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  • in reply to: Tips worth discussing #47117
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      When we cleared out my husband's parents' home after they passed away, we emptied saltshaker after saltshaker, and each one contained a few grains of rice.

      My garlic powder, onion powder, Penzey's Mural of Flavor and their Sunny Paris will cake, but I just open the jar and use a thin butter knife to break it all up. What I really hate is when the espresso powder cakes, as it is difficult to break up. I sometimes put it in the coffee grinder. None of this was a problem when we lived in Texas, with its dry climate, but I do like living in an area with some humidity, although admittedly not the humidity we have had this summer.

      To keep cabbage that I buy at the farmers market fresher for longer, I wrap it tightly in saran and store in the refrigerator.

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47110
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        We have had two days now of cooler weather, with temperatures in the 70s, so I took the opportunity to make Sourdough Pan Pizza for dinner. It has been a long time since we have had pizza for dinner, and Len's pizza pictures on Nebraska Kitchen reminded me of how much I wanted pizza!

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47105
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          Yes, Chocomouse: husbands cannot be left alone with cakes or cookies!

          For Wednesday night's dinner, I roasted some potato chunks in the countertop oven to go with the rest of the Turkey-Zucchini Loaf and the rest of the red coleslaw. That was an easy dinner, since we drove to Fort Wayne and back today for my husband's check-up with the oral surgeon.

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47093
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            I made dough for Whole Wheat Sourdough Crackers on Tuesday. I will bake them either at the end of this week or early next week.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47092
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              We reheated two slices of the Turkey-Zucchini meatloaf, which we had with the rest of the green beans, cherry tomato, and feta salad.

              in reply to: Weather News #47085
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                We had a lot of lightening late Monday evening and into this morning, along with 2.36 inches of rain. It has been a long time since we had this much from storms.

                in reply to: Is There Any Use for an Unripe Watermelon? #47084
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                  My husband tells me that even the animals are ignoring the unripe watermelon!

                  in reply to: Chestnut Trees #47083
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                    Mike--I read your post to my husband and showed him the picture. His verdict is the same as yours: it does not look good.

                    in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47082
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                      I baked two recipes of Scottish Oatcakes on Monday afternoon. I have packed most of these to send to one of my sisters, along with four different jars of jam. She will be having surgery to deal with scar tissue sometime in the next month or so, and I wanted to send her an advance care package.

                      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47081
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                        For dinner on Monday, I made Turkey-Zucchini Loaf with Peach-Dijon Glaze, using the rest of the zucchini that I grated yesterday, as well as some peach jam left over from when I canned a batch. I also made Green Beans, Cherry Tomato, and Feta Salad to go with it.

                        I'll add a picture tomorrow.

                        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47065
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                          We got 0.7 inches of rain from early Saturday evening into early Sunday morning, but there was a lot of thunder starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, which caused our dog to cower in her bed and not eat her supper. Her nerves were clearly frazzled this morning, even though the thunder had ended, so I decided to make her favorite, Cornmeal and Pumpernickel Waffles, for breakfast. Once we administered some waffle pieces, she was back to her old self again. (Who needs Xanax?)

                          In the afternoon, I baked Squash, Whole Wheat, and Oat Quick Bread, using my Nordic Ware 4-loaf Bundlette pan, which has the older kind of coating. Even with the grease, I had a bit of sticking, also in part due to the cinnamon chips. (Yes, I am still using them up--expiration year 2017--and they are still good.) I also should have waited a bit longer before trying to remove them from the pan. Ten minutes was not enough. Two of the loaves broke a bit. I also used half whole wheat pastry flour and half King Arthur AP; I might want to go back to using slightly more (1/4 cup) of the AP than the whole wheat pastry flour. We went ahead and cut into one of the damaged ones while it was slightly warm. It crumbled, but oh, did it taste good! I used one of the golden arrow zucchini, which has a milder taste than the green ones.

                          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 17, 2025? #47064
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                            Like Joan, we went for leftovers: the rest of the salmon patties on a bun, red coleslaw, and microwaved fresh broccoli.

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of August 10, 2025? #47058
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                              We re-ran the salmon patties on buns with the red coleslaw for dinner on Saturday. We also microwaved some broccoli.

                              I made yogurt today.

                              in reply to: 2025 Gardens #47057
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                                We have some of the purple cherry tomatoes also. The red ones are doing the best, followed by the purple, with the yellow a distant third. Among the regular tomatoes, some of the Early Girls are starting to redden; we've had just one so far. Maybe I'll have my turkey bacon and tomato sandwiches again by the end of the week?

                                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 10, 2025? #47047
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                                  I believe that I have the same pan, Navlys, although I haven't used it for a while.

                                  On Friday, I baked Whole Wheat/Rye/Semolina Buns from Len's recipe. We particularly like these with salmon patties.

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