Subject: Brandied Fruit
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Tue Feb 01 2000 - 08:14:35 EST
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: FOOD FUNNY :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Thanks to reader Debi Wood for sending us this one:
My food funny is about my husband, Peter, and his total inability to
cook. Peter decided to change that by baking me a cake. He is
aware he can't cook, so he decided to use a packet mix, thinking he
could not go wrong.
Things were going great, he greased the cake tins, pre-heated the
oven, retrieved the eggs from the fridge, measured out the water and
got out the electric mixer and mixing bowl, when all of a sudden, all
noise in the kitchen stopped. I waited a few minutes before asking if
he had a problem. "Only one," Peter replied, "I can't make this cake
because the instructions aren't all here - they've forgotten to say
how much of the mix is needed to bake the cake."
::::::::::::::::::::::::::: TODAY'S RECIPE ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The reason I first published this recipe back in May was because it
was the recipe that I received most requests for, and that is exactly
the reason I chose it to finish off our "Best of World Wide Recipes"
week.
Serve this dish as a sweet accompaniment to meat, as you would a
chutney, or serve it over ice cream or as a sauce for pound cake.
Whatever you do, be sure to give some to friends, along with
instructions on keeping it "alive," or you'll be up to your ears in
the stuff.
Brandied Fruit
2 cups (500 ml) brandy
1 15-oz (425 g) can each of peaches, pineapple,
apricots, pears, and plums, drained
1 7-oz (200 g) jar Maraschino cherries, drained
4 cups (1L) sugar
Combine the ingredients in a large, sterile glass jar or earthenware
crock with a loosely fitting lid. Stir with a wooden spoon every few
days, and add a can of drained fruit and a cup of sugar every week.
You may also add fresh fruit such as strawberries, cherries,
raspberries, gooseberries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, or
pineapple, in a ratio of 2 cups (500 ml) fruit to 1 cup (250 ml)
sugar. Avoid apples as being too hard, bananas and fresh pears as
being too mushy, blackberries as too seedy, and grapes unless they
are skinned.
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