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Skriven 2015-02-26 22:27:47 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 24361 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: New Toy
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Hi Nancy and Janis,

On (25 Feb 15) NANCY BACKUS wrote to JANIS KRACHT...

-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 02-22-15  02:22 <=-

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

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

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

What I do with my KA when I make bread (2 loaves, worth, whole wheat) is
to start mixing it with the regular paddle. I used to use a bowl scraper
one but it cracked, being plastic and not being able to take the stress
of a whole wheat dough. Now I just use the paddle (mixer) that came with
the KA for up to 5 cups of flour. Before I add the 6th cup (KA
istructions say no more than 8 cups of whole wheat flour), I change over
to the dough hook. At that point the dough ball is beginning to form; it
fully forms as I add the last of the flour. Some days it'll take a scant
7 cups, other days, closer to the 8, depends on the weather. I've not
tried making just one loaf with the machine.

 >> If you buy this model of the Bosch
 >> mixer from the Bosch main site like I did, it's included.  I think
 >> Amazon sells the same model without it and it's an add-on for $9.95.
 > When I've baked bread, I've never used a mixer, only a wooden spoon and
 > my hands...  :)

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

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

Nancy--get yourself aninexpensive coffee grinder to use for your spices.
I've got an Oster model--basic, but does a good job on even the tough
seeds.


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

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

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

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

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

There's always the option of freezing them individually or in sets of 2
for treats. If you do that, don't ice them until after they're thawed
and warmed.

 >> To be honest, I often make things I just don't care to eat. It's
 >> funny, but it's been true most of my life :)
 > I make things for other people, but generally it's the way I'd like
 > them, too...  :)

 JK> I have to make myself eat generally, that's what I mean here.. pretty
 JK> sick. It's just too tiring to me.  That's the MS playing havoc with me
 JK> I think.

 NB> Probably... but it is a fairly common phenomena, to have the cook
 NB> tired of the food by the time it's all finished and being served...
 NB> the
 NB> appetite can be satisfied by just being around the food for so long...
 NB> with the occasional nibble here or there, anyway... ;)  But being
 NB> tired at the end only makes it worse...  :)

Not fun to be tired at the end of a cooking session. You just don't
enjoy the food as much, after all the work that's gone into making it.
Those are the times you need someone else around to do the clean up too.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


...  It works!  Now, if only I could remember what I did.

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