I was asked to bring an appetizer to a potluck retirement party for a friend of mine and as I was contemplating what to make, I was seized with a longing for Mom's cheese ball. I don't care how much people turn up their noses at processed cheese spread, but if there's a cheese ball out on the table, it disappears. Same with the Lipton's onion soup dip. I test these two theorems periodically. Anyway I whipped up a cheese ball and had a lovely time imagining Mom carrying out the same actions in her kitchen on Meadowbrook. It was a nice visit. The cheese ball came out right (as opposed to the time I tried to make it in a food processor and ended up with cheese ball soup), and of course I held some back for personal snacking.
Anyway, I do have some other family recipes that I've stashed away over the years: Mom's pickle recipe, Grandma's chili sauce recipe, a tomato soup recipe that Rita says was actually Betty's, Polynesian Pork. If anyone wants them, let me know. No chocolate mouse-y though. Guess we still need to go through Mom's recipe files some time.
Anyway, eat your cheese ball hearts out.
Well, perhaps I should proofread a little better. In addition to the occasional extra word, that tomato soup recipe is really a tomato soup CAKE recipe. Never tried it, but it's chocolate. Also amazed at how many times one can use "anyway" in a brief posting.
ReplyDeleteChocolate mouse-y is from the New American Cookbook ,which I have here patched together although missing most of the index! Pretty simple: 2 cups heavy cream, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1/8 tsp. salt, 2 oz. melted unsweetened chocolat (I'm sure Mom never heard of anything like Valrhona!), 1 tsp. vanilla. Whip cream, sugar and salt until stiff. Add melted chocolate and vailla and mix well. Freeze and serve with MORE whipped cream. As addictive as the cheese ball, which must have Kaukauna in a plastic tub! No cheese for us, not on the detox....
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