Gourmet Cuisine with Meryl Ann
LA COUNTY, CA. July 4th, 2008.
After writing and posting an article about Jefferson, I set about to make myself a solitary celebration of Impeach Cobbler. I was inspired last year by Swami Beyondananda’s recipe for “Impeach Pie,” which looked delicious, but, sheesh, a pie crust? Who has that kind of time? So here’s my easy recipe. It took me 7 minutes, and that includes inventing the recipe, and throwing the dirty dishes in the dishwasher.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
What you need:
A couple cups of oats (not that instant crap, unless you have no other choice. Can I say "crap"?)
Frozen, concentrated, apple or white grape juice. (Optional)
Walnuts, almonds, pecans, other nuts and/or sunflower seeds (Optional)
Cinnamon (Optional. Come to think of it, most of these ingredients are optional.)
Salt
Honey or maple syrup
Butter or oil
First I cut up the peaches, into eight wedges, each. You really can’t get away with making them any bigger, and it takes too long to cut them any smaller. So I cut eight.
As I cut them, I toss them into a Corningware casserole dish (whichever one is clean at the moment, I’m not picky. You can grease it first, if you want to.) I don’t peel the skins off, geez, who has time for that? Gone are my days of whipping up six-course gourmet meals for casts of thousands, I just want something yummy to eat while I type.
If there are any peaches in the freezer, I throw them in too. (That’s where the peaches that disappoint me get incarcerated until future use.)
Then I throw a dollop of the frozen juice on top of the peaches, maybe a couple of tablespoons. Heaping. Just follow your heart, it will tell you how much to add.
OK, now, here is the real “cooking” part—you will need an actual mixing bowl:
Put the oats in the bowl. Throw in a couple of handfuls of nuts and/or sunflower seeds, a few shakes of cinnamon (if you like cinnamon) and a few shakes of salt.
Dump about 1/4 cup of melted butter or oil, and about 1/4 cup of honey or maple syrup in, and stir the hell out of it. (Can I say "hell"?). If it seems too liquid-y, add more oats. And you can add more or less of the oil/butter and/or honey, to taste. Clearly, you don’t need to measure. I don’t even know where my measuring cups are, anymore. Probably in storage in another state.
Throw that mixture on top of the peaches. You can smooth it out with the back of a spoon, if you really want to.
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