OT -- Kitchen Stuff
Marvin The Paranoid Android
Bread dough rising in a warm oven. This will be formed into 3
baguettes. It's a 'lean' dough with just flour, salt, yeast and
water. I'll let it rise as many times as it likes until a couple
hours before the stew will be ready. Then I'll shape it for it's
final rise.
Just about to do an apple crisp. Nothing beats the smell of apples
and cinnamon baking on cold day.
Then maybe some banana muffins. I have many well ripened bananas here
as a result of forgetting to take them with us on our week long road
trip. I'll use my 'crown muffin' pans -- 2 scoops of batter instead
of one. Large lovely muffins :-)
I love cooking and baking. Fresh ingredients and pride and joy make
for some really yummy meals and treats.
It's almost magical. And it reminds me how lucky I really am.
It's all good.
Cheers & Hugs,
Marvie
--
I don't smoke. I smell like beef stew, fresh bread & apple crisp.
Life IS Good.
Edna Pearl
starting to get a bit nippy here in Alabama. That means Bruce gets to bake
and I get to roast. Two unemployed people, eating like royalty.
I may have to start wearing socks and shoes soon, instead of sandals, if it
gets any colder. We had Indian Summer until yesterday, and had to run the
air conditioning against the humidity and heat. (Neener neener neener)
Bruce acquired a solar oven this summer, and it is a really wonderful for
roasting and casseroles and some cakes, but won't do for Bruce's
ultra-complicated baking of breads and cookies. Now that it's time for
indoor baking, he's baked us some persimmon cookies and a baguette that will
be delicious with the roast.
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Beef stew in the slow cooker here too, but with dumplings, all the veg
cut big, cubed beef, whole small onions, mushrooms. The last of last
nights Carlsberg to wash it all down.....now just to get those feet
up :)
Back to the grind tomorrow.
Chris
Lynn
today. mmmm
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Matt
> Beef stew in the slow cooker for 6 hours.
low n slow, its the only way to go :)
did i tell you i found a great way to cook steaks?,
tray+rack, season steaks with salt n pepper, this works with cheap cuts of
meat as well,
put the steak on the rack, oven around 160-170ish, let the steak get to an
internal temp of 90,
(temps in C)
get a fry pan with hot veg oil, grab some tongs, sear meat 2 mins each side,
use tongs to sear edges, put on your extractor hood before you do that cos
it don't arf splatter.......but great for dramatic effect for your guests :)
tinfoil hat for the chef, (you can never be too careful), and wrap the steak
in foil 2, rest 10 mins
pour off any juices before serving, or use them for the classic dianne
sauce, etc.......
works really well, give it a try :)
>
> Bread dough rising in a warm oven. This will be formed into 3
> baguettes. It's a 'lean' dough with just flour, salt, yeast and
> water. I'll let it rise as many times as it likes until a couple
> hours before the stew will be ready. Then I'll shape it for it's
> final rise.
>
> Just about to do an apple crisp. Nothing beats the smell of apples
> and cinnamon baking on cold day.
>
> Then maybe some banana muffins. I have many well ripened bananas here
> as a result of forgetting to take them with us on our week long road
> trip. I'll use my 'crown muffin' pans -- 2 scoops of batter instead
> of one. Large lovely muffins :-)
have you tried bannana fritters? skin then slice the bannanas length ways,
make some coating batter n deep fry em...............k, not the healthy
option, but........every now n then :)
>
> I love cooking and baking. Fresh ingredients and pride and joy make
> for some really yummy meals and treats.
>
> It's almost magical. And it reminds me how lucky I really am.
>
> It's all good.
>
> Cheers & Hugs,
> Marvie
>
yay, the freshest of ingredients, cooked simply r always magic :)
Matt.
Edna Pearl
> did i tell you i found a great way to cook steaks?,
> use tongs to sear edges, put on your extractor hood before you do that cos
> it don't arf splatter.......but great for dramatic effect for your guests
> :)
>
> tinfoil hat for the chef, (you can never be too careful), and wrap the
> steak in foil 2, rest 10 mins
Hey, I want to come to your house for dinner. It sounds like you know how
to put on a show!
