I am the MUFFIN LORD

an...@great-big-monkey.whee

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Jul 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/10/00

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I just made muffins using muffin mix, a bundt pan and a rice cooker.
Only took an hour; the crock pot recipes said it'd take three hours.
Oh, well.

Okay, not so much "muffins" as "muffinlike substance in a ring," but it
still cooked up pretty darn well.

Dynée is pretty much in awe of me. I could start radiating light and
shooting energy bolts from my fingertips and she wouldn't blink.

König Prüß, GmbH

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Jul 11, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/11/00

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Annna escrivened:

>I just made muffins using muffin mix, a bundt pan and a rice cooker.
>Only took an hour; the crock pot recipes said it'd take three hours.
>Oh, well.
>
>Okay, not so much "muffins" as "muffinlike substance in a ring," but it
>still cooked up pretty darn well.
>
>Dynée is pretty much in awe of me. I could start radiating light and
>shooting energy bolts from my fingertips and she wouldn't blink.
>
>Wait until I break out the brownie mix.
>--

There are some mixes here, Washington Flour Co., I think.
I like to use one Corn Bread, one Corn Muffin, 2 eggs, and a little sugar,
and pour it into a glass pie dish to bake.

The same company makes a New England Popover Mix that's great!
It is best if you have a cup cake kind of pan with deep narrow cups,
a "popover pan" Try popovers some time, you would like them, I betcha.

The local hardware store has new antique cast iron ware, and they have
a rectangular cast iron pan with a dozen little indents with designs. The deal
is to heat it in the oven, then pour the batter in and bake a bit. When you turn the
done product out, it has the various designs baked on! I'm not sure what nationality
this is from, but it looks Penn Dutch or Amish.

I've got about every damned size of cast iron frying pan made, but the hardware store
has two that I don't have: one giant long-handled skillet, and a tiny little skillet.

an...@great-big-monkey.whee

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Jul 11, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/11/00

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König, Prüß, GmbH wrote:
> The same company makes a New England Popover Mix that's great!
> It is best if you have a cup cake kind of pan with deep narrow cups,
> a "popover pan" Try popovers some time, you would like them, I betcha.

I've made popovers a couple of times. They sort of reminded me of
soufflés. They breathed a little, too, which was creepy yet cool.

> a rectangular cast iron pan with a dozen little indents with designs. The deal
> is to heat it in the oven, then pour the batter in and bake a bit. When you turn the
> done product out, it has the various designs baked on! I'm not sure what nationality
> this is from, but it looks Penn Dutch or Amish.

Those are neat. We have a couple of those at home -- you can make
gingerbread in them as well.

> I've got about every damned size of cast iron frying pan made, but the hardware store
> has two that I don't have: one giant long-handled skillet, and a tiny little skillet.

Gotta catch 'em all.

I'll be happy when I move into a real house/apartment, I think. I do
love the dorms, but I really miss having an oven. Although during the
normal year I'm on the meal plan, so I don't miss it anywhere near as
much.

König Prüß, GmbH

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Jul 11, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/11/00

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Annna escrivened:

>König, Prüß, GmbH wrote:
>> The same company makes a New England Popover Mix that's great!
>> It is best if you have a cup cake kind of pan with deep narrow cups,
>> a "popover pan" Try popovers some time, you would like them, I betcha.
>
>I've made popovers a couple of times. They sort of reminded me of
>soufflés. They breathed a little, too, which was creepy yet cool.
>
>> a rectangular cast iron pan with a dozen little indents with designs. The deal
>> is to heat it in the oven, then pour the batter in and bake a bit. When you turn the
>> done product out, it has the various designs baked on! I'm not sure what nationality
>> this is from, but it looks Penn Dutch or Amish.
>
>Those are neat. We have a couple of those at home -- you can make
>gingerbread in them as well.
>
>> I've got about every damned size of cast iron frying pan made, but the hardware store
>> has two that I don't have: one giant long-handled skillet, and a tiny little skillet.
>
>Gotta catch 'em all.
>
>I'll be happy when I move into a real house/apartment, I think. I do
>love the dorms, but I really miss having an oven. Although during the
>normal year I'm on the meal plan, so I don't miss it anywhere near as
>much.

I'm trying to read the short story by Lin Carter about the card game,
but I can't see it very well because of the colors, so, I changed it to a
Word file and changed font sizes, then a bunch of it got clipped,
I'll start over with it.

The bomb crew got to travel a lot, and we stayed in good motels,
they gave us little fridges and microwaves. But once, at Goddard College
in Vermont, the dorm kitchens had big commercial-grade Vulcan stoves!
Ever since then, I've wanted a Vulcan stove like that. One crazy aunt who lives
in the California mountains has a great kitchen, she's got an island counter
with stainless steel sinks, and a big stainless steel strap thing with all kinda
copper pots hanging from it, that's on the list to get, too. I'm still designing kind of.
There's a book or two of Pennsylvania barn architecture that I look at for ideas.
I want to get a big flat-bed truck, and start collecting barn wood and beams,
and all the stones that were barn foundations. I plan to build the chimneys and
hearths first, then the rest of the stuff. Besides regular running water, I think that
I want an old fashioned pump in the kitchen sink that pumps cold water from
a good spring. I also like living on the water, on boats and barges, so, it's hard to say
at this point which projects will actualize first.

It seems that multiple base camps are a good idea, for one thing, it is impossible to
move everything all the time, so, caching stuff seems like a good plan.

The Monster Frying Pan will have to wait 'til I get the Vulcan Stove!
You can get the Modular 90 with up to 12 burners, but I can't imagine
needing more than six burners. Sheesh! If you turned on all twelve burners,
the stove would prolly fly!
http://www.vulcanhart.com/

Mshotz

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Jul 12, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/12/00

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Some People prefer donuts, but I for one care less for them.

>I just made muffins using muffin mix, a bundt pan and a rice cooker.
>Only took an hour; the crock pot recipes said it'd take three hours.
>Oh, well.
>
>Okay, not so much "muffins" as "muffinlike substance in a ring," but it
>still cooked up pretty darn well.
>
>Dynée is pretty much in awe of me. I could start radiating light and
>shooting energy bolts from my fingertips and she wouldn't blink.
>
>Wait until I break out the brownie mix.

MSHOTZ: The Post Post Modern Man

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