THE RECIPE THAT MAKES GROWN MEN CRY ACCORDING TO BAREFOOT CONTESSA
LIKE MANY PEOPLE I LOVE A GOOD DESSERT AFTER A GREAT MEAL. BUT FIRST LET ME GIVE MY SISTER IN LAW A LITTLE INTRODUCTION SHE IS THE ONE THAT PRETTY MUCH INTRODUCES ME AND MY FAMILY TO A NEW RECIPE FROM TIME TO TIME. SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY WHERE THE MOM IS ON TOP OF HER GAME WHEN IT COMES TO COOKING AND THEREFORE I THINK SHE LIKES TO TRY RECIPES. HMMMM SHE SHOULD HAVE A FOOD BLOG NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT BUT THAT IS FOR ANOTHER POST. I WILL TELL YOU THIS THOUGH EVEN THOUGH SHE MADE THIS RECIPE SHE DID NOT USE ALL THE INGREDIENTS LISTED IN THE RECIPE. FOR EXAMPLE SHE DID NOT USE ITALIAN MASCARPONE CHEESE, KAHLUA, OR ESPRESSO POWDER. THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH A WORKING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE EXAMPLE. INSTEAD OF THE KAHLUA OR ESPRESSO POWDER SHE USED HER FAVORITE INSTANT COFFEE AND DISSOLVED IT IN VERY HOT WATER BUT MAKING SURE IT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO GIVE IT A PUNCH. TO BE HONEST I DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT I WAS WEARING OR WHAT DAY IT WAS BUT I REMEMBER THAT MY BROTHER BROUGHT SOMETHING WRAPPED IN ALUMINUM AND ME BEING THE NOSY SISTER AND PERSON I AM RAPIDLY RAN TOWARDS THAT CRUMBLED UP PACKAGE. WAS IT LOOKING PERFECT HELL NO BUT OH MY WAS IT ONE OF THE MOST DELICIOUS THINGS I HAD EVER TRIED. I REMEMBER TRYING IT AND JUST GOING OUTSIDE QUICKLY I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT TEARS WERE ROLLING DOWN LIKE WHEN I WATCHED FORREST GUMP OR THE GOBLIN FOR THE FIRST TIME. A RARE EVENT THAT IS FOR SURE, TILL THIS DAY IT HAS NOT HAPPENED ANYMORE. SINCE THAN I HAVE MADE IT A FEW TIMES AND IT HITS THAT SPOT BUT THAT FIRST IMPRESSION IT LEFT ON ME WAS LIKE NO OTHER. AND WHEN I WATCHED BAREFOOT CONTESSA MAKE IT SHE DID SAY SOMETHING SO TRUE THAT I WILL NOT FORGET - "NOT ONLY DOES IT MAKE A GROWN MAN WEEP, BUT IT IS UNBELIEVABLY EASY TO MAKE". AND THERE YOU HAVE IT NOT ONLY MAN CRY, WOMAN TOO.
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HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS GIVE IT A TRY CAUSE IT IS A GREAT DESSERT FOR SUMMER AND FOURTH OF JULY. TAKE CARE IN THIS HEAT TILL NEXT TIME.
