Monday, February 25, 2019

Digest for rec.food.cooking@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 10 topics

ChristKiller@deathtochristianity.pl: Feb 25 04:11PM -0600

This the best caramel sauce EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
1 cup of sugar
1 tbsp corn syrup
1/4 cup of water
1/2 cum heavy cream
2 tbsp unsalted butter softened
1/2 tsp fine grain sea salt
1 tsp pure vanilla extract (not the artificial stuff)
 
 
 
In a large heavy sauce pan stir together sugar, syrup, and water
 
I use a dutch oven
 
this is the hard part heat the mixture on a med hi stir once to mix
well then wait for it to boil where you will not touch it then lower
the heat to a medium and wait for it to start to darken.
 
1 light brown.. very thin runny caramel has the least amount of flavor
will not solidify at cooler temps
 
2 medium brown little bit thicker has deep caramel flavor may solidify
at cooler temps
 
3. darker brown much richer caramel flavor will solidify at cooler
temps
 
I usually remove mine when the color is a very deep amber, but be
careful it is so easy to burn and ruin the entire batch
 
when I say solidify it does not get hard like concrete it is like that
thick chewable candy but will easily become runny when heated in
microwave.
 
decide which you want and you have to time it perfectly.
 
take the caramel OFF the heat right before it get the color shade that
you want, because it will continue to cook a bit after it has been
removed and it could burn.
 
 
with the pot off the heat use a wooden spoon and pour in the heavy
cream, be very careful because it will bubble and his and get really
angry at you. Stir the pot until the mixture becomes smooth being sure
to get the bottom of the pot to get all the darker bits.
Stir in the butter and salt
 
allow your caramel sauce to cool for a full 3 minutes then stir in
your vanilla extract.
 
 
If you make this you will never want another food again....
 
Uses.........
 
ICE cream for sure
over sauteed apples with a pinch of cinnamon
any dehydrated fruit
on freshly popped popcorn not the microwave crap but that will do in a
pinch
topped on any desert cake or pie like apple pie or pumpkin pie or a
chocolate cake
--
 
 
"There are idiots among us, and they all believe in a god"
~Toidi Uoy
graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca>: Feb 25 02:48PM -0700

Thought you both might be interested in this article in Scientific American:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/enzymes-the-little-molecules-that-bake-bread/
 
Graham
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: Feb 25 03:07PM -0700


>Thought you both might be interested in this article in Scientific American:
>https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/enzymes-the-little-molecules-that-bake-bread/
 
>Graham
 
see, additional sugar isn't needed to 'feed' the yeast.
I always wondered why autolyse worked. Superficially the explanation
is that during autolyse the flour is allowed to hydrate.
Thank you. Very interesting. Almost took the romance out of bread,
though. ;-)
Janet US
"Ophelia" <OphElsnore@gmail.com>: Feb 25 09:39PM

"Bruce" wrote in message news:msm87edfgrc0seel20rl35scaka86l8bl1@4ax.com...
 
 
>I think that's why many don't like it, it wasn't spread thinly enough.
>Best to be over sparing and add a little more if you would like it
>stronger.
 
Yes, it's quite concentrated.
 
==
 
I read that one either loves or hates Marmite with no in betweens:)
 
I am one of the latter;))
graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca>: Feb 25 02:51PM -0700

On 2019-02-25 2:18 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>> Best to be over sparing and add a little more if you would like it
>> stronger.
 
> Yes, it's quite concentrated.
 
A young Dutch woman, newly resident in Australia, told me she has come
to like it. However, people make the mistake of trying to eat too much
at once. She told me that the thinnest smear on toast is all that is
necessary.
Gary <g.majors@att.net>: Feb 25 11:22AM -0500

Bruce wrote:
 
> And because Vegemite's Australian.
 
Do you eat that? Ever tried it? Like it, if so?
 
I've never see either Vegemite or Marmelite here.
Bruce <bruce@invalid.invalid>: Feb 26 09:01AM +1100

>to like it. However, people make the mistake of trying to eat too much
>at once. She told me that the thinnest smear on toast is all that is
>necessary.
 
I think so too, but if you're from good convict stock, you might be
able to handle more.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Feb 25 04:31PM -0500

On 2019-02-25 3:38 p.m., dis1 wrote:
 
> robo-voice. It just cracks me up when I hear it. I don't know why he
> did it like that. I don't believe he was trying to be funny. That
> crazy pake!
 
I stole a joke from Steven Wright to use on my cell phone telling
callers that they have reached my cell phone but I am home, so please
leave a message and I will call you when I go out. My son and a few
friends thought it was funny. It confused the hell out of an old lady on
a committee I serve on so she called the house and tried to explain her
confusion to my wife.
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Feb 25 01:39PM -0800

On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 11:30:04 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> friends thought it was funny. It confused the hell out of an old lady on
> a committee I serve on so she called the house and tried to explain her
> confusion to my wife.
 
That's pretty funny. I wish I heard that message but it seems like you've ruined it for me forever. :)
tert in seattle <tert@ftupet.com>: Feb 25 09:52PM

>> confusion to my wife.
 
>That's pretty funny. I wish I heard that message but it seems like
>you've ruined it for me forever. :)
 
the original joke which is from the days when it was called a car phone:
 
"I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave
a message and I'll call when I'm out."
 
he also has a funny joke about unlocking his house with his car keys and
starting it up and taking it for a drive, getting pulled over, etc
Gary <g.majors@att.net>: Feb 25 11:21AM -0500

Ophelia wrote:
> I'm gonna try to get by with Lea and Perrins!
 
