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Skriven 2010-05-07 20:51:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 37415 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Growing potatoes                                         [1]
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Hi Janis,

>> dough for my atlas dough press.  The kitchenaid was like heaven
>> compared to the Sunbeam.. the sunbeam really struggled, and took a

 JK> > I had a couple of Oster Kitchen Centers before getting the KA.  The
 JK> > mixer on the first one could sort of handle kneading bread dough,
 JK> for a > bit.  Then I upped the amount I made at a time & couldn't use
 JK> the mixer.

 JK> hehe.. I DO seem to remember breaking the dough hook that went with
 JK> the Sunbeam when I upped my breadmaking amounts as well (vbg).  Matter
 JK> of fact that was probably why Ron bought me the KA in the first
 JK> place... I couldn't knead dough by hand any longer (the MS was very

I broke the radius bone in both wrists at the same time, right up near
the hand so that put an effective end to my kneading large amounts of
dough.  While we were in Germany, I slacked off some on making my own as
there were so many good German breads. The wrists break was near the end
of our time there.  I had further reconstruction in AZ; Steve was hoping
they would be strong enough to knead dough.  When I tried, and hurt, he
got my first bread machine.

 JK> bad back then, much worse than it was even 10 years later).  I made
 JK> all our bread because none of us could stand
 JK> store-bought bread - and I like you, went for added nutrients in the
 JK> dough like the Cornell flour mix where wheat germ, soy flour and
 JK> nonfat dry milk are added to the bottom of each cup of flour:

 JK>  8 teaspoons wheat germ
 JK>  1/3 c Soy flour
 JK>  1/3 c Nonfat dry milk

I've seen this but by using all whole wheat flour, its got enough good
stuff in that it doesn't need the Cornell mix.  I always use either milk
powder and water or milk and water instead of straight water.

 JK> Makes such great bread.. I only make this for Ron and I though since
 JK> the kids can't have soy or dairy.  It's obviously high protein, low
 JK> calorie bread.. and mixed with Bread flour, it doesn't bother my guts.


 JK> > No problem there; other things were mostly mixed by hand as well.
 JK> > Second OKC never seemed to have enough power for the mixer,
 JK> especially > in the dough setting.  Both worked really good as
 JK> blenders tho.(G)

 JK> I always had a problem with the idea of multiple tools in one base.. I
 JK> was always afraid say the blender would die, or the mixer would go,

At the same time it was nice having the multi function base; it took up
less room than the 3 separate appliances.

 JK> was a premium in some of those apartments we lived in when the kids
 JK> were little :)  When we bought our first house, the first thing Ron
 JK> did was build a center island.  That's when we covered the island and
 JK> all the counters in the kitchen with the Italian ceramic tiles.  It
 JK> wasn't as huge as this one, but it had a drop-in range in it and
 JK> counter space in front and on each side.  The sink was directly across
 JK> from it. Hehe.. when we sold that house to a Doctor in the village,
 JK> the first thing I thought about was him tearing that island up to make
 JK> it an office, etc. :(  The hospital was right across the street from
 JK> our house, so he was really happy we were selling (g).

OTOH, maybe he appreciated the island as a chance to spread his
instruments out on.


 JK> > How long has it been up there?  Do you seriously think you will ever
 JK> get > it fixed or is it just wishful thinking now?

 JK> Oh, it's only been up there about 5 years Lol.. and yes I just might
 JK> get it fixed.. it always felt like more of a power-house than even the
 JK> Professional does :)  I fixed my Athena Sewing machine myself once I
 JK> got a copy of the internals.. It just needed a part around the bobbin
 JK> case.. forget what it's called now..

Not that important, unless you need to do it again.

>> Great :)  When you stop by maybe we can make some :)  At the very
>> least, you can take a look at it up close.

 JK> > Yes, I can at least take a look. Don't know yet if we'll visit as a
 JK> day > trip from my parents or on our way out to western NY.

 JK> Understand :)  We were supposed to get to Connecticutt this month or
 JK> next, but I'm really not up to the trip.. sitting in the car for long
 JK> rides does me in completely..

I know, sitting in the car can be very tiring.


 JK> > IOW, it wouldn't take too many to fill you up. (G)

 JK> No, not that many (vbg).  I can eat 5 or if I skip lunch that day, I
 JK> can eat 6. Ron usually does the same at least :)  I make about 100
 JK> when I make them and then I freeze them in trays.

Sounds like what my MIL used to do; sisters in law do it from time to
time but not on a regular basis. Usually for Christmas or some big
occaision.

>> I know what you mean.. and if the dough is thick as you'd expect with
>> hand-rolled dough, those three could be really heavy in the gut :) :)
>> That's one of the good things about the Atlass roller.. you can
>> specify how thin or thick you want the dough to be.  I usually use a
>> very thin dough for ravioli.

 JK> > Thin dough sounds good.  Thick would sit like a lump in the stomach.

 JK> It sure does :)

 JK> > The pasta sheet roller on the KA can roll it pretty thin; Steve
 JK> started > with small lumps and got really long sheets when we tried
 JK> it.  They
 JK> > should have been cut at an intermediate stage, then re rolled.

 JK> I haven't checked the KA roller.. does it have settings for thickness?
 JK>  I like the atlass because you have so much control over how it 'comes
 JK> out' of the rollers, and so much control over the thickness.

This kept coming in longer and longer sheets as Steve set it thinner and
thinner.  I'm glad his long arms were feeding it in and taking it up.

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