Book Title Game

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Landscape With Invisible Hand - M.T. Anderson

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Landscape in Landscape- Gerald Murnane

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Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Band – Neal Karlen

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babe: the life and legend of babe didrikson Zaharias by susan cayleff

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The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. By: Charles Dickens, illustrated By: Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) pen name Phiz: Novel (illustrated

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I think we recently used that one danik, you mentioned it being one of your favorites. am I remembering that rightly?

is there a fifty pushup for repetition?

the Poseidon adventure by paul gallico.

at least three movies versions inspired by the book. have you seen them?

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The Adventures of Captain Hatteras - Jules Verne

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Bounty, the Dickens book you mentioned in #6987 was The Old Curiosity Shop. So, no problem, I think.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Finn and the Time-Traveling Pajamas - Michael Buckley

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hmm, did Nicholas Nickleby work in the old curiosity shop maybe?

the time travelers wife by somebody niffenegger. is this chick lit?

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I'm not sure, but perhaps he met Little Nell´s brother at Doteboys Hall.

I really don´t know that book.

HGWells-The Time Maschine

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The Soul of a New Machine - Tracy Kidder

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The Soul of Man under Socialism by Oscar Wilde

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The Soul of the Green Man - Kenneth McIntosh

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and maybe they crossed paths with david Copperfield buying writing supplies?

the green mile by Stephen king.

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The Green Hills of Earth - Robert A. Heinlein

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A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

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the green hills of Africa by hemingway. is he overrated?

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Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales - Nelson Mandela

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Thanks, tailor:)! I MUST have a look at this book!

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

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a walk across America by peter Jenkins. I stopped reading after a sad tragedy occurred early in the book...

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Walkabout - Donald G. Payne

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The Cat Who Walks through Walls Audible by Robert Heinlein

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the compleat cat not a misspelling by Cleveland amory.

I was thinking id like to treat you to another cat photo but my super slow internet isn't cooperating...

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The Compleat Enchanter - L. Sprague de Camp

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Cats pics are always very welcome, Bounty, but we respect the rhythm of internet and the antics of Litnet.

Enchanter-Sara Douglass

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still not cooperating this morning.

in the past two weeks ive seen two different cats fleeing under my house when I go outside to fetch wood. I don't know whether to block their access, or to leave it alone.

the last enchantment by someone last named stewart. I have the book but don't remember what it is. must be something magical mystical...

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Seems you have a natural cat shelter under your house, Bounty.
I should leave it alone, you like cats and it is cold. Only keep your eyes skinned if mew goes round and too many cats appear.

The Last of the Mohicans Feminore Cooper(of course),

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The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis

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The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell

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have been wondering if anyone was going to post here again.

my fear danik is that one or more of the cats running around, like spritzer did, is going to have five kittens under my house. one of my neighbors believes its another one of our neighbors who is bringing the cats around. there have been a couple different ones at my house in the past few weeks. while I think she is "animal irresponsible" to a large degree, the cats do have lots of places there to find shelter.

the last oracle by James Rollins, who writes these really nifty paramilitary archaeological thrillers. almost started one today but grabbed a Robert Heinlein instead.

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Enjoy Heinlein :)

The Sacred Geometry Oracle: Book and Card Deck - John Michael Greer

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have been wondering if anyone was going to post here again.

my fear danik is that one or more of the cats running around, like spritzer did, is going to have five kittens under my house. one of my neighbors believes its another one of our neighbors who is bringing the cats around. there have been a couple different ones at my house in the past few weeks. while I think she is "animal irresponsible" to a large degree, the cats do have lots of places there to find shelter.

the last oracle by James Rollins, who writes these really nifty paramilitary archaeological thrillers. almost started one today but grabbed a Robert Heinlein instead.

It was your turn, that´s why no one posted.

Yes, you may going to have a problem there. Maybe you should write to a cat shelter or ngo near you to ask them what to do. You like cats but you aren´t in a condition to house and feed Bounty´s thriving cat community. To talk to the neighbour wouldn´t be a good idea I think.

