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  • in reply to: Pain de mie pan #24462
    cwcdesign
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      I have the 13” pan de mie and I love it. I have been getting much better at not having it explode over the top. And I live in the humid south where my rising times are shorter.
      PJ has some really good blog posts on the pan de mie recipes. My favorite is still the white bread recipe - I often add wheat to it. But I have been playing with the honey oat that is a recipe for the 9” pan.

      I’ve learned from PJ that I can put a 9” recipe in a 13” pan by increasing the recipe by 50%. I would assume reducing one would be the opposite.

      Italiancook, I hadn’t seen the Bee Keepers pan de mie - I’ll have to try it next.

      in reply to: Daily Quiz for June 1, 2020 #24461
      cwcdesign
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        I missed it,

        in reply to: What are you Baking the week of May 31, 2020? #24379
        cwcdesign
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          I have a loaf of pan de pie kneading in the bread machine - a variation on KAF honey oat recipe with half WWW and half the amount of yeast (I also halved the salt). We'll see how it goes.

          in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 31, 2020 #24378
          cwcdesign
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            Wild guess that was wrong

            in reply to: What keeps you busy during lockdown? #24377
            cwcdesign
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              Kimbob, you made me laugh. There is no way in H*** I'd let my 89yo Mom cut my hair! It's hard because her dementia/forgetfulness is really kicking in. She told me she couldn't go anywhere because she doesn't have her car (we took her privileges away a year ago) and we sold it March JUST before the lockdown - phew! I pointed out that she couldn't go anywhere because her senior living community won't let her leave - she said they won't? I got a million of these stories! I only live 5 minutes away but haven't been there since March 11th because I was still working before the lockdown.

              We were furloughed on March 23rd, but our Market (retail/deli part of Sea Island resort) never fully shut down. So, I took my online course and started making surface patterns with Adobe Illustrator and also have been creating new artwork to upload - it's been great and I can't wait till I'm in a position to make my income with it. A group of us got a plot at the community garden so we have been very busy with that - Friday and Saturday we had to deal with powdery mildew, squash borers AND aphids, but it looked much better this morning.

              Cooking, baking, daily walks, online yoga, emails, FaceTime and a few projects take up the rest. I am scheduled to go back to work on the 12th and can't say I'm not nervous - the county numbers went up a lot over last week - we've had so many tourists, it's crazy. We will just have to make the best of it.

              in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of May 24, 2020? #24375
              cwcdesign
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                Last night I made another recipe from Half Baked Harvest - Black Bean and Sweet Potato Nachos which I have adapted quite a bit. The sweet potato wedges (roasted) are supposed to be the nachos, but we eat it with a fork. Recipe calls for cauliflower, which I didn't have the first time, but did the second and this time I used squash from the garden. She has a yummy sounding salsa which I haven't made yet, so we just use Green Mountain.

                I also made KAF Mocha Madness ice cream on Friday (for the second time this month).

                in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 30, 2020 #24374
                cwcdesign
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                  I had a lucky guess too. I thought of all those other pastries with exotic Spanish names.

                  in reply to: Are kaf bakers rewards worth it? #24373
                  cwcdesign
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                    Thank you Kimbob!

                    in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of May 24, 2020? #24320
                    cwcdesign
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                      Our SOS was always made with dried beef as well. Stouffer's used to sell it and it was pretty good.

                      Last night I made a cucumber salad with sliced shallots (I didn't have red onion) a yogurt dressing that I adapted from the recipe. We really liked it.

                      I also made a new favorite -30 minute Butter Chicken Meatballs from Half Baked Harvest. We have made it several times since the start of sheltering in place and always have enough for a couple of meals. We had white rice with it because we haven't been able to get brown rice in two months.

                      in reply to: Are kaf bakers rewards worth it? #24319
                      cwcdesign
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                        My Mom was giving me the Rewards Plus as a Christmas present, but I wanted to get it off her credit card (she's very forgetful now). I reupped on my own. Part of the reason I did it is that I like to be able to order in smaller quantities when I need them. The only things I can get locally when they have them in stock are the "signature" flours. So it works for me.

                        I live in coastal Georgia far from any good sources. But, for me it's worth it, as is Thrive Market which is a newfound favorite for me. I read lots and lots of articles about whether it was worth the membership. The best review I read said that you had to decide for yourself if it was - basically if you are not near an urban area that has options like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, it could be a good choice. I've placed two orders and have been really happy with what I've gotten. Good quality, non-GMO products and for every membership they give one to someone in need.

                        in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 28, 2020 #24318
                        cwcdesign
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                          I got it - I'd been know to cut the pork away from the bone to get cutlets. That was before it was easy to find boneless ones. But we rarely if ever eat pork - Michael loved pork - the rest of us not so much

                          in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 29, 2020 #24317
                          cwcdesign
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                            I got it! I think of a skillet as having sloped sides so the measurement on the bottom is smaller. With its straight sides the sauté pan has the same surface as the measurement.

                            in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 27, 2020 #24263
                            cwcdesign
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                              I guessed too but I was wrong. I figured it was all fat with very little protein

                              in reply to: KAF reports 2000% increase in online flour sales #24221
                              cwcdesign
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                                When I re-upped for Baker's Rewards, they sent me 2 $10 rewards, one expiring on the 1st, the other on the 2nd - I'll wait til the end of next week to see if they have any items I'm looking for back in stock, but I'm not holding my breath

                                in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of May 17, 2020? #24220
                                cwcdesign
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                                  Thank you Joan! How are you holding up in SW Georgia with all the crazy weather and spikes of virus in your neck of the woods? I'm just waiting for spikes within the next couple of weeks because everybody from everywhere has decided to come to the coast and congregate in groups with no masks. We're all just trying to stay out of the way.

                                  Chocomouse - KAF is also out of Superblend 10 right now.

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