Chocolate Trivia from Horror Director Hitchcock

Director of movie Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock

From Denny: What has Alfred Hitchcock done now that we never knew about? (scratching your head) Well, seems this horror guy has ties to chocolate that we chocolate foodies went ill informed about for decades. Turns out our campy Hitchcock thought it great fun to use Hershey's chocolate syrup as a blood substitute in his black and white film "Psycho."

Chocolate syrup was used in the 45 second shocking shower scence that terrified America at the time. As an actress can you imagine being covered in chocolate syrup for the full 7 days it took to shoot the scene?

No need for coffee breaks. The crew probably just all gathered around the syrup covered woman and took turns with finger dabs at wiping off the excess dripping syrup. Bet the men on the set thought it sexy stuff to see an actress covered in chocolate syrup! :)

And here everyone thought it was gooey blood. Looks like Hitchcock punked us again... what a sense of humor.


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Awww, 7 Funny Dog Photos to Make You Laugh

From Denny: 7 funny dog photos to amuse and delight! I've been collecting these for a while this past year. Like so many things floating around on the worldwide web, many are without proper attribution to the photographer. If you happen to know about any of these images, shoot me an email: Denny Lyon - warriorspearl @ gmail.com. Glad to hear from you, thanks!

Photo courtesy of byme249 @ StumbleUpon - he collects a lot of funnies; check him out!



Ouch! From the socially inappropriate, and ironically true...



Photo by ano-cha @ flickr of Cocoa the dachsund clowning around.



Sunning Lab mocks by sticking his tongue out at the photographer. No attribution available on this one, if you know, shoot me an email.



I'm crazy for ya, baby! by inga @ flickr



Oh, the art of hiding out with my pet dog who is clueless...



Jack Russell terriers sleeping with their pet cheetah on the master's bed in South Africa - this came from a story from a UK newspaper.



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Warm Chocolate Pudding Cake

A restaurant version of warm chocolate cake (I am so there!) Photo by Lummmy @ flickr

From Denny: Just recently discovered Kraft Food's Chocolate Lovers' Center, no kidding. This struck my eye today since the weather has turned cooler, even here in Louisiana where it gets down to the 40's at night. (yay!) I haven't made this kind of cake in quite a while and have always made it from scratch in the fall and winter. It will be fun to try out this easier version.

A warm pudding cake is so easy to make even from scratch. They use a cake mix here which makes it even easier and faster! I like how you can take this simple idea and do your own variations to suit your personal taste. You can make a warm lemon pudding cake or a banana one. Your choices are only limited by what you can create!

The only thing about this site is they haven't figured out to make their videos easy to embed and require a link. So, if you desire to see what the cakes look like you will need to take a hike on over there via this link. You won't regret it! :)

Here's the recipe:

Warm Chocolate Pudding Cake

Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 1 hr 35 min
Makes: 16 servings, 2/3 cup each

Ingredients:

1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food chocolate cake mix
2 cups cold milk
1-1/4 cups water
2 pkg. (3.9 oz. each) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping (or real whipped cream)

Directions:

HEAT oven to 350°F. Prepare cake batter as directed on package. Pour into greased 13x9-inch baking dish; set aside.

POUR milk and water into large bowl. Add pudding mixes and sugar. Beat with whisk 2 min. or until blended. Pour over batter.

PLACE baking dish on baking sheet to catch any sauce that bubbles over sides of dish as dessert bakes. Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center of cake layer comes out clean. Cool 20 min. (Sauce will thicken slightly as it cools). Spoon into serving dishes; top with COOL WHIP.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Prepare as directed, using JELL-O Vanilla Instant Pudding.

Note

There is no need to reheat leftovers - this cake is also delicious cold.

Here's the link so you can see the photos, go here.

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