[Mike Nolan]

Today's tomato harvest. The thing about growing determinants is that a lot of them tend to ripen all at once.

They're all kind of small, not sure if that's due to the varieties grown or something to do with hydroponics. Defiant is supposed to produce 8 ounce fruits, I think Better Bush is supposed to produce around 5-6 ounce fruits, most of these are 2 ounces or less.

We may have to have BLT's this week to see how they are that way.

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[Mike Nolan]

I started seeds for 12 different varieties of tomatoes, (6 of them that I have not grown before) and 2 varieties of eggplant (purple and white) under the grow lights today.

The 12 tomato varieties are:
Celebration (New)
Super Sauce (New)
Delicious (New)
Purple (New)
Estiva (New)
Celebrity
4th of July
Defiant (New for outdoors but I have two growing in the hydroponic garden)
Amish Paste
Italian Roma (New)
Italian Heirloom
Porter

The Purple one is one my older son found and gave me for Christmas, I don't know if he's grown it in his garden or not. (But purple and white are Northwestern's colors.)

[Mike Nolan]

We had tomato soup and fried cheese sandwiches on the honey wheat bread I baked last night.

[Mike Nolan]

I'm baking a pizza for supper and will bake two loaves of honey wheat bread later this evening.

[Mike Nolan]

We're having a pizza for supper.

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wrong thread.

[Mike Nolan]

One thing I have wondered about the practice of scalding milk is whether it wasn't also used as a way to extend the useability of milk that was starting to go sour, since that seems to get rid of some of the sour smell/taste. It probably isn't drinkable but it could be used in baking.

[Mike Nolan]

I'm having a roast beef sandwich and a salad, Diane is having mushroom soup.

[Mike Nolan]

I am making banana nut mini-muffins today.

I've updated the recipe (see favorites tab or https://mynebraskakitchen.com/wordpress/forums/topic/banana-nut-bread/ ) to note that in my silicone mini-muffin pan it takes about 24 minutes. I also put the entire batch back in the cooling oven so that the outsides get a bit more crisp, which we like.

[Mike Nolan]

we're having more of the roast beef and potatoes.

The weather has now been updated to a blizzard warning starting around 6 AM tomorrow with 2-4 inches of snow and high winds. It won't stick around for long because by Friday we'll be back in the 50's, but they've already called off public school and Nebraska-Lincoln (which is on spring break this week) for tomorrow based on the forecast.

[Mike Nolan]

Egg sales around Easter have often been loss-leaders, that might happen again in 2025, but with tight limits on quantities.

[Mike Nolan]

To me, frostings made with powdered sugar have a different taste and mouth feel, some of which may come from the cornstarch in it. It is possible to get powdered sugar that doesn't have cornstarch in it through baking supply companies, but you probably have to use it quickly and it may be a lot more expensive than ordinary powdered sugar or only be available in large bags.

Baker's sugar is more finely ground than ordinary table sugar. And I've been known to pulverize sugar in the food processor.

If the ganache is cooked a bit (longer), the sugar might fully dissolve from the heat.

[Mike Nolan]

We had our eye of round roast with mashed potatoes and gravy. Not very Irish, though.

[Mike Nolan]

Parts of Lincoln had a major dust storm hit Friday evening, but I think it went north of us.

The next few days are likely to be strange: we have a high of 80 predicted on Monday and then possibly 1-3 inches of snow Tuesday night.

We had salads with some of the leftover rotisserie chicken and some of today's tomatoes from the hydroponic garden.

[Mike Nolan]

I picked up a rotisserie chicken at Sams for supper tonight.

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