If You've Never Had One, You Have NO IDEA .......
Wow, post number 1900 ! That means that sometime in late April or May, we'll be hitting a benchmark that few blogs have reached. But, until then, we'll just keep trudging along talking about things that the other blogs bypass.....
Today, we celebrate one of the finest creations ever to come out of Pennsylvania. No, not Bobby or Joe Paterno. JoePa is from Brooklyn, Bobby is from Pluto... Nope, we're talking about making Whoopie - Whoopie Pies , that is!
If you've never had a Whoopie Pie with a glass of ice cold milk, you have missed one blissful moment of life's simple pleasures. A Whoopie Pie is made of two supermoist chocolate cake-like halves, with a French Vanilla creme center that is to die for. In Pennsylvania, my Aunt Anna used to make them (along with her homemade bread) for us at every family reunion in Luzerne.
I came across this NYT article about Whoopie Pies, and no one at work knew what they were. Assuming you might be the same, I thought I'd post the article for you. It has everything you want to know about Whoopie Pies - it's history, recipies, and just what it is about them that makes people like me DROOL at the mere mention of the word.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/dining/18whoop.html
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6 comments:
portnoy's complaint comes to mind in a disturbing way...
Uhh, over my head again, Rhino.
two words, "chopped liver"
I have been to Luzerne like in Switzerland
they are called Gobbs in western PA.
Your wife might not like this, but that's typical of WPA... Everywhere else on the planet,it's known as Whoopie Pie, and they call 'em Gobbs!
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