Navel Merrang Pie The Mandarin Merrang Pie had three problems: Soggy crust, meh filling, and sticky merrang. Since today is crochet group day, I got up early to make another attempt. To address the problems: Par bake the crust until golden brown, use navel oranges instead of mandarins, and bake it longer to dry outContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX.V”
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Adventurous Coworker
I’m the (maybe “a”) boring one. My co-worker, Sergey, went on a trip through the Caucus mountains. Yes, “Caucasian” is a thing and it doesn’t mean what you think it means. Here are two sets of photos. My Russian is not good enough to read that and I haven’t run it through auto-translate. I justContinue reading “Adventurous Coworker”
Whither Lilac?
Sunday we heard plaintive meowing coming from the lilac hedge. We ignored it for a while, but that tone is “designed” to be unignorable, so we investigated. There was a more-than-kitten, less-than-cat hiding in the hedge. It did not want to be approached. We put some food and water in the hedge for it. WhileContinue reading “Whither Lilac?”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX
Mandarin Merrang Pie I need a pie, tonight, for a contest at the dance studio. The Laird happened to buy a bag of mandarin oranges, yesterday. I’ve done both lemon and lime, so why not? The lime was XXXX (should that have been XL?). Let’s see what I’ve learned in the last 30 attempts. First,Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX”
Cookies
There is a reason I don’t bake for myself. I wanted cookies on Saturday, so I made cookies. Now I am eating (verging on “have eaten”) them all. We buy little semi-sweet off-brand M&Ms to add to the kibble (aka “trail mix”, but I don’t go near trails). The kibble was still unmixed, so IContinue reading “Cookies”
I Can Has Grasses!
I gave up waiting for the second floor deck and had the back yard regraded and sodded. The brownish patches are all weeds. So are most of the green patches. The tree died this year. I liked it (it looked like the Kindle tree), but dead, so gone. The area is a bit sloped. TheContinue reading “I Can Has Grasses!”
Summer Bread?
This spring(*), I changed my bread recipe from 240g (1 cup) of water to 250g. I don’t remember why I did that. Recently, the loaves have been collapsing while baking. Not “collapse to a brick”, but the top middle drops in. Today, I switched back to 240g of water. The bread did not collapse. AContinue reading “Summer Bread?”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX
Cinnamon Rolls Tonight’s potluck (potlach?) theme is “breakfast for dinner”. I asked “sheet-tray of bacon or cinnamon rolls?” Cinnamon rolls won the poll. I’ve had this bookmarked for ages: The recipe is not in the description. He gives it out as he goes, which makes mis en place annoying. Since I had to write itContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX”
Hooey Beer
Если ты думаешь, ты думаешь.
Just Say “no” to Cornmeal
I forgot to take a picture so I’m not going to consume a Learning 2 Bake from Scratch number. Today’s crochet group pie was a peach skillet pie. The recipe called for cornmeal crust. This is not as dramatic as it sounds. It’s not a Dorito(tm) crust. It’s only a 1/4 cup of cornmeal inContinue reading “Just Say “no” to Cornmeal”
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