Pecans or No Pecans?

[kedrys]

Poll question: Pecans or No Pecans?

There's this French-Canadian dessert/snack/confection/uncontrolled substance called "sucre a la creme", the chemical composition of which is roughly 1 cup each of heavy cream, brown sugar, and white sugar. You cook the ingredients until they're blended, pour the sugary goo into a greased glass dish, let it cool, cut it into 1 inch squares, and then you eat it. It's not for the weak of pancreas or the cracked-enamel-toothed, and it's possibly my most favorite confection of all time.

Being a purist, I naturally think my grandma's recipe is the best in the world. But you can buy the stuff at most grocery stores, and it comes in several varieties, one of which contains pecans.

Is that not a sacrilege? Really. :P

[XemaSab]

1. Pecans are a sacrament

Not a sacrilege.

[kedrys]

3. I prefer them au naturel

28 years in Texas will do that to ya. :D They're actually decent in that dessert, as long as the pecans are nearly pulverized.

[XemaSab]

5. My dog likes pecans

She eats about 1 a day out of the sack we have on the porch. :P

[kedrys]

6. That is so cool!

Of all the "My dog eats..." stories I've ever heard... Well done. :)

[trof]

2. W/Pecans and wrapped in bacon.

YEAH!
;-)

[kedrys]

4. ...wait, what...?

After seeing that Bacon Exploder "dish" a couple of weeks ago, I actually stopped eating bacon for a couple of weeks. Okay, it was only two Sunday morning breakfasts, but still. :P

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Sounds something like divinity fudge. Is it the same thing?

[kedrys]

8. Nope - I known the dessert in question, though.

It has egg and corn syrup in it, and SALC does not.

Mmmmmm....divinity...it's been a while since I've had some. :D

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. I can make fudge.. barely.. but I have never dared to try my hand at divinity. Also, I

suck at making meringue as well.

[kedrys]

10. I've never tried making meringue

The odds are not good that I would succeed :P, so I have no nerve.

Killer fudge, though, but I only make it like every 10 years.

Hmmm...s.o.'s birthday this Sunday...perhaps it is time. :evilgrin:

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. I made PB fudge for Elder Green Kid's b-day in lieu of cake and ice cream. :^)

[NMDemDist2]

12. I live in Pecan orchard country

I put pecans in all kinds of things (including using them as breading for pork chops) so you can guess what I voted

:evilgrin:

[KamaAina]

13. Pecans don't sound very French-Canadian, but they could be a Cajun addition

which might also explain the apparent connection with that most Southern of treats, divinity, mentioned above.