Today I put some country style pork ribs in a pot, covered it with 2 large cans of imported tomatoes, some seasoning and stuck it in the oven for 4 hours. Removed the meat and gave the tomatoes a ride in the food processor. I'm calling it pasta sauce, had some for dinner tonight, it is really good. Going to freeze a good portion of it.
I looked on Youtube for it too but couldn't find that particular method. I watched Deli Man last night, I enjoyed it.
I've learned a lot of stuff on Youtube. Last year I was able to fix my refrigerator from watching a Youtube video, it even gave a link to where I could get the parts.
Thank you CWC, it's very good, I'm happy with it.
This afternoon I baked the Semolina Rye Bread from KAF. While the recipe doesn't call for it, I made a starter the day before using 100% of the rye and water and 50% of the yeast. The rest of the yeast was added to the dough today. The loaf looks good, I'll slice into it at dinner time.
Today I made a vanilla cake from a mix (Arrowhead Mills). I used buttermilk (it calls for regular milk or soy milk) and baked it in a small bundt pan (the half size pan, not the mini one). The cake rose beautifully over the top without any spillover. I topped it with my chocolate frosting flavored with Hazelnut flavor (from The Spice House). It was very good.
On Friday I made rye sandwich buns.
On Friday I made rye sandwich buns.
I made nachos for a pre dinner snack, I piped refried beans onto tortilla chips, topped it with Mexican cheese and popped it in the oven, convection bake at 450 degrees, for a few minutes. Also made a boneless pork roast and mashed redskin taters.
Rascals, I used fresh brewed decaf coffee for all the water the recipe calls for. It's not something I do often, just when I feel like making a darker loaf. I don't detect any flavor difference when doing that. In addition, or sometimes without using the coffee, I have used a level tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa. This does affect the flavor of the bread, gives it a very subtle chocolate note. Again, that is not something I do often.
Today I made salmon patties, I haven't had those in a long time. Have enough left for tomorrow's lunch.
Thanks Baker Aunt. It looks like something I can do. I've never made crackers before. I'm putting it on file on my to do list.
BakerAunt, I don't have that, and yes, I would appreciate it if you post it.
I've baking my pizzas at 500 degrees, I use the parchment from KAF, I pull it out after 2 minutes, you can see from the baked pizza pic I posted, it gets toasty after 2 minutes.
Sometimes I make a simple sauce out of tomato paste, I thin it out to the desired consistency with water, put a little garlic powder and oregano in it and sometimes a teaspoon of olive oil. It comes out pretty good.
Both interesting articles. Suddenly I have a taste for brownies.
The pizza tastes great, just like pizza. The tomato sauce, toppings and cheese are the main flavors. Rye without the addition of caraway seeds is pretty mild. I haven't used seeds in rye in years, my rye breads are mild in taste. I also go easy on salt in my breads and that might help to tone down the flavor of the grains. Or who knows, maybe my taste buds are fried, lol.
Interesting article on Ron Santo's pizza place, Aaron, I didn't realize he had a chain of them. I know the ball players back then didn't earn anywhere near what they get today. So earning a few bucks on the side was probably important. They had Ron Santo pizza in Wrigley Field in the '60's, for a while. They were limp individual serving pies, I'm sure they weren't anything like the pies in his restaurants or the frozen pies at the grocer, I'm sure Mr. Wrigley dumbed them down in order to create maximum profit.
