andiesenji
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I was raised in such a large extended family that we had several breakfast dishes mornings. My grandpa often got up earlly and had breakfast in the kitchen with one or more of my uncles or great uncles, the farm manager (crops) the vet and an occasional visitor. The rest of us had breakfast in the breakfast room with food in chafers that kept the food warm.
The cook made grits, oatmeal, semolina porridge and sometimes toasted buckwheat porridge (buckwheat was grown on the farm as a "cover crop" that was plowed under to replenish the soil where tobacco had been grown for years but some of it was allowed to mature and was harvested to make bread, quick breads, pancakes.)
She toasted the buckwheat in a big skillet before putting it through the grain mill the evening before, soaked it overnight and cooked it in the morning.
We had other things, biscuits, bacon, sausage, eggs, toast, gravy and I am making myself hungry.
We had hand-cranked "flakers" for whole grains. I still have one and it still works just fine, when I have the energy to use it.
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I don't understand the question. 😉
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17 hours ago, Porthos said:
We had to replace our microwave. Had a Panasonic, bought another, very similar Panasonic. Going without a microwave for 10 days was torcher. Not exactly fun, but grateful.
I'm loving the Keurig.
i have a backup microwave still in box, never opened in my storeroom. "Just in case." It was one of the Amazon "gold box" deals a "just released" appliance - one year ago. September 2019, no price listed on the product page; Now it's listed at 398.04. I paid $112.88.
It's a Cosmo huge - 2.2 cu. ft, 1200 W.
My current MW that I got for free via the Vine Voices program is a Toshiba 1000 watt. no interior light, it stopped working several months after I got it.
I like it because it has one-button pre-set times for 30 secs, 1, 2 and 3 minute times, a Re-heat sensor that is the best I have ever used and I have had microwaves since 1967.
Also, it fits in my "microwave cabinet" while the Cosmo is 1 1/2 inches too wide to fit in the cabinet.
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6 hours ago, Chris Hennes said:
I finally