Mike Nolan

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  • in reply to: What are you baking the week of October 14, 2018? #13732
    Mike Nolan
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      I made a double batch of banana nut mini-muffins, which is about the most I can make in a 4 1/2 quart mixer bowl. It made about 12 dozen mini muffins plus 3 cupcake-sized ones to use up the last of the batter. I froze most of them.

      My wife likes a crisp exterior crust on muffins, so what I do is bake them until they're golden brown, about 22 minutes for mini-muffins, take them out of the pan and let them cool a little, then throw them back in the oven for about 5 minutes.

      in reply to: What are you cooking the week of October 7, 2018? #13720
      Mike Nolan
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        We had Baked Honey Soy Chicken Legs, this recipe is easy to make and a keeper.

        A friend gave us several pounds of chicken legs, this is what I made with some of them, I've got more soaking in buttermilk overnight.

        in reply to: How are the 2018 Gardens Progressing? #13700
        Mike Nolan
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          We missed a freeze last night by a degree or two, but over the weekend it could get as low as 27, so I stripped as many of the green and ripening tomatoes as I could from the plants, 5 large bowls of them. I'll let them ripen in the garage over the next 3-8 weeks. They're not as sweet that way, but they make excellent chili and can be made into tomato sauce that's a bit on the tart side but has good flavor.

          in reply to: What are you baking the week of October 7, 2018? #13699
          Mike Nolan
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            I knew there was some combination that made it protein-complete, thanks.

            I made Vienna-style bread today.

            in reply to: Kid Pizza… AKA Cass #13685
            Mike Nolan
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              Cass posted here a couple of weeks ago, that's the last I've heard from him, but I don't think I have his email or phone number.

              in reply to: What are you cooking the week of October 7, 2018? #13684
              Mike Nolan
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                In addition to the chicken noodle soup I made a small batch of chicken salad today, that'll be lunch for my wife for a couple of days, and possibly for me too.

                The noodles for the soup wouldn't roll out right, they kept falling apart, I'm not sure what I did wrong other than I realized afterwards I forgot the pinch of salt. I was making a 1/4 batch, I must have messed up the proportions somehow.

                I finally wound up rolling them as best I could and then cutting them by hand. They were quite a bit thicker than usual, so I had to cook them longer. The soup needed a bit of salt, probably because the noodles didn't have any.

                in reply to: What are you cooking the week of October 7, 2018? #13682
                Mike Nolan
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                  I'm hoping it dries up enough for the guy who cuts our grass to get one last mowing in before the grass gets all tamped down by snow, it needed mowing over a week ago but it's been raining too much. Not sure that last mowing is going to happen, there's more rain in the forecast for Friday.

                  in reply to: What are you cooking the week of October 7, 2018? #13677
                  Mike Nolan
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                    I made another batch of chicken noodle soup today. There's a possibility of snow in the next week here.

                    in reply to: What are you baking the week of October 7, 2018? #13676
                    Mike Nolan
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                      Historically, I suspect the people who ate Boston Brown Bread and baked beans wouldn't have had access to many vegetables in cold weather.

                      in reply to: What are you cooking the week of October 7, 2018? #13673
                      Mike Nolan
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                        If it ever stops raining, I may go pick the green tomatoes and lay them in the garage to ripen over the next several weeks. They're now forecasting a low of 29 over the weekend here!

                        in reply to: Book proclaimes Chicago as Pizza Capital of USA #13672
                        Mike Nolan
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                          Oh, yeah, few things will tick off New Yorkers as much as being told their pizza isn't the best. (The Yankees losing badly to Boston, like they did last night, comes close, though.)

                          in reply to: What are you baking the week of October 7, 2018? #13671
                          Mike Nolan
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                            Boston Brown Bread is heavy and very molasses tasting, try it with some baked beans.

                            It was intended as a replacement for the protein in a meal, incidentally.

                            in reply to: Creamy Chicken Marsala #13663
                            Mike Nolan
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                              I tend to buy bone-in breasts and skin/debone them myself, with the bone going into the stock pot for the next batch of chicken stock. Bone-in breasts were 88 cents/pound on Saturday, boneless/skinless breasts were like $2.59 a pound.

                              in reply to: What are you cooking the week of October 7, 2018? #13662
                              Mike Nolan
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                                I'll probably give up and turn the furnace on in the next day or two, it's supposed to get down into the 30's by Wednesday.

                                in reply to: What are you baking the week of October 7, 2018? #13661
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  I'm making honey wheat bread today.

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