Lady Oracle-Margareth Atwood.

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one of her kids just knocked on my door asking to borrow a shovel. as soon as I returned inside the house I realized I could have asked him if his mother has recently brought some new cats around. I think we might have talked about this before danik---I saw a cat with a kitten in the nearby brush one day quite awhile ago, and enquired to the local animal shelter to do something about them, and also to have a talk with my neighbor about her outdoor male cat who's probably doing the impregnating, and they wouldn't do it.

there are a few barns and sheds and stalls and what not around, so some shelter is not too much of a problem, but getting food has to be tough for any homeless cats around.

lady chatterly's lover by dh Lawrence, which is supposed to have been quite controversial and scandalous in its day. haven't read it yet though...

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The Lady of the Shroud - Bram Stoker

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The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson (poem)

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one of her kids just knocked on my door asking to borrow a shovel. as soon as I returned inside the house I realized I could have asked him if his mother has recently brought some new cats around. I think we might have talked about this before danik---I saw a cat with a kitten in the nearby brush one day quite awhile ago, and enquired to the local animal shelter to do something about them, and also to have a talk with my neighbor about her outdoor male cat who's probably doing the impregnating, and they wouldn't do it.

there are a few barns and sheds and stalls and what not around, so some shelter is not too much of a problem, but getting food has to be tough for any homeless cats around.

lady chatterly's lover by dh Lawrence, which is supposed to have been quite controversial and scandalous in its day. haven't read it yet though...

If the shelter people won´t help there is only one solution if more cats appear: to close the shelter under your house so that they can´t get into it. I suppose they will disappear anyway as soon as the weather gets warmer.

I read Lady Chatterly´s Lover but for current times, there isn´t anything shocking there.

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I went back out yesterday and asked one of the kids if they've been getting more cats. he said something like "yeah we have a lot of cats." I don't know why they come down to my house at all actually. it cant be just for shelter. its a mystery. now that im thinking about it, im pretty confident that my homeless cat spritzer originally came from them.

did Lady Chatterly expose a bare ankle to her lover in public??

portrait of a lady by henry James.

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You can try finding out how many cats are there. They may be out for food. But I don´t see what you can do about it unless the cats are actually starving. By calling the shelter you may solve your cat problem but create a neighbor problem, specially if there are men in the house. And shelter cats get killed if they are not adopted.

Oh, I only remember some garden scenes were Lady Chatterly and her lover exposed much more than an ankle. But I don´t think they met in public. Lady C´s husband was an invalide and the lover was the gardener.

Loved the Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -James Joyce

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there are at least two new cats ive noticed, on top of two they already have. so far as it goes, the shelter here is a no kill shelter, which I think is good. I don't think they are starving but I do bet they are hungry. the one that got spritzer pregnant last year was here much every day eating the food I put out for her. I started putting out food for him too thinking he was also homeless, until I figured out he belonged to my neighbor.

don't get me started on the goats, pigs, horses, dogs, ducks, chickens, cow, music that's too loud, kids in my yard, junk vehicles parked by the road, denuded trees, spots of wrecked fence, and garbage.

ohhh, I don't like that lady chatterly cheated on her husband!

I think I read portrait of a lady. I suspect that's another book that has a gendered appeal to it. I would have read it because its a classic and I was supposed to, and its good for me, so to speak.

portrait of the artist as a young dog by Dylan Thomas.

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The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson (poem)

danik, I don't know if the lyrics are the same as the poem, but if you are adventurous, hunt up the song of the same name by loreena mckennitt. I think you will like it.

and if you liked that one, lemme encourage you to try her the dark night of the soul.

still, portrait of the artist as a young dog by Dylan Thomas.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

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Lol, was going to post that one!

Ok, Bounty, enough off cats. One last question. Do you know what happened to Spritzer´s kittens?