Ian
Do you rotten lot know what this kind of talk is doing to me?
Today, I got up at five and had fried bacon, fried bread, two fried eggs
and ... no that was it.
went back to bed vaguely dissatisfied.
I'm using a kind of oil - not olive oil, I think it is called Marrosa
or some such - and I can't fry nearly as good as with lard,
and have completely failed to make chips successfully, they just stay
white and soft, not crisp outside and soft inside.
If my heart test shows it's OK, I might go back to lard.... I am
hungry for chips.
I also later had a bowl of soup, from a tin, what else, and a microwave meal,
some kind of poultry, turkey?
with 2 veg.
So just cease and desist from driving me mad with these tasty dishes
you're making and guzzling, it's cruel.
--
Ian
Should I try begging for decent food at neighbors' doors?
Jef.
> Hey, I want to come to your house for dinner. It sounds like you know how
> to put on a show!
He had me at "tinfoil hat".
Matt
I hosted my first dinner party when i was 14 , beef wellington was main
course...........
only recently got back into cooking after quitting.....:) just made 75%
cocoa choc cake.........
.........with double cream........i got a light fluffy texture with all the
fun of cake and taste of 75% choc and ganache..........
(i think that is what is was
called.......)...........<zoning>......................<bumb>.......where
was i?
oh yeah.......
> Hey, I want to come to your house for dinner. It sounds like you know how
> to put on a show!
>
you mean flambay?, or how ever the correct spelling of 'ignite alcohol', no
prob, 3 feet indoor flames at the table, scare the guests, very briefly,
like a roller coaster, :)
stay cool.............I try to :D
Matt.
Pam
>
> - Show quoted text -
You guys just STOP IT! I'm absolutely starving, and Ms. Stouffer's
doesn't look so good anymore. (Although I do have a toasted muffin to
compliment.)
Hugs,
Pam
Matt
Sally
>Hey Edna ::)
>
>I hosted my first dinner party when i was 14 , beef wellington was main
>course...........
>only recently got back into cooking after quitting.....:) just made 75%
>cocoa choc cake.........
>.........with double cream........i got a light fluffy texture with all the
>fun of cake and taste of 75% choc and ganache..........
>(i think that is what is was
>called.......)...........<zoning>......................<bumb>.......where
>was i?
>oh yeah.......
<drool> Thanks! I just gained back the 8 lbs I lost.... :-)
Sally
Matt
you can't gain by reading a post..................lol
but then u knew that.......
......now.........what other
delicious........sensuous.........tasty.....recipes can i
type................
better not,,,,,,,,,,, :)
Matt.
Mike M
so I smoke my own meats. This week smoking turkey and salmon for
lunch meat. Baby backs going for tonights dinner. I like it this
time of year one night of cooking for all my meat.
Mike m
Marvin The Paranoid Android
Went out last night after dinner for a walk and I could smell wood
burning ... someone had their wood stove fired up. Some things always
make me smile.
Cheers,
Marvin
On Nov 18, 1:06 am, Mike M <mikemcig-f...@mindless.com> wrote:
> Definetly getting to be soup and stew season. I take all my lunches
> so I smoke my own meats. This week smoking turkey and salmon for
> lunch meat. Baby backs going for tonights dinner. I like it this
> time of year one night of cooking for all my meat.
>
> Mike m
>
> On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:02:31 -0800 (PST), Marvin The Paranoid Android
>
Sue
<marvinpara...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Definitely a fine time of year.
>
>Went out last night after dinner for a walk and I could smell wood
>burning ... someone had their wood stove fired up. Some things always
>make me smile.
"No Burn" days around here, but there's currently no need anyway. The
weather continues to be lovely - in the 70s - but the cost of that is
thoroughly crappy air. Even looking down to the end of my block I can
see haze. We *really* need a good dose of rain.
Sue - envious of your snow and clean air.
Mike M
Ian
> Fire in California, snow in Marv's yard. LOL
>
>
> >"No Burn" days around here, but there's currently no need anyway. The
> >weather continues to be lovely - in the 70s - but the cost of that is
> >thoroughly crappy air. Even looking down to the end of my block I can
> >see haze. We *really* need a good dose of rain.
