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  • in reply to: Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers #26846
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      Thanks for this recipe. If I could visit you, the crackers would disappear very fast indeed. They probably taste very good with apples, or pears, or chili. 🙂

      in reply to: Covid 19: The Next Six Months #26824
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        I have seem the normal displays of baking goods in Grocery stores for Thanksgiving. I hope your voting goes succesfully. I voted several weeks ago, depositing my mail in ballot in a drop box at City Hall. Virginia changed the rules so I didn't need a witness to watch me open the ballot and fill it in. I despise the states that still want witnesses.
        I like going in to vote on election day, and feeling part of a process thats been going on for more than 200 years, but it seemed too dangerous to me and the poll workers and the other voters.

        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 4, 2020? #26819
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          Len;
          Your pie looks great! Did you eat it with ice cream?

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 4, 2020? #26818
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            I did cheese pizza yesterday and finished up the mozarella and provolone cheese. I'm getting tired of cheese pizza and will have to stop for a while.

            in reply to: Frustrated would-be gardeners and bakers #26773
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              Once upon a time I had two Amaryllis, then one of them produced seeds, and one little seedling came up in its parents pot but eventually died. The next year I collected the seeds and planted them in their own flat and watered them. And they lived. and I moved them to pots. Then I planted the seeds from the other Amaryllis and moved the surviving seedlings to pots. Then I started moving the parent plants into bigger pots so they wouldn't fall over in the wind and the bulbs would have room to grow a bit. Then the Amaryllis started producing little bulblets; and some of the seedlings started to produce little side shoots even though the seedlings were still smallish bulbs. Now I have big pots full of multiple big amaryllis, and medium pots with medium size plants and medium pots with lots of small plants. Its not warm enough for them to live outside all year, so I have to bring all the pots inside in the winter and set them in front of the south windows. I have given some away but its hard finding responsible people who will care for Amaryllis properly.

              in reply to: Frustrated would-be gardeners and bakers #26774
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                Once upon a time I had two Amaryllis, then one of them produced seeds, and one little seedling came up in its parents pot but eventually died. The next year I collected the seeds and planted them in their own flat and watered them. And they lived. and I moved them to pots. Then I planted the seeds from the other Amaryllis and moved the surviving seedlings to pots. Then I started moving the parent plants into bigger pots so they wouldn't fall over in the wind and the bulbs would have room to grow a bit. Then the Amaryllis started producing little bulblets; and some of the seedlings started to produce little side shoots even though the seedlings were still smallish bulbs. Now I have big pots full of multiple big amaryllis, and medium pots with medium size plants and medium pots with lots of small plants. Its not warm enough for them to live outside all year, so I have to bring all the pots inside in the winter and set them in front of the south windows. I have given some away but its hard finding responsible people who will care for Amaryllis properly.

                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of September 27, 2020? #26772
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                  Its definately pumpkin season here. I've bought a nice big Pink Banana which falls into that category of winter squash/odd shaped pumpkin. I'm going to wait a while before cooking it, I still have some containers of pumpkin puree in the freezer from last fall. I need to look through my pumpkin recipes again and see which ones are relatively healthy. There is probably pumpkin biscotti in my future, I don't think I made it last year.
                  I made apple pizza today with the last of the Gold Rush apples. These have been in my refrigerator since April and were getting wrinkled but were still sweet and firm. The flavor actually improves with time, they are more mellow than they used to be.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of September 27, 2020? #26771
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                    I did black bean chili at the end of last week Saturday/Sunday its a fairly mild combination of several recipes that is my standard chili, I use beef heart cut up in very small dice for the meat. This was partly to be wierd I read that heart is the main ingredient in Chicago Chili Sauce , the one that is served on top of hot dogs, and partly because it seemed safer than buying ground round in the supermarket, and its appreciably cheaper than having a chuck roast ground at the butcher store. I also did Yankee cornbread to go with it.
                    I did chicken soup tonight, sort of Chinese flavored with onions and ginger and five spice powder for the time when I want something mild. Its a little too mild, but I can add some soy sauce or chili sauce later.

                    in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of September 13, 2020? #26650
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                      Its Rosh Hashanah, the feast of apples and honey. I made whole wheat apple honey scones, and gave half the batch away; and my variant of the KAF Apple Challah and gave 1/4 of it away. I was really hoping Judy would have taken more of it. Its so much harder to give bread away during the pandemic, I'll just have to eat it all myself. 🙂

                      in reply to: Frustrated would-be gardeners and bakers #26633
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                        I'm impressed at the variety of recipes that people are willing to try. I stick to a few trusted recipes and variations there of and only occasionally do something new. I'm very impressed by Mike's Rye adventure and Baker Aunt's sourdough.

                        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of September 13, 2020? #26605
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                          Baker Aunt;
                          I'd love to have a whole wheat scone recipe. I just got back the results from my blood test and the Cholesterol is slightly too high. I think I'll try using less butter and cheese in my cooking and see if it makes a difference next year. I'm going to go back over the old messages and see how you changed your recipes. Do you try to cut out animal fat too?

                          in reply to: Frustrated would-be gardeners and bakers #26604
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                            The would be bakers have an opportunity to try again this fall. Its easier to cook when the days are cooler.
                            A lot of people don't realize that mistakes are part of life. They have a couple of failures and then they decide to give up.

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of September 13, 2020? #26602
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                              Monday night, I did an eye of round roast. 6.8 lbs baked at 300 degrees for about 2 1/2 hours to about 130 degrees. I refrigerated it overnight and then sliced it for sandwiches. Most of it is in the freezer, but I had a sandwich yesterday. Its wonderful when things are cool enough to use the oven. This is the only recipe I have for eye of round. Top round, bottom round and eye of round all are tempting in the grocery store, but I don't know good methods of cooking them. What have other people tried? These are normally a good price so I wish I could use them for something.

                              in reply to: Maple Sugar and Maple Syrup #26588
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                                Chocomouse; I'll write to you next time I need maple syrup. I like to buy cans when I'm in Canada for myself and as gifts, but didn't have a Martial arts seminar there this summer.
                                I'd like to use less plastic but its so hard. I depend on plastic bags in the freezer and plastic freezer containers. How did people freeze cookies before plastic wrap?

                                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of September 13, 2020? #26587
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                                  I did a cheese pizza Sunday which turned out very nicely.
                                  Baker Aunt, the scones sound great. None of my recipes are that low fat. How well do they keep? Do you feel an urge for clotted cream and jam when you eat them?

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