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Barbara Jean Morehead's Birthday
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Barbara Jean Moreheard's agent
convinced the aspiring actress to change her name to Barbara Eden. The
former Miss San Francisco first appeared on television when she was
seventeen in a bit part in the 1953 sit-com Private
Secretary. She eventually became the most popular television actress of
the 1960s, primarily due to her iconic role in the 60s sitcom I
Dream of Jeannie (1965 to 1970). Although she made
59 movies and countless prime time television episode appearances, her
harem-costumed, girl in the bottle image will always remain nearly every
man's fantasy in the 60s fantasizing that he was her "master" instead
of Larry Hagman. Her minimal costume left her navel exposed, and that
was considered so racy at the time that network executives insisted that her
belly button be filled in with putty,In
her biography, Jeannie Out of the Bottle , we are reminded that
"There are still Jeannie machines in casinos all over America. There are
Jeannie board games. There's even a Jeannie porn film!" She also tells us
that she turned down $1 million to pose for Playboy and that she
rejected the sexual advances of John F Kennedy, Elvis, and Warren Beatty.
Barbara also appeared in nearly 50 B films including Voyage to the
Bottom of the Sea (1961), 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1954),
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
(1962),The Brass Bottle (1964), A Howling in the Woods (1971),
and Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978). She has the unique distinction of
appearing in at least one episode of nearly every major television hit show
for nearly 20 years including: Perry Mason (1957), Gunsmoke
(1957), Father Knows Best (1957), The Andy Griffith Show
(1962), Dr. Kildare (1963), Rawhide (1963), and The Virginian
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Barbara is also a talented singer,
and has starred in several musical comedy stage plays including The Sound
Of Music, Annie Get Your Gun. South Pacific ,The Pajama Game, and
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. From 2000 until 2004. she starred in the
national touring production of the play The Odd Couple...The Female
Version playing the role of the neat one - Florence Unger
A fitting reminder of her
infamous navel controversy with her Jeannie harem-costume, a popular
Turkish dessert,
Kadin
GÖbegi
(Lady's Navels), seems appropriate for Barbara's birthday
while watching the TV reunion film I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991) to
catch a glimpse of her controversial naval.
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Kadin
Göbegi
(Lady's Navels)
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Syrup Ingredients
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Fritter Ingredients |
2
cup sugar
2 cup water
1/2 tsp lemon juice, fresh
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1&1/2 cups water
3 TB butter
1/8 tsp salt
1 TB grated lemon rind
2 cups flour, all purpose
3 eggs
3 cups vegetable oil for deep frying
1 tsp almond extract
1/4 cup heavy cream; chilled
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Syrup Instructions
1. Combine the sugar, 2 cups of water,
and the lemon juice in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over
moderate heat, stirring until
the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat to high and cook
briskly, uncovered, for 5 minutes, or until the syrup reaches a
temperature of 220º F on a candy thermometer.
2. Set aside off the heat and let the syrup cool to room temperature |
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Fritter Instructions
1.
In a heavy
2 to 3 quart saucepan, bring the
1&1/2
cups of water, the butter, and salt
to a boil over high heat, stirring until the
butter melts.
2.
Break an
egg into the well and beat vigorously until it has been absorbed. Beat
in the remaining eggs, one at a time. The finished
paste should be
thick, smooth and shiny.
3.
In a large
deep fat fryer with a frying thermometer, or an electric deep fryer,
heat 3 to 4 inches of oil to a temperature of 360°F
. For each fritter,
pinch off 2 TB of dough and roll it into a ball 1 inch in
diameter.
4. Dip a
thumb into the almond extract and press it into the center of the ball,
making a depression 1inch deep. In batches of 5 or 6
deep fry the fritters for 10 to 12 minutes, turning them
occasionally to brown them evenly,
5.
Plunge the
browned fritters in the syrup, let them steep for 5 minutes, then
transfer them to a platter and cool to room
temperature.
6.
Before
serving, drop a tsp of whipped cream into the depression in each
fritter. |
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Serves 6 |
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