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Thanks Len!

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I got it wrong - I remember picking chestnuts off the ground with the boys when they were little, but It didn’t dawn on me that that’s why there would have been a couple of trees

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This week I ordered a gift card for my niece for my mom to mail her for her birthday/graduation. The order said it would be here on the 21st (2 day UPS AIR) on Thursday they said it would be here Friday - I had been following the tracking and it had arrived in Jacksonville an hour and a half South of me by 8:30 am. When I checked in the evening, it was in Atlanta! 5-6 hours northwest? Then it went to Columbus in the western part of the state and finally to Brunswick - our local hub. It did arrive early in the afternoon.

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Thank you chocomouse!

Haven’t tried it yet, but I have to put in an order next. I can add it in. I’m always looking for healthy carbs.

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Thank you both - it feels like home

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Thanks, that was what I thought. I too have been reading about using less yeast in general and I must admit the recipe I made today could have been made with less yeast. It was the honey oat pan de pie from KAF and the recommendation was to scale that recipe up by 50% all ingredients except yeast to fit my larger pan de mie. I used 2 teaspoons and I think I could have used less.

I've also been following the Baking Steel blog and videos quite a bit and Andris (the owner) likes to do longer ferments with ¼ teaspoon yeast - Mrs Cindy had given me one of their baking steels when they first came out - we love it - we make pizza quite a bit. And, I made pita a couple of weeks ago. Need to try their naan - was disappointed in a naan recipe I tried. I also want to try their English muffins.

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kimbob, thanks for posting that link. The email that I received that had it - the article didn't show up.

The last time I was physically in Harris Teeter which was March 30th, they had KAF on the shelves, but it was 7:30am and it wasn't going to last long. Since then, I've been using theirs and Sam's Club online ordering and curbside pickup - I quite enjoy it.

As soon as the governor (GA) lifted the shelter-in-place, I was waiting in the express lane and watched people stream into the store with no masks - masks were in the vast minority - it looked like Christmas Eve. The day before I had friends that were in the store and they only saw one family without.

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Hi everyone! Long time since you've heard from me. I will do a general post where I also have a question from you all.
This week, I made my slightly modified version of KAF's Harvest Grains Bread and I just took out a loaf of KAF's Honey Oat Pan de Pie scaled up to the large pan - it looks beautiful. I had just gotten my bread machine around the last time I posted (a couple of years ago !?!) and it has helped me so much.

I have missed you all.

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Happy Birthday, Cass!

I hope you are doing well. I miss your wonderful advice

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Yesterday I made our favorite chicken salad with grapes and celery. I substituted half the mayo with whole milk Greek yogurt - my current favorite is Fage. We really like it a lot better this way.

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I remember my mom having one when I was younger. I think she may have used it once or twice. I sort of remember gray meat and then the fear of explosion is what I think made her abandon it.

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Last night I made a quick falafel recipe from Fine Cooking using canned chickpeas, I added garlic and dried parsley because it had neither. They got sautéed and then briefly baked. The recipe worked well and it’s a definite keeper.

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I made a simple Greek Salad I found on delish.com last summer. And, then I heated some chicken sausage on the stove.
We had driving rains all afternoon so it was nice to stay inside. I think it was the same storm that caused Joan to lose power, but thankfully we didn’t. And then the temperature dropped overnight to 50! That’s because I took my winter quilt off the bed yesterday ? but it will be back up to mid 60s today.

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Oh Joan, I'm so sorry - shingles are nasty and so close to your eye! Glad to hear you're on the mend.

Since my mom had shingles for a second time last year I got the "old" shingles vaccine. My doctor has given me a prescription for the new one, but he told me to see if my insurance covers it yet and if not, to wait until it does.

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I just got a set of cookie scoops for Christmas and made the quickest batch of cookies ever, so I know I'm going to love them.

Microplane, OXO pizza cutter I received for Christmas. I agree about the scale. Whisks, peelers, bench knifes, KAF silicone mat for counter (not oven) - in my tiny kitchen it saves lots of clean up - Chicago metallic sheet pans. Years ago, I put a grapefruit knife in one son's Christmas stocking, because he was eating tons of grapefruit. I use it for getting seeds out of squash and separating avocados from their skin - rarely for grapefruit. I have a juicer that my mom gave me - she used it for my stepfather's freshly squeezed OJ (and he died in 1999!) but it helps because my hands can't squeeze juice anymore. I also find it quicker and easier to grate cheese by hand.

After we downsized, I've learned I can live without a lot of gadgets I had.

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