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Cannolis and Essays


Cannolis

Holly cares nil about traditional cooking, but she loves to make unusual desserts.  For Easter, she prepared cannolis.  Though these are commonplace on the East Coast, where Italian bakeries are on every corner, they are harder to find "deep in the heart of Texas."

However, if you have never eaten them, they are to die for.  You do have to have a pasta machine or a pasta attachment to your mixer to make them.   A deep fat fryer is a big help as well.  You also need cannoli tubes. Some cooking stores have them, although Holly ordered hers.

If you would like the recipe, here is a link to one very close to what she used.  https://allrecipes.com/Recipe/cannoli-2/Detail.aspx

Holly did not add the chocolate, which is optional.

In other family news, Bailey received notification yesterday that an essay she had written in her science class has been selected for a special award.  This was a contest, sponsored by the PTA.

A couple of months ago she got an e-mail stating that her essay had been selected for district judging; then she received another e-mail that it had been forwarded on to the state level.

Yesterday, she learned that it had been named an essay with "highest merit."   The e-mail explained that meant it was the third best essay submitted from around the state and that an awards banquet would be held at the American Airlines Center with the date to be sent to her.

The state president, from whom the letter originated, congratulated her, stating that this was quite an accomplishment.  I concur, considering how big Texas is and the number of entries there must have been. 

(Not everyone wrote essays; some submitted projects in various categories; but the emphasis of all had to be on the environment.)

Every since she was able to read and write, she has written stories and poetry.  Now, she is writing song lyrics.  I think she has a real gift. She definitely has an affinity for rhyming.  

When I rhyme, it sounds stilted; hers sounds natural and the logical consequence of the song.  

I would not be at all surprised to see her pursue a career in writing of some sort. 

 


posted on May 14, 2011 4:59 PM ()

Comments:

They sound wonderful. Congratulations to Bailey.
comment by elderjane on May 15, 2011 7:36 AM ()
You should make some, since I know you love cooking. They just melt in your mouth. Yes, we are all proud of Bailey.
reply by redimpala on May 15, 2011 9:17 AM ()
Cannoli. Ah. Now you've done it. I wish we had a good cannoli maker here. This town thinks its nine pizza joints are "Italian" restaurants!
comment by jondude on May 15, 2011 7:02 AM ()
Ain't it the truth!!!
reply by redimpala on May 15, 2011 9:16 AM ()
My sweet tooth is hollering, "get one". And congrats on Bailey's accomplishment. Talent in writing makes me envious.
comment by solitaire on May 15, 2011 6:06 AM ()
You would love them, Randy!! Yes, Bailey has a gift, no doubt about it.
reply by redimpala on May 15, 2011 6:45 AM ()
Adding: I clicked on the link to the recipe. As I suspected, this is too involved and time-consuming for me, and I'd have to buy a lot of stuff to do it, and hunt up a least a couple of ingredients I've never heard of, and when all is said and done, my diet would go to Hell. I'm better off hopping a plane to New York and picking up one at an Italian bakery in Little Italy. The more I think of that, the better it sounds.
comment by tealstar on May 15, 2011 4:34 AM ()
Fedora's in the Village has THE best!
reply by greatmartin on May 15, 2011 7:47 AM ()
Sounds like a plan!!
reply by redimpala on May 15, 2011 6:44 AM ()
Fantastic news about Bailey. You must be very proud of her. I had a canoli in Little Italy some years ago. It's gotta be 1,000 calories. It's just as well I'm not tempted down here in the land of beautiful scenery and little else.
comment by tealstar on May 15, 2011 4:29 AM ()
I never said that they weren't fattening!! Yes, we are all proud of Bailey. This is the second time she has placed in an essay contest. She won first in a contest in Illinois at her school a couple of years ago. This time, it is, of course, much more prestigious, since it is a state award. The kid can write!!
reply by redimpala on May 15, 2011 6:44 AM ()
I've had a lot of bad cannolis, so maybe I'll make some here at home because I know there is a good one out there somewhere.
comment by troutbend on May 14, 2011 9:46 PM ()
These that Holly made were delicious. Fattening....but delicious.
reply by redimpala on May 15, 2011 6:02 AM ()
You have got to dip both ends in pistachio nuts!!
But did Bailey get a cannoli? Let's get our priorities right!
comment by greatmartin on May 14, 2011 9:03 PM ()
We have to leave off the nuts because Kenzie has an allergy to nuts and she gets upset if any of us eat anything with nuts. YES!! Bailey got her share of cannolis!!
reply by redimpala on May 15, 2011 6:47 AM ()
I have never had a cannoli, but, oh my sweet soul, does that look delicious!
Congratulations to Bailey! Well well done!
comment by marta on May 14, 2011 6:34 PM ()
Neither had I until Holly made these. Their pilot's wife from her work made some and sent them to everyone at Christmas, so Holly decided to make some. They are so good. We all, including the kids, absolutely loved them. Yes, I have already told Bailey how proud and impressed that I am. She is proud too.
reply by redimpala on May 14, 2011 7:45 PM ()
I can't believe I've never tried one of those. Must start looking more carefully while in bakery.
comment by nittineedles on May 14, 2011 5:22 PM ()
If you find them or decide to make some, betcha' can't eat just one! I couldn't!!
reply by redimpala on May 14, 2011 7:46 PM ()

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