Text 18117, 95 rader
Skriven 2008-12-20 10:21:06 av Carol Shenkenberger (24592.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 18113 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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 >  CS> Yes.  A densish bread cake that can be heated on the road when
 >  CS> traveling comes to mind.  The sort I am thinking of is risen slightly
 >  CS> with baking soda and coated on top with honey and molasis.
 > 
 > Sounds like the descriptions I've read of it.  It can also be a corn
 > meal cake if I understand correctly.

Yes, can be.  Often with same type topping.

 >  CS> (Kitchenaide)
 > 
 >  > We've got a meat grinder attachment.  Don't know if it has a sausage
 >  > stuffer with it tho.  When we got the mixer, the deal was that we could
 >  > get any attachment at a certain % off.  Steve wanted the grinder so we
 >  > went with that.
 > 
 >  CS> That would be the ticket for me too.
 > 
 > I'd like the pasta maker and ice cream maker attachments but will have
 > to save up my pennies for them.

No use for eithr here.  Just the grinder and sausage stuffer parts.  I may
get a grinder (electric) one day.  Thats all I really need afterall.  The
manual one is nice but sometimes i want more flexibility or a larger batch tha
n is easy to do with it.

(white flour)

 >  >  CS> It's curing in the freezer to kill any buggies just now.  Just about
 > 
 >  > Good, did you get it at the commissary?
 > 
 >  CS> Actually, BJ's.  Often cheaper there for quite a few things.
 > 
 > But not available here.

Got a Sam's club?  Same thing really.

 >  >  CS> Hehehehe taking it trimmer this year though.  If we get anything
 >  CS>  >
 >  > I know what you mean; I need to order something for my machine quilting
 >  > and have asked for a bathrobe.  Don't need anything other than that.
 > 
 >  CS> We always do lots of gifts, many of them practical.  Many small things
 >  CS> to open up etc.
 > 
 > Reminds me of the time while we were in Germany and both girls were in
 > Girls Scouts, but at different levels. We got them uniforms one year for
 > Christmas; Steve insisted I wrap each component separately.  I did, then
 > "towered" the packages.

Charlotte has lots of clothes in the batch.  Don and i always do that. Food
gifts too will go in the stockings.

 >  >  > That's interesting, I guess mom's cooking found an updated version.
 >  CS>  >
 >  >  CS> Sure did!  Now Elise has several recipes for it like I do.
 >  CS>  >
 >  > And how does her mom feel about it?
 > 
 >  CS> Dunno!
 > 
 > Either accepting or "why did you do that to my recipe?". (G) I had a

I suspect they treat it as something new and only vaguely related.

 > call from my Italian MIL earlier today about meat balls.  Since I bake
 > mine, she wanted to know specifics time, temperature, etc).  She had
 > done it years ago in NY for firemen's fund raising dinners but used
 > someone else's recipe & forgot how it was done.  So, I gave her my
 > suggestions--350 for 15 minutes, maybe a bit longer depending on size of
 > the meat ball.  This time she's writing things down. (G)

I do that too and got a load of ground beef just 2 days ago to make some up
with.

 >  >  CS> More of ours is going to the little Japanese place run by a family
 >  >  CS> from Sasebo of all things.  Amazing how that happened!  Daughter was
 >  >  CS> there back when we were and we chatted about Tonoo market and the
 >  >  CS> changes we'd noted.
 >  CS>  >
 >  > Nice to have that kind of connection, especially since you're staying in
 >  > the area.  When she goes back, you can always have a special order put
 >  > in.
 > 
 >  CS> Not really but she has said a few new things are coming in soon.
 > 
 > Seasonal items?

Might be, but she's mostly dried goods that do not spoil.  Long shipping
times and all that.
              xxcarol
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