Mimi Hiller 08-12-99 12:46 PM pt (US)
HISTORY LOVERS CHEESECAKE
This is from International Cookbook Series VIP Recipes on CD ROM
HISTORY LOVERS CHEESECAKE
2 lb. cream cheese
1/4 lb. butter
16 oz. sour cream
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. cornstarch
1 1/4 tbsp. vanilla
1 1/4 c. sugar
5 eggs
Leave all ingredients at room temperature for 1 hour.
While you're waiting, read Julius Caesar's "Commentaries on Gallic Wars".
While your warming up to that, so will your ingredients.
Blend cream cheese, butter, and sour cream.
Add cornstarch, sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice.
While they are "mixing" think about great historical question, "Is America really a melting pot?"
Add eggs one at a time until all ingredients are well blended.
Grease a 9 1/2 inch spring form pan.
After you put pan together, sit down and read a few chapters of Lynn White's "Medieval Technology and Social Change".
After all, cooking utensils are a product of technological development, right????
Now pour into pan and place pan into a large roasting pan filled half way with water.
You'll be reminded of how much this looks like famous Civil War ironclad "U.S.S. Monitor".
Place in a 375 degree oven and sit down and read some of Alfred T. Mahon's "Influence of Sea Power in History".
Bake for 1 hour.
After about 45 minutes, check progress of your cake.
If it's not done, ready some of Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" and pray that your cheese cake doesn't.
When done, leave in oven with door open DOING NOTHING for another hour.
This inactivity on part of your cake should inspire you to read Article I, Section 8 of Constitution to find out what elected officials ARE SUPPOSE to be doing.
Your last job is to place cake in refrigerator for up to 6 hours to "chill out".
This will provide you with some time to read about "chilly" adventures of Peary at North Pole in 1909.