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     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
Ärende: Re: New Toy
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 03-04-15  13:32 <=-

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

 JK> haha yes, for sure I know that now.  I just figured I'd try it and
 JK> see.  Live and learn (G)

After all, one does have to experiment with one's new toy... ;)  As
long as nothing's broken permanently in the process, anyway... ;)
 
 >>> [...]  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..
 > 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> Time to take a hammer to the fennel? :)  That's silly I guess (g) But
 JK> glad you can still manage that.

Yeah...  :)  Actually, a small amount I'm still ok with... and if more
needs doing, I generally can get Richard (or some other willing helper)
to grind it for me instead... I also learned that if doing both anise
and fennel, I can mix them, and if in small enough quantities at a time
it makes it seem to go better... :) It's not something I do often, and
lately not at all, since it was for the Swedish Christmas rye bread I
was making for my husband's s-i-l for the Backus Christmas, which isn't
happening any more..  For a year or so after that stopped, I still made
the bread for my family's Christmas, as the second loaf had been brought
there over the years, and it was somewhat expected by then...  

 >> 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.
 > More gadgets for the toy...  :)

 JK> Oh yes, that's for sure... I've always stayed away from "One Machine
 JK> Does It All" kind of set ups.. probably goes back to the idea of sound
 JK> systems that put together turntables/radios/receivers (how's that for
 JK> ancient? LOL)... but really, I was never one to buy a sound system that
 JK> could die from one component giving up the ghost.  So that carried into
 JK> my thoughts for keeping the kitchen equipment separate.

Makes sense to me.  ;)  The all-in-one systems had/have their place, I
suppose... ;)  My Walkman was useful for taking to camp with me...
choice of cassettes or radio, and all on batteries...  ;)  

 JK> I want to see how often that transmission fails on the Bosch before I
 JK> get the blender, for sure.  Won't do any good to kill the thing since
 JK> that's the main power/drive/whatever for the mixer :(  I can get
 JK> another separate blender cheaply enough I think (g).  IIRC I killed my
 JK> last blender trying to grind dry chick peas - It didn't like that at
 JK> all :)  Then I tried my grain mill... that blew the fuse on it :( 
 JK> Luckily I was able to find the fuses quickly for it. 

Sounds like you should have taken a hammer to the chickpeas... (G) 
Isn't your current blender a Ninja...?

 >>> 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
 
 > Probably.  :)

 JK> Yeah... they were like a direct sugar crash :)
 
 >>> 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 :)
 > And with hollow legs and fast metabolisms...  :)

 JK> hahaha yes, that's for sure... They can put food away like most
 JK> teenagers I remember, even though the two youngest are just 8 and 11 :)
 JK> I guess 11 is close enough to qualify for teen years though (g).

11's pretty close, yeah...  ;)  And even some younger kids have very
good appetites, too... :)

 > 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... ;)

 JK> I remember Ron reading somewhere that was an indication of fatigue
 JK> caused by diabetes or high sugar levels.. so I usually cut back on

Interesting... usually in my case, there have been good reasons to be
overtired, and I should have been hungry enough to eat a reasonably
meal, having not eaten for quite a while... 

 JK> starches and sugars etc.  Helps so far.. but I've known I'm been kind
 JK> of close for a number of years (like 10 or something)... and so I have
 JK> had to watch it for a while. Mom had diabetes so I remember the
 JK> signs... Not something I would want to have to deal with permanently
 JK> that's for sure. 

For sure.  :)  There's been diabetes in my family, too... and I was was
taking care of someone that had it...  my doctor was concerned about me
for a while, but my A1C blood work has been coming back just fine, so
he's backed off on that...  Cinnamon, fiber, and vinegar are all good
for keeping sugar levels good... also onions and garlic and turmeric..

ttyl      neb

... A neglected food group along with the Congealed group.

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