Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
chipper blackberry crisp
"Make anything with love, and BAM! It's a beautiful meal."
__Emeril Lagasse
"Who could ever weary of moonlit nights and well-cooked rice?"
__Japanese proverb
"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day,
there is something comforting about the fact that
if you melt butter and add flour, then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing.
It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
__Elsa Schiaparelli
"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work
in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
"Cooking is a creation."
__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
"Cooking is like love.
It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
__Harriet Van Horne
Chipper Blackberry Crisp
Ingredients for toppin':
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon bakin' powder
1 egg, beaten
Ingredients for fillin':
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
5 cups fresh or frozen blackberries
Preheat oven to 375�. Butter an 8x8" glass bakin' dish.
Instructions for toppin':
1) Combine flour, sugar, and bakin' powder in a mixin' bowl.
2) Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and blend in the egg.
3) Mix 'til crumbly, then set aside.
Instructions for fillin':
1) Combine the flour and sugar.
2) Add the blackberries, and toss gently 'til blackberries
are evenly coated.
3) Put the berry fillin' in the prepared bakin' dish.
4) Crumble the toppin' over the berries.
5) Drizzle melted butter over the toppin'.
6) Set the dish on a bakin' sheet to catch any spill-overs
and bake for forty-five minutes.
7) Garnish with whipped creme, if desired.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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