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So how about a Cheesecake! To my notion, the ONLY cheesecake is a New York Style cheesecake. It has been said that the best Cheesecake in New York City is from Junior's Diner in downtown Brooklyn so this is the recipe I will be using. Junior's Cheesecake RecipeI have another recipe that uses sour cream instead of heavy cream which makes a heavier, more dense cake but after baking it a few times I think I like Junior's better. This time of year is a good time to make a Pumpkin Cheesecake, but I don't wanna go there just yet. Maybe for Thanksgiving. I wonder if anyone has ever made a Sweet Potato Cheesecake..... At any rate, I think I'm going to make a regular cheesecake with a peanut butter topping then drizzle it with ganache and sprinkle some chopped peanuts on it. Junior's is the best. Never heard of using sour cream but I liked your variant using peanut butter. 
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The cake is in the oven and at about midnight it comes out to cool for two hours before it goes into the fridge. I made a half batch of peanut butter cookies which I used as the crust and to make a dozen cookies. I'll make a peanut butter cream cheese frosting for the cheesecake tomorrow and the ganache to drizzle over it.
Slow roasted St. Louis style ribs are the main course tomorrow with baked cheese grits and collard greens. The cheesecake will follow that nicely.
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Through the lips
And over the gums,
Look out stomach
Here she comes!
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
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So how about a Cheesecake! To my notion, the ONLY cheesecake is a New York Style cheesecake. It has been said that the best Cheesecake in New York City is from Junior's Diner in downtown Brooklyn so this is the recipe I will be using. Junior's Cheesecake RecipeI have another recipe that uses sour cream instead of heavy cream which makes a heavier, more dense cake but after baking it a few times I think I like Junior's better. This time of year is a good time to make a Pumpkin Cheesecake, but I don't wanna go there just yet. Maybe for Thanksgiving. I wonder if anyone has ever made a Sweet Potato Cheesecake..... At any rate, I think I'm going to make a regular cheesecake with a peanut butter topping then drizzle it with ganache and sprinkle some chopped peanuts on it. I also like New York Style cheesecake the best. I'll have to try the recipe from Junior's! I drizzle warm caramel sauce over the top of my cheesecake.
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
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The cake is in the oven and at about midnight it comes out to cool for two hours before it goes into the fridge. I made a half batch of peanut butter cookies which I used as the crust and to make a dozen cookies. I'll make a peanut butter cream cheese frosting for the cheesecake tomorrow and the ganache to drizzle over it.
Slow roasted St. Louis style ribs are the main course tomorrow with baked cheese grits and collard greens. The cheesecake will follow that nicely. The ribs sound so good! I am not very fond of grits, but I like collard greens! The cheesecake sounds delicious.
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
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Grits is a mainstay here in Chez Mark's Kitchen. Primarily for breakfast with an egg, sunny side up, on top.
Baked cheese grits is more like polenta. I cook the grits with plenty of butter then stir in copious amounts of grated cheese, a splash of heavy cream, and a couple of beaten eggs then bake it at 350 for a half hour or so.
Then I use a biscuit cutter to cut individual servings from the casserole, cover them each with a small pile of grated cheese and pop them back in the oven to melt the cheese on top. Yellow grits is a little more appealing to the eye for this recipe but I buy ten pound bags of white, 5 minute grits and there is no difference between the taste and texture of the two.
"Instant grits" is not food. It is an overly processed abomination.
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Love ribs. Grits not so much although Greger's recipe sounds like it would be worth a try.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
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Grits is a regional thing so I can't really blame anyone who didn't grow up with it for not liking it. It's like hot cereal but is always a savory dish.
The cheese grits was something traditionally served at a fish fry. Baked beans, cole slaw, cheese grits, hush puppies, and fried fish.
I'm a Southerner, so most of my cooking is gonna reflect that.
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I would try me some of your southern cookin', no complaints. Some day...
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My mom was from the South, and she liked grits. I was the only one in the family who did not. I also don't like shellfish, except for clams and certain crab dishes. Both my parents thought I had weird food tastes. I think that I am just picky. 
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
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