The Picture Bride by Lee Geum-yi

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Yes, the song uses Tennyson 's poem.A beautiful rendering and the singer couldn't be better chosen. Tomorrow when I'm on PC I'll share the link.

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I kept them in my house for a large handful of weeks until they were old enough to move on. then i took them to a way too busy cat rescue place about a 100 miles away and left a large donation to help defray the cost of their shots and spaying/neutering. while they were waiting for that, they were to be fostered by a local family. i tried communicating with the place about who was specifically fostering them because i wanted to help support the effort financially, but they didnt tell me after the first time i asked, and didnt respond to me at all after the second time i asked. i had named them---sprite, fluffy, cubby, alice and harriet, and i felt like a monster and cried like heck when i gave them away.

am glad you liked loreena mckennitt.

the princess bride by William goldman, the book that inspired the all time great movie of the same name that is one of tailor's favorites, even though there are no zombies and its not a musical!

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Lol !

Saint Bride and her Book (Birgitta of Sweden's Revelations) - translated by Julia Bolton Holloway

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I kept them in my house for a large handful of weeks until they were old enough to move on. then i took them to a way too busy cat rescue place about a 100 miles away and left a large donation to help defray the cost of their shots and spaying/neutering. while they were waiting for that, they were to be fostered by a local family. i tried communicating with the place about who was specifically fostering them because i wanted to help support the effort financially, but they didnt tell me after the first time i asked, and didnt respond to me at all after the second time i asked. i had named them---sprite, fluffy, cubby, alice and harriet, and i felt like a monster and cried like heck when i gave them away.

am glad you liked loreena mckennitt.

the princess bride by William goldman, the book that inspired the all time great movie of the same name that is one of tailor's favorites, even though there are no zombies and its not a musical!
Bounty, I am quite sure that these so well cared for kittens soon found new homes. About the attitude of the shelter, I think that many of the people that bring cats to a shelter do it with a heavy heart, because they cannot keep them. And they want to help and know if they have got a new home. If the shelter people were nicer they would have a lot of extra work speaking with all the people. I fully understand, that you don't want to live that experience again.
The Book of Unrest Fernando Pessoa

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So, as promised, here is The Lady of Shalott, a bit out of place for those that don´t know the ballad:
https://www.google.com/search?q=loreena+mckennitt+the+lady+of+shalott+you tube&ei=orQRZNyuIJ6R1sQP_p6L8AE&oq=the+lady+of+shalott&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQARgDMgoIABBHENYEELADMgo IABBHENYEELADMgoIABBHENYEELADMgoIABBHENYEELADMgoIA BBHENYEELADMgoIABBHENYEELADMgoIABBHENYEELADMgoIABB HENYEELADMgcIABCwAxBDMg8ILhDUAhDIAxCwAxBDGAEyDAguE MgDELADEEMYATIMCC4QyAMQsAMQQxgBMgwILhDIAxCwAxBDGAE yDAguEMgDELADEEMYAUoECEEYAFAAWABgqSloAXABeACAAQCIA QCSAQCYAQDIAQ7AAQHaAQYIARABGAg&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:73626dc4,vid:GJHA8uzvXS0

And here is the poem by Tennyson:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45359/the-lady-of-shalott-1832

Last addition to the game: The Book of Unrest by Fernando Pessoa

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Loreena McKennitt - delightful voice. Tried to listen and read the poem at the same time but no joy... lovely poem too :)

Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming - Paul Hawken

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:) It seems the poem had to be a bit adapted to fit the music.

Brave New World-Aldous Huxley,

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:) For me it was the issue of youtube of turning off the sound when I slipped to another tab to read. But yes, I read that it had been adapted on the wikipedia article... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott

New Grub Street: A Novel - George Gissing

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that was fun. I love how the story developed, branched out and became multi-media. to that point, how much our pop culture life might be enriched a bit when we're aware of connections like that.

the hotel new Hampshire by john irving.

