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Skriven 2015-03-03 20:36:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
Ärende: Re: New Toy
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 02-26-15  14:47 <=-

 >>> 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...?

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

Pizza dough is probably a bit too tough for the scraper to handle... :)

 >> 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...  :)

 JK> I bet... arthritis is not nice.  I've got it primarily in my hands
 JK> from the drugs to treat MS so like you, using a mortar and pestle for
 JK> things like pesto isn't something I do.. I use a blender..

Mine is, so far anyway, pretty mild, so things like herbs or even the
anise seed is still doable, though fennel isn't easily...

 JK> that's something else I'll purchase when my current blender dies..
 JK> there's a blender for the Bosch that fits in the mixer's transmission
 JK> or whatever, in the receptacle on the side of the mixer. 

More gadgets for the toy...  :)

 >>> 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...?  ;)

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

Probably.  :)

 >> 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. ;)

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

And with hollow legs and fast metabolisms...  :)
 
 >> 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...

 JK> Certainly true, especially on holidays .. :)

When there's a lot to cook... and lots of energy expended...  :)

 > 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...  :)

 JK> That's the truth :)

I've found that a good indication of when I'm way overtired is when I
feel hungry, and then only manage to eat a small amount before I'm fully
satiated, with the tired taking over... ;)  

ttyl       neb

... I've had enough of gardening; I'm ready to throw in the trowel

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