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Skriven 2012-08-18 21:42:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: I like that
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-17-12  21:09 <=-

 NB>> of figuring out the recipe for my sister-in-law's Swedish Christmas
 NB>> Rye Bread.  She and I pored over recipes, as she tried to remember
 NB>> what she had had and what would have been in it.  I tried for maybe
 NB>> 3-4 years, maybe a couple more, tweaking this and that, and looking
 NB>> at various other recipes in my books, before I finally produced what
 NB>> she pronounced Just Right.  I suspect that my final recipe was probably

 RH> Good going! I know trying to find bread that tasted like some that we
 RH> had in Germany was elusive. Finally found some at the commissary at
 RH> Fort Bliss when I went with Steve for an appointment. Turns out, it was
 RH> made in a German bakery in TX. But the German bakery where we lived in
 RH> AZ made the same bread---------------but it didn't have the same taste.

May have called it the same, but used slightly different ingredients, or
a different method... 
 
 NB>> healthier than what she had actually grown up with... unless,
 NB>> authentic actually did use the healthier ingredients...  :)

 RH> Could be, trying to remember what something you had as a kid and how
 RH> it tastes can be tricky. Especially as adult tastes can be so different
 RH> from childhood ones, if you know what I mean. Some things you disliked
 RH> as a child (or liked) you may like (or dislike) as an adult as your
 RH> tastes mature and change.

There probably was some of that, too...  One of the things she said
early on was that she didn't like having the orange zest in the bread. 
After a couple of years, I ignored that bit of information and just put
it in, along with the juice of said orange.  It was in the final version
that she put her stamp of approval on... ;)
 
 RH>> freezing most of the vegetables. Tomatoes were/are the main thing
 RH>> she still canned (cans). A bit more work to heat frozen vegetables
 RH>> but not that much and the taste is better than even home canned. 
 NB>> That's for sure.  :)  Can't beat the taste.  :)   And frozen really
 NB>> aren't anymore trouble than canned except for adding water...

 RH> Especially if you heat them in the microwave. On the stove top, Mom
 RH> stood a good chance of burning them. That wasn't as much of an issue
 RH> with the microwave, thankfully.

True...  and quicker in the mw, too...  :)

ttyl          neb

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