The family is in for the summer visit and I've been baking...

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4th of July cookout with fireworks from the deck tonight at Tante Rosenzweig's. Bringing in fresh out of the oven Georgia Peach Cinnamon Pies and Fruit Tarts with Crème Pâtissière, blackberries, kiwis, blueberries, strawberries, and banana slices glazed with orange marmalade thinned down with Grand Marnier.

Friday:

Zoo day to go say hello to our Fiona (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_(hippopotamus) and our newly born baby giraffe.

Breakfast of Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes with Maple Syrup and Bacon. Fruit Salad with oranges, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and bananas.

Zoo Picnic of sandwiches of PB & homemade cherry-pineapple jam, ham & Swiss on homemade rye, pretzel chips, apples, and chocolate chip meringues.

Quick dip in the pool.

Dinner of Cincinnati chili & cheese coneys

Movie Night: Live from London: "The Sound of Music" on PBS (previously recorded) This was an intriguing performance on many levels.

Popcorn.

Saturday:

Brunch Tea

Cathy's Parmesan Popovers stuffed with slightly curried chicken salad with walnuts and sliced red grapes

Scrambled eggs with cheddar

Salad tray of cucumber, carrots, fresh peaches, celery, and German mustard pickles

Fudge Whoopie Pies with two fillings: maraschino cherry cream and Andes chocolate mint marshmallow creme

Florentines--I received a new silicone florentine pan (40! slots!) that holds exactly one recipe of Olli Leeb's definitive German Florentines recipe. Score. Perfectly shaped Florentines!

Eight Treasure Tea from Radiance Tea, 55th St. Manhattan that I brought back in May. (And I got to talk to the owner in Mandarin, which I have been studying since January for our upcoming trip to China!)

Saturday Pre-Opera Dinner:

Baked Ham with Sorghum Brown Sugar Glaze

Mashed Potatoes (normally I would do a deluxe Russian Potato Casserole with a ham dinner, but the grands: ewww, mixed up, I don't like it, etc.. They eat mashers. We go with what works when they are here.)

Green Beans

Kentucky 7-Layer Salad

Leftover Sweets from Afternoon Tea

Followed by a performance of Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos" at Cincinnati Opera.

Sunday:

Malted waffles with chocolate sauce and whipped cream and link sausages, clean up the sweets, and say a sad goodbye to the Chicago grandchildren once again...

 
Florentines by Olli Leeb

Bring to a boil in a heavy wide saucepan:
60g Butter
60g Honey
100g Brown Sugar

Add:
1 tbls. vanilla sugar
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Let simmer until mixture begins to thicken. Add:
140g blanched and slivered almonds
100g ground hazelnuts
100 g diced candied cherries
100g minced candied fruitcake mix

Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets (or use your new silicon 40 slot Florentine baking sheet).

Bake for 5 minutes, if free-forming, remove from oven and use a spatula to scoot the mixture back into circular shapes. If using the Florentine form, never mind.

Bake for 10-13 minutes, or until bubbly and edges are beginning to brown.

Let cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling racks with thin metal pastry spatula.

When cool, brush the undersides with:
5 oz. of melted chocolate (I add a tsp. of shortening to avoid the chocolate tempering).

Let cool completely and store in tins.

My favorite cookie--bar none. Swoon.

I had my first in 1983 at the Cafe Lang in Bayreuth, Germany where Richard and Cosima used to visit.

You'll never forget your first Florentine.

 
Agree. I keep getting a request for my "cookies with candied ginger". Finally figured out it was

Florentines with candied peel, not ginger. Now I have to check out this pan. I didn't know there was one.

So if you send photos, may I please request:
Florentines
hippo
baby giraffe

Thank you. Fingers crossed for the roof.

 
Roof is intact, we started a lovely downpour around 11:30...

Nothing like a good rain to send the idiots inside. But of course that means more for later...

 
This all sets up my day with a big smile. They are just so adorable. Fiona

is a charmer and bless the people who cared for her so well.

Thank you for the shots.

Maybe the rain will dilute the idiots.

 
Wow- the food! Incredible, Richard. And the new babies are too

 
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