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  • in reply to: refrigerator issues again #44980
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      I am so sorry about the refrigerator and floor issues. I hope everything gets fixed. Mike its so sad it takes so long to get the pargs.
      Navlys, I am so sorry that everything has to be replaced.

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 8, 2024? #44950
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        I made whole wheat pizza ond December 9th and vegetarian split-pea soup. This is the first whole-wheat pizza for a long while. It came out well, but the texture was a surprise. I used one of the big carrots in the split pea soup, but it was nearly half a pound, so the equivalent of 4 thinner carrots. Soup and Stew recipes are very forgiving as to ingredients.

        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of November 24, 2024? #44900
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          I did cranberry scones yesterday and Moravian sugar cake with apple topping.

          in reply to: Book mini-review: ATK’s Meat Illustrated #44799
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            I remember giving up my subscription to Cook's Illustrated magazine because the recipes seemed too silly. They always wanted more butter in baked goods. I don't remember being particularly impressed by any of their cookbooks but I will keep an eye out for this one.

            in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of November 24, 2024? #44765
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              I did Pepperoni pizza Sunday, its now in slices in the refrigerator for occasional snacks. It started out as side to side pepperoni but these shrank during the cooking.
              My father's plans for Thanksgiving involves going to a restaurant so will be doing very little Thanksgiving baking. I'd like to do some steam bao.

              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of November 17, 2024? #44733
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                I did the potato cranberry rolls which came out nice and fluffy. Perhaps I'll think about quick breads after Thanksgiving, that will use up more milk than the yeast breads. Or just make more potato rolls and give them away. My recipe is a little too sweet for plain rolls but works well with the cranberries.

                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of November 17, 2024? #44707
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                  I think I will have to stick to potato rolls at 1 cup of milk; English muffins can use 1 1/2 cups of milk but I don't have the English Muffin rings with me.

                  in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of November 17, 2024? #44704
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                    Joan; Looks nice. Sorry you missed your sleep.

                    Does anyone have a pizza recipe that calls for milk? I need to use up some extra milk and I want to bake a pizza. At the moment I make potato rolls when I want to use up milk.

                    in reply to: FDA recommending voluntary recall of ground cinnamon #44677
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                      I think last year or earlier this year they had a recall on the cinnamon sold at the Dollar Tree.

                      in reply to: Thanksgiving Pizza #44669
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                        Several years ago I made a Chicago style pizza with Thanksgiving leftovers. It had two thin pizza crusts in cast iron pan with all sorts of Thanksgiving goodies inside. I think I had Turkey, gravy, stuffing, green beans and cranberry sauce. I ate it with turkey gravy and more cranberry sauce.

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 10, 2024? #44668
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                          I did a Chinese Beef Stew, using sherry and soy sauce for the main flavors last Monday. The other ingredients were beef, carrots, turnips and onions. I couldn't find my favorite recipe so I texted a friend for advice and ended up with 3/4 cup sherry, 1/4 cup soy sauce, and 1 cup of water. This was probably way too much sherry. I had 2 large onions, 1 lb carrots, 1 1/2 lb turnips and 2 1/2 cups of beef. This is the first time I had cooked anything in ages. I'm at my own house in Virginia so I could cook without my Dad demanding that I do things his way. It was great to peacefully cut things up without a back seat driver or being told that stir frying is better or that flouring the beef was unneccessary.

                          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of November 3, 2024? #44593
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                            I did potato rolls with dried cranberries Sunday. Turned out very nicely.

                            in reply to: Hydroponic Garden for Tomatoes #44551
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                              Thank you. I look forward to seeing the pictures. Why doesn't he keep the tomatoes growing longer? I read that Tomatoes would be perenials in warm climates.

                              in reply to: Hydroponic Garden for Tomatoes #44544
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                                Are these bush type tomatoes or the bigger ones? I once heard about keeping tomatoes for several years in a greenhouse. The tomatoes were supported by ropes and every so often they would lower the ropes so the old stems would lay on the ground and the younger parts could continue to grow without hitting on the roof. I never saw this in person, or even had good pictures but it seemed so funny to have tomatoes trying to grow to the top.

                                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 27, 2024? #44543
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                                  I did mini scones with dried cranberries again. This is my normal scone recipe but cut into 16 pieces instead of 8.

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