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Sounds delicious Baker Aunt.
I often buy lemons and zest them and freeze the zest for those times I want a nice lemony zing to some baked goods, such as turning a vanilla cake mix into a lemon cake. I then do a squeeze and freeze for the juice. I freeze the juice in an ice tray. After it is frozen, I take the lemon cubes and transfer them to an airtight container in the freezer. When I need lemon juice, it's always at the ready.

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I was thinking rye is not braided because if you braid it, you wouldn't slash it, then it might blow out. I did look up some braided rye images so I guess it can be done. I'm going to have to try it.

Today I turned challah into hot dog buns. I have never had good success forming hot dog buns before, so I looked it up on youtube and found a method that seems to work. I haven't cut into any of them yet, but they look ok to me. Next I'll have to work on getting all the buns the same size.

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Mike, I have made Kaiser rolls using a stamp, but not rye. Your marbled rye rolls look great, especially when sliced. Speaking of rye, I have wondered is there a reason you never see it braided? Does it not have enough structure for braiding?

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Today I baked rye sandwich buns. I'm thinking about making challah sandwich buns soon.

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Last night I made a pizza of sorts. I spread a thin layer of refried beans over the dough, then spread a moderate layer of mole sauce, then ground pork and cheese. It wasn't beautiful but it tasted pretty good.

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Right or wrong, I'd be doing it. I have some KAF hazelnut flour, it's just fine ground hazelnuts, I'd use it for your recipe.

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On Easter Sunday I made some deviled eggs, I filled half of the eggs with the deviled yolks and the other half of the eggs I filled with tuna salad.

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Sorry for your loss Swirth.

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Yesterday was 2 firsts for me, I baked a Challah and I made it a 5 strand braid.

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I am saddened to hear that. She was a kind and sweet woman.

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Tonight the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs have their home opener. So, to make me feel like I'm at the ballgame, I baked hot dog buns to have with a dog or two during the game.

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I always use table salt in baking and generally use kosher salt in cooking. I always go easy on salt, though. If a bread recipe calls for a teaspoon and a half I use a teaspoon. High blood pressure runs in my family but I don't have it, I like to think because I go easy on the salt.

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I wasn't going to read it until I saw that it has profanity so I rushed right to it. [smiley face, that's a joke]

Interesting article, I enjoyed it.

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Mike, I agree, those pictures don't do it justice. The 1950's Corvette that was displayed there doesn't show in those pics.

There was the McD's in Water Tower, appr 800 North, another a couple of blocks south street level on Michigan Av, on the west side of the street and another on Chicago Av just east of State Street. The one that was street level on Michigan Av was decorated more in keeping with the high end decor that one would expect on Michigan Av, it was pretty nice. It's not there anymore. But it was nice having all three of those available back in the day when I was chasing down the Teeny Beanie Babies.

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The McDonalds at Water Tower Place was the nicest one I've ever been to. I don't remember table service there though. I do recall double Quarter Pounders and double Big Macs at that location. I think the most unique McDonalds was the Rock and Roll McDonalds on Clark street, about 600 north if I recall right.

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