Bush Family Cooking

Just saw this book today at the bookstore, and couldn't wait to get to the computer and read the reviews. They're a hoot -- Kool-Aid drinkers, but some must be DUers:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743287762/qid=1131131962/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-3522992-2545746?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

I wonder if they have a recipe for cooked intelligence?

That's a Bush family secret.

Bryant
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Baked Peaches Flambé

Mrs. Grace Walker shared this recipe with Mrs. Bush. It has been the favorite dessert of Florida's Governor John Ellis Bush and the 43rd President, George Walker Bush, since their childhood. No one can recall who was the first to claim this dessert as his very own favorite, so Mrs. Bush and Paula make sure it is offered every time either one of them comes to visit. According to Paula, when she or Mrs. Bush baked the peaches when the children were a lot younger, the aroma filled the house and gave rise to household jokes such as Jeb or George must have gotten good grades on their report cards, so they're having peaches -- or won a game, or lost a tooth. When one of them comes home for a visit, the sweet peach aroma will still fill the air. The recipe is so simple and easy to prepare, but it's also elegant and very entertaining to serve. Mrs. Bush also added that Aunt Grace and Uncle Lou came over for dinner one night and were served the peaches for dessert. She asked Mrs. Bush wherever did she get this recipe -- not remembering that she gave it to Mrs. Bush.

4 (29-ounce) cans peach halves, drained, liquid reserved

1 cup brown sugar, packed

Juice of 1 lemon

2 tablespoons vanilla extract

1 cinnamon stick, broken in half

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

1/4 cup brandy, heated

Heavy cream, softly whipped, for serving

Heat oven to 250°.

Fill a 13 x 9-inch glass dish with peach halves, arranging them tightly, cut side up. Set aside. Add brown sugar to reserved peach liquid and stir until sugar dissolves. Stir in lemon juice and vanilla. Pour over peaches, and tuck in cinnamon. Top each peach half with a dab of butter. Bake for 1 hour, or until the liquid has reduced to a thick syrupy sauce. Allow peaches to cool to room temperature before serving.

Pour heated brandy over peaches and ignite with a match and present the dish to the head of the table while peaches are aflame. Provide serving spoons and dessert plates. The head of the table will serve the peaches (2 per serving) on dessert plates and drizzle the flaming syrup over the peaches. Pass whipped cream around to complement the peaches.

Serves 12

Note: Canned peaches tend to shrink during the hour-long baking, so I make a variation. I boil the reserved peach liquid in a medium saucepan with the sugar, lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon until the liquid has turned into a thick and syrupy sauce and has reduced by half. I pour the syrup over the peaches, rearranging in neat rows, if needed. I top each peach with slices of butter and bake peaches for 30 minutes in a 375° oven. I occasionally use 1/4 cup dark rum in place of the brandy for flaming.

Copyright © 2005 by Ariel De Guzman

(I know it's burnt off or evaporated -- but still ...)

it reads like satire.

here's a great excerpt:
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I guess you see the current president and the rest of the Bush clan mostly in Maine. Do you have to get up at midnight if someone wants a sundae?

Mrs. Bush doesn't like midnight snacks. After dinner, nobody should go back to the kitchen until the next morning for breakfast. After dessert, the kitchen is secured. She is strict about that.
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SECURES the kitchen??? :rofl:

Shish-ka-Babs

7-Laura Dip

Bush on a Bun

server while aflame by the head of the table.. widdle goerige and jebbies favorite. makes me wanna puke

It's like a cross between military food and 50's cooking.

cause we just ate them straight from the can. Sometimes we poured the rum on top and tossed in a match just for the visuals.But mom was pretty strict with the alcohol.