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  • in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of January 21, 2018? #10852
    chocomouse
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      luvpyrpom, have you checked to see if KAF posted a recipe for the Almond Schmear? I'm pretty I've seen a substitute for the chocolate schmear in their recipes, so maybe there is one for almond. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if S Wirth has shopped at Nuts.com and can give you some feedback when she checks in here.

      in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of January 21, 2018? #10851
      chocomouse
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        I love to eat out of the freezer! whether it is raw foods or leftover meals and soups that I have prepared. And at this time of winter, it helps me a lot to focus on using up all the veggies from last year's garden, because then I will really start to believe that spring WILL arrive, and it WILL be followed by summer! We are forecast to have a pretty significant ice and snow storm from tomorrow into the following day and that is good cooking and baking weather.

        in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of January 14, 2018? #10840
        chocomouse
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          Yesterday I made scones filled with grape jelly. Taste OK, but just OK, not great. Too sweet and not enough grape jelly taste.

          in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of January 14, 2018? #10822
          chocomouse
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            Tonight I made Aebleskivers. I mixed Pizza Seasoning and grated parmesan into the dough, and filled them with a cube of cheddar cheese. Very good.

            in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of January 14, 2018? #10819
            chocomouse
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              Len, those look great! Making buns is time-intensive anyway, compared to shaping a loaf of bread, and I can understand why you made only 2 basketweave. Your buns are big; mine are around 71-73 grams each, which are plenty big for our "mature person" appetite.

              in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of January 14, 2018? #10805
              chocomouse
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                Last night we had ribs (cooked on the grill on the deck with the temp about 20*) and oven roasted veggies. Tonight I made Shepherd's Pie - with ground beef, whole kernal corn and mashed potatoes with lots of onions and garlic.

                in reply to: Pizza-Making ? #10784
                chocomouse
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                  Italiancook, thanks! I'll try to find the 30-Minute Meals on the Food Network online.

                  Baker Aunt, I think that I've not ever used durum flour in my pizza dough. I do use a cup of semolina, and then 2 more cups of flour, some combination of AP and whole wheat. It does make it chewy, as we like it. I knead it in my bread machine, as I do all of my breads.

                  in reply to: Fun for a Monday #10774
                  chocomouse
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                    Some foods, along with other things, were rationed in those days! We didn't have any "fast food" places then either, and when some did open, my family couldn't afford to eat there. We went once a year to a decent (good food, reasonable portions, reasonable prices) seafood restaurant, and once each summer to a seasonal soft-serve ice cream place. I simply cannot imagine eating most of your meals at a fast food joint, as many families do these days. However, I do note the trend is now toward more home-cooked meals.

                    in reply to: Fun for a Monday #10771
                    chocomouse
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                      My year of birth isn't shown!

                      in reply to: Pizza-Making ? #10764
                      chocomouse
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                        Len, I'll wait 'til you adjust the seasonings for your sausage before I try making some. But that sounds like a good start.

                        I have questions for those of you who bake your pizzas at 500*:
                        1. Thin or thick crust?
                        2. Lots of toppings, and do you pre-bake the toppings?
                        3. For how long? Thanks!
                        When I have baked mine (thick crust, lots of toppings, no pre-bake) at 450* the crust has been overcooked (almost burned), nearly raw in the middle, veggies charred.

                        in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of January 14, 2018? #10755
                        chocomouse
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                          I made farfelle and marinara with ground beef, onions, peppers, and chopped cauliflower. I wasn't sure about the cauliflower, but since it does not have a strong flavor, there is plenty of it in the freezer to be used up this winter, and I'm always looking for ways to add more veggies to our diet, I thought why not give it a try. It was really good and I'll do it again.

                          in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of January 7, 2018? #10746
                          chocomouse
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                            Today I made sandwich bread using KAF's Harvest Grain mix, a favorite of ours. I also made Blueberry Orange muffins, using some leftover candied orange peel I made a month ago.

                            in reply to: Pizza-Making ? #10745
                            chocomouse
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                              Italiancook, I should think you could make a whole wheat crust, maybe use a little semolina if you can eat that? I always add herbs and spices, like garlic and onion powder, Italian seasoning, oregano, basil, etc or a prepared pizza seasoning. We like the dough to be as tasty as the ingredients in the topping. Do you have a cast iron skillet? That would make a crispy crust. I'm not an expert, but I think tomato paste is a bit thicker than a prepared pizza sauce; if you can get your tomato sauce to the consistency of the paste, it might be what you're looking for. I'm not sure why your toppings of onions, peppers, mushrooms made your crust too wet; I use those ingredients and my crust is never wet. My problem is finding the right temperature and time -- the temp has to be high enough to make a crispy crust, but not so high that the center of the dough doesn't cook through. I usually bake it at 400 for about 25 minutes, but always check the underside before saying it is ready.

                              in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of January 7, 2018? #10698
                              chocomouse
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                                Tonight we had venison steaks with roasted root vegetables: parsnips, carrots, butternut squash, sweet potato, white potato, and onion. I drizzled them with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and added rosemary and thyme.

                                in reply to: Pizza-Making ? #10697
                                chocomouse
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                                  Aaron, I'm anxious to hear how your sausage turns out. Mike, I married into a family of hunters, and have eaten a lot of venison sausage in my lifetime. We always took our deer to a butcher (not always a professional, trained butcher, it might be just another hunter who learned how to process the meat, and enjoyed doing it and earning extra money) and got roasts, steaks, ribs, stew meat, hamburg and sausage. It seemed that each butcher used a different recipe for the sausage, and there was some "competition" for who had the tastiest concoction! They usually had a "hot" and a "mild" version, and I recall they added some ground beef or maybe pork to the mix since venison is so lean. Tonight we actually had venison steak from my grand-daughter's first deer, which you probably know is a right-of-passage in some parts of the country.

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