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Skriven 2008-02-13 15:43:56 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 2356 av Carol Shenkenberger (8333.cooks)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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Hi Carol!

>> > It must be.  BTW, do you have a rice maker perchance?
>>
>> Nope, I use "boil the water, throw in rice, cover" method (g). Unless I'm
>> making Italian Arborio rice - For that you stir constantly with wine or brot
>> etc.

> Actually that works fine if you make rice only once a week or less.  Folks

Yes, that's about right.. maybe once in a while more than once a week.  When I
was working through my Japanese and Chinese cookbooks, I obviously made it a
lot more often :)

> who make rice almost every day, use rice makers and the main point is the
> 'keep warm' setting.  A rice maker wont work for your italian rice but I'd
> love to try that.  Oddly you've just hit the one time I might like wine in
> cooking.  It sounds interesting!

Just make sure you get Arborio rice and the box should have at least one recipe
on it.. if not, you probably have a number of them here in the echo (g).

>> > as even if you do, and extra might be handy and if not, it's harmlessly in
>> > the trunk and back home.  Maybe my little Japanese blender as it's so cute
>> > you all would want to see it if only to take a gander.
>>
>> I've looked at rice makers, and never bought one :)  Maybe if I see your's i
>> action I'll be  convinced to get one :)

> Depends on how often you make rice, and what type you like best.  Rice makers
> arent noted for separtist rice <g>.  In fact, basmati is the only type that
> will turn that way a bit and not as much as in the stove top method.

Basamati is one of the favorites of my daughter and her family so I usually
make that type when I'm expecting them and plan on rice.. For Ron and I, I
usually make brown rice, or japanese short-grain (that is addictive rice :))..
Will be good to see yours, since lately I don't mind having a tool that I don't
use that often in my kitchen.. it's better than saying, Oh darn, wish I had
that here now (g).

>> >> > BTW, later we grill you on what cooking gear you have handy so we know
>> >> > to bring with us.  Another reason for me to drive up, is I can pack lot
>>
>> > I gather you have one of those fancy bread kneaders (cuisinart?) and i've
>> > always wanted to look one over.
>>
>> I have a Zojirushi Bread Machine, upstairs my son has my older BreadMan brea
>> machine (g)... And I have a kitchaid mixer with doughhook. In one of my oven

> There it is.  Kitchenaide mixer with dough hook.  (No need to bring my bread
> machine I see!).  I'd like to try the dough hook or just watch as another
> does it.

Sure thing.. I'm sure I'll be making a least a pizza or two :)  If not me,
someone else :)


>> have a HearthKit ceramic insert that essentially turns your regular oven int
>> perfect breadmaker's oven (g).

> Saw that mentioned with GA Ruth!

Yeah, it's really nice, I love it.. It makes the most outrageous roast chicken,
too.. We were amazed what a difference that made :)  We figured the
Artisan-type bread would be great, but hadn't considered the roasted meats.

>> I have pasta machines (hand crank), too..

> Ohh!  I wanna come play at your house!  Think my Mom will let me?

haha I hope so :)

>> have an electric wok and somewhere here I have a regular wok (g)... been a
>> while since I've used that one!  I'm trying to think what things you might w
>> to use to cook with.... :)

> I am sure some of the others know what to do with them and will use'em.  I'm
> not the wok type myself.

A lot of the cookbooks I have for chinese cooking use them to deep-fry, or to
stir-fry.. well, you'll see all the cookbooks I have.. quite a collection. took
me a while to recover from that move from NY to KY where the Moving co. lost
all my cookbooks back then.. but the list of books has recovered quite well :)
Anyway, when I don't use my Wok, I use one of my cast iron pots for
stir-frying.. it's nice to use for stir-frying as well.


> Humm, what other toys do I have?  I probably should bring momma and baby
> crock just so folks can see'em but we wont really have time for any crockpot
> recipes unless I just make you up a big batch of stock.  If you want one from
> all them organic meats and can save the bones, just eat up the meats then
> freeze the carcass bones til we get there. I believe 3 of us at least make
> our own stock as a common thing.  Perhaps Mloo could bring some annato seeds
> and show us how to use them?

Sounds good.  There should be plenty of chicken bones :)

> Commonly from what I've seen posted, we end up with more stuff to try than we
> get around to, but thats ok!

> Remind me when the time comes to pack a box of simple plates and stuff.
> While you may want to go paper just to keep the cleanup down (we tend to
> clean after ourselves but still..) it's nice to have the option if you don't
> have that many.

Oh did you say dishes? (vbg).. I um.. have tons.. I collect them so there is
more than an over-abundance..Well, you'll see when you get here (g).   It's
like a family joke around here, as a matter of fact.. I usually use
paper-plates for a big crowd if we're just having hamburgers, hot dogs and
salads, but I think for this we ought to use the Blue Willow stuff I use most
days.. It's all so sturdy and cleanup is easy in the dishwasher.. or we could
go with using the 1930's Meakin set - it's a little more delicate but so neat
in it's design (g)... seriously, I must have 5 sets just on the shelves that
Ron built for me in the kitchen (g).

> Oh another toy you can make a wish list of, is any wierd spice you havent
> tried and want to see/sniff/ perhaps use.  I have a pretty extensive
> collection of the less common ones.

Any and all you may have brought home from Japan would be incredible, if
possible.. that's something we see somewhat here, but don't really know what a
lot of them are for, or how to best use them, know what I mean?  The cookbooks
I have seem authentic enough, but you know...

I have Sushi pads to roll sushi with as well (that was another thing I fell in
love with, and had to buy books to make it :) ) so maybe we can play with that
too..

Take care,
Janis

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