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Yesterday I made two loaves of pumpernickel bread and 4 dozen molasses crinkle cookies.
Egg salad sandwich with bread and butter pickles.
BakerAunt, I've heard the "baking boxes" sold well at Christmas time -- gifts for people who have everything, including money, I guess! I have friends and neighbors who keep ample supplies of the various mixes on hand; if developing more mixes and advertising them helps KAF's bottom line, that's fine with me -- I just wish they'd stop discontinuing so many of their "old" items. I support KAF's endeavor - they are a wonderful B comapany. They treat their employees very well, and donate to community organizations.
I rarely buy from KAF any more, although they are just 10 miles from me. I can get the signature flours cheaper at the grocery store; for convenience, I do still buy the AP in 50 lb bags at the store. And I can get the 25 lb bags cheaper at BJs or Costco etc. when they carry them. I just got an email from KAF about their twice a year sale of 25% off for Reward members, in the store. The sale emails we all get and the special deals, like for answering a survey, cannot be used in the store. When I make rye bread tomorrow I'll check my supply of pumpernickel and first clear flour and rye sour, and also look at my Harvest Grains and Super 10 blend. They do have a few things you just can't find elsewhere, and I continue to buy some of those items. I feel like they now carry more and more mixes, and have their special groupings of an expensive pan/dish, a mix, or a couple small bags of flour or fancy sugar, and a utensil - all at a ridiculous price! But if it gets more people involved with baking, I guess it's OK.
We grilled salmon, and had risotto with asparagus and a green salad. Spring is arriving, slowly!
I would not have know that, except we learned it in the Master Gardener course years ago, and it was on the final exam, too!
That all sounds delicious!! Was this a planned tour group, or just something you decided to do on your own? It sounds like fun, too.
For dinner last night, I prepared boneless pork chops and smashed potatoes, with Penzey's Sunny Paris seasoning blend. With it, we had a spring greens salad.
Our trip to Penzey's was great fun! I found everything on my list, plus a few extras. Sunny Paris is a favorite of mine, and I've been out of it for a couple of months.
Today I made a dozen whole wheat sandwich thins. Yesterday I baked apricot scones.
Today I made whole wheat English muffins. And I finished the inventory of my spices, ready now with a list for my shopping trip to Penzey's tomorrow.
I made peanut butter cookies, and turned them into sandwich cookies filled with chocolate ganache.
For dinner we had turkey soup made from the Christmas turkey. With it we had deli rye rolls (a KAF recipe) also from the freezer. Making space, getting eager to garden soon.
You got it!
I understand what you are saying, Mike. But this is not intended to be a business to make a living from. It is to give my retired husband something to do, to keep him out of trouble!! I know the IRS is going to want us to show a profit eventually. Around here, most of the maple business is small farmers, and they are just needing to make enough to pay for the seed they need to start their crops in the late spring. Of course, the big conglomerates have been moving in, but stubborn old-timers don't like to sell out, they prefer to pass the business on their children.
In grad school, I had a couple of required courses related to scientific research which thoroughly covered correlation and causation. So many people don't know there's a difference, and I'm not sure how and when the average person is supposed to learn about that. I think most high schools have statistics courses these days, but not required for the entire student population.
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