Text 19259, 102 rader
Skriven 2007-08-18 21:36:40 av Carol Shenkenberger (3:800/201)
  Kommentar till text 19200 av Joan Macdiarmid (1:18/200)
Ärende: Re: TORTILLAS   70612
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*** Quoting Joan Macdiarmid from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> Want a laugh?  I've seen Masa Harina in Sasebo at the commisary.  Yup,
 CS> the 'wierd food isle' stock has it at times.

 JM>  Sasebo IS a stretch of the imagination! I made a

 CS> That it is!  Any wonder why they are yet again it seems about to win
 CS> the world-wide award as the best small commisary?  For it's size, it's
 CS> fantastic.  Sure lots of things cant be gotten, but lots of odd things

JM>  Very creative and flexible management, and intelligent
JM>  for a commissary, as military people do come from a
JM>  big range of backgrounds. This way many can be
JM>  accommodated on the rotating basis, if not continually.

Exactly.  I'm having a laugh as normally a store brand mentioned isnt here but
the Olde Cape Cod clam chowder is with Snows and regular or ready to eat
campbells.  As I'm chomping through the backlog, I saw a discussion of Olde
Cape Cod.  I am also intrigued by a post about a shrimp bisque in a can which
I'd like to try.


 CS> Definately a non-puerto-rican-thing am afraid.  Corn didnt travel east
(Masa harina)

JM>  I like the corn flavor, though. I don't want to make
JM>  my own corn tortillas, because I can buy them cheap
JM>  enough for my needs. But I might look for masa harina
JM>  to use in regular bread-baking, not as the major flour
JM>  (like you said, not enough gluten) but as an additive
JM>  to the regular wheat flour. I have often used 1-2
JM>  cups of "other" flours to sub for regular wheat flour
JM>  in a 7-cup flour recipe (2-loaf) of my usual bread.
JM>  I'd like to see what the warm taste of corn might add
JM>  to my bread, but I fear cornmeal might be a bit
JM>  gritty.

It may well work right that way.  It sounds like it would at least.  Right now,
making a batch of this bread:

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Amish White Bread (Abm)
 Categories: Breadmaker
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
    1/4 c  Water
      1 tb Oil
    3/4 c  Milk
      3 c  Bread flour
      1 ts Salt
    1/4 c  Sesame seeds
      1    Egg
      2 ts Yeast
      2 tb Sugar
 
  Recipe by: Hitachi Preparation Time: 3:00 Place in pan in order given.
  Press Start.
  
   Supplemental recipes from company
 
MMMMM
I didnt have that many sesame seeds but I was a goodly 1/3 cup or so.  It
occured to me later I could have added a drop or two of sesame oil to the
other oil (a simple wesson type is all I have left now).  That would have made
up the flavor.

I can hear as it spins that it's a slightly wetter dough and that often means
good rise.  I hope so as a high rise white was what we wanted for making
samwiches of.  But, we dint want to make the same bread again so diverged to
this one as a change.  New to me recipe.  I was also looking at another that
used no egg but used olive oil (I'm out now) and parmesan cheese (which I have
a lot of).


 CS> I think you are right.  Our grapes (native especially such as the
 CS> muskydine) make jelly but the wine isnt special as they were not bred
 CS> for ages for good wine making characteristics.  Sure, we grow those
 CS> types too (imported vines) but what the common grocery store has, is
 CS> an eating grape which is suitable for jelly as well.
 CS> It could be the grapes in OZ are more wine making types and do not
 CS> lead as well (most of them) to jellies?

JM>  Yeah, that was my point. And they would guard against
JM>  introducing our native-type grapes, to avoid accidental
JM>  hybridization with their European varietals. Besides,
JM>  from your description of the jelly aisles, they aren't
JM>  hurting for good fruits to make preserves of.

Nope, they looked just fine.  Many we consider 'expensive specials' are the
normal ones there like Boysinberry (sorry cant spell that) was one I noted. 
Come to think of it, I do not recall seeing strawberry.  Might have just
missed it?  Apple wasnt there either.  I didnt notice anything i hadnt seen
before stateside but noted those 3 big ones we use mostly, were not there. 
The prices for the other versions though, were reasonable in comparison to
what we get.

                                       xxcarol

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