Conference turris::cooks

    I have a great recipe for peanut butter balls that you dip in chocolate
    that makes a lot, is easy to make, and keep for a good month or two in
    an airtight container!  I'll post the recipe tomorrow.  I've also heard
    these called doe eyes and chestnuts.

    >I've been making orange marmalade.  You could "pre-mix" mocha mixes,
    russian tea, cookie dough minus eggs, oil, water/milk and add these
    when you're ready to bake.
    
    					Cynthia

    Well, at long last, here is the recipe I promised to put in for peanut
    butter balls.  Really good stuff!
    
    
    
    1 lb. butter or margarine
    3 1 lb. boxes confection sugar (3 lbs. altogether)
    2 lbs. peanut butter
    2 12 oz. bags chocolate chips
    1 bar parafin wax
    
    
    Melt butter, then add peanut butter.  In large bowl add to sugar and
    mix well.  Chill approximately 1-1/2 hrs.
    
    Melt chocolate chips and parafin in double boiler (it helps to cut the
    parafin into smaller pieces so it melts faster).
    
    Form dough into balls and with toothpick dip into chocolate leaving top
    open.  Put on wax paper until cool.  Store in refrigerator or cool
    place.
    
    Makes approx. 150
    
    
    I know it sounds wierd to put the parafin in there, but it helps the
    chocolate to dry quicker, and it also makes it shiny.  You don't even
    taste it.
    
    
    Enjoy!

Can anyone post recipes that could survive 1 month, probably under some 
extreme heat part of the time?

I want to send a package of goodies to someone in the Peace Corps, and I 
understand it could take up to a month to reach her.  The peanut butter 
ball recipe sounds like it might not withstand the heat.

    I've sent things overseas and they've survived. Just wrap carefully
    (saran, then foil, then put in a ziplock) and cushion with popcorn or
    newspaper.
    
    I've sent all sorts of cookies and brownie type things. Haven't sent
    anything like a frosted cake, tho.
    
    How extreme is the heat?
    
    ~beth

Beth,

Thanks for the advice.  These would be for Linda Bryant's daughter who will 
be in Tanzania.  I am just guessing that the package might be subjected to 
extreme heat somewhere along the way, but I have no specifics. 

Barbara

    Somewhere in this vast notesfile there is a bunch of notes about
    goodies that could survive the trip to the Persian Gulf.  If they could
    travel to the Gulf, then they could probably make it to Tanzania!
    
    Cara
    

    
    I have a similar problem, would like to send butter cookies
    (the cut-out, bake, & frost kind) to a sister in Micronesia
    (tropical).  I plan to pack in a flat Tupperware box to keep
    the freshness & (hopefully) prevent them from arriving as a
    pile of crumbs.
    
    What do people think?  Will they survive okay?
    

    Maybe if you wrap them in aluminum foil, and then make
    sure they are tightly packed into the tupperware?

 My girlfriend spent 2 years in Micronesia (Peace Corps) and I always sent her 
alot of baked goods.  I was into making candy one Christmas and sent her a box,
it arrived unmelted and intact.  The only problem was that it was STALE, she 
didn't end up getting it until late January.  This was 3 years ago.  You may
have better luck.
              Laura

    When my nephew was in the Navy my mother send him goodies every month. 
    When on land, they arrived fairly quickly; on ship it might take 2-3
    weeks.  She baked brownies and sent them flat in one sheet, NOT cut.
    She also sent hermits, which seem to travel well.  If there's any air
    space left in the box after packing, fill with popped pop corn.
    
    Karen
    

I remember my godmother sent me cookies packed in popcorn 
when I was in Basic Training.  I asked her not to salt the
popcorn next time...