Mike Nolan

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  • in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 22, 2023? #40815
    Mike Nolan
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      I think I posted the link to the apple butter recipe I used. It was fairly easy to make, since we have a 6 quart slow cooker, but I did wind up tinkering with the spice blend to get it to the point where we liked it. (It's still less spicy than the commercial apple butters my wife buys, which are too spiced up for me, usually too much clove, I think.)

      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™‚

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