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It's July 22nd and that means it's...

National Penuche Day


(Punuche is a fudgelike confection of Mexican brown sugar, cream or milk, and chopped nuts, sometimes called penuchi or panocha.)

Here's a recipe from: http://maona.net/archives/recipes

1 c. brown sugar
2 c. granulated sugar
12 oz. evaporated milk (1 can)
1/8 t. baking soda
1 t. vanilla
1 c. walnuts or pecans, chopped (optional)

Bring the sugars, milk and baking soda to a boil in a saucepan over medium high heat, stirring constantly.
If you let your guard down for even the briefest moment, the penoche notices and promptly scorches.

Continue heating until the temperature reaches 236 degrees on a candy thermometer.
If you don't have a candy thermometer, you can heat to a "soft ball."
A few drops of candy into a glass of cold water should result in a ball that feels spongy and malleable to the touch.
Stir frequently while heating to soft ball, but you don't have to obsess as much as when heating to the initial boil.

Set the saucepan on a wire rack to cool and don't disturb it until the temperature has dropped to 110 degrees.
Stirring it too soon causes a grainier candy.
When the candy has cooled enough, beat in the vanilla and nuts.
Beat like mad for at least five minutes, or until the mass holds shape.
This beating is crucial for the silkyness.
Don't beat too long though or the mixture will become too stiff.

Turn the candy out in to a buttered 8x8 pan and press it down with a buttered spatula. Cut into squares when completely cool.
Savor.



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Today in History:

July 22nd, 1994
O. J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder

That does not look good tasting.

I don't remember where I was when OJ pleaded innocent. Probably flipping past the channel it was on, already way sick of the coverage. I'm sad I still remember so much of it.

One question: Why do you put the "This image stolen by.." on every photo?

Because someone was unhappy that Moby posted a pic of her preshus pie one day and demanded he take it down or give credit so now he gives credit to himself.

Like, someone from this board, or some wingnut that traced it back here?

The blogger wingnut who owned the pic traced it here and wagged her virtual finger.

So, now...

All the images that I post are un-linked from their original website and cannot be connected back to the board.



Me adding the disclaimer does nothing really.

I cannot claim "Original Art". But it's fun for now.

I'll probably stop in a few weeks.

Man, I'm sorry I missed the opportunity to rank on that person.

I don't mean to open the intellectual property debate with the above statement.

Yeah it was pretty ridiculous. Her blog was a huge friggin bore, too. That was really surprising. Most blogs are so captivating.

I'm not sure I understand. Didn't some people take your pic and not credit you for it, DJ? But you're defending Moby's right to take pics and not credit?

I don't remember that ever happening. And the issue with Moby had nothing to do with one of my photos.

Dammit, I knew it would open that!

Sorry DJ.

It's OK, I smell the bait. I defended nothing nor offered more than what happened.

Is it a law that some anon must be as pedantic as possible every single time?

That's the funniest recipe I've read in a long time. Thanks!

~ Network 54 eats my apostrophes to survive

Thank you funk for making me actually read the recipe. I thought the line "you can heat to a "soft ball."" was going to be the best one in it... I was wrong.