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epper licking him paws and face thoroughly after that yummy, magnificent Hawaiian Bread. Mahalo, Unca John!! That was to die for. But hopefully none of us will actually die from it. MOL (This is a cue for the poisonous mushroom joke....)....so Pepper decide to go ahead and tell a different version of it himself.
A businessman had arranged an important formal dinner party at his home where they were going to serve stuffed whole baked fish as the main course. While the guests were eating the appetizers, the cook came to the host and whispered, "Please come urgently to the kitchen!". The host went to the kitchen where the cook explained that while she was serving the starter, the cat ate a big chunk of the fish which they were going to serve. The host said, "Just fill in the hole with stuffing and turn the other side up and nobody will notice."
The fish was served and when they were nearly finished eating, the host was again called to the kitchen. The cook said, "The cat is dead!" The host rushed back to the dinner party and apologized, "Something was wrong with the fish and everyone must have their stomachs pumped out at the hospital." When they came back home, the host went to ask the cook, "Where is the cat?". "Oh," said the chef, "The cat is still by the road where the truck ran it over!"
Pepper apologizes for such a tasteless joke to tell an audience of cats but still he thinks that joke is pretty hilarious nevertheless. It just a joke after all. Nobuddy ~ and I mean NOBUDDY is laughing. They are just disgusted with Pepper for telling such an awful joke in this situation. Pepper almost feel like him gonna cry. What him need right now is something good to eat. So him quickly change the subject and quickly prepare to make a new dish....This is Apricot-Almond Coffee Cake, every! says Pepper with a bright smile albeit a weak one.
You will need:
1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup almond paste, crumbled
1 can (8 oz) refrigerated crescent rolls
1/3 cup apricot preserves
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons milk
1 Tablespoon sliced almonds
1. Heat oven to 375-degrees. Grease or spray cookie sheet. In small bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on low speed until smooth and creamy. Beat in almond paste.
2. Unroll dough onto cookie sheet; press into 13X7-inch rectangle, firmly pressing perforations to seal. Spoon cream cheese mixture lengthwise down center 1/3 of rectangle; spoon preserves on top of mixture.
3. On each long side of dough rectangle, make cuts 1-inch apart to edge of filling. Fold opposite strips of dough over filling, and cross in center to make a braided appearance; seal ends.
4. Bake 16-22 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely; about 40 minutes.
5. In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and milk until smooth; drizzle over coffee cake. Garnish with sliced almonds. Serve warm and cool.
Pepper passes out generous sizes of the coffee cake to each member of the audience. They seem to love the cake and eat it nosily and lots of slurping going on but they are still so disgusted over that dead cat joke that they refuse to even look at Pepper and some of the kits in the audience pick up old dried out pieces of spit-out carrots and toss them up on the stage as the 'ultimate insult'. "The nerve of him telling a dead cat joke!" says one of the kits. "Haurmph" says another. "Who would ever tell a joke about a dead cat?" "That is so outrageous!"... blah, blah, blah. It go on and on until poor ol' pitiful Pepper walk back to him dressing room and cry into hims pillow until it teer-stained and soaking wet. :::::
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Pepper (one, fine, little dood)
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