Text 3445, 153 rader
Skriven 2008-03-05 13:33:53 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 3344 av Carol Shenkenberger (9352.cooks)
Ärende: rice                                                     [1]
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Hi Carol,

 > OK, I thought you were trying another batch of brown rice. Hopefully, by
 > the time you read this, you are replenished. We were away for the last

 CS> Well, I'm behind too and again out of rice.  Also out of white flour I
 CS> think but need to check the freezer first to be sure.

 CS> (trot trot trot)... Yup, out of both.  No biggie, I can use the whole
 CS> wheat for bread if I want to.  Normally I mix it with white but can

Sounds like we both need a trip to the commissary.  That's on our agenda
for Saturday--when I can stock up on high anti oxidant foods andenjoy
them again. (G)

 CS> work with just whole wheat for a bit.  I think I have several of your
 CS> breadmaker recipes for that.  Wouldnt hurt to toss me a simple one
 CS> though!  I dont have any molassis handy but have honey and brown sugar
 CS> if it needs that.

I'll send along the one that I use in our current bread machine. It
makes a 2 pound loaf; if that's too much, let me know & I'll send the
one I used all the time (with a bit of modification) for both of our old
bread machines.

 > Close enough, that if I popped some in the mail tomorrow, you would have
 > it probably by Thursday or Friday. But, then I wouldn't be there to cook

 CS> Naw, I can get it easy enough.  JUst used to white here is all.
 CS> Perhaps next trip I'll get a small bag of brown and try it on

She might surprise you and like it. (G) The run of the mill white rice
just doesn't have any flavor--I know, the better to compliment the food
but the brown rice adds a nice dimension of flavor to the other foods.


 >  CS> Hey remember the folks who moved here from Rota?  Her husband got
 >  CS> pulled away for an IA (augment) to Afghanistan for a year.  Thats

 > No fun--just when you think you'll be stable for a bit and have a proper
 > family life.....................

 CS> Yup.  At least his tour in Rota was shore.

That was nice--shore duty in Spain.  A Marine Corps family we used to
know went there about 30 years ago.

 >  CS> It's happening alot to Navy folks that when they finally hit shore,
 >  CS> they get pulled out for as much as 1 year of their shore duty (still

 > I know, it's not a good situation.  Family life is hard enough at times,
 > especially with the military member in and out so just when you think
 > it's stable---------------not yet, dear.  So is the family moving now or
 > waiting until the school year is over?

 CS> Nope, moving mid-year.  For rent sign is back up and they are gone

I can see both sides of it, having done the same with our girls.

 >  CS> Fortunately, I do not medically qualify.

 > Wipe that grin off your face sailor! (G)  Seriously, how is the back

 CS> Neck went out but it's getting better last 2 days.  Chiro tomorrow and
 CS> I'm going to talk with him about this 'popping my back' thing as that
 CS> exactly what *seems* to have caused this past 2 weeks of pain.
 CS> Perhaps that is part of the process but not so sure.

Ouch all over!  I've just got 2 more treatments but finally (!) see a
medical oncologist next Wednesday to determine what, if anything, needs
to be done next. Probably mammograms, more frequently than the normal
yearly, but what else?

 CS> (On trek to Janis's)
 > We have to figure out what other family things are going on to plan
 > where we will go, when.  We'll probably take a couple of days, at least
 > to drive to my parents (if we go there first).  Janis is less than a
 > couple of hours from them.

 CS> Neat way to work out a visit there!  I no longer have any family up
 CS> that way, at least none I know of.

We've got most of my family (all but a brother in Florida & sister in
Arizona) and all of Steve's except his parents.  His siblings all live
within about a 15 minute radius of each other out just west of
Brockport, NY.

 CS> (On cookbooks, favorites)
 > Those were usually our favorites, then and now. I "initiated" a cook
 > book the other day by spilling some balsamic vinegar nearby--and having
 > some on my fingers when I went to pull the cook book away.

 CS> Well my Hari book is next to me still from that last typing.  It's
 CS> open to a nice one for a shoyu boneless pork butt.  I think that was
 CS> the first time I used Mirin.

I brought up a couple of cook books to my computer desk. They're both
relatively new but we've decided we like the potatoes in one; the other
is the bread machine book.

 >  CS> that. To actually use 1.75lbs of true solid miso would be overpowering
 >  CS> in several ways.

 > OY!  That would gag an elephant!

 CS> Truely it would!  Either way, I mixed miso with milk and some honey
 CS> and liked the effect.  I skipped the sesame oil as it didnt seem to
 CS> match this time.

OK, I've read of mixing miso with stock or water but not milk and honey.

 >  CS> 3 cups dashi or chicken stock

 >  CS> This is one of the ones i actually like a little better with chicken
 >  CS> stock but we are out so dashi will be used.  I'll also use a few fresh
 >  CS> kelp bow ties just because they are so pretty <g>.

 > Looks good, and I may adapt it to my cooking with whole wheat pasta. (G)

 CS> I forgot the rest of that one to MM I think.  I can do it in my sleep
 CS> though.  I make many variations on this.

Funny, the way we do things without thinking, then when we have to think
about how/what we did, it's hard.  I'm that way with the diaper bag I do
for a baby shower gift--I know what to do but writing it down or
describing the sewing steps to others is hard, especially if they don't
sew.

 >  > the pressure cooker would hold as a stock pot but I'd guess about 10-12.
 CS>  >
 >  CS> Oh yes!  They make'em that big but it's the top end size for slow
 >  CS> cookers.  I also have some huge stock pots even bigger but one is
 >  CS> being used in winter to clean the fireplace ashes into then let cool
 >  CS> on the back porch.
 CS>  >
 > Maybe, whenever we get settled permanantly, I'll have some huge stock


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As well as the bread recipe.


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