# Forgotten desserts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [June 11, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024 "2021-06-11T05:42:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/142 "2021-06-15T18:28:44Z")
Next time Mrs. L and I are going somewhere and need to bring a dish… Here’s someone else’s opinion of it (with Milnot). I think because of the non-animal fat in it, it whips more easily but others in the comments say you can make it with evap, but put milk, bowl, beaters all in freezer to get cold. > So here’s the thing: this is a cheesecake, but it is no ordinary cheese cake. I want you to imagine a heavy, dense New York style cheesecake, the kind that sits like paste on your tongue. Now, I want you to forget everything you know about that cheesecake. Instead imagine a cheesecake unlike anything you’ve ever had—imagine a thick, buttery graham cracker crust topped with the fluffiest, lightest cheesecake ever. Imagine eating sweet, rich clouds of cheesecake—lemony, sun-drenched clouds. Now you are beginning to understand Milnot cheesecake. > [Recipes For Laughter: Milnot Cheesecake: The Special Family Recipe](http://www.recipesforlaughter.com/2010/09/extra-special-milnot-cake.html) True story: years ago, we had a dessert contest at work. I took this. Three categories: best tasting, best presentation, and most creative. I won the first two. I guess swirling strawberry preserves throughout the cheesecake floated their boat. Speaking of canned milk, did anybody mention these (slap yo mama) yet? > **[Seven Layer Bars](https://www.lovefromtheoven.com/seven-layer-bars/)** > > When it comes to easy and delicious, it's hard to beat Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars! It takes just minutes to make this amazing 7 layer bar recipe! ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/143 "2021-06-15T19:04:33Z")
My mom used to make that Milnot cheesecake! In fact, she never made any other kind. We kids loved it! So good to know others did, too. “If cows could, they’d give Milnot.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/144 "2021-06-15T19:29:12Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Speaking of canned milk, did anybody mention these (slap yo mama) yet? > > [The Best 7 Layer Magic Cookie Bars! • Love From The Oven](https://www.lovefromtheoven.com/seven-layer-bars/) > > When it comes to easy and delicious, it’s hard to beat Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars! It takes just minutes to make this amazing 7 layer bar recipe! Reminds me of Million Dollar Pie. > **[Million Dollar Cookie Pie](https://carlsbadcravings.com/million-dollar-cookie-pie-recipe/)** > > Million Dollar Cookie Pie layered with buttery pie crust, chocolaty Nutella, creamy Dulce de Leche and chocolate chip cookie dough! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/145 "2021-06-15T19:43:31Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Trifle. I’ve never had it, but it looks completely decadent. I make an awesome trifle. It’s always a HUGE hit when I bring it to potlucks. One of my coworkers transferred to another group, and I swear for _years_ after I’d brought it to a Christmas luncheon, he’d mention it every time I saw him. The first time I made it, every element was made from scratch. Heh, I didn’t do _that_ again, and no one could tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/146 "2021-06-15T19:47:07Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Has anyone seen [Eskimo cookies](http://how2heroes.com/videos/dessert-and-baked-goods/eskimo-cookies) since they were kids, if even then? From the recipe, they appear to be Russian Tea cakes, aka Mexican Wedding cakes. I’ve never seen the Eskimo cookies name. I used to make them all the time. Super easy. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/147 "2021-06-15T19:51:53Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > From the recipe, they appear to be Russian Tea cakes, aka Mexican Wedding cakes. Very close but Eskimo cookies never see the inside of an oven, only the inside of a fridge. Thus the name. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/148 "2021-06-15T19:54:16Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I believe instant butterscotch pudding is easy to come by. Anybody ever made it from scratch? I haven’t made it, but the butterscotch pudding they make at JAR is the main reason to eat at the restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/149 "2021-06-15T20:42:47Z")
Love those pies, although I probably haven’t had one in 40 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/150 "2021-06-15T21:51:58Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Very close but Eskimo cookies never see the inside of an oven, only the inside of a fridge. Thus the name. Ooo, Ick. Wouldn’t they be greasy? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/151 "2021-06-15T22:03:38Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Wouldn’t they be greasy? Not after rolling them in powdered sugar. 🙂 They were quite popular with the Girl Scout set back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/152 "2021-06-15T22:05:41Z")
I’ll pass! ---
**Author:** ![LauderdaleFort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@LauderdaleFort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauderdaleFort)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/153 "2021-06-15T23:00:57Z")
Peach Melba. Thanks, I won the thread. I used to have them every week as a kid, in the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/154 "2021-06-15T23:16:01Z")
Not that they aren’t wonderful, but I don’t think they’re anymore forgotten than Bananas Foster. Uncommon, yes, forgotten no. A dessert that I enjoyed as a child (very young, while my family still lived in the Northeast) was baked apples - apples, raisins, brown sugar, and a small touch of rum, topped with rolled oats and baked until soft. Not something I see at stores or restaurants, but I still make it for myself when winter rolls around. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/155 "2021-06-16T04:35:12Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I believe instant butterscotch pudding is easy to come by. Anybody ever made it from scratch? I have. It was a damn good recipe too. I’ll have to see if I can find it. Hey, maybe make a poke-cake out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/156 "2021-06-16T06:49:30Z")
> [@LauderdaleFort](#): > > Peach Melba. It’s a very common yogurt flavor here, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it at a restaurant, except as a sundae, with fresh peaches. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/157 "2021-06-16T09:44:23Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I suspect that you’ve never seen the horror that is a Jello mold with meat encased in it? I watched a Youtube video awhile back of a Slavic fellow making holodets, an aspic made of shredded pigs’ feet in their own gelatin. It looked both terrifying and intriguing enough that I’ve considered making it myself just to see what it’s like. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/158 "2021-06-16T11:28:17Z")
In North America, _kholodets_ is known as “head cheese.” I don’t know who buys it, but you can find it in supermarkets as lunch meat. I’ve had meat in aspic. It’s not bad. When it comes right down to it, meat is meat, regardless of what part of the animal it comes from. It’s illogical to refuse pigs’ feet just because they’re not pork loin. This especially makes sense when you consider the need to reduce waste by using every part of the animal. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/159 "2021-06-17T01:19:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > It’s the Vienna Sausages that really do it for me. To which group of party-goers would you serve that?!? 🤨 The ones you want to go home, but you’re too polite to say so out loud. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/160 "2021-06-17T04:32:28Z")
lol hit me up around xmas … we makle about 25 pounds of it using a bh&g recipie from the early 60s ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024/161 "2021-06-17T05:11:47Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > A dessert that I enjoyed as a child (very young, while my family still lived in the Northeast) was baked apples - apples, raisins, brown sugar, and a small touch of rum, topped with rolled oats and baked until soft. Not something I see at stores or restaurants, but I still make it for myself when winter rolls around. I’ve never tried baked apples with oats. That sounds good, like a little individual apple crisp. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-desserts/944024.md?page=9)