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Skriven 2007-01-04 11:20:22 av hap newsom
     Kommentar till en text av Carol Shenkenberger
Ärende: Re: Brussels Sprouts
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Hey Carol!
-> 
-> -> 
-> -> Charlotte likes the one I thought she'd ignore.  EZ-bake oven of al
-> -> 
-> hn> I'm surprised that you're surprised! (grin) She's just following in Mo
-> hn> footsteps! 
-> 
-> Turns out it's because she can use it untended <G>.  All she needs from 
us, is 
-> to move something or other off the counter to make room for it and she's 
ready 
-> to make her own stuff.
-> 
There ya go! It will be fun to see what she gets creative with!

-> Now that she's officially 5ft, she really can reach the stove well enough to

-> cook but she's still a little scared of it, just a bit.
-> 
A little fear is not a bad thing around stoves! It keeps you respectful of the 
demons that make the heat (grin)

-> -> hn> Funny, I was thinking the other way around (grin) although I like 
spam
-> -> hn> spam doesn't really register as a whoopeeeee food for me (grin)
-> -> 
-> -> This time, it flavors the water just right. You get a treat of gelatinous

-> hn> spam 
-> -> lft over as well (cooks treat!).
-> 
-> hn> I'll probably not make it with spam regardless, I have several very sp
-> hn> uses for spam (hawaiian connections) but never use it otherwise.
-> 
-> I barely do, but this one is a good thing.  1 smaller can will make 5 
batches 
-> of brussells so you can see we arent going crazy with it.  The alternative 
for 
-> us would be bacon fat most of the time.  Usually though, I dont add any 
fats to
-> 
-> it other than a little butter.  I'm out of an area where getting just a
small 
-> chunk of ham is an easy thing.  I remeber though in Virginia Beach, we 
used to 
-> get bags of 'ham bits' pretty cheap and i used to cook with them.
-> 
Hormel also puts out a bag of bacon bits that is pretty much low fat as well 
and we usually buy one or two when we go to Costco...they are great for 
adding to all sorts of dishes! 

-> hn> Amanda got me a mini bamboo steamer for a Christmas gift, so we are 
go
-> hn> to invent some dim sum today and I think several will include a few br
-> hn> sprouts leaves (they'll be small steamed buns about the size of a ping
-> hn> ball) and some BBQ pork. For tomorrow our traditional first meal...cor
-> hn> and blackeyed peas......yummmmmmmmmm!
-> 
-> Sounds good!  How did it turn out?  I've never tried to make dim sum 
myself.
-> 
We ran out of time so they never got made (sigh) 

-> I have a steamer but it's metal.  Less finicky in the end and works as well 
-> though with a few things, you have to lightly oil the upper basket.  Not 
much, 
-> just flip a paper towel over the olive oil jar then invert to make a little 
-> dabble and rub it around.
-> 
I had an aluminium one for a long time but it (most of em are) was fairly 
flimsy in construction and got bent at some point....steamers don't work 
nearly so well if they don't fit nicely together (grin) so it got junked and I 
haven't gotten around to getting another till Amanda gave me the bamboo 
one. When we make the bao's or dimsum...we put the dough on a square of 
waxed paper in the steamer...no need to oil them at that point. 

-> Oh, you need to lightly oil a bamboo steamer now and again to keep 
it 'happy' 
-> for a long time. Olive oil works well for this.  Crisco and things like
wesson 
-> oils will get 'gummy' after a bit and wreck the thing.
->                                        xxcarol

I use olive oil almost exclusively.
chat with you soon
hap 
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