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Skriven 2013-07-18 22:47:38 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 2370 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: rye/pumpernickle  was: Asparagus
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 11 Jul 13  21:24:29 <=-

 RH>> It'll have to wait until I get back to NC and the weather cools off.
 NB>> Baking's more enjoyable when one isn't dripping (s)wet... :)

 RH> Definately! Steve has made several batches (including 2 here in
 RH> M'ville) of the baslama bread since we found the recipe. The Shipps
 RH> will be bringing some to the picnic so you can try it. 

We had it with some of your kefir cream cheeses, and also with some rose
spread that Michael brought (rose petals and sugar)... went well with
both.  :)   The leftover cheeses and bread came home with me... we used
one round with my leftover tongue for sandwiches the first night home.

 RH> That gets baked on a griddle or in a fry pan & doesn't heat up the
 RH> kitchen quite as much. 

That can be useful this time of year... :)   I thought that it was a
sort of pocket bread, but most of what I've had didn't open up that way.
What we used for sandwiches, I just cut the bread in quarters and we had
a quarter for the bottom slice and another quarter for the top slice.  

 RH>> We're up in the Catskills now.
 NB>> Visiting your family...  :)

 RH> Yes, and tending to some business. Heading down to PA tomorrow.

Did you find out what was happening at the home for your mom's diet
and all...? 
 
 NB>> packaging... I know that our family's oatmeal cookie recipe was
 NB>> originally off the Quaker Oats canister...  I did a lot of tweaks to
 NB>> it over the years, so my final one wasn't a lot like anymore... but
 NB>> the original wasn't bad, either... :)

 RH> That's the most fun, taking a recipe like that and making it your own.
 RH> My mom always made it by the instructions; I think dad does likewise.

My dad would do some minor tweaks, like what to add to the basic
recipe... the usual was raisins in the oatmeal cookies, at Christmas
time, he'd use candied fruits, and put a red or green candied cherry
half on the top to make it festive.

 RH> Neither of them are very creative when it comes to cooking. Makes
 RH> me wonder sometimes why I'm so opposite, probably because they're
 RH> so bland & boring in their cooking/eating.

Probably just because that's one area where your creativity gets
expressed... and we all have influences beyond our family ones that can
push us into different paths...  :)  Sometimes that gets passed back to
the family...

ttyl        neb

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