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[Jean Sampson]

Hi Bill B

Is your recipe a family secret or will you share it?

[Bill B]

Jean,

Not a secret, but it was never written down before I learned to make it and a big part of it is by feel. What follows is for 10-12 loaves but most years I cut it in half and make 6 loaves.

Start by making a sponge with 4 packages of dry yeast, 1 cup of warm water and 2 Tbs sugar and 2 Tbs flour. Mix and let rise about 30 minutes in a warm spot.

Add to sponge:

10 large eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
2 2# cartons of dried candied fruit
1# raisins
1/6 oz. of ground cardomom (fresh if possible)

Add to above:

1 cup scalded milk with 1# of butter melted in it.
10 cups flour (This is approximate, the consistency should be half way between a bread dough and a coffee cake dough).

Let rise to appoximately 2-3 times size (about 2-3 hours).
Knock down and divide and form loaves.
Stud loaves with blanched almond halves.
Let rise to approximately 2 times size (about 2-3 hours).
Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 -25 minutes (turn pans about halfway thru).
Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with powdered sugar while hot.

Use an all purpose flour not a cake or bread flour.

I always make these on Xmas eve day so by the time I'm thru it's time to sit and have a cocktail and usher in the holiday.

Bill

[P Strange]

Hope i have not started a great Castara stollen war! im sure the home made version will be plenty better than the bought one ive found, but hey beggars cant be choosers, will give the recipe to my mum sure she can work her magic the wedding cake she took to de boathouse was fantastic!

[Bill B]

No problem Mon,

Stollen is like Caribs and S*x, you can't have too much of a good thing

Bill

[Brian Taylor]

the beggars here. just to confirm: NOT CHOOSY!

is this going into the history books? the great stollen-war of 2006? I hope they are not changing the name of or bay to stollen-bay...

got the recipe out to try... unfortunately we are soo busy in the season, I might try to do it after easter. since we never have christmas weather here anyway it does not really make a difference.... thanks anyway...

see you all soon

STEPH (Queen of stollen-and stroopwaffel-eating)

[David Watkins]

so the diet's working,then Steph?

[Brian Taylor]

LOOK WHOS TALKING....

[Bill B]

Now, Now.

Children behave

Bill

[Bill B]

Steph,

I had no idea what stroopwaffel was so I googled it and found this link http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml ... recipe3053
They sound awesome but to be honest I don't think you could find a diet anywhere that would include them.

Bill

[Steve Wooler]

Hi Bill

I strongly suggest the seefood diet, which includes stroopwafels to your heart's content.

[Bill B]

Steve,

Or until your heart's stopping

Of course, I have read that lifes mission should not be to arrive at the grave in a well preserved body but to arrive battered and torn yelling "Holy S**t, what a ride !!!"

Bill

P.S. I noticed that I arrived at 75 posts. Do I get another blue circle?

[Steve Wooler]

Everything in moderation is my motto. And a little bit of what does you good....

Just go into any health food shop and look at the pasty-faced assistants. Don't tell me that that is living! I'd prefer a short and happy life rather than having to watch every morsel that I eat and spend an hour or two a day being a poser and "working out".

Anyway, moving on...

No, I'm afraid 75 just means you've got one than 74.

[Brian Taylor]

and steve you wrote more than 4000, what does that make you? "tobago mental-patient" ? no offense

how vom I have the same ammount in both my last posts in this thread...
only because I never reach a rank here does not mean it is not worth counting...

seefood diet is what I do. or sometimes I do the strawberry diet: I can eat everything except strawberries....

STEPH

[Brian Taylor]

still 493... what is going on????

[Steve Wooler]

Steph - don't make me sadder than I already am. It's over 3000, not 4000.

The figure shown next to posts is the TOTAL number of posts made by that member - it's not the number of the post. So, the same figure will show for EVERY post by that member, but it will increase by one the next time they post something.

Tobago business users have a special rank so that readers can see they who they are. This rank never changes, so you don't need to count your posts.

[Brian Taylor]

I guess having a business on this island says enough about a person

see you soon, david sooner (in an hour or so, his plane has already landed...)

STEPh

[Bill B]

AAAAAAGH

I really hate to hear that David is now in beautiful, sunny and warm Tobago and I'm stuck here in Chicago where the weather forecast is predicting up to a foot (30 cm for those of you on the other side of the pond) of snow for tonight.

Bummed out Bill

[Johanna Y.]

Bill,

What you can do is send some snow over here because we could really use some. I'm so sick of this rain and there's not even a hint of winter here. I'm tired of washing my dog five times a day ... he is too! And tomorrow starts first month of winter. I'm counting days for summer to come ... in January, at least for two weeks.

[Andy & Sara]

So David has arrived But will the island keep up with the increased consumption of his favourite tipple(s) And will there be any left for the rest of us?
Can't wait to be limin' we look forward to bumping into a few of you while we're out there. Flying out on 28th december, should be in paradise for an afternoon livener

[Brian Taylor]

the beer brewers could cope with him last time and so will they now.
he arrived late but safe and well (don't you hate people who check in their baggage and never show for the flight and it takes hours to find their suitcases back...).
I am sure this minute he is siiting at the veranda with a cup of tea, planning the daily route through castara
since one of our internetcafes is down for the time beeing (PC trouble) he might not write every day but I am sure when he writes he will tell you how much he looooves beeing here

count your days, guys and enjoy the fact that you have something to look forward to, that last you longer than the actual holiday...

STEPH