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Post by jrcummings on May 25, 2008 4:36:44 GMT -5
Does anyone know how to make half moons? I've been dying to have some, and my 10 year old son is always asking about them(he's not a Utican, so he doesn't have the priviledge of ever having them) help me please......
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Post by Clipper on May 25, 2008 9:29:58 GMT -5
Jr. I am not savvy enough to copy and paste the recipe here, but it is available on Joe Mezz's forum. Http://cnyforum.orgIt is listed under the "frequently sought recipes" section. I would love to be around when your son tastes his "first bite of Utica's history" haha! I used to sit at my Grandma's kitchen table and lick the frosting all off ,and then eat the cookie. It was kind of like the 1950's version of eating the creme centers of Oreos's haha! My second favorite cookie was Hemstroughts wine drops cookies, and the recipe for them is also on the Cny forum. Enjoy the cookies! |
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Post by dgriffin on May 26, 2008 20:54:12 GMT -5
When I was a kid, my dad used to buy half moons from a bakery on Varick St.,near the brewery. They also sold a white bread we called "sugar" bread, because it was so sweet.
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Post by bobbbiez on May 26, 2008 21:08:10 GMT -5
 For all who would like to know. There is a little bakery in Clinton that still makes half moons with Hemstroughts recipe. ;D Don't know their name but it's right on the corner, in the town circle, near the stop light. Ya can't miss it. 
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Post by lilbump1980 on May 27, 2008 9:24:24 GMT -5
People at work tell me to make half moons you use 2 boxed of cake mix but with one box of ingredients... I have had them made this way.. They are yummy.. Hope this helps
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Post by kim on May 27, 2008 12:10:49 GMT -5
The bakery in Clinton is Pamela's Mixing Bowl Bakery and Cafe.
Address
1 West Park Row
Clinton, NY 13323 Phone: 315 853-2262
Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 6:00AM-6:00PM
Sat.: 6:00AM-5:00PM
Sun.: 7:00AM-3:00PM
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Post by lilbump1980 on May 27, 2008 12:16:10 GMT -5
The Gingerbread house on oneida st in new hartford used hemstroughts recipes. the men who own it used to work at hemstrougts .. their donuts are great
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Post by kim on May 27, 2008 12:32:12 GMT -5
Hey...I've just been informed that I'm wrong.... Pamela's Mixing Bowl is gone...they moved and then went out of business, Mojos is there now. I don't know if Mojo's does halfmoons or not, but I've heard it's good!
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Post by kim on May 27, 2008 12:33:49 GMT -5
In my opinion, the best halfmoons can be found at Holland Farms. I've always like their halfmoons the best.
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Post by lilbump1980 on May 27, 2008 12:37:39 GMT -5
Yes Kim Holland Farms has great halfmoons as well!
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Post by bobbbiez on May 27, 2008 15:30:25 GMT -5
I don't know.  I like Holland Farms stuff but I don't think their half moons are equal to Hemstrought's. Just not the same for me. I did pick up a big box of half moons a few months ago at Walmart and they were delicious and pretty damn close to Hemstrought's, but couldn't find out who made them for Walmart. Anyone know? 
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Post by Clipper on May 27, 2008 16:56:21 GMT -5
I think Hemstrought's went down hill for the last 10 or 15 years, after the Dutch people bought it. I used to love their fried cakes, and they got dry and nasty, then the cookies got dry, and pretty soon, the Star Bakery was the place for donuts, and Holland Farms was the place for cookies. The last few times I had Hemstrought's half moons, they still tasted good, but they were dry and got stale quickly.
I heard at one time, that the reason the donuts (fried cakes) at Hemstrought's got so they were dry, is because the new owners were throwing day old cookies and yellow cakes in the batter, to recycle stuff and stretch the batter. I used to love their fried cakes when I worked downtown years ago. I worked for Jeffery Hardware after High School, and they were next door to the Columbia St. Hemstrought's back then. their donuts back then, were so puffy and delicious that they were round like a baseball and hardly had a hole in the middle at all. Two of those, and a cup of coffee would hold ya till lunch on the worst day.
There is a little bakery on Main St in Frankfort that is also really good. I used to go there sometimes on Saturday morning for apple filled donuts and apple fritters. They also have great italian bread.
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Post by bobbbiez on May 27, 2008 17:21:07 GMT -5
Clipper, alot of the bakeries, including Holland Farms, are now freezing their stuff which causes the dryness after taken out. Nothing taste the same as years ago when all pastries, cakes and etc., were made and sold fresh.  I still get most of my stuff from Star Bakery here in Whitesboro. Their Italian bread is excellent.  Anita still owes it.
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Post by Clipper on May 27, 2008 17:39:46 GMT -5
I guess the freezing thing would explain the drop in quality and freshness. It is sad that the quality that went into such treats in the old days, is no longer a matter of pride.
There ARE no bakeries down here. I mean zip, zero, zilch. There are a couple of donut shops, and Walmart and the grocery stores sell their crap, but there is literally no bakeries here where you can go buy cookies or cakes. The same goes for meat markets. You guys don't know how lucky you are to live in Utica. I am dying for either a Hoffman's frank, or a Hapanowicz "belly buster" hotdog grilled on the charcoal.
I don't know Anita, but I used to go to the original bakery on Jay St at about 3 or 4 AM, and take a couple of newspapers for the bakers, and buy two dozen cinnamon sugar donuts, when I worked at the OD nights. I used to try and make sure that my drivers had fresh coffee and a pastry to relax with when they finished their route.
I am actually going to try and make donuts with a recipe we got off the internet. It is for a buttermilk cake donut, and sound really good. I have found since moving down here, that they use buttermilk in about everything they bake. It simply makes it richer and more moist. From Cornbread, to biscuits, to cookies and cakes, buttermilk makes it all good. I never could stand the sight of buttermilk and surely not the taste, but it makes a great ingredient for baking.LOL
When we get around to making the donuts, if they are any good, I will post the recipe on the forum.
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Post by bobbbiez on May 27, 2008 18:31:05 GMT -5
Clipper, you are soooooo right about this area. Living in Constable I learned the same thing. No specialty shops at all. How I missed even a damn good pizza. Sorry, but Pizza Hut doesn't cut it for me.  Not when you were born n raised in Utica with all the best of the best Italian shops around. ;D Bake goods, forget it. Unless you went to a church dinner or a covered-dish dinner at an organization there was no bake good shops. Meat shops were unheard of. How I missed the fine delicious products from Happy's and the Pulaski's meat market. Nothing like them anywhere. I'll say it over and over again, "it ain't always greener on the other side!" The Mohawk Valley area offers much more then we here ever appreciated till we left. Been there, done it and will never leave again for any reason. ;D
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For all who would like to know. There is a little bakery in Clinton that still makes half moons with Hemstroughts recipe. ;D
I like Holland Farms stuff but I don't think their half moons are equal to Hemstrought's. Just not the same for me.
Not when you were born n raised in Utica with all the best of the best Italian shops around. ;D