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Thanks, BakerAunt, for the tip on the semolina! Also enjoyed hearing about unique places to store flour.
I understand "Pandemic Paranoia," BakerAunt. I have it, too. I planned to buy 5 lb. KABC bread flour & another 5 lb. KABC AP. My husband pointed out that we don't have room for more.
Don't recall where, but I read an article that sounded like doom and gloom for the home cook. Some of the products in short supply now will never again appear on the shelves. Businesses are streamlining their offerings and permanently doing away with the poor sellers (some of which I buy). In addition, for the products they are having trouble procuring ingredients, they're permanently eliminating some of those products. The article didn't list any specific products on the chopping block.
I made KABC Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. They're best if set overnight. Then, I'll cut them for the freezer. This recipe works best if all the ingredients are prepped before actually starting. I didn't write that on the recipe last time I used it. The activity of making the batter goes so fast that I was in the weeds trying to measure ingredients as I went.
I also made pizza dough for later in the week.
Good lookin' bread, Mike!
I made Better Homes & Garden's Blueberry Muffins. I also used a technique from KABC's Department Store Blueberry Muffins. I mashed half the blueberries and left half whole. The recipe uses only 3/4 cup blueberries, so mashing some of them makes them look more blueberryer.
Glad your ankle is well enough for you to have a kitchen adventure, BakerAunt. Hope it heals completely quicker than you expect.
My favorite is the rabbit eating the forbidden fruit with a wary look out eye. But both are great, Len!
Your pizza sounds delicious, Joan, but what I really want is your husband's livercheese sandwich. When I was a kid, my mother would send me walking to the nearby ma & pa-owned grocery store to buy her livercheese. To her chagrin, I also liked it and wanted some. I don't know if her reluctance to share meant it was expensive, or if she was on a limited budget and wanted it only for herself. As an adult, I found a local deli that sold it & made to-go sandwiches. I enjoyed stopping in and buying a livercheese sandwich on light rye with light mustard with tomato & lettuce. It was a pleasure for many years until the owners retired & the building was torn down for lack of sale.
Since Covid began, I've been eating way too much chocolate. I don't drink, so . . .
Saturday I made chocolate chip pancakes for dessert . . . oh, I mean dinner. This morning, I served them for breakfast. My husband wouldn't eat any for dinner, but he enjoyed them for his breakfast.
I've been trying to find a ranch salad dressing recipe similar to Hidden Valley's. I refuse to use MSG, so I may never hit the exact notes. A while back, I tried an Internet one that used some fresh herbs. It was creamy, and it smelled like Hidden Valley, but it didn't pack much flavor the next day. A friend gave me her ranch dressing recipe, but I found that to be like my Dill Dip recipe in taste. Saturday, I used the mayo and buttermilk quantities in my friend's recipe and adjusted the herbs to be all dried and a combination from the two recipes. I'm pleased with the result, except I used 1/16 teaspoon cayenne, which is too much. Original recipe called for a pinch, and I should have stuck with that, using a small pinch. But it doesn't have the Hidden Valley deliciousness.
In addition to KABC and BRM no having packages of semolina I can handle, the grocery store didn't have any yesterday. My husband looked for it in the flour aisle. Would it more likely have been in the international aisle?
Thanks for showing your semolina storage system, Mike. Fifty pounds doesn't seem as daunting that way. Do you know the name or manufacturer of your semolina?
You sure were ambitious, chocomouse.
For lunch, I made a Green & Black Olive Pizza. I even managed to make it into a large rectangle, about the size of a half sheet pan. It was my first rectangle. Other tries have netted oval pizzas. This was our first olive pizza, and we liked it. The canned, sliced black olives didn't have much flavor (some), but the Manzanilla olives were quite flavorful. I alternated the colors, which was a good thing. Using all green olives would have been an overwhelming taste for a pizza, I think.
I used the KABC Now or Later crust. But it sat for 5 days in the fridge instead of 3. I was afraid it'd taste sourdoughy, which I wouldn't like, but it didn't. (Am I the only one who thinks King Arthur Baking Circle when typing KABC?)
500 quizzes is quite an accomplishment! Thanks, Mike, for all your work and use of your intellect on them. I've had fun and learned a lot. So, I applaud your break. You've earned it.
rottiedogs, thanks for your perseverance in locating and posting these links!
USA Today & Fox News are reporting there's a pepperoni shortage. It's impacting small pizzerias the most. Large ones have longer term contracts for the supply. Prices of it have gone up. I don't use this ingredient on homemade pizzas and rarely have it on a purchased one. If you use it for homemade pizza, have you noticed a price increase at the store?
Forgot to add this: I made KABC Now or Later pizza dough. It's for a black and green olive pizza on Wednesday.
Looks scrumptious, Len. For using fewer blueberries, it still looks nice and blueberr-ie.
Since rottiedogs couldn't find it, would you please post the recipe for the Semolina Rolls, BakerAunt.
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