Mike Nolan
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Recipe writers from the 50's, 60's and 70's tended to use more yeast, though for the most part both active and instant dry yeast have been pretty consistent since the mid 60's when the current processes were developed. More recent authors, like Peter Reinhart have been advocating using only as much yeast as needed, often cutting back on yeast then adding additional rise time, the classic trade off for bakers is more time = more flavor.
Well, with loaf pans if they rise a bit more than you expected, it's usually not a major problem.
We don't drink coffee, but I don't think I've seen a traditional one-pound coffee can in the stores in years. Most of the ground coffees seem to be in plastic pouches these days.
I always wondered why they had the top spot to begin with, as they aren't very flavorful. Macintosh used to be the most commonly grown apple in Nebraska orchards, but I don't think it has the top spot here any more.
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.
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.)
September 13, 2018 at 10:11 am in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13452Too often the KAF recipe of the month seem so be 'What catalog product can we push this month'?
September 13, 2018 at 9:07 am in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13450Sorry to hear about that, Sara.
September 12, 2018 at 5:28 pm in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13441Somewhat 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.
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.
September 12, 2018 at 2:59 pm in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13435I 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.
Many store breads deserve to be thrown out the window.
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.
September 12, 2018 at 11:49 am in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13430I 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.
September 11, 2018 at 8:22 pm in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13425I 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.
September 11, 2018 at 6:06 pm in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of September 9, 2018? #13423She's still on the BRAT diet for now. I did make rice krispy treats for her today, a slight stretch of BRAT.
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