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Skriven 2013-02-12 21:19:00 av Nancy Backus (63824.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 33615 av RUTH HAFFLY (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Winter baking
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 02-11-13  15:55 <=-

 RH> And hopefully it'll improve by the time we get up there again. The
 RH> rain I saw that's predicted will help the snow melt but it can also
 RH> turn to ice at night if temps are low enough.
 
Dunno how it'll be southeast of us... we never know whether promised
precipitation will come as snow or rain, or something between... the
forecasters aren't much better.   Today there was some chance of rain,
but we got some sun, and a very light amount of snow instead...
tomorrow's supposed to be the sunny day, and then seesaw stuff into a
colder possibly snowy weekend...  I just figure it's a wait and see
situation...  :)  But with this sort of weather, I do worry some about
ice... 
 
 RH>> As small as this place is, I do have the sprawl room to spread out
 RH>> the quilt to work on it. True, it has to be folded so that I have
 RH>> access to smaller sections at a time but it beats having to keep it
 RH>> "contained" if I work on it away from home.
 NB>> Harder to control the cleanliness of the work spaces away from home,
 NB>> too...  :)

 RH> Yes, and if I get called to the back for my appointment, it's easier
 RH> to tuck away a small project.

Quite true...  :)

 RH> Years ago I did a lot of counted cross stitch at a time when I
 RH> needed some physical therapy. The nurses and techs would all want
 RH> to see what I was working on every time I came in. (G) 
 
With smaller stuff it probably was a different project just about every
visit, too... :)

 RH>> It does rise, just takes a longer time. You can also have it rise in
 RH>> the fridge overnight if you mix it up after supper. Take it out, shape
 RH>> it and let it rise at room temperature, then bake it. I've not tried a
 RH>> double fridge rise but don't see why that wouldn't work as well.
 
 NB>> If you keep it protected from drafts, probably it would be ok... but
 NB>> it would indeed be slow... and possibly not rise as well after being
 NB>> formed as it would in a warmer place.  I've managed with a cold house
 NB>> and a not warm enough kitchen, but the rising can be painfully slow...
 NB>>  :)

 RH> Been there, done that with a cooler house. We heated with wood for a
 RH> while when we first lived in NC so temps in the house could be on the
 RH> cool side. Another place we lived in (an apartment) had 10' ceilings;
 RH> we had propane space heaters but only in the bathroom and living room.
 RH> But, I've managed to get bread made under those, and much better
 RH> conditions over the years.

Exactly... I didn't say it couldn't be done, just that it wasn't ideal..
both of those would have been challenges, too... :)

 NB>> I'd do up to 4 at a time... But then, I had only one munchkin, who
 NB>> didn't require a lot of running after by then, and we had some extra
 NB>> adults living with us that REALLY liked fresh-baked bread... it never
 NB>> lasted long, and I don't think that trying to do 8 loaves would have

 RH> After a while, if home made bread is the norm, you stop eating as much
 RH> of it. My mom made (white) bread on rare occaisions; 2 loaves lasted
 RH> maybe 2 days. She said that's why she didn't make it more but I told
 RH> her we'd accept it as the norm if she did. Since it was a rare treat,
 RH> it disappeared fast.

I'm not sure how long I'd have had to go to get it to be the norm with
these guys...  I think that I'd just have had to get used to the norm
being them gobbling up all the bread as soon as it was made... (G)

 NB>> batch, and they didn't really want to deprive me or Rob...  ;)  It was
 NB>> just well appreciated, I guess... :)

 RH> Sounds like it. Did you teach any of them how to do it? (G)

Sandy was somewhat interested in learning, but he didn't quite have the
attention span to really take to it... he might have done something with
it after he'd moved out back on his own again later... but he did often
hang around the kitchen to help me bake or cook... :)

ttyl          neb

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