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Skriven 2015-02-26 14:42:26 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38.0)
  Kommentar till text 24361 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: New Toy
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Hi Nancy,

>> One just has to experiment... then you'll know for sure whether or not
>> it's necessary...  :)

>> I could... attaching the dough hook extender after starting wouldn't
>> be much of a pain... but there's something else I want to try first
>> Lol... I also bought the bowl scraper.  Both the bowl scraper and the
>> dough-hook extender are newer attachments.  Folks I guess noticed that
>> when mixing a smaller amount of flour like for one loaf of bread, some
>> of the flour didn't get mixed in. So I'm thinking that if I use the
>> scraper it might push all the flour off the sides to more of the center
>> where it will get mixed.  Makes sense to me at least (G).

> It might...  that might be more for the sorts of things you'd be using a
> scraper to bring the batter more towards the beaters, like for a cake,
> though...?

I would think it will work well for cakes, and that's really why I purchased
it.  I tried it with my 4 cup flour recipe for pizza, and well... it came apart
into a bazillion (it seemed (grin)) parts... really just three parts two of
which pop in and out of the scraper.  It wasn't harmed at all so I can try it
later with a small cake which I expected to use it with.

>> That's how I did it when I was young and healthy LOL...
>> pre-kitchenaid.. It didn't take me long to start looking for another
>> way to make bread once I got MS what some 30+ years ago (g)  I was 24
>> when it hit. Really cramped my style Lol

> I guess..!  I've been luckier that way... ;)  The touches of arthritis
> in my hands etc, though, have made things like doing a lot of mortar and
> pestle seed grinding more of an issue than they used to be... especially
> for the tougher seeds like caraway...  :)

I bet... arthritis is not nice.  I've got it primarily in my hands from the
drugs to treat MS so like you, using a mortar and pestle for things like pesto
isn't something I do.. I use a blender.. that's something else I'll purchase
when my current blender dies.. there's a blender for the Bosch that fits in the
mixer's transmission or whatever, in the receptacle on the side of the mixer.

>> the recipients...  ;)  I wouldn't want more than one, probably, either,
>> but I'm sure that I'd enjoy the one...  :)

>> They were great :)  The next day after giving the rest of them to my
>> daughter I had a moment of regret hahaha

> Shoulda kept back one or two, eh...?  ;)

I don't think I coulda taken all the sugar in that batch :( Much better I
didn't keep any Lol

>> I may make a much smaller recipe
>> that is in my Joy Of Cooking cookbook.. I don't remember offhand
>> how many it makes but generally the recipes in it are for smaller
>> batches.  And certainly not as sweet as these were.. :)

> Probably still have to send a bunch home with her for the grandboys. ;)

I always seem to have something around for when they stop by :)  They're young,
they can take it :)

>> sick. It's just too tiring to me.  That's the MS playing havoc with me
>> I think.

> Probably... but it is a fairly common phenomena, to have the cook tired
> of the food by the time it's all finished and being served...

Certainly true, especially on holidays .. :)

> the
> appetite can be satisfied by just being around the food for so long...
> with the occasional nibble here or there, anyway... ;)  But being tired
> at the end only makes it worse...  :)

That's the truth :)

Take care,
Janis

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