> >Sue - envious of your snow and clean air.
Here in north Texas, it's just about perfect weather, except for the
lack of rain.
75 F yesterday and sunny all day, much like most days this month.
And with my cunning lifting and lowering of the blinds as the sun moved
around the house, I can get the interior warmer without using the
central heating. I wish the fuel bills would show up, I want to see how
much I am saving here!
Tonight it is forecast to drop to around 35 F, this will test the
blinds' insulating qualities - i'll not turn on the heatin when I
stumble off to the nightmare shelf, see if it stays reasonably warm in
here until morning.
--
Ian
Gracenote
I bet you are saving a lot of money by doing that.
It's been going down into the 20s here in Georgia and I am freezing. I
got central heat and air put in last year, and I run the heat and 2
space heaters. Just miserable, and the power bill is going up as a
result. But, soon enough the summer will return and all will be well.
The nightmare shelf, ha ha. It took me a minute to understand that
one.
Annette
Ian
That's cold! The cost of electricity went up here
about 18 months ago, by a huge percentage, not sure it wasn't over 20
per cent, and everyone screamed blue murder. I heard of some with bills
of over 600 dollars a months, for bigger houses.
Mine this summer, for a comparatively small house, was around the 260
mark in the summer months.
I just had a nasty shock, going out to the mail box, wearing only a
shirt, trousers, and tie,I was instantly frozen by a north wind, checked
a local bank's weather computer on the phone and it is only 49 F out
there! Hell of a drop from yesterday's 75.
The sun has been out all day but the cold wind is more than a match for
it if you're out there.
And my living room temperature is at 72 F, without any heating being
on .... This is very good indeed.
With the old roller blinds I'd have had the heating on all day, just to
keep it at 72 -4 F inside.
--
Ian
Snug asa bug in a rug...
Cindy Murray
I've done much the same. I have a lot of windows and I've been using
the blinds to capture heat from the sun throughout the day. It's become
a challenge to see how long hubby and I can go without turning on the
heat. I finally got my electric bill down to under $300, so I don't
want to add the gas bill on top of that. I was one of those people with
a $600 electric bill this summer. It's killing me... We have a big
house, over 2600 sq ft, and it's all open, so I can't even close off
rooms to save energy. Part of the problem is that we remodeled and
added 500 ft to the house, but didn't upgrade the AC. It barely meets
the size requirements AND it's probably the original unit that came with
the house in 1978....not the most efficient way to cool a house. But I
can't afford $5000 to upgrade it. :( Ah well, I hear gas prices are
dropping some more, so here's to hoping that electric will drop as well....
Cindy
Lynn
weather. the weather man is calling for almost 20 cm of snow tonight and
tomorrow
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"Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."
Ian
> Ian wrote:
> > August...@aol.com wrote:
....> >> On Nov 20, 6:26�am, s...@flashy.nut (Ian) wrote:
> > And my living room temperature is at 72 F, without any heating being
> > on .... This is very good indeed.
> > Ian
> > Snug asa bug in a rug...
>
> I've done much the same. I have a lot of windows and I've been using
> the blinds to capture heat from the sun throughout the day. It's become
> a challenge to see how long hubby and I can go without turning on the
> heat. I finally got my electric bill down to under $300, so I don't
> want to add the gas bill on top of that. I was one of those people with
Are these the double-skinned ones like the new ones here?
I don't skimp on the heating; 73 - 75 F is just right for me, and that
is what I set the thermostat to. I don't wear extra clothing in winter
either, still the same shirt, tie, trousers. I could probably save
money by putting on pullovers and things.
> a $600 electric bill this summer. It's killing me... We have a big
> house, over 2600 sq ft, and it's all open, so I can't even close off
> rooms to save energy. Part of the problem is that we remodeled and
> added 500 ft to the house, but didn't upgrade the AC. It barely meets
> the size requirements AND it's probably the original unit that came with
> the house in 1978....not the most efficient way to cool a house. But I
> can't afford $5000 to upgrade it. :( Ah well, I hear gas prices are
> dropping some more, so here's to hoping that electric will drop as well....
>
> Cindy
>
You're living in a barn!
