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Skriven 2008-02-14 09:42:30 av Carol Shenkenberger (8392.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 2374 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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 > >> > 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 b
 > >> 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
 > was working through my Japanese and Chinese cookbooks, I obviously made it a
 > lot more often :)

You are fine then.  Adding another gadget if you have no need for it, just
clutters the garage/basement and never gets pulled out.  I'll just bring my
toy and let you play with it <g>.  The group will be big enough that the
warmer function will make sense.


 > > 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 rec
 > on it.. if not, you probably have a number of them here in the echo (g).

Oh dear!  I phrased that wrong.  I dont want to make it, I want you to make
it and me to be a total 'eat'. {whimper- feed me!}

Even us cooks turn total 'eat' at times!

It;s like if GA Ruth can make it this time, she HAS to make me her brown rice
or I will bug her the whole time, whimpering gently.  I do not do brown at
home and she needs to make some for me.
/me insists


 > 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

Basmati works on stove as well as rice maker.  Brown rice, not so well in a
rice maker so I seldom try but GA Ruth has the trick of it.

 > usually make brown rice, or japanese short-grain (that is addictive rice :))
 

It is isnt it?  But calrose works.  It;s a medium grain.


 > >> machine (g)... And I have a kitchaid mixer with doughhook. In one of my o
 > 
 > > There it is.  Kitchenaide mixer with dough hook.  (No need to bring my bre
 > > 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 :)

Oh I wanna play! I lack counter space and need for that top end gear but it su
re would be nice to see in action!

 > > Ohh!  I wanna come play at your house!  Think my Mom will let me?
 > 
 > haha I hope so :)

DEpends! My Mom may be visiting same time. Yes, Mom is alive and well. 
She;'s a spring chicken since she wont hit 80 til 2010.  Likes to plant
strange flower bulbs for the neighbors then snicker as they come up.  Cool
lady.

 > A lot of the cookbooks I have for chinese cooking use them to deep-fry, or t
 > stir-fry.. well, you'll see all the cookbooks I have.. quite a collection. t
 > 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.

Memory note for me, bring the fav of all time book of mine.  Hari Kojima. 
It's not big, but I love that book.


 > > 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 crockp
 > > recipes unless I just make you up a big batch of stock.  If you want one f
 > > 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 see
 > > and show us how to use them?
 > 
 > Sounds good.  There should be plenty of chicken bones :)

Got a spare freezer if i recall?  Then yes!  Perhaps Mloo might be a better
stock maker and we let him use 'momma crock' to do it? I think he's mostly
used to stove top style but i can get him in the right direction for
crockpot easy enough.  If he cant come, we kibitz it.

 > > Commonly from what I've seen posted, we end up with more stuff to try than
 > > 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
 > > 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

Hehe that was use too but it turns out we either forgot we gifted them way
before we left, or the MIL did it for us to folks who needed them.  I have
far more than a family of 3 needs, but not the ame level of excess.

Dale last time used mostly paperware and it made the cleanup easy.  It fine
whichever way you go.  I like to put paperware on cheap plates (not my best
stuff) so cleanup is easy, if hosting a big party.

 > > 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
 > lot of them are for, or how to best use them, know what I mean?  The cookboo
 > I have seem authentic enough, but you know...

Will do but that set is thin.  They had 'issues' about packing spices so I
found homes for most of them before I left. Then low and behold, japan sices
(such as were left) got packed!

I use many japanese-like items though and can probably replicate many of
them.

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

I like sushi but never learned well to make my own.
                 xxcarol
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