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  • in reply to: Happy Birthday to S. Wirth! #24254
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      Swirth, I offer my belated birthday greeting. I hope you have fun baking over the weekend.

      in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 27, 2020 #24253
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        I thought bacon was only fat and sodium. I had no idea it has protein value, so I missed this.

        in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of May 24, 2020? #24160
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          I'm headed to the kitchen to make English Batter Buns from Taste of Home. It's a 3 hour 20 minute project, and I'm tired from the ham dinner yesterday, so I hope the stand mixer cooperated without the head bouncing around.

          in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of May 24, 2020? #24159
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            In this case, I wanted the fat from the pan. The drippings burned up, because I hadn't followed instructions to put 1/4" water in the pan. But I did harvest the fat and the drippings from the platter where the ham rested. I'll use them to make ham gravy to go with mashed potato and ham lunch tomorrow. I wouldn't have thought of putting parchment in the bottom of the pan, BakerAunt. I appreciate the tip and will do that when the occasion arises.

            Mike, a friend told me about giner ale, but I didn't do that. I thought it'd make the pan drippings (if they hadn't burned) and fat too sweet for gravy. She said she pours the giner ale over the ham. Is that what you do? I can't imagine how you marinate a ham -- It's so large. What's big enough to hold the ham to cover it with Dr. Pepper for marinating?

            in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 25, 2020 #24158
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              I knew it, too.

              in reply to: Coming Through the Rye #24125
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                Your bread looks scrumptious, Mike. I'm glad you're documenting your journey with photos. Now that I've seen what a blowout looks like, I know I've had some. Mostly with dinner rolls. If I recall from reading this site, that means I underproofed them.

                in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of May 24, 2020? #24124
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                  It looks better than fine, Len, it's gorgeous!

                  in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of May 24, 2020? #24123
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                    I baked an 8-1/2 lb. ham today. The first I'd ever done. I used a Food Network recipe, minus the glaze, and it turned out tasty. I erred in that the recipe said to fill the pan with 1/4" water, and I forgot that. Ham was on a rack, so there was quite the burned on mess under the ham to clean -- soak. There's plenty of leftover ham. I just haven't decided how to use it. I left a lot of ham on the bone and froze it. If I can find white beans at the grocery, I'll use it for bean soup.

                    in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 24, 2020 #24122
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                      I thought a disease had eliminated these trees, so I missed it.

                      in reply to: Link to Maple Buttermilk Bread Recipe #23988
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                        BakerAunt, if you make this bread without a Pullman loaf pan, please let us know how the finished product looks.

                        in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of May 17, 2020? #23987
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                          I made meatloaf and mashed potatoes & served with frozen Brussels sprouts. Leftovers for 2 or 3 meals.

                          in reply to: Meat prices are going up #23986
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                            I've heard of people here who can't find meat in the stores. Don't know if it's just a shopping day or time issue or a serious problem.

                            in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 19, 2020 #23985
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                              I missed it. Had never heard of it before.

                              in reply to: KAF reports 2000% increase in online flour sales #23934
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                                My dad probably wouldn't have taken this route with his one and only donut adventure during Covid-19. When I was a kid, he decided to make donuts. Have no idea what recipe he used. It made a zillion more donuts than he anticipated. Many, many more than we could eat. He gave the extra donuts to every household on the street. He seemed frantic to me. He'd pack up two or three containers of donuts and race out the door to deliver them. Then come back to the house, pack up more and race out for more deliveries, until he had passed out the excess. They were lost on me. I was a Krispy Kreme kid.

                                in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 18, 2020 #23933
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                                  Well, if I'd ever heard of Kinder Eggs, I might have been able to guess correctly. As it was, I wildly chose just any answer and was wrong. Now I know.

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