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Mike Nolan

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  • in reply to: What Did You Bake the Week of September 4, 2016? #4709
    Mike Nolan
    Keymaster

      I made my birthday cake (buttermilk yellow cake with Lyle's Golden Syrup added to give it a 'burnt sugar' color and taste.)

      in reply to: Recipes uploaded from the BC, by original poster #4696
      Mike Nolan
      Keymaster

        Here's the current list of recipes uploaded from the KAFBC by the original poster, there are 186 original posters represented. I limited the name to 20 characters, there may be a few that got truncated.

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        in reply to: Vanilla Prices Soar #4695
        Mike Nolan
        Keymaster

          No big price fluctuations with the powdered vanilla.

          Well, not yet anyway. But if there are supply issues in the vanilla bean market, eventually those will make their way to powdered vanilla, assuming it's made from vanilla beans.

          Isn't it funny how 'plain vanilla' is code for dull and unimpressive when true vanilla flavor is both expensive and exquisite when done right?

          10 most expensive food ingredients (Saffron is only #2)

          in reply to: Vanilla Prices Soar #4686
          Mike Nolan
          Keymaster

            Somehow all these price changes (chocolate, coffee, vanilla, etc) never seem to make it into the official inflation numbers.

            Soup crackers (aka saltines) have nearly doubled in price in the last several years. I used to pay about $1.50 a box, now it's more like $2.95.

            Meanwhile, wholesale milk prices are so low that farmers are dumping milk in the fields and the government is buying surplus cheese (at premium prices, I'm sure), but the cost of a pound of butter seems to be soaring.

            in reply to: Recipes uploaded from the BC, by original poster #4682
            Mike Nolan
            Keymaster

              I haven't found a tool for listing recipes (eg, a single forum category) by poster, but if you click on someone's member profile you can get a list of all the threads they've started, which will include ones in the 'recipes' category.

              I'll keep looking but some refinements might have to wait until 2017, when I'm retired.

              I'll try to get a new list of recipes by original poster on the KAFBC posted this evening.

              in reply to: English Muffin Bread from Bernard Clayton #4663
              Mike Nolan
              Keymaster

                I have to admit that I don't 'get' English Muffin bread. It looks vaguely like English Muffins, it doesn't taste at all like them.

                This recipe sounds kind of messy, I hope someone tries it and reports back.

                in reply to: Happy Birthday Mike Nolan!! #4652
                Mike Nolan
                Keymaster

                  Thanks, everyone. The cake just went in the oven, it's a buttermilk yellow cake but with some Lyle's Golden Syrup in it, which gives it a flavor similar to a burnt sugar cake.

                  I'll make a Texas Sheet Cake around our 44th anniversary in 2 weeks, sending most of it into my wife's office. My wife has been handing out the 'My Nebraska Kitchen' business cards I had printed up at her office, she says a number of her co-workers are following the site, though I haven't seen any of them join our discussion group yet.

                  • This reply was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by Mike Nolan.
                  Mike Nolan
                  Keymaster

                    I made a pork tenderloin Friday night, with a sage rub. A nice break from steak and fish, which have been our staples for the past several months.

                    in reply to: Dropping in to say Hi! #4609
                    Mike Nolan
                    Keymaster

                      Maybe it's time for a followup-email to folks, I know Zen's site could use a boost and traffic here could be better, too.

                      in reply to: Happy Birthday Mrs Cindy #4597
                      Mike Nolan
                      Keymaster

                        Two of my computers got auto-upgraded to Win 10, I wish they were still running Win 7. (One of them seems to have stopped running completely now, so I've got a new W10 laptop from Dell I'm still breaking in.)

                        We've got a Trader Joes about 8 blocks from here, I doubt I go there more than 2-3 times a year. Costco just announced plans to open their first Lincoln location about a mile from us (with some neighborhood opposition), that'd make it a lot closer than the nearest Sams.

                        • This reply was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by Mike Nolan.
                        in reply to: Hummingbird migration fun #4596
                        Mike Nolan
                        Keymaster

                          We put the feeders out two weeks ago but I've only seen a hummingbird 3 or 4 times. Maybe they're just heading south later than normal?

                          in reply to: Dropping in to say Hi! #4588
                          Mike Nolan
                          Keymaster

                            Glad to see you pop in, you know we all worry about each other when people disappear for a week or more.

                            in reply to: Flavored Pie Crust #4538
                            Mike Nolan
                            Keymaster

                              I've put sage in a chicken pot pie crust (hot water crust recipe), but I prefer to leave it out. A good pie crust has a mouth feel that herbs and spices can mess with.

                              Mike Nolan
                              Keymaster

                                I'd suggest you find another recipe, chocolate cream pie isn't that hard to make. You're basically making a pudding or a custard, with either egg yolks or starch (wheat flour and/or cornstarch) as a thickener, often both egg yolks and starch.

                                in reply to: Recipes uploaded from the BC, by original poster #4535
                                Mike Nolan
                                Keymaster

                                  Of the 2250 recipes uploaded so far, over 1100 of them were uploaded by rottiedogs!

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