All the Ways I Fucked It Up: Boston Cream Pie

You may remember a promise in Episode 6 that Aimee was going to bake a Boston Cream Pie. And then, last week, we posted the recipe with another promise. This weekend, we had said, Aimee will make it. She’ll post photos! And then nothing. Dear reader, I sprained my ankle last week which slowed me…

Recipe: Boston Cream Pie

This recipe is featured in Episode 6 of Drunk Dish (Boston Cream Pie & Communism). This is the very recipe first published by Betty Crocker in 1950. Ingredients Cream Filling 2 large eggs 1 1/2 cups milk 1/3 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla Cake Baking spray with flour…

Recipe: Minnesota Hotdish

Have you listened to episode 05 yet of Drunk Dish? No? STOP RIGHT NOW AND LISTEN HERE. Then come back and cook this tator tot atrocity. We aren’t Minnesota-natives, so we all had pretty strong feelings about this dish. Listen to the podcast to hear our reactions to eating and cooking this thing, but the…

S’mores Dip

Listen to Episode 06 to learn about the history of the Graham Cracker, and then do something that would have Sylvester Graham turning in his grave. Ingredients 1/2 tablespoon butter to coat the bottom of the dishEnough milk chocolate chips to do a nice layer of chocolate on the bottom of whatever baking dish you…

Recipe: Easter Egg Bread

Hopefully you’ve listened to Episode 02 of Drunk Dish where we dig into the history of Easter, Easter Eggs, and the Catholic Church. We spoke on the episode about the Easter Egg Bread dish common in Greek Easter celebrations. You can find the recipe we used below! Ingredients 1/2 cup sugar 2 packages (1/4 ounce…

Recipe: Hot Cross Buns

There are a ton of recipes out there–including ones that contain mashed potatoes! Or powdered milk! Most of these were a product of their times–when certain ingredients might be sparse or hard to come by. For this one, we adapted a few modern recipes for our favorite.