University of Texas daughter's '11 recruitment

[agzg]

Originally Posted by carnation

Go to www.bluebell.com ; I know that at least they used to have a list of stores where it's available.

Wary, I'm sorry! We seem to have hijacked your thread with food discussions!

I can't find it. Le sad. It looks like we can order some, though. I wonder how well ice-cream ships and whether or not the dry ice can stand up to the heat wave we've been having.

Also, she shouldn't have picked such delicious names! Since recruitment hasn't started, Wary shouldn't mind the hijack so much - at least it's keeping her thread at the top!

[Low C Sharp]

Can someone tell me more about Texas sheet cake? Where I'm from, sheet cake is just a descriptive term telling you the shape and size (as opposed to a 9" layer cake, let's say). Of course I'm reading Google too, but I trust your personal descriptions more.

What do you call a big, rectangular, flat cake (any flavor, any frosting) that you buy from a supermarket bakery? Is there another name for that category of cake?

[LXA SE285]

It really has to be Dublin Dr. Pepper which is the oldest DP plant in the world and still uses the 100% pure cane sugar recipe. It's a delicious legend.

I've bought this stuff online before, and there really is no comparison with regular DrP. The cane sugar adds a rich, caramel-like flavor.

Texas sheet cake is a really rich one-layer chocolate cake made with nuts (usually pecans). Good recipe here:

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2...he_best_chocol

[FSUZeta]

that is the same recipe i have been using for about 25 years. it is so good, you want to roll around in it!

[DubaiSis]

I hate to tell you, but I'm pretty sure I've seen Blue Bell ice cream here in Dubai. But Arabs like their sweets, ice cream is high on the list, and cost isn't an issue. So why not? Me and my lactose intolerant digestive tract have never tried it, and I'm not a fan of chocolate cake so I'm rooting for Frito Pie.

Good luck!

[shirley1929]

This is already the best recruitment story ever!!!

[LadyLonghorn]

Unless something has suddenly changed, preference is up to three parties, not two.

[dzandiloo]

I realize this is a hijack, but Ladybird Johnson sometimes gets credit for giving Texas Sheet Cake that name...it's made in a bar pan instead of a regular 9 x 13 (or other) cake pan so it's a thinner sheet...the icing is poured over the cake while it's still hot so it kind of adheres to it & seeps in...it's very moist. Seriously, it's like crack...sometimes I substitute strong brewed coffee for the milk in the icing to make it mocha...or a little orange extract gives it an interesting flavor.

This is by far my favorite dessert ever...so I'm pulling for them!

[BumbleBeeofDDD]

That cake sounds absolutely delicious, haha. Any Texan want to mail me a slice?

[Wary]

LadyLonghorn, you're right -- pref is now 3... my bad! And I have decided that Chili will now officially change to Frito pie. After all, it does have the best of all possible worlds -- Texas chili with NO BEANS, Fritos and cheese. Yum.

I have no problem with the hijack -- what else do we have to do until Rush actually starts??? As for Dr. Pepper, I'm actually a Coke girl, but a nice real-sugar Dr. P once in awhile is good too.

I could wax poetic about every food on the list -- the glory of beautifully fried okra, the amazing catfish made at Ken's in Marble Falls, the stupendous one-of-a-kind corn dogs, the singular joy that is a Shiner with a lime, etc. So if anyone wants recommendations, or just to discuss all this too-fab-to-be-remotely-healthy food, that's more than fine with me!

[Benzgirl]

I go to Texas about once a month and sorry guys, not a fan of the food. I love Mexican, but all you can find in the Big D is Tex-Mex. If I never had Tex Mex again, it would not kill me. Sometimes I feel that if I have it again, it will kill me.

I always love when LadyLonghorn comes out of retirement.

Wary, good luck to your DD. My cousin's daughter is currently a Kappa at UT.

[arrowlady]

Love the use of food for your story! Best wishes to your DD Wary.
and being a fellow Texan I will have to root for
Frito Pie
Shiner
and Dr. Pepper (Dublin style)

[IrishLake]

(Side note... I <3 The Pioneer Woman. Her website rocks. I've been a fan for a year or so).

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

I go to Texas about once a month and sorry guys, not a fan of the food. I love Mexican, but all you can find in the Big D is Tex-Mex. If I never had Tex Mex again, it would not kill me. Sometimes I feel that if I have it again, it will kill me.

I always love when LadyLonghorn comes out of retirement.

Wary, good luck to your DD. My cousin's daughter is currently a Kappa at UT.

Benzgirl, do NOT judge Texas by Dallas. You can't swing a dead cat here in Houston without hitting a fantastic restaurant and many of them are neither Tex or Mex. Ethiopian to Cuban, Italian to Japanese, Greek to Middle Eastern - it's one of the things I missed most when I lived in TN. Texas food itself is more than Tex-Mex. Our fabulous seafood, east Texas coastal cuisine influenced by Louisiana, southern cuisine in the piney woods (the tea is sweet - that's how you know you are there), it's amazing.

Back to your regularly scheduled recruitment thread.

[flirt5721]

I recently saw a Food Network segment on Blue Bell and they said they they are only sold in 14 states. Mostly in the southern part of the country (I guess they must have included NM and AZ as southern states)

But good luck to your daughter. My favorite it Blue Bell.