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| dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com>: Mar 20 03:20PM -0700 On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 12:04:16 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote: > ago. I rarely even use the regular brown sugar except for baking, but it > is always soft and moist. I keep a piece about two inches square in the > small pot I keep the demererra in and it stays nice and moist. I think a lot depends on the relative humidity of your location. It averages about 70% over here so we don't have this problem. |
| "Julie Bove" <juliebove@frontier.com>: Mar 20 03:35PM -0700 "dsi1" <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:138ca627-4449-46f2-a2a8-84ca13483be8@googlegroups.com... >> small pot I keep the demererra in and it stays nice and moist. > I think a lot depends on the relative humidity of your location. It > averages about 70% over here so we don't have this problem. I don't usually have the problem either but if it does get like that, it can still be used. Even if you don't want to take the time to break it up, you can put a chunk in oatmeal and it will melt. |
| dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com>: Mar 20 03:49PM -0700 On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 12:35:23 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote: > I don't usually have the problem either but if it does get like that, it can > still be used. Even if you don't want to take the time to break it up, you > can put a chunk in oatmeal and it will melt. We're lucky the the US - the Chinese have soak their brown sugar in water before they can use it! http://msihua.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/brown_sugar.jpg |
| "Julie Bove" <juliebove@frontier.com>: Mar 20 03:52PM -0700 "dsi1" <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:be054172-563a-4be1-818e-352312ef90b2@googlegroups.com... > We're lucky the the US - the Chinese have soak their brown sugar in water > before they can use it! > http://msihua.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/brown_sugar.jpg Or grate it. |
| Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 20 07:13PM -0400 On 2016-03-20 6:20 PM, dsi1 wrote: >> stays nice and moist. > I think a lot depends on the relative humidity of your location. It > averages about 70% over here so we don't have this problem. Not to pick nits or anything, but the bread really does work, and it works like magic. It is quite humid around here in the summer, so we never have to worry about brown sugar hardening in the spring, summer and early fall. Winter air is dry, so brown sugar will harden in storage..... but not if you stick a piece of bread in with it. |
| notbob <notbob@nothome.com>: Mar 20 11:17PM > Just about any white or whole wheat. It works miracles. I have a half > slice of bread in my tupperware sugar canister that I put in there years > ago. Somehow, I jes can't get stoked about "Years" old bread in my sugar. nb |
| Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 20 07:20PM -0400 On 2016-03-20 7:17 PM, notbob wrote: >> slice of bread in my tupperware sugar canister that I put in there years >> ago. > Somehow, I jes can't get stoked about "Years" old bread in my sugar. No one is asking for a sandwich or a piece of toast made with it. |
| dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com>: Mar 20 04:22PM -0700 On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 1:13:40 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote: > never have to worry about brown sugar hardening in the spring, summer > and early fall. Winter air is dry, so brown sugar will harden in > storage..... but not if you stick a piece of bread in with it. I've heard of this trick before. Unfortunately, I've never gotten a chance to use it. |
| MisterDiddyWahDiddy <bryangsimmons@gmail.com>: Mar 20 04:20PM -0700 On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 1:24:15 PM UTC-5, anomaly wrote: > Nope. > The convention has not been held and Trump lacks the 1st ballot delegate > total. He may yet reach a majority, and is VERY likely to have a plurality. > You are grossly ill-informed, as always. If Trump has a clear plurality, and they give the nomination to someone else, all Hell might break loose at the convention. Those Trump delegates are nutcases. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865650513/Poll-Utah-would-vote-for-a-Democrat-for-president-over-Trump.html --Bryan |
| Bruce <Bruce@Bruce.invalid>: Mar 21 10:21AM +1100 On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:20:29 -0700 (PDT), MisterDiddyWahDiddy >If Trump has a clear plurality, and they give the nomination to someone >else, all Hell might break loose at the convention. Those Trump delegates >are nutcases. Nutcases? Wouldn't they be defending democracy? -- Bruce |
| notbob <notbob@nothome.com>: Mar 20 10:39PM > Jill <---slapping nb's hand. Leave the dough alone :) Ow! I jes put in a doz cookies. (munch ....mumble) ;) nb |
| jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Mar 20 06:45PM -0400 On 3/20/2016 6:39 PM, notbob wrote: > Ow! > I jes put in a doz cookies. (munch ....mumble) ;) > nb Uh huh... betcha got to lick the bowl, too. ;) Jill |
| notbob <notbob@nothome.com>: Mar 20 10:47PM > Yes, that ages me! Not necessarily. My step-mother preferred her wringer washer. The wringers were powered, but she still hadda feed the wet clothes by hand and hang 'em on the line. She jes wouldn't cotton to one o' them thar newfangled washer/dryer thingies. This in '75. Seriously. ;) nb |
