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  • in reply to: Daily Quiz for August 13, 2020 #26135
    BakerAunt
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      I knew it also.

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26127
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        Italian Cook. I did use the KABC lime powder in place of lemon powder in one of their recipes for cupcake-sized Bundt cakes. It did have a nice lime flavor. I still have most of the jar, however. I have a lime tree, so I use the fruit and zest of the limes from it. I'm sorry that I'm not more help.

        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26126
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          For Wednesday dinner, I made sourdough pan pizza. I topped it with my home grown, homemade tomato sauce, Canadian bacon, diced mozzarella, sliced mushrooms, two small red bell peppers from our garden, green onion, black olives on my half, and freshly grated Parmesan. It was slightly mushy in the center, probably due to the red bell pepper, but it was delicious, and we have leftovers for tomorrow.

          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26125
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            I made tomato sauce on Wednesday afternoon to go on the pizza we had that evening. I used a bunch of tomatoes from our garden. I start with a 10-inch sauté pan, into which I put olive oil and diced garlic. I heat it slightly, then add the cut-up tomatoes. I cook, stirring as needed until much of the liquid has evaporated and the sauce is thick.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26120
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              Thank you, S. Wirth! I wish that I had known about your recipe first. I have copied it for the next time that I have leftover mashed potatoes.

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26117
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                I wanted to use up leftover mashed potatoes for lunch on Wednesday, so I looked for mashed potato patty recipes online and found this one:

                https://www.acoalcrackerinthekitchen.com/2018/10/24/leftover-mashed-potato-patties/

                I had to make some changes, as I only had 1 cup of mashed potato. I used an egg, used 1 Tbs. oat bran rather than flour, used less dried chives and onion powder (should have kept those two the same), some pre-grated mozzarella that I wanted to use up, and no bacon. I used my Zeroll #16 scoop (about ¼ cup). I flattened them into about 3-inch patties, then pressed them on both sides in Panko. That not only gave them crisp, it also kept them from burning and sticking. I used grape seed oil to cook them in a skillet. These were a little hard to keep together; I should have used additional oat bran, given that I was using half the potato and the full amount of egg. These were a little bland, so I would include more chive and onion powder next time.

                in reply to: After the Storm #26113
                BakerAunt
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                  Sigh. I tried to post, then was told I was not logged in--even though I had answered and posted for the quiz, so my post disappeared. Let me try again.

                  Len--My husband was impressed with how you monitor your freezer and refrigerator temperatures. We may look into a similar set-up. We have two refrigerators with attached freezers, so we would need to monitor four locations, and one of the refrigerators is in the garage apt., which is a separate building, so I'm not sure we could monitor that one from the house. During our renovation, the cordless phone second receiver had some difficulty picking up from the interior of the main house.

                  We considered solar when planning our house renovation, but about the time we moved here, the legislature passed a law to "protect" the utility company from loss of revenue due to solar, and the result was that it would be the same price, and we would never recoup any of the money. We have not yet renovated the apt./garage, so it is possible that we could fit solar on the north side of its roof. The south side is shaded by a beautiful white oak during the spring, summer, and early fall.

                  I plan to look into some of the small solar panels that can charge a phone or other small electrics.

                  I managed to have my coffee yesterday when the power was out because with the gas top on the stove, I could use a match to light the burner. As for grinding the coffee beans, a few years ago Sur La Table had a sale which included a neat German coffee grinder, which I bought for just such an occasion. It works well, although I need to figure out how to adjust for a slightly coarser grind that will work for French press. (It was slightly "muddy.")

                  in reply to: Daily Quiz for August 12, 2020 #26112
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                    I knew this one.

                    I've been seeing a lot of recipes that start with roasted cherry tomatoes, then use them in a sauce.

                    in reply to: Daily Quiz for August 11, 2020 #26100
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                      I missed it also.

                      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26088
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                        It's a good day for cobbler, Joan! On Monday I baked that Blueberry Cobbler from The King Arthur Baker’s Companion, using the same changes I made last time, except that I used lime juice in place of lemon juice, as I had a lime that I wanted to use.

                        in reply to: Daily Quiz for August 10, 2020 #26083
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                          I know this one.

                          in reply to: British vs. American Self-Rising Flour #26076
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                            That's interesting that the homemade baking powder is corn flour, bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) and Vitamin C. I wish that they had put amounts down for it. There are also no amounts for the self-raising flour.

                            The mystery deepens.

                            in reply to: British vs. American Self-Rising Flour #26075
                            BakerAunt
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                              Cwcdesign--If you edit a post, be sure to uncheck the automatically checked box that says "keep a copy of this." Somehow, not doing so upsets the spam detector. I know this because it has snagged my posts more than once. I think it assumes that a spammer is trying to send repeated posts of the same stuff and reacts accordingly.

                              Now I shall look at the information you sent. Thanks!

                              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 9, 2020? #26051
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                                That looks delicious, Mike!

                                in reply to: Covid-19 Discussions and Stories #26050
                                BakerAunt
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                                  I'm glad your friend's test came back negative, Cwcdesign.

                                  I think that you, and the rest of the Nebraska Kitchen family, will appreciate Sunday's Frazz comic strip:

                                  https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2020/08/09

                                  Our local email list for the town and lake area had an email on Friday that stated the beach lodge would be closed yesterday for professional sanitization due to Covid, and that there would be no lifeguards from now on. Another email announced that one church would not be meeting in person for the next two Sundays. It's not hard to put 2 + 2 together and know that it is definitely in town. As of last Monday, there were 23 cases in our zip code.

                                  So what did I see driving to the grocery this morning? About a dozen young men--high school age, but clearly part of the summer crowd, jaywalking in a large group over to a local restaurant. I wonder if they went inside like that?

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