> ==
 
> lol that works too:))
 
Their US version is way too sweet now. Frenchs is better...or
even the generic brands. L&P does make a very tasty steak sauce
though or was it a bbq sauce?
"Ophelia" <OphElsnore@gmail.com>: Feb 25 09:15PM

"dsi1" wrote in message
news:cf3a53be-dc7a-4d67-a0c5-336654f2c508@googlegroups.com...
 
On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 10:41:32 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
 
> ---
 
> Ok you got me with that one. Explain please?
 
Nobody in the US can figure out how to handle Welsh words. OTOH, I would be
funny as heck if it was called
"Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch sauce."
 
==
 
lol
penmart01@aol.com: Feb 25 11:29AM -0500

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:59:16 -0800, "Julie Bove"
 
>I also have no need to cook gluten free for myself.
 
Julie, cease and desist from replying to the sicko freak or I will no
longer be opening any of your posts.
"Ophelia" <OphElsnore@gmail.com>: Feb 25 09:34PM

wrote in message news:mc987eldfc2vk7l3g8a2mhqnv8fd8bf4jl@4ax.com...
 
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:16:04 -0000, "Ophelia" <OphElsnore@gmail.com>
wrote:
 
 
>---
 
>I buy Pak Choy:) I believe it is the same/similar plant but mine are small
>too.
 
All the same plant with different spellings... because it's a
transliteration from the Chinese pronounciation(s)... Chinese doesn't
have an alphabet per se.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_alphabet
 
===
 
Ok thanks:)
Gary <g.majors@att.net>: Feb 25 11:22AM -0500

Ophelia wrote:
 
> ---
 
> I buy Pak Choy:) I believe it is the same/similar plant but mine are small
> too.
 
Probably is the same exact plant. Just another example of how the
Brits always spell things oddly then the upstart Americans fix
it. ;)
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: Feb 25 02:32PM -0700

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:23:25 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>I've made chicken, turkey, or beef stock. Just once or twice for
>vegetable broth, though.
 
>Cindy Hamilton
 
I like vegetables, love veggies really, but I can't say that I find
vegetable stock appealing. I guess I just need that bit of meat to
round out the flavor.
When do you use vegetable stock in preference to another stock?
Cindy Hamilton <angelicapaganelli@yahoo.com>: Feb 25 01:50PM -0800

On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 4:32:18 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> vegetable stock appealing. I guess I just need that bit of meat to
> round out the flavor.
> When do you use vegetable stock in preference to another stock?
 
I don't, actually. I made vegetable broth a couple of times
when I was a young hippie following a recipe from the Vegetarian
Epicure. As you say, meat is better.
 
Cindy Hamilton
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Feb 25 01:50PM -0800

On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:23:08 PM UTC-6, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> Refrigerate overnight. Skim fat. You're good to go.
> I always use scraps of onion, celery, carrot.
> Janet US
 
Thanks! I just checked out a video on YouTube using the Ninja so I may have to
give this a go.
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Feb 25 01:52PM -0800

On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:23:28 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> I've made chicken, turkey, or beef stock. Just once or twice for
> vegetable broth, though.
 
> Cindy Hamilton
 
I know, I know. I'm terrible behind the times when I could make my own. A
few years ago on America's Test Kitchen Chris Kimball said it was very easy
to do in a slow cooker or on top of the stove.
graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca>: Feb 25 02:53PM -0700

>> least that was my reasoning.
 
> Hmmmmm, that's interesting. I may need to do some research before attempting
> to make stock in the pressure cooker.
 
YMMV:-) I think big commercial kitchens still use the long, slow method.
Gary <g.majors@att.net>: Feb 25 11:22AM -0500

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
 
> Interesting. I prefer my grilled cheese with thinly sliced onion,
> fresh jalapeno, and tomato.
 
Grilled cheese with a very thin slice of tomato really takes the
plain over the top. Never tried some jalapeno though. I'll give
it a try.
 
Who was is that said they made grilled cheese using a tortilla?
Boy does that sound like a FAIL to me. I picture every bite
squeezing the melted cheese out the sides.
"Ophelia" <OphElsnore@gmail.com>: Feb 25 09:23PM

"dsi1" wrote in message
news:3bc30667-fe0f-4376-b5d3-80db43e5e3c3@googlegroups.com...
 
On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 11:30:54 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
 
> What is it they are saying as they take their first bite? :)
 
"Itadakimasu" is customary to say before eating in Japan. I think it means
"let's eat." You can say it casually like those guy do or formally. I like
the practice because it shows respect for the food.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnH_IHA-hns
 
==
 
Nice:) Thanks:))
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: Feb 25 02:26PM -0700

>mix the two. My local Sobeys had halibut on sale last week, it was
>translucent white and did not smell so I bought a piece, was like
>going down memory lane.
 
yes, memory lane. My mother fed us lots of halibut because it was
very inexpensive. 17 cents a pound. We used to have what I now
consider great slabs of halibut for dinner. Now such a piece would
cost over $50 and wouldn't be a beautiful, large steak. ;-(
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: Feb 25 02:30PM -0700

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:23:52 -0500, Dave Smith
 
>> What do you like with scallops? My mind won't settle. I need some
>> ideas.
>> thanks
snip
If they are medium size I dip them in a mixture
>of cream and prepared mustard and roll them in bread crumbs, stick them
>on skewers and broil them until golden brown.
snip
now that is an idea that appeals. thx
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Feb 25 04:44PM -0500

On 2019-02-25 4:30 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> on skewers and broil them until golden brown.
> snip
> now that is an idea that appeals. thx
 
You're welcome. I don't remember where I first came across that recipe
but it is so quick and easy and it is delicious.
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