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  • in reply to: Adjusting Another Bernard Clayton Bread Recipe #13459
    Mike Nolan
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      Well, a 1 pound coffee can held about 4 cups, which is about the same volume as most 8x4 bread pans. When making something like brown bread you would fill the can about 2/3 full.

      in reply to: Adjusting Another Bernard Clayton Bread Recipe #13455
      Mike Nolan
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        Well, to make 1 1/2 cups of mashed potatoes from instant potato flakes, you'd use 3/4 cup liquid and 3/4 cup potato flakes. Potato flour may be a bit more dense than potato flakes because it is ground up more, so there's less air in it when you dry measure it. (I wish more people gave instructions by weight.)

        in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13452
        Mike Nolan
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          Too often the KAF recipe of the month seem so be 'What catalog product can we push this month'?

          in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13450
          Mike Nolan
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            Sorry to hear about that, Sara.

            in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13441
            Mike Nolan
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              Somewhat different mechanisms would probably be used, but otherwise it's an interesting idea. There are already over 2400 recipes on file here plus dozens more that only show up in posts.

              I'm not sure I want to feature a recipe unless I've actually made it myself, and one a day might be more than I can test out. Maybe a recipe of the week? That way maybe I can not only feature a recipe, but offer comments and a photo. Plus it would give others a chance to try out the recipe and offer their comments as well.

              in reply to: Reducing Saturated Fat #13437
              Mike Nolan
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                My wife is a big fan of the Diabetes Solution Kit, which she used to lose quite a bit of weight, though it did not bring her type II diabetes under control (nor did she really expect it to.)

                It emphasizes carbs over calories.

                Their website is terrible, though. IMHO it's worse than their infomercials.

                There are a number of sites that have reviewed this material, some are positive, others are negative. My wife showed the material to her GP, he was impressed by it.

                in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13435
                Mike Nolan
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                  I think Italiancook is still reading but not posting, though I'm not sure why.

                  I need to work on building up our community with some new readers and posters. I'm thinking about launching a daily 'quiz of the day' feature, I just have to find or build a tool to manage it (so that people can do prior days quizzes) and start building up a number of quizzes so I'm sure I don't miss a day just because I'm distracted or offline.

                  in reply to: Reducing Saturated Fat #13434
                  Mike Nolan
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                    Many store breads deserve to be thrown out the window.

                    in reply to: Reducing Saturated Fat #13431
                    Mike Nolan
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                      This article may be behind their paywall, but it is interesting, it talks about a study that may be flawed.

                      See Wall Street Journal article.

                      in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13430
                      Mike Nolan
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                        I remember BigLakeJudy quite well, I've emailed her a couple of times inviting her to join this group, but I never got a response, maybe her email address has changed?

                        Sara Wirth seems to have disappeared lately, too.

                        in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13425
                        Mike Nolan
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                          I have terrible luck growing cucumbers, but I don't eat a lot of dill pickles these days anyway because they tend to be pretty high in salt. I did buy some cucumbers at the farmer's market a couple of years ago, I still have most of those jars of pickles in the basement.

                          I had tuna salad in a tomato from the garden tonight. My wife was jealous, but tuna sometimes bothers her in the evening even when her stomach isn't being touchy.

                          in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13423
                          Mike Nolan
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                            She's still on the BRAT diet for now. I did make rice krispy treats for her today, a slight stretch of BRAT.

                            in reply to: Reducing Saturated Fat #13420
                            Mike Nolan
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                              The connection between iodine and goiters has been well known since the early 20th century, iodized salt was first introduced in the 1920's and widely available for most of the 20th century, yet having grown up in NW Illinois I remember several farmers who had goiters during the 60's and 70's.

                              Many medical schools didn't start requiring nutrition courses until about 15 years ago. My former GP (he recently moved to another town closer to his grandchildren as sort of a lead-in to retirement, he's in his 50's) once told me that the nutrition information he learned in med school was worthless.

                              in reply to: Reducing Saturated Fat #13414
                              Mike Nolan
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                                Much of what was taught about nutrition in the 50's and 60's (like the food triangle, which recommended far too many servings of carb-laden grains) was wrong.

                                Sadly, there are still people who promote those out-of-date ideas.

                                in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13412
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  My wife has had a really queasy stomach lately, so I haven't done a lot of cooking for a few weeks, just boring stuff like chicken noodle soup (from a can) and macaroni and cheese (from a box or from the deli.)

                                  Tonight she felt up to having cheese souffle.

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