Real pralines

[kestrell]

Thank you to L and R. for the real pralines--I had one last night and by this morning, I could speak at about volume 2, and by lunchtime today I could speak a little louder, so I think the pralines actually are making me better. And they are tremendously yummy.

I can't exactly say that *my* voice is coming back, though, as it seems to be the voice of a dirty old man. Christmas dinner could be very entertaining. (I once went to a "Come as you aren't" party as a dirty old man and it was lots of fun.)

What makes these pralines different from the Trader Joe's pralines: Trader Joe pralines are whole nuts covered in brown sugar and heated at a high temperature until the sugar candies, like the honey-roasted nuts one gets from the Mr. Nuts truck in Boston Commons.

Real pralines look kind of like peanut brittle, squares a couple of inches across with chopped nuts in them. The squares are not brittle, though, but gooey and creamy, not quite as dense as fudge.
Here is the place the real pralines came from
http://countrystore.tabasco.com/

Comments

[kestrell]

The first place that I discovered real pralines was a barbecue place in upstate NY run by a man from Texas-Louisiana, whose mother taught him to cook, so I don't find the connection that weird. My impression is that hot sauce stores based in the South are the equivalent of our own spice shops, and you are going to find sweet and well as savory.

Or maybe it's just proof that pralines are really addictive and people don't really need an excuse to make and eat them.