Comments on: Fat Free Vegan Melting Drumstick Dessert

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:17:29 +0000

Hi Joan! Thanks so much for this delightful comment, I smiled more and more broadly the farther I read on into it! I can certainly relate to how much fun it is to discover raw buckwheat groats! I love your description of how the dessert “tone[s] down into the ‘drumstick’ flavours of [your] youth.” I’m so glad you like it. You made my evening!

Maria

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:19:32 +0000

I’ve been wanting to try this for a while now and finally made some date syrup this past weekend. Well well well! This is delicious!!! When I read this recipe I had no idea you could eat buckwheat raw and it is sooo good! I’m putting it on everything now. LOL. Although the first bites are definitely frozen banana, it does tone down into the ‘drumstick’ flavours of my youth. VERY tasty. It’s going in the book. Thank you for so much. Surrey, BC.

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:34:58 +0000

Hi Cathy! I am so happy to hear that you and your daughter enjoyed this! Thanks so much for this lovely comment. You made my evening!

Maria

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:21:00 +0000

Just made this tonight for a birthday celebration. My daughter and I couldn’t believe how delicious it is! Very creamy, rich and satisfying. We will definitely be making it again (and again and again….)!

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:38:37 +0000

Thanks, Nicole. Your “Holy Cow” made me laugh in the best kind of way!

Maria

By: Nicole O'Shea

Nicole O'Shea — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:51:18 +0000

Holy Cow, Maria! I haven’t thought about drumsticks in a loong time! This recipe looks beyond yum. xoxo Nicole

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:27:09 +0000

Dear Stephanie,

Thank you so much for sharing your memories here–they are just beautiful, and so clear. I just came home from an overnight out of town and what a “treat” it was to find this! xo

Maria

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:27:09 +0000

Dear Stephanie,

Thank you so much for sharing your memories here–they are just beautiful, and so clear. I just came home from an overnight out of town and what a “treat” it was to find this! xo

Maria

By: stephanie

stephanie — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:26:13 +0000

Thank you, Maria! For another brilliant, amazing idea! Your words have the ability to transport us all back in time and take a clear-as-day look at those moments of simple pleasure from the past. I think you’ve definitely got us all missing the days of the ice cream man, and the summer!
In the neighborhood I grew up in we had the paletero man. He would come through with his cart on the front of his bicycle in the hottest part of the afternoon and all us kids would jump up from our play and spend our allowance. His name was Magdaleno and he was quite old but did this year after year and was part of the community. We were all poor, and so was he, so if a kid didn’t have money one day he would often give them a paleta for free and eat one himself, sitting in the shade of the orange tree with us. He would always get special packages of tamales from all the families during the holidays and extra produce and eggs from our gardens too. Everybody loved the paletero man! Perhaps our parents remember kind old Leno and the paletas from their youth when he was also a much younger man.

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:17:44 +0000

Hi Caroline, thanks for this clarification. I didn’t know the term “kasha” was commonly restricted to the toasted groats. And yes, the ones I get in bulk at my co-op, which are alongside the toasted ones, are much lighter in color. To me, they “crunch” at a similar consistency as something like grapenuts cereal.

Maria