Text 7114, 91 rader
Skriven 2008-05-15 17:14:24 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 7071 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: one meat ball!
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Hi Ruth!

>> I'm pretty sure now she's using regular bulk whole wheat flour now...

> That's what I did until we got our mill. We bought it in 25 or sometimes
> 50 pound sacks.  I then transferred it into gallon freezer bags--zip

Sorry! Mis-typed there :(  She's buying whole wheat kernels not whole wheat
flour, and still grinds it. She fills large airtight tubs/cannisters to keep
them fresh for long periods.. I think she freezes some?  I forget now.. I'll
have to ask her about her storage.. But I'm pretty sure that's what she's still
doing. They get all their dried goods bulk that way in large quantities.

> lock type that had a regular gallon food storage bag inside, held shut
> with a twist tie.  Sometimes i weighed it out in 5 pound quantities,
> most times just filled the bag.  (It held about 5-6 pounds anyway.) It
> then went into my big freezer until such time as needed.

Right.. She has some flour ground in her freezer I believe.. that could be
gluten though.. probably is.. they do buy that bulk as well... which of course
you'd want to protect.  They make a lot of things with gluten, roasts, snacks,
etc.

>> so they go through quite a bit..

> Yes, I know.  We did it with 2 girls--belonged to a natural foods co-op
> in NC that helped on the grocery bill.  Orders were taken to be able to
> buy in bulk, then it was split up among the members.  Meetings were fun

It really does help when you have a number of people like yourself buying
supplies.  They have group in Binghamton and one in Ithaca combined including
us, which orders from one organic source for some bulk organic things, etc. and
it's great..


>> Maybe some Arthritis there in the knee.. :(

> I happened to look at it today; I banged it really good on something a
> week or so ago as seen by the yellowing bruises all over it.  There is
> also arthritis and, because of the damage, I can't kneel on it or bend
> it past 90 degrees.  But, I can walk on it which is an answer to prayer.

Without too much pain I hope... if so, I bet that's a relief.


>> > long which is bad when getting ready for my in laws to visit.

>> Sure.. and lots of rain lately? That would kick things up.. we kind of
>> live on Anacin around here it seems some days :(  Or at least it seems

> I've got some harder stuff; it's been used plenty in the last few days.

If your knee hurt like my ribs did when I fell on that chair here last
Christmas, I know just what you mean by heavy duty.. they usually work ok for
me but knock me out.. of course if you hurt that much, who wants to be awake.



>> > don't think it would pack them as firmly as I'd want them. It could
>> be > just my thinking but.......I still roll them by hand.

>> No, I've never used one to do that.  I've always rolled them by hand
>> too. I agree with you, it wouldn't pack them as well :)  MeatBlob? :)

> There's just something about a hand rolled meat ball too. (G)

haha yep :)

>>> I have most of the attachments for the KA, I think... well not the
>>> newer ones like the pasta maker or icecream maker, because I have a

>> > I've got a lot of attachments for the Oster Kitchen Center.  We did

>> Well, the picnic will give you a chance to see the KA up close so you
>> can compare it to some of the other mixers out there we were talking
>> about earlier.. like the Bausch (think that was one of them wasn't it?
>> I forget now
>> :)).. There was another one you were looking at as well that I can't
>> remember the name of though ..darn (g).

> One was Viking; don't recall what the other one was (but yes, I know
> there's a 4th).

Right, I think we were talking about the Viking vs Bosch or Kitchenaid etc.. I
sure spelled that funny above :)

Take care,
Janis

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