Cold Cream...

COLD CREAM

I can feel the icy glass

against my pulse even now.

I remember the cold bottle,

one small hand grasping the neck,

the other clutching the flat bottom.

Sometimes the milk had a bubble

rising up the side

when I carried it

from the front door

into the kitchen.

I tried to peel the cap back quickly,

pour only the cream that sat at the top.

I asked my grandmother

to help me decant

the velvety sweetness in a thick drizzle

over the raspberries,

that I had earlier sugared

and piled into a pyramid

in the cereal bowl.

I wanted to eat the berries and cream

with my little engraved spoon,

touch my tongue to the curved edge,

sure that I could taste the silver,

before she shook the bottle,

mixed the suspension,

and added corn flakes to the bowl

for my proper breakfast.

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CHOCLAT SIN # 20

I'm not asking you to try this.  I just like for us to be aware that it's out there.  I think that this might be a good addition to your backpack if you're going on an overnight and just might get lost.  Dessert could help get you through the night.

Here's a real recipe, easy as falling off a Yule log, that might help you get through a different kind of night.

Another thing, I've adapted this from a long ago recipe at myrecipe.com.  See, I'm being honest...I didn't invent this and they think they own it.  Who really owns a recipe?  And chocolate?  Puhleez.  I'm doing social work.


CHOCO MOCHO COOKIE PUD

1 pkg. instant chocolate pudding mix
2 cups cold milk
1 3 oz. pkg. crm. cheese, softened
1  8 oz. container whipped topping, thawed
16  Oreo double-stuff coffee flavored cream cookies, crushed
3/4 cup chopped, toasted pecans
2 tbls. strong, brewed coffee

Make pudding according to directions on box.  Chill 5 minutes.

Stir together crm. chs., whipped topping, and coffee

Spread 1 cup crushed cookies on bottom of an 8 cup bowl.  Spread half of cream chs. mix over crushed cookies.  Sprinkle with half of pecans.  Spread all of pudding over top.  Spread remaining crm. chs. mixture over pudding.  Sprinkle with remaining cookies and pecans.  Chill.  Serves 6/8.

To make this recipe into a Choc/Peanut Butter Pudding, substitute PB filled cookies and 1/4 cup PB for crm chs., and dry roasted peanuts for pecans.

Don't feel guilty.  I use no-fat or low-fat ingredients in this and others recipes.  I can't taste the difference.  Maybe it's self-deception.  But I'm happy!


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