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janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
kale tastes like a mixture of spinnach and cabbage Funny you mention red cabbage. That's yet another christmas tradition to eat here:) |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
kale tastes like a mixture of spinnach and cabbage I think it has something to do with good luck on New Year's, too - the cabbage is symbolic of folding money, and the black-eyed peas, coins. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
There was a TV show here about cooking and they invited the viewers to tell who is the best cook. Yikes!!! I don't know about your mom, but mine cooks vegetables to death. I think it is a generational thing. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
There was a TV show here about cooking and they invited the viewers to tell who is the best cook. Hehehe. There are exeptions. My mom for instance who is a very lousy cook. I learnt to cook when a I was teenager because of that:) |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3328 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I found this, while looking for something else. Cheddar Cheese Soup with Carrots and Coriander(from what the pic in a search said), but when I went to the site, no pic and no recipe anymore. Looks yummy, whatever is in it... https://www.google.com/#q=Cheddar+Cheese+Soup+with+Carrots+and+Coriander ~Sue~ |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Taking pictures w/a smart phone isn't easy, but I got a recipe for the chicken stock that I have, but there is no mention of white rice, I've got 32oz of each, drat. I did find a recipe here that should do, It's: Santa Fe Chicken and Rice, though this month I can't buy the extra ingredients. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3328 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I just started a loaf of wheat bread in my new bread machine. I think I really screwed up! It's not the bread. It's the machine. I think I added the ingredients in the wrong order and I think I chose the wrong bake function. I also forgot that I needed to buy unsalted butter. We'll see what happens in a little while. I think it's going to be a huge mess. ~Sue~ |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
I also forgot that I needed to buy unsalted butter. Why? Bread needs some salt to be tasty. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Taking pictures w/a smart phone isn't easy, but I got a recipe for the chicken stock that I have, but there is no mention of white rice, I've got 32oz of each, drat. I did find a recipe here that should do, It's: Santa Fe Chicken and Rice, though this month I can't buy the extra ingredients. No ones interested in these recipes? The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3328 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I also forgot that I needed to buy unsalted butter. I'm not really sure. I've just read that in several places -- that you should use unsalted butter. The recipe also calls for salt. ~Sue~ |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
We use low salted butter. |
Dena Wiltsie Send message Joined: 19 Apr 01 Posts: 1628 Credit: 24,230,968 RAC: 26 |
I also forgot that I needed to buy unsalted butter. Salt will slow the rise time resulting in a heaver loaf if the yeast isn't adjusted to correct for it. I tend to go heavy on salt in bread because bread with out salt is pretty bad. I always use salted butter because it's what I have on hand and everything has been adjusted for it. As for putting stuff in the machine in the wrong order, unless you are going to use a delayed cycle, The water should be first and the yeast last. Other than that, most of the time the order isn't important. When you run a delayed cycle order is important because you don't want the yeast to start working before the bread cycle starts. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
I also forgot that I needed to buy unsalted butter. Hmm. A recipe that say unsalted butter is needed and also calls for salt:) Well trial and error in cooking works very well. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I also forgot that I needed to buy unsalted butter. I've heard professional chefs say they always use unsalted butter so they have exact control of how much salt is in the recipe. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22204 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Surely by using unsalted butter and adding salt one can control the amount of salt in the dough. Which is more controllable than using salted butter and having to guess at the amount of extra salt needed. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I've heard professional chefs say they always use unsalted butter so they have exact control of how much salt is in the recipe. IIRC some cooking utensils are not happy with salted butter. I'm thinking of say rust on cast iron, salt + water add heat. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
I also forgot that I needed to buy unsalted butter. Perhaps in baking. I don't do that much. However making Sauce Bearnaise I always use unsalted butter. Perhaps in a few other dishes. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3328 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Well so far I've attempted twice to make whole wheat bread. And so far I've had two disasters. The first one was because I was bread machine challenged. I couldn't figure out how the settings worked. I ended up setting it for a fast bake (or something like that). The ingredients didn't mix much at all. The interesting thing is that the raccoons still pulled the mess out of the trash and dragged it outside. I don't know if they consumed it or used it as a weapon. With the second one I got the settings right, but I must have got the ingredients wrong. I used salted butter and didn't add any extra salt. (After reading your posts, I'm thinking this was a bad idea. Right or wrong?) I used the amounts listed in my recipe for the ingredients, but maybe I didn't measure as exactly as I should have. The loaf looks like it didn't rise enough. It was thick and gooey inside. (I'm sure the raccoons will enjoy it later.) So help me out here. What did I do wrong? Was it the salt, or the non-exact measurements, or both, or something else? ~Sue~ |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Salt (too much or too little, within a reasonable range) should not have had an impact on the texture of the bread. My guess is that measurement errors were involved. If it was too gummy, you may have added too much liquid, or not enough flour. On the subject of salt, I once made vanilla buttercream using salted butter instead of unsalted. I didn't realize I had used the wrong box of butter until after the cake was brought to a family party and served. The cake was a three layer, almond flavored, white half-sheet cake, filled with homemade lemon curd. I knew the exact second I tasted the cake that I had used the wrong butter. I confirmed this when I got home by pulling the empty butter box out of our recycling bag. Sure enough - salted, not unsalted and I had used an entire pound of it. You win some, you lose some... |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
In the last few years of my mother's life, whenever I made her herb bread recipe, I always significantly reduced the salt, to about 1/3 of what was called for I think. It never seemed to make a difference. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
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