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The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel by Matt Zoller Seitz

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Strangers in Budapest - Jessica Keener

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Budapest Chico Buarque de Holanda.

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Goodbye to Budapest: A Novel of the Hungarian Uprising - Margarita Morris

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Looks interesting!

Good-Bye to All That, an autobiography by Robert Graves

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All That Is Solid Melts into Air - Marshall Berman

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I wish that marvel would make a movie with the black widow and hawkeye that takes us to "Budapest!"

into thin air by jon krakauer, about a particularly deadly expedition up mt Everest.

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All That Is Solid Melts into Air - Marshall Berman

I have this book. A remarkable non fiction analysis.

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

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I have this book. A remarkable non fiction analysis. - Read the wikipedia brief... incredible :)

When Breath Becomes Air - posthumously published :(

Incert Tree O Eternal Breath - Timothy Peterson

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben

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seems like I remember this posted somewhere here not too long ago...

if life is a bowl of cherries--what am I doing in the pits? by erma bombeck.

I just recently got some dried cherries and I think im going to use them in a cake!

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The Cherry Orchard-Anton Tchekhov

But I think you will enjoy your cake more,Bounty!

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The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season - Molly Fader

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I keep trying to adjust the recipe danik so that the cake mix ends up more like brownies but i keep not succeeding! the addition of the dried cherries was good, but i could have probably put twice as many in as i did. also, instead of water, i used canned fruit, and sometimes the pieces of them stay intact, and that makes the cake more enjoyable too.

peanuts: love, sweet love by Charles schulz. been a long time since ive read it, but maybe its a lot about Lucy's unrequited love for Schroeder, who only loves Beethoven!

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Bounty. Here is a link to a Black Forest Cake. Cherries are expensive and rare here so they are mostly used to garnish the cake and small pieces are included into the creamy part. This is a typical birthday cake, lots of chocolate and cream.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020807-black-forest-cake

Love the peanuts!
Love in the Time of Cholera. .Gabriel García Marques

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thanks danik, unfortunately I cant get to the link, but I appreciate your thinking of me. its even worse lately because windows is automatically updating and hogging up what little bandwidth I have.

if you have some insight into this culinary question though, you are welcome to chime in---I have bunches of pancake mix and bunches of canned corn. it seems to me there must be some way to combine the two, like a corn version of a potato pancake.

a Charlie brown Christmas and it's the great pumpkin Charlie brown were staples of my childhood. have you seen those? Do you have a favorite character?

I have cholera (the book that is), have you read it?

bloom county: toons for our times by berke breathed.

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When the Apricots Bloom - Gina Wilkinson

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when you come to the fork in the road, take it! by yogi berra.

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Love Yogiisms and Stengaleese :)

The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm - Christopher Paolin

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Here is another Cherry Cake receipe:
BLACK FOREST CHERRY CAKE
yield: Serves 8 prep time: 45 minutes cook time: 30 minutes total time: 1 hour 15 minutes
A retro classic, Black Forest Cherry Cake or Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte is as delicious today as ever. A tower of chocolate, cream, cherries… what could be better?

4.7 Stars (9 Reviews)

INGREDIENTS
FOR THE CHOCOLATE SPONGE:
3 medium eggs, room temperature
125 g (½ cup) sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
75 ml (5 Tbsp) neutral oil
75 g (½ cup) plain flour
50 g (½ cup) cocoa (unsweetened, Dutch-processed)
1 ½ tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
2 Tbsp sugar, extra
butter to grease the pan

FOR THE FILLING:
680g (24 oz.) jar sour cherries, (reserve the cherry juice)
2 Tbsp cornflour/cornstarch
25g (2 Tbsp) sugar
2 sheets gold strength gelatine
500ml (2 cups) cream
3 Tbsp Kirsch or rum
150g (5.5 oz.) dark chocolate
fresh dark cherries, to decorate



