New 29th Dessert Exchange - 4:00 p.m., Sunday, June 3, 2012

We are going to try this one again. The original 29th Dessert Exchange was cancelled due to lack of participation. I will be hosting at my home in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. There is easy access from I88, 290, 294, Rt. 83, Roosevelt Rd and 22nd Street; I will PM directions the week prior. If the weather cooperates, we'll dine outdoors on the patio, if not, we'll be indoors. I can accomodate 10 people, including myself.

Rules are:

- I'll provide a light meal. Please let me know if you are vegetarian or have any food allergies or particular dislikes.
- Bring one dessert, enough to feed 10 people
- Bring containers to cart home the desserts. You may want to bring several; one for refrigerated items, one for other items, etc.
- Come hungry!

Attendees

Ms. Ingie - Rhubarb Cheesecake
Toria - What the Spirit moves
Cathy 2 - Lemon Icebox Pie
UCJames - Artisan Chocolates
irisarbor - Girl Scout Cookie Pizza
Pie Lady - coconut marshmallows and Lemon Lavendar Pie
Cookie Monster - lemon pound cake
mrsm - Torta
LauraS - TBD
Ruth (mrsm guest) - Rhubarb Custard Pie (if she can find rhubarb)
SueF - Tunnel of Fudge Cake

I can attend.

Hi,

Once more, I will attempt a lemon ice box pie.

Regards,

I'd like to make it for this one since I actually have that Sunday open. Would something in more of a candy vein be acceptable? That's not necessarily what I'd end up making, but I took a good 11-week class on chocolate at Triton College recently, and I've really been enjoying making chocolates and other confections since then. For a Hawaiian themed party yesterday I took a classic nougat recipe and replaced the more typical fill-ins with macadamia nuts and dried pineapple, papaya and mango. It turned out to be pretty fun to make, and a big hit at the party.

As far as food goes I can't really eat mushrooms, unfortunately.

ucjames wrote:I'd like to make it for this one since I actually have that Sunday open. Would something in more of a candy vein be acceptable? That's not necessarily what I'd end up making, but I took a good 11-week class on chocolate at Triton College recently, and I've really been enjoying making chocolates and other confections since then. For a Hawaiian themed party yesterday I took a classic nougat recipe and replaced the more typical fill-ins with macadamia nuts and dried pineapple, papaya and mango. It turned out to be pretty fun to make, and a big hit at the party.

As far as food goes I can't really eat mushrooms, unfortunately.

We like chocolate. Feel free to bring what you like.

I think I'm having a graduation party on Saturday, but what the heck- I'm going to go ahead and say Yes!
I'll probably do some kind of cookie so I can bake ahead and put them in the freezer due to the time/exhaustion factor...LOL
Although you should have seen the whirlwind of activity I ended up being this weekend LOL
I had to come to work to relax...
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I'll come too! If Cathy doesn't mind, I'll bring the lemon lavender pie this time. Otherwise, I have two other ideas to pick from. Either way, I'm making coconut marshmallows too.

ucjames wrote:I'd like to make it for this one since I actually have that Sunday open. Would something in more of a candy vein be acceptable? That's not necessarily what I'd end up making, but I took a good 11-week class on chocolate at Triton College recently, and I've really been enjoying making chocolates and other confections since then. For a Hawaiian themed party yesterday I took a classic nougat recipe and replaced the more typical fill-ins with macadamia nuts and dried pineapple, papaya and mango. It turned out to be pretty fun to make, and a big hit at the party.

Our unofficial slogan is "Where Chocolate is Never Turned Away"

Pie Lady wrote:I'll come too! If Cathy doesn't mind, I'll bring the lemon lavender pie this time. Otherwise, I have two other ideas to pick from. Either way, I'm making coconut marshmallows too.

Cathy does not mind. Since I have said several months in a row I was bringing Lemon IceBox Pie and didn't, I am not too reliable!

Regards,

I would love to attend, I am not sure what I am in the mood for but will try to post before I attend.

Cookie Monster wrote:I would love to attend, I am not sure what I am in the mood for but will try to post before I attend.

Most times we don't know what we are in the mood for until that day or the day before. No worries; everything you bring is always great.

Mrsm may attend if she's in town. If she does, she'll make a Torta for dinner instead of bringing a dessert.

Cathy2 wrote:

Pie Lady wrote:I'll come too! If Cathy doesn't mind, I'll bring the lemon lavender pie this time. Otherwise, I have two other ideas to pick from. Either way, I'm making coconut marshmallows too.

Cathy does not mind. Since I have said several months in a row I was bringing Lemon IceBox Pie and didn't, I am not too reliable!

Regards,

In that case, I'll make that, possibly with a goat butter crust.

Goat butter? Did not know there was such a thing. Always interesting.....

I saw it at Fresh Farms the other day, with the cheese.

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Pie Lady wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:

Pie Lady wrote:I'll come too! If Cathy doesn't mind, I'll bring the lemon lavender pie this time. Otherwise, I have two other ideas to pick from. Either way, I'm making coconut marshmallows too.

Cathy does not mind. Since I have said several months in a row I was bringing Lemon IceBox Pie and didn't, I am not too reliable!

Regards,

In that case, I'll make that, possibly with a goat butter crust.

As long as the butter doesn't taste like goat cheese.

Cuz it's too much tartness or you don't like goat cheese?

Pie Lady wrote:Cuz it's too much tartness or you don't like goat cheese?

Don't like goat cheese. I believe that is a crime on LTH.

There's a whole thread in which 50%* of posters think White Castle is the bees' knees. I think that grants you a full pardon...or at least a slap on the wrist.

I just found out that June is goat trauma awareness month.

http://www.goat-trauma.org/news/awareness.shtml

Pie Lady wrote:I just found out that June is goat trauma awareness month.

http://www.goat-trauma.org/news/awareness.shtml

That is hysterical.

Too funny!
Will have to check this out.

I will attend and bring a torta instead of dessert. Probably will fill it with ricotta, spinach and peppers. If anyone has food allergies that they prefer not to post here, PM me or Ms. Ingie.

I was going to bring a Lemon Ice box CAKE. But since we are having lemon this and lemon that I will make something chocolate.

toria wrote:I was going to bring a Lemon Ice box CAKE. But since we are having lemon this and lemon that I will make something chocolate.

One can never have enough lemon.

We don't have lemon cake yet, just pie. I love lemon cake.

I will bring a lemon cake just so that everyone is happy.

Two lemon pies, two lemon cakes...what do you say, toria?

Hmm I don't know. I was thinking of chocolate. If everyone want to do a "lemon fest" I will play along. Otherwise I might decide a day or two in advance...lemon or chocolate?

toria wrote:Hmm I don't know. I was thinking of chocolate. If everyone want to do a "lemon fest" I will play along. Otherwise I might decide a day or two in advance...lemon or chocolate?

Make what moves you on the day you bake.