Thanks to all Nomads who generously shared their experience and advice on my question about Garlic Mashed Potatoes.
In return, here is a recipe from my mother-in-law's file, with a mystery attached:
Chocolate Macaroons
3 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 can of sweetened, condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla
16 pecans, chopped
Pinch of salt
26(?) coconut
Melt chocolate, stir in milk, vanilla and salt. Add coconut and chopped pecans. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto buttered cooking sheet and bake in oven at
350 degrees for ten minutes. Remove from cooking sheet immediately.
so, you Nomads out there who like to bake macaroons, what does "26 coconuts" mean?
Solve the mystery and I will post another "Our Own" recipe from her file, maybe the one for fruitcake or...maybe the one for the special eggnog.
Cheers and happy turkey day to all.
GJ
[Edited on 11-24-2009 by Gypsy Jan]DENNIS - 11-24-2009 at 02:19 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
what does "26 coconuts" mean?
It means this:
down at an english fair,
one evening i was there,
when i heard a showman shouting, underneath the flair
i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts,
there they are standing in a row,
big ones, small ones, some as big as your head,
give 'em a twist a flick of the wrist,
that's what the showman said
i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts,
everybody throw and make me rich,
there stands me wife,
the idle of me life,
singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch
singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch,
singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch,
role a pole a ball,
role a pole a ball,
singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch
i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts,
(there lovely!)
there they are standing in a row,
(1,2,3,4)
big ones, small ones, some as big as your head,
(and bigger)
give em' a twist, a flick of the wrist,
that's what the showman said
now that i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts,
(da,da,da,da,da)
everybody throw and make me rich,
(have a banana)
there stands me wife,
the idle of me life,
singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch
all together now,
singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch,
harmony,
singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch,
r,r,r,r,r,r,r,role a pole a ball,
role a pole a ball,
singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch
singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a piiiiiiitch.