| jinx the minx <jinxminx2@yahoo.com>: Mar 20 05:52PM -0500 > cookies and always used the electric beater and they did a great job. > Creaming the butter and sugar is a very important step in making good > cookies. That's how I grew up doing it, and I don't think it's a lot of work. Takes but a few minutes, and no extra object to clean up. If I had to drag out the mixer every time I wanted to whip up a batch of toll house cookies, I'd almost never make them. -- jinx the minx |
| notbob <notbob@nothome.com>: Mar 20 11:01PM > The *big* question is how did they make butter b4 electricity?! ;) You've obviously never seen Chris Griffin (Family Guy) churn butter. nb |
| Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 20 07:08PM -0400 On 2016-03-20 6:13 PM, MaryL wrote: > machines with a hand wringer. We hung the laundry outside on a clothes > line. They always smelled so nice, bu my mother was elated when she got > her first electric washer and dryer. Yes, that ages me! Yep..... definitely not a kitchen appliance. ;-) They were called washing machines, as opposed to the things we now call washing machines but used to call automatic washing machines. Not only did they require that clothes go through the wringer as part of the rinse phase of the wash, but also part of the "spin" cycle. I don't remember my family ever having a wringer that was hand powered, but I know they existed. So...... you will have to excuse me if I am somewhat unsympathetic to women's complaints about being expected to to the laundry because if you compare the work involved in doing a load of laundry today to what it takes to do a load of laundry today.... it's nothing. Quite seriously... a load of laundry today involved putting a load of clothing, towels or dainties into a machine, adding detergent and pushing a button. Go and watch television for an hour and then come back, take it out of the washer, put it into the dryer and push a button. 50-60 years ago, that hour of Dr. Phil was solid work. |
| Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 20 07:09PM -0400 On 2016-03-20 6:13 PM, jmcquown wrote: >> Gee, that's a tough one. >> -sw > The *big* question is how did they make butter b4 electricity?! ;) Touche |
| Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 20 07:11PM -0400 On 2016-03-20 6:19 PM, jmcquown wrote: > butter and sugar. Those were the days when the bowl needed to be very > heavy ceramic or glass, with a flat bottom. Otherwise while you're > cranking, the bowl was likely to try to get away from you. ;) Bingo. One hand to hold the bowl down and one to run the beaters. The trick was that it actually took two hands to operate the beaters. |
| notbob <notbob@nothome.com>: Mar 20 11:12PM > Creaming the butter and sugar is a very important step in making good > cookies. Agree. I did it by hand, but not enough to double the volume, as one cookie site recommended. OTOH, these oaty-meal cookies DID turn out pretty damn good, even if I do say so, myself. Prolly all the raisins and walnuts I put in 'em. My last batch was an abysmal failure. Too dry. 8| nb |
| Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 20 07:17PM -0400 On 2016-03-20 6:47 PM, notbob wrote: > powered, but she still hadda feed the wet clothes by hand and hang 'em > on the line. She jes wouldn't cotton to one o' them thar newfangled > washer/dryer thingies. This in '75. Seriously. ;) Another thing there...... perma press. There is a washer and a dryer cycle for it now. It didn't exist back then. After the clothes were put through the wringer they were hung on the line to or on an indoor rack to dry. Then everything had to be ironed. |
| Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 20 07:19PM -0400 On 2016-03-20 7:12 PM, notbob wrote: > site recommended. OTOH, these oaty-meal cookies DID turn out pretty > damn good, even if I do say so, myself. Prolly all the raisins and > walnuts I put in 'em. Personally, I would skip the walnuts, unless chopped fine. Try chocolate chips. They can take oatmeal cookies up a notch. |
| jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Mar 20 06:24PM -0400 On 3/20/2016 6:15 PM, Dave Smith wrote: > mistake of asking if he had Bratwurst and it was if I had said something > rude about his mother. I don't know why he seemed to be so insulted. I > like Bratwurst and I have no idea why he refuses to make it. I suppose you could ask him. But he might be insulted that you don't already know. Jill |
| Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 20 07:14PM -0400 On 2016-03-20 6:24 PM, jmcquown wrote: >> like Bratwurst and I have no idea why he refuses to make it. > I suppose you could ask him. But he might be insulted that you don't > already know. I suppose I could. Based on his reaction..... no thanks. I will get my Bratwurst elsewhere. |
| jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Mar 20 06:43PM -0400 On 3/20/2016 5:25 PM, cshenk wrote: > normal). > What you aim for is a delicate buttery or bacony crust on what is > generally a thin mashed potato bit. Okay, thanks for that. This is not anything like what I'm familiar with. One cup of leftover mashed potatoes and 1 egg well... that ratio is off from what I'm familiar with. It sure isn't something I've encountered here in the South. Jill |
| Ed Pawlowski <esp@snet.net>: Mar 20 06:47PM -0400 On 3/20/2016 4:38 PM, jmcquown wrote: > I've never made latkes. I'm not sure what Grandma McQuown made were > technically latkes. She just called them potato pancakes. > Jill Latke is the Jewish name for a pancake made with shredded potato flour, eff.. In English they are called potato pancakes. Potato pancakes, however, has other meanings in the US. They can be made from mashed. Wikipedia defines them: Potato pancakes are sometimes made from mashed potatoes to produce pancake-shaped croquettes.[1] The definition is a bit loose, but so far, to my knowledge, no one has been arrested for using the wrong terms. That could happen by the end of this thread though. |
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