How to have a long-distance Easter meal

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My elder DD goes to college in California, and was alone for Easter this year. We still managed to have dinner together thanks to Skype. She posted these pictures on her blog. She said, "I got to be with my family while I was cooking thanks to the wonder that is Skype". http://starbright.su.tripod.com/easter020.JPG

Coincidentally, our meals were ready at the same time, so we ate together as well. She is so sweet, she wrote "I got to be at the table with my family. I can't even begin to explain just how much that means to me. You either understand it or you don't." over this picture: http://starbright.su.tripod.com/easter025.JPG

(The large round blob is me.) Apparently the people at College can't understand why she wants to come back to see us at Christmas and in the summer. We have just heard that she was accepted by her top pick, Texas A & M, for their Ph.D program next year. I am so thrilled for her, and I'm super happy for me, as she will be a TA, and earning money, and hopefully more or less off my hands so I can see some of my salary for a change. Woo-hoo!

 
Rec: Bolo de Saboia (Portuguese for Savoy Cake)

We usually eat this for dessert at Easter. (My tradition, not a Portuguese one. Also, this is the only cake elder DD (who makes great cakes) will eat.

Bolos de Saboia

1kg castor sugar (because American sugar is so fine, I just use ordinary sugar)
1kg eggs
½ kg flour
Rind and juice of a lemon
1 Tablespoon Royal Powder (ie baking powder)


1. Place egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and mix well until sugar is completely dissolved. (I just beat for 15 minutes in the mixer.)
2. Add the rind and juice of lemon.
3. Beat egg whites until stiff.
4. Sift flour with baking powder and add to the egg/sugar mixture and mix well, alternating the flour and the egg whites until all used.

Cook at 180°C (350° F) for + - 40 minutes.

This makes FOUR cakes, and I have to halve it if I want to use my Kitchen-Aid, so I usually make two cakes. I line the pan, and as I like to use a small, deep 7 x 2 ¾ " pan, I also add two long strips of parchment criss-crossing under the lining, so that I can lift the cake out easily. It has a crisp sugary top layer that shatters easily, so I can't turn it over to remove it. I also cut it with a lethal bread-knife, to try to preserve the topping for each slice.

DH has not so fond childhood memories of having to beat the egg whites from a whole kilo of eggs until he could turn the bowl upside down and they would not come out. I think he had to use a fork.

WARNING: Do not halve this recipe in your head! Something will distract you, and you will add a 1/2 kg of flour because you used 1/2 kg each of sugar and eggs. This is NOT a good thing. Believe me.

PS when I halve it, I still use the zest of a whole lemon, I like it nice and lemony.

 
Isn't technology wonderful? So nice that your daughter feels that way about her family and.....

those that do not understand that, are the ones missing a lot! Very sad for them. All our children are the same way. One year, my dad and step-mom went to Nevada for Christmas, a gambling town on the river, and stated in a hotel. They asked us to join them and we decided it would be different and maybe fun. It was great to see my dad but not fun being away from our children, who were grown adults, with families. Our youngest son had the most miserable Christmas, much to the dismay of his wife. He wanted his mom and dad with him during that time! Ya gotta love it!

 
Lana, That is soo cool! Also, says alot about how your daughter treasures family time. : )

Congrats on her acceptance on the Phd program!

 
Karen, you know you've done something right when that happens.

I do feel for his wife, though. You obviously have a great family. smileys/smile.gif

 
She wants to be an archaeologist.

She has already been on a dig in Ethiopia, and found some interesting items, but her interest is ceramics and trade routes.

 
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