INSTRUCTIONS

PREPARE: Heat oven to 180°C / 350°F / Gas 4. Line the base of a 20cm round springform cake tin with baking paper and grease the base and sides well with butter.
BEAT THE EGGS: Using an electric mixer with the paddle attachment fitted beat eggs, sugar and vanilla together until light and fluffy, around 5 minutes, then drizzle in the oil, beating continuously until incorporated.
MIX DRY INGREDIENTS: In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Gently, but thoroughly fold the dry ingredients into the beaten egg mixture, ensuring it is well combined but keeping as much air in the mixture as possible.
BAKE: Pour into the prepared cake tin, then bake in the middle of the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes until risen and the cake has begun to pull away from the sides of the tin. Take care not to walk around in front of the oven too much while the cake is cooking, sponges are very fragile and can collapse.
COOL: Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Line a rack with baking paper and invert the cake on top, remove the tin and allow to cool completely before peeling off the top paper.
MAKE THE CHERRY COMPOTE: Drain the cherries and reserve 150ml of the juice. Mix 2 tablespoons of the juice with the cornflour/cornstarch in a small bowl until smooth. Heat the cherries with the sugar in a small saucepan, stir through the cornflour/cornstarch mixture and cook gently until thickened. Set aside to cool.
WHIP CREAM: Place the gelatine sheets in a shallow dish, pour over enough cold water to cover and allow to soften for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes squeeze out as much liquid as you can, then place the gelatine in a small saucepan with 3 Tbsp of the cream and heat very gently, stirring until the gelatine has dissolved. Meanwhile, use an electric mixer to whip the cream until stiff.
MIX CREAM: When the gelatine has dissolved, remove from the heat ad allow to cool slightly. Add two big spoonfuls of the whipped cream to the gelatine and stir to combine, then add the mixture back to the whipped cream, folding through, gently but thoroughly. Transfer ¼ of the cream to a piping bag with a star nozzle fitted and chill.
CUT CAKE: Use a long, serrated knife to carefully cut the cake horizontally into three layers. Place the bottom layer on a serving plate or stand, sprinkle over 1 tablespoon of the kirsch or rum, then top with half of the cherries and a layer of cream. Repeat with the next layer, then place the third layer on top. Sprinkle with the remaining kirsch or rum.
ADD CREAM TO CAKE: Spoon a layer of cream on the top of the cake and spread a thin layer of cream over the sides. Pipe tufts of cream evenly around the top of the cake and decorate with the fresh cherries.
DECORATE CAKE: Use a knife or peeler to shave the chocolate and make chocolate curls, then press them over the sides and in the middle of the cake. Chill until ready to eat.
Nutrition Information: Yield: 8
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 638Total Fat: 41gSaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 138mgSodium: 168mgCarbohydrates: 59gFiber: 4gSugar: 40gProtein: 8g
Nutrition information is calculated automatically and isn’t always accurate.

© Jay Wadams
Cuisine: German / Category: Sweet Things
https://daysofjay.com/2022/06/22/black-forest-cherry-cake/#mv-creation-165-jtr

Next book title: The Fork Ran Away with the Spoon by Laura-Riley

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mmm... decadent :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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danik, if I could make that id be working as a chef somewhere! plus if I did make that I suspect id eat it all in one sitting!

any insight into the pancake mix and canned corn?

being the rules slightly...

runaways the first book by vc Andrews that I read, and I surprisingly enjoyed it.

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The Year of the Runaways - Sunjeev Sahota

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Lol. Not wanting to ruin anyone's stomach.
The year of the flood.Margareth Atwood

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wait till next year by doris kearns goodwin, one of the best written memoirs ive ever read, and among other things, a romantic rendition of her growing up as a baseball fan and the shared love her and her father had for the Brooklyn dodgers.

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Years in the Making: the Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp - L. Sprague de Camp

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Time and the Conways by J. B. Priestley

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the land time forgot by edgar rice burroughs.

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Forgotten Among the Lilies: Learning to Love Beyond Our Fears Paperback – Ronald Rolheiser