600 dollars a month is just cruel. My highest in the summer was about
half that. Smaller house of course, 17 hundred square feet. And the air
conditioning and gas central heating are efficient - I have them
checked each Spring and ?Autumn.
--
Ian
Ian
> 49F?? that isn't even freezing weather yet it's about 10C and still t-shirt
> weather. the weather man is calling for almost 20 cm of snow tonight and
> tomorrow
Shudder! I had enough of that sort of thing in Britain for many
decades! I'll take Texas weather any day, even if it comes with filthy
air in the summer.
--
Ian
No cough today, the smoking's gone away ...
(From a Sixties pop song about milk)
Cindy Murray
> c1nd...@tx.rr.com wrote:
>
>> Ian wrote:
>>> August...@aol.com wrote:
> ....> >> On Nov 20, 6:26�am, s...@flashy.nut (Ian) wrote:
>>> And my living room temperature is at 72 F, without any heating being
>>> on .... This is very good indeed.
>>> Ian
>>> Snug asa bug in a rug...
>> I've done much the same. I have a lot of windows and I've been using
>> the blinds to capture heat from the sun throughout the day. It's become
>> a challenge to see how long hubby and I can go without turning on the
>> heat. I finally got my electric bill down to under $300, so I don't
>> want to add the gas bill on top of that. I was one of those people with
> Are these the double-skinned ones like the new ones here?
> I don't skimp on the heating; 73 - 75 F is just right for me, and that
> is what I set the thermostat to. I don't wear extra clothing in winter
> either, still the same shirt, tie, trousers. I could probably save
> money by putting on pullovers and things.
I kept my AC at 78 all summer, although we let it get a little cooler at
night or else we wouldn't be able to sleep. 78 on the thermostat, which
is in the DARK hall away from any windows or drafts, means over 80 in
the rest of the house. I kept all the lights off and the shades drawn
during the day just to keep the heat down (and the electric, too). In
the winter, we keep the heat around 68 and wear sweats, sweaters,
fleece, and flannel to stay warmer. We let it get cooler at night while
we're sleeping -- nothing better than a snuggle under the down comforter
to keep warm! :)
>
>> a $600 electric bill this summer. It's killing me... We have a big
>> house, over 2600 sq ft, and it's all open, so I can't even close off
>> rooms to save energy. Part of the problem is that we remodeled and
>> added 500 ft to the house, but didn't upgrade the AC. It barely meets
>> the size requirements AND it's probably the original unit that came with
>> the house in 1978....not the most efficient way to cool a house. But I
>> can't afford $5000 to upgrade it. :( Ah well, I hear gas prices are
>> dropping some more, so here's to hoping that electric will drop as well....
>>
>> Cindy
>>
> You're living in a barn!
> 600 dollars a month is just cruel. My highest in the summer was about
> half that. Smaller house of course, 17 hundred square feet. And the air
> conditioning and gas central heating are efficient - I have them
> checked each Spring and ?Autumn.
Yeah, I have mine checked, too. They're running at peak efficiency for
the size and age they are.... :(
Cindy
Ian
...
> > either, still the same shirt, tie, trousers. I could probably save
> > money by putting on pullovers and things.
>
> I kept my AC at 78 all summer, although we let it get a little cooler at
> night or else we wouldn't be able to sleep. 78 on the thermostat, which
> is in the DARK hall away from any windows or drafts, means over 80 in
> the rest of the house. I kept all the lights off and the shades drawn
> during the day just to keep the heat down (and the electric, too). In
to the unit.
In here, it is on the end of a short wall formed by a little cupboard
where the vacuums live, in the living area - it gets no direct sunlight
and it is well placed, I think.
> the winter, we keep the heat around 68 and wear sweats, sweaters,
> fleece, and flannel to stay warmer. We let it get cooler at night while
Sensible. I have loads of cardigans, pullovers, etc, in the clothes
closet, belonged to my late father-in-law most of them, but they may as
well be given away to some charity as they are never used.
> we're sleeping -- nothing better than a snuggle under the down comforter
> to keep warm! :)
>
Oh here, I say! Steady on! It is the Sabbath, after all ....
What will the vicar say?
--
Ian