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Test Kitchen: Puts the "Kitsch" in Kitchen!
Original recipes made with classic American brand name ingredients.
Watch New Video: Easter Meatloaf of Lamb
This sheep-shaped Easter Sunday main course is the savory reinvention of the classic lamb cake. Perfect for that post egg-hunt holiday dinner served with pride alongside your favorite springtime side dishes.
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Frosty The Cheeseball Man — Watch New Video!
Frosty the Cheeseball Man is made of three Velveeta balls stacked and frosted with cream cheese and decorated with veggies. Proudly present him in an electric skillet to party guests then plug it in. In 30 minutes, he melts into cheesy fondue dip! … FUN n YUM !!!
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Fried Cereal
Fried Cereal is a colorful mix of your fave classic breakfast cereals — Froot Loops, Trix, Cocoa Puffs, Apple Jacks, Honeycombs, Cap'n Crunch and Lucky Charms — tossed and toasted in melted salted butter — eat it like popcorn! WARNING: FRIED CEREAL IS ADDICTIVE!
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Cherpumple
The Cherpumple is a three-layer cake with a pie baked in each layer. Cherpumple is short for cherry pie baked in a white cake layer, pumpkin in yellow and apple in spice. Your guests will be astonished! I DARE YOU TO TRY IT AT HOME!
Astro-Weenie Christmas Tree
The Astro Weenie Tree is a tinfoil-covered Styrofoam cone studded with sweet and/or savory bite size edibles — just about anything will work as long as it can be skewered in place by a multi-colored toothpick! Don’t forget the most important ingredient of all: Cocktail weenies!
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Tiki Turkey Dinner
The Tiki Turkey Dinner transforms Thanksgiving into a fun-filled exotic event! The main course, a turkey meatloaf shaped like a tiki head replaces the usual roast tom. Greet each guest with a lei, spin Martin Denny on the stereo and serve tropical cocktails before dinner. After dessert, do the limbo. How low can you go … after a Tiki Turkey Dinner???
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Inchezonya
Pronounced “INCHEZ-ON-YA,” it’s the combination of enchiladas and lasagna. At last, they are together as one! It’s potluck perfection, the ultimate main dish and the latest culinary creation from the Charles Phoenix Test Kitchen.
ABOUT THE CHARLES PHOENIX TEST KITCHEN
Fried Cereal. Astro-Weenie Christmas Tree. Cherpumple. Inchezonya. Astro-Weeine Pineapple. Tiki Turkey Dinner.
The Test Kitchen was born when Charles discovered an old slide picturing an intriguing Christmas tree-shaped holiday appetizer centerpiece begging to be reincarnated. It was a foil-wrapped Styrofoam cone studded with multi-colored toothpicks finished with a cocktail weenie or savory bite-size treat. This irresistible image inspired Charles to create the spectacular Astro-Weenie Christmas Tree how-to video encouraging fans to create and share their version of this savory seasonal sensation.
The success and satisfaction of the Astro Weenie Christmas Tree (and subsequent Astro Weenie Pineapple, Astro Weenie Ball and various other shaped centerpieces) got Charles in the mood to heat up the oven and reinvent other classic American recipes.
The "Tiki" Turkey Dinner turns the traditional Thanksgiving dinner into a Polynesian Luau feast. The Cherpumple, short for cherry, pumpkin and apple, the three pies that are baked into three cakes, is the delicious desert version of the Turducken. Inchezonya combines enchiladas with lasagna in one big main dish at last. It’s potluck perfection. What will he concoct next?
Test Kitchen fans are encouraged to share their creations with Charles here or on Facebook.