and graham crackers

[msina]

Is it this one?

16 oz. pkg. graham crackers
2 (3.5 oz.) pkgs. instant vanilla pudding mix
3 cups whole milk
8 oz. container frozen whipped topping, thawed
16 oz. container chocolate frosting
Preparation:
Blend the pudding mix, whipped topping, and milk in a medium sized bowl. Stir until well blended.
Place one single layer of graham crackers in the bottom of a 9x13" baking pan. Do not crumble, but leave the crackers whole. You can fill in gaps with crackers broken in half if necessary. Spoon half of the pudding mixture over the crackers and spread evenly. Repeat with another layer of crackers and remaining pudding mixture. Top with another layer of graham crackers. Cover the pan with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to set up a bit.

Stir the frosting and spread it over the whole cake up to the edges of pan. Cover and refrigerate cake for at least 4 hours

[ribbets]

had to e-mail my sister, to see if she remembered..
she said it was just heavy whipping cream,sugar,vanilla and a flavored syrup like hersey chocolate,whipped together. and spread on both sides of the graham cracker and set on a cookie sheet in the shape of a loaf of bread and frosted with the remaining cream. put in the freezer four a couple of hours.. I always wanted the end piece because it was cut diagonaly and you get more of the cream. Now if I can con my wife into making both recipes

[CreditWitch]

Originally Posted by Valerie C

So I mentioned to my mother-in-law that I was going to make Whoopie Pies for the Superbowl this weekend, and of course she proceeds to tell me how much everybody loves her Whoopie Pies (mind you, I've been married to her son for 20 years and were together for 5 years prior, and I've NEVER seen her make a Whoopie Pie...) I showed her the recipe I got here, and she asks "When did I give you my recipe?" LOL So I can only take this to mean that the recipe posted is "the real thing" (tested and approved in Maine!)

Thank You (it's good to get one-up on my MIL)

WHOOPPIE PIES!!!! I remember getting them at the bakery after school across the street from Brewer Middle School. Sheesh that was mid 80's

[elston]

There was another version of the chocolate cake made with Nabisco Chocolate Wafers.

You frosted the cookies with whipped cream, (could use Kool Whip) stood them like dominos to form a loaf; frost the whole block with more whipped cream and then garnish with either shaved chocolate curls or dust it with cookie crumbs. (I think I remember some marachino cherry sections too.....I guess that could be called, "gilding the lily."

I seem to remember it was also sold frozen in the ice cream section and you unwrapped it (clear cellophane paper) and let it thaw in the fridge.

[elston]

Oh you had to let it set in the fridge, so the cream could soften the cookies and make it into a cake like consistency. I forgot that part.

[AliceT]

One last word on the soda and pop and tonic subject.

Folks, it's a cola. Don't you remember the Geoffrey Holder commercials that bombarded us about 7-Up being the Un-Cola? What was it, almost 40 years ago in 1970? 7-Up commercial: uncola nuts
7-Up - The Uncola | Commercial
Most colas were made with cola nuts while 7-Up, the un-cola was made from un-cola nuts.
Banner page/Uncola card
So, where did all this tonic and soda and pop come from? A place that never heard of television?