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Mike Nolan

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  • in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35949
    Mike Nolan
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      I'm making semolina bread today, will bake later this evening after it cools down.

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35936
      Mike Nolan
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        Not sure why you couldn't get it posted in the recipes area, but I moved it there.

        See https://mynebraskakitchen.com/wordpress/forums/topic/flaky-pie-crust/#

        I also added the all-butter pie crust recipe I learned in school, with an example of how to use the information in https://mynebraskakitchen.com/wordpress/the-pie-dough-chart/.

        in reply to: Flaky Pie Crust #35935
        Mike Nolan
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          I moved your post to a new topic in the recipes area.

          ng under about 30 grams.

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35929
          Mike Nolan
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            I'm probably going to have to make semolina bread in a day or two, will probably bake it late in the evening.

            in reply to: 2022 Hummingbird Migration Underway (and other birds) #35928
            Mike Nolan
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              This is my favorite window feeder. Easy to hang, easy to fill and clean:

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35927
              Mike Nolan
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                We had salads and then tomato and salami sandwiches, both with tomatoes from the garden. I picked 2 dozen 4th of July small tomatoes today, most of them about the size of a ping pong ball. I see some bigger tomatoes on the other varieties, but they haven't started ripening yet.

                We've had some more cool weather overnight lately, in the low 60's, that probably means more fruit will have set, so maybe September will be a good month for tomatoes here. I should be picking a big bowl of 6-10 ounce tomatoes every day or two by now. But I'm told most of the gardens in town are not doing well with tomatoes; too cold, then too hot, and too dry.

                We have parts of the state in extreme drought conditions, including some western counties that have never been in that situation. Crop yield estimates keep going down, some farmers have lost entire fields due to the drought and extreme heat.

                The Wall Street Journal had a story the other day about how ranchers are culling their herds because they can't afford to feed them, that could have a multi-year impact on the amount of beef on the market, and thus on prices.

                in reply to: 2022 Hummingbird Migration Underway (and other birds) #35920
                Mike Nolan
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                  You're in the central US migration flight path in Indiana, the migration just recently started there. We're in the western portion of the US (eg, east of the Rockies) migration flight path, it is just starting here, too. We've been seeing one or two hummingbirds all summer, though, so I think we had one nesting nearby, we've been seeing her two or three times a day. There's a known ruby throat hummingbird nesting area near Columbus NE, so they do sometimes nest in Nebraska.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35919
                  Mike Nolan
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                    Or low tea. (High tea is essentially dinner, low tea is a light late afternoon snack; the high and low has to do with the height of the table on which it is served.)

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35884
                    Mike Nolan
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                      The online pizza party was fun, I admit.

                      We had burgers on the grill and sweet corn tonight.

                      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35881
                      Mike Nolan
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                        Unfortunately, we're kind of spread out all over the place.

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35871
                        Mike Nolan
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                          We had sweet corn, steak with sauteed mushrooms and a baked potato.

                          Nice photo of the shrimp.

                          in reply to: 2022 Garden Plans #35861
                          Mike Nolan
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                            Sometimes I'm convinced there's a giant statue at the western border of Lancaster County with a hand held out, directing storms to the North and South of us. The Colossus of Lincoln!

                            It was 59 this morning and isn't supposed to get above the mid 70's until after lunch. Nice having the patio door open for a few hours.

                            in reply to: Cinnamon Rolls! #35846
                            Mike Nolan
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                              My neighbor's wife said they're really enjoying the cinnamon rolls. They must be spacing them out carefully, I finished the last of ours yesterday. But she said their grandchildren were coming over today, and that'll probably finish them off. I will have to make another batch in a week or two--to test out the cheese slicer method, of course. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35845
                              Mike Nolan
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                                Tonight's ratatouille came out very good, for a change it didn't come out soupy.

                                I topped half of it with some mozzarella cheese, that made it taste a lot like lasagna. My wife said all it needs is the mushrooms.

                                I'll have lots of white eggplant over the next few weeks, next time I may make a somewhat larger batch in the style of a layered lasagna--with mushrooms, of course.

                                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of August 7, 2022? #35841
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  I'm making a batch of ratatouille today. Not sure what else we're having for supper, probably some sweet corn and maybe tomato and salami sandwiches.

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