Famous Coconut Cream Pie Recipe

JonSR77

JonSR77

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from The Tavern restaurant, Newark,NJ

NYC Mayor Ed Koch mentioned this in his autobiography as one of his favorite foods

https://newarkmemories.com/memories/553.php

Coconut Toasted Cream Pie

8 servings

1 envelope gelatin

1/3 cup cold milk

3 eggs, separated

1/2 cup sugar

2/3 cup milk

Pinch salt

1/2 pint whipping cream

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 (10 inch) pie shell,

baked and cooled

1 can coconut, toasted

  1. Dissolve gelatin in 1/3 cup cold milk. Let stand

  2. Separate eggs; to yolks, add 1/2 cup sugar and beat together.

  3. Scald 2/3 cup milk; add egg and sugar mixture to milk. Cook until slightly thickened. Remove from stove and add gelatin. Put in refrigerator until set (about 1/2 hour).

  4. Beat egg whites with pinch of salt. Fold whites into mixture. Whip cream; add vanilla. Fold into mixture.

  5. Fill the pie shell. Toast the coconut until golden; sprinkle on pie. Refrigerate for a few hours
 

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Ed Koch: Coconut Daiquiri
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"The beloved/reviled New York City mayor claimed his beverage of choice was the coconut daiquiri. Specifically, the ones concocted every Labor Day weekend by his friend and confidant David Margolis. The Margolis recipe called for fresh pineapple and lime, Coco Lopez cream of coconut, and Bacardi light rum."
 
Meanderer said:
Ed Koch: Coconut Daiquiri
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"The beloved/reviled New York City mayor claimed his beverage of choice was the coconut daiquiri. Specifically, the ones concocted every Labor Day weekend by his friend and confidant David Margolis. The Margolis recipe called for fresh pineapple and lime, Coco Lopez cream of coconut, and Bacardi light rum."
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Thanks for sharing that! That is great fun! There is no way that his love of that drink is not connected to The Tavern's Coconut Cream Pie. That place was an institution in Newark.

have a nice day, sir...
 
Meanderer said:
No, we've always lived in Pennsylvania.
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oh, ok. there are just some websites with Jersey memories..

My brother went to Temple U. Ambler campus, just outside of Philly.

I was a tennis player when I was younger. I played a tournament at some club down that way. Many, many years ago. Maybe 1974 or 1975. Don't remember much. Most of the folks were from a wealthy background. I wasn't. I think the director's daughter wanted to take up things with me to, you know, get back at Daddy or something, by dating a working class kid. I was wise enough to avoid that minefield. Horrible that, that is the only thing I remember. Oh, I also remember their house. They were RICH!!! Some kind of glass house on a hill. Super modern architecture, like something in a movie. I remember that. And I remember fear of that gal's Dad.
 
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