I've made a lot of bread and never used a mixer. Bread is about the easiest thing in the world to make. It just takes a long time letting it rise a couple of times.
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I've made a lot of bread and never used a mixer. Bread is about the easiest thing in the world to make. It just takes a long time letting it rise a couple of times.
Afternoon snack. Uni rolls and (A) scallop. Lol...
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See, that's the weird thing...before I found this one, I tried an italian bread recipe that said to use a mixer, which I don't have. So i figured "eh, it's bread"....but it just kind of didn't work. I mean, I wound up with bread at the end, but it wasn't right. Like it took extra measures to make it come together. Which is weird for me, because I bake a lot of bread too. First thing I learned how to bake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
on another topic - hey, medic? Now I want sushi. I hope you're happy.
I wouldn't hand mix a bread that calls for a mixer. There is some fairly exact chemistry going on in bread making with the starches and proteins. I would find a recipe for hand mixing. That's me though.
And that, rick, is exactly what I did the next time I felt like making italian bread. hence recording it as a recipe that doesn't require a mixer in my recipe book. you don't need to tell me there's exact chemistry going on, I discovered that. Not entirely sure why you would want to cook bread using a mixer in general. It seems like it would be kind of like using a bread machine recipe, but without the convenience.
You don't knead to tell me either.:innocent:
I thought that might get a rise out of you.
At the very yeast.
Homer Simpson face palm: Dough!
We see what you did there. Well played.Quote:
Originally Posted by Batch
We had leftovers from last night's roast chicken (with stuffing, green beans and broccoli) with some tinned new potatoes and frozen cauliflower sauteed together and served with gravy. I made a risotto for tomorrow so it's ready whenever we're hungry (chicken and stock from last night's roast, some mushrooms and a bit of frozen spinach).
I had 10 medium sized shrimp and a yellow bell pepper, steamed, no fats or oils. Bleh, but I've lost 8 lbs so far!
Congrats on the weight loss.
Thanks. Breakfast this morning (and I normally skip breakfast) an apple.
I think I'm going to do some sort of chicken stir fry as we have lots of vegetables in the fridge I need to use up. Hopefully, there's a sachet of sauce somewhere in the cupboards to liven it up with. And chocolate chip cookies for dessert.
Looks like the mail service messed up again. I didn't receive my invitation. What time is dinner? I prefer milk with the cookies.
Another rough day on the coast.
Beer battered ling cod with home made tartar and scallops sautéed in whited zin'
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Chicken thighs in a Knorr Primavera sauce. It's made quite a lot of sauce, along with the chicken juices, so I'll make a veg soup using the leftover sauce. ^Those pics are making me hungry!
Have a 5 pound pork shoulder in the oven due to an insane craving for pulled pork BBQ.
The crave also includes the clear vinegar BBQ sauce I grew up with back in TN/NC, so I had to make up a batch of BBQ sauce, since no one in NKY knows what I am talking about.
These people may be in KY but they cook like Yankees!
Ground deer meat, brown gravy and macaroni, kind of a knock off goulash/ stroganoff dish.
North Carolina pull pork sauce
1,cup, ketchup
1,cup,brown sugar packed
1/2,c, lemon juice
3,tbs,butter
1/4,c,minced onion
1,tbs,hot pepper sauce
1,tsp worcestershire sauce
1 cup cider vinegar
bring to a boil, simmer20-25min.
oh i forgot the cup of cider vinegar
That there recipe was conjured up by someone that never saw NC!!
The old folks in NC would never have ketchup in their sauce and most of them never heard of Worcestershire sauce!
What I made up is a clear to dark vinegar sauce with only a hint of brown sugar and a good kick of cayenne pepper.
You have to boil it to blend everything and then let it rest for 48 hours.
it,s a good sauce none the less and even better with sorgum. but then that,s my personal opinion.
KY,
I was sure shocked the first time I ordered some BarBQ when I was stationed at Damnneck. I had never heard of puttin' vinegar in the sauce. Or soaking the meat in the sauce before you cooked it for that matter. Live and learn, live and learn. Kind'a like the first time I eat "on the beach" in the Philippines, but that is a different story.
I add the cider vinegar in the recipe for you.
I must confess that I cheat horribly when it comes to BBQ sauce. I have yet to find anything I like better than Sweet Baby Rays.
i,ve done a mustard mop a mayo mop kansas city and memphis. it,s all one,s taste
heck this could turn into the BBQ Wars.pulled pork or beef brisket, hmm i,ll go with the pulled pork thank you.
oh rick you mentioned sweet baby rays that,s so,side chicago iv,e eatin in a few places there cause i,ve live there.
a lot of those lil, mom&pops joints turn out the best bbq you,ll find in the city they still slow cook the meat out back
in the yard just to walk by and smell OH MY.
scalloped potatoes....I greased a pan, and layered it with 1/4 inch slices of potato, plus some diced onion, and thin slices of smoked arctic char. then I made a sauce....2 tablespoons butter, two of potato starch, because I can't use flour for this particular meal, milk and cheese. Poured half of it over the potatoes and such, and then I added another layer of potato and smoked arctic char, which I topped with the rest of the sauce. Baked it at 350 for an hour.
It's waiting for the rest of the meal to be ready now, I tried a bit and it was pretty good. If I do this again I might make more sauce, because I feel like it could benefit from that. Or just ask my sister for our granmother's recipe, which I don't think used cheese. It would work just as well with smoked trout or salmon, or probably thin sliced ham or lean bacon, if you like that sort of thing. I just used the char because I had a nice piece a buddy gave me as a thank you for letting him use our basement while he was in town for a while.
Made some walnut beer bread then went outside and started a fire using the bow drill. In my dutch oven I fried up some diced potatoes, onions and jalapenos. Added a can of chili beans and a can of chili and called it good. Too bad I'm the only one here to enjoy it.
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Just fried up some fresh caught trout.
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RangerX that looks good!
I still can't quite get to my smoker. Well I can get to it, but can't get the lower door open yet. Still iced in. The only grass I can see is the small patch over the septic tank cover. LOL.
Doing the Easter dinner today
The bread is rising, still gotta boil the pumpkin for pie and thinking about peeling apples for the roast duck. Probably do carrots for a veg. Managed to score a bottle of Farnums Hard Cider last weekend. Hard to do this time of year.
low key just throw a big bag of salt over the ice and let it set.
Nah, can't do that. Might kill the dandelions in my lawn. Spring forage.
Next weekend it'll be freed up enough to use.
Looking forward to a batch of ribs to burn it off on Saturday.
Bought a cut up whole lamb last weekend (40-pounder on the hook) and have a couple boned pepper and garlic roasts waiting in the freezer too.
Usually I can use my grill and smoker all winter but not with 8feet of snow in February alone.
Had bought a new grill to replace the one that got smushed by the roof ice and have been entertaining the neighbors as they drive by, me out there cooking out in the driveway in the snow and sleet and rain the last couple weeks. LOL.
Easter dinner.
Conventional yeast bread and some sourdough crackers from the sourdough pour-off. The starter is in the jar.
Usually I do two loaves of rosemary sourdough on the weekends but it's an overnight ferment and I forgot to mix it up last night.
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And roast duck with apple/raisin/cinnamon stuffing, carrots and pumpkin pudding (was gonna do pie but wimped out on the crust making.)
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All the kids and grand-kids came over for a late breakfast. I made biscuits and sausage gravy, cheesy hash brown potatoes, scrambled eggs, little smokeys, and bacon. Then off to the mother-in-laws for ham, turkey and taco salad, potato casserole, deviled eggs, broccoli salad, 3 bean salad, string bean casserole and what not. Then to my daughter's for roast goat, ox tail stew, king crab and lobster.
We got home a half hour ago. I asked the wife what's for dinner. ;) I'd have a plate of left over biscuits and sausage gravy. But, if your from the south you know you better off asking for some Easter bunny than left over biscuits and sausage gravy!
My dad and his wife are in town for a a few days, she has a conference. So I'm barbecuing! chicken breasts were on sale, so I got a big pack of those. Would have prefered thighs, but I buy whatever meat is cheapest and adapt my plans accordingly. I was going to use saucem but instead I'm doing a rub, ingredients still to be determined. I've made a sweet potato salad to go with
5 sweet potatoes, chopped and boiled
1/3 cup or so mayo...use more for regular potatoes, I used sweet potatoes because....sweet potatoes. Also my stepmother has gone paleo, and for some reason sweet potatoes are okay, but regular potatoes aren;t. Mayo probably isn't either, but there isn't that much
1 clove garlic, minced (I used a big one, because while I've heard the phrase "too much garlic", I don't fully comprehend it)
1/2 tsp mustard powder
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 apple, chopped up.
it's got zip!
Also marinating some red pepper in a little balsamic, going to grill that too, and if I can actually convince myself to leave the house, there's a good brewery near here, and I've got an empty growler.
should be a good feed.
Now you're making me hungry.
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I went with a tagine spice blend that I've had kicking around for a while...a buddy of mine with expensive tastes left me his spice rack when he moved to scotland. Also a bottle of rye. I drank the rye, but I've still got a good selection of fancy spices.