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[quote=Anonymous]I made it once -- when I was in high school in the '80s.  My friends were impressed.  They were also impressed by my crepes, which they said were better than Magic Pan.  The one near Times Square.  Has anyone ever heaped such praise on Ina?  Even Jeffrey?  I doubt it.

Later, in college, a friend made Baked Alaska for a dinner party.  She nearly singed off her eyebrows.

Flash forward to mid-aughts.  My son and a pal (then in middle school) decided to make Baked Alaska to take to a dessert party in the neighborhood.  At the last minute, they realized that if they walked to the party, one block away, the whole thing would melt and turn into a soggy mess  (it was July in DC).  Sheepishly, they enlisted me to drive them.  My son's friend had the hot-out-of-the-oven Baked Alaska sitting on a sheet pan on his lap.  He was howling with pain and laughter.  If memory served me correctly, their friends were not as impressed as mine were.  Kids these days.

OP, have you considered making a Pavlova?  Or trifle?  Those are similarly old-fashioned show-stopper desserts that do not require risking 3rd-degree burns.  BTW, Pavlova is featured in Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret, which might include a recipe.  My older cousin's very cool wife used to make trifle for family events.  It was awesome and very impressive to me as a teen.  Possibly that led to my making the Baked Alaska.

Thank you all for facilitating my little walk down my own culinary history.  Next time:  Madeleines I've known and loved.   [/quote]

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