Mike Nolan

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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of October 22, 2023? #40814
    Mike Nolan
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      I made a big batch of apple pie filling today, enough for at least 4 apple pies. I've got enough Winesap apples for another big batch of pie filling next week.

      I'm testing to see what happens if I can the pie filling in the pressure canner. A widemouth quart jar holds about 880 grams of pie filling, that'd probably be enough for an 8" pie, but I usually use around 1150 grams for a 9 or 9 1/2 inch pie. So I also put up 2 pints, so one of each should work for the larger size pie pan, with a little left over for Diane to snack on.

      I wound up with 3 quarts and 2 pints in the canner, plus enough to make a pie tonight.

      I'm also testing the apple scraps jelly recipe. You start by taking the skins and peels, add water, and boil them until they're mushy, which takes several hours. I'm hoping to get to the jelly itself later this evening.

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 22, 2023? #40813
      Mike Nolan
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        I made a big batch of apple pie filling today, so of course I had to make a pie to test it out! (I had made enough pie dough for 2 double-crust pies the other day.)

        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 22, 2023? #40808
        Mike Nolan
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          I made 2 loaves of semolina bread tonight. Had some while it was still warm with a little apple butter on it, very good. Just enough spice to linger on the palate a while.

          in reply to: Sheep lawn mowing services #40804
          Mike Nolan
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            That's what I call buy one get one free...Lawn mowed down and fertilized too.

            That's why they call it "weed 'n feed". πŸ™‚

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of October 22, 2023? #40803
            Mike Nolan
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              We're still in leftover mode here.

              in reply to: Sheep lawn mowing services #40801
              Mike Nolan
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                Our Costco store always has goat legs in the freezer, I wonder who buys them.

                in reply to: 2023 Garden Plans #40793
                Mike Nolan
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                  Now the forecasted low for Sunday night is 19. Brrrrrr! Might get a frost as early as Saturday morning, too.

                  And the forecasted high for Halloween is 39, gonna be a cold night for the trick-or-treaters.

                  in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 15, 2023? #40791
                  Mike Nolan
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                    I made peanut butter cookies this evening.

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of October 22, 2023? #40790
                    Mike Nolan
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                      mac and cheese Monday here

                      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 15, 2023? #40784
                      Mike Nolan
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                        I've probably made over a half dozen different Challah recipes over the years, though I haven't done your apple cider one yet. (Soon.)

                        The one I've gone back to the most is Peter Reinhart's recipe in BBA. I recently bought Maggie Glezer's book, A Blessing of Bread, though I haven't tried any of her recipes yet.

                        I did a chocolate Challah once, I forget whose recipe I used for that one, though, and I'm not sure if I saved it anywhere. (I've got stacks of recipes I've printed over the years off the Internet.) It made interesting French Toast.

                        Get Violet a good set of gloves. I like the barbecue ones better than the welder ones.

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of October 22, 2023? #40781
                        Mike Nolan
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                          We had salads with lettuce from the Aerogarden, some small tomatoes from the garden and left over eye of round.

                          in reply to: 2023 Garden Plans #40780
                          Mike Nolan
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                            With a forecasted low of 24 for next Sunday and a high of 38, covering plants sounds futile here.

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of October 22, 2023? #40777
                            Mike Nolan
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                              The forecast keeps getting more extreme. Now they're calling for 86 tomorrow but a high of 38 next Sunday and a low of 24!

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of October 22, 2023? #40776
                              Mike Nolan
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                                Going to Maine for a Reuben is like going to North Dakota for a lobster roll. πŸ™‚

                                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 15, 2023? #40771
                                Mike Nolan
                                Keymaster

                                  I think my bagel dough was a little too dry, when I used the 'roll around your hand' method they didn't all seal together, one or two of them sort of came apart, one looked like a bagel schnecken.

                                  I'll probably increase the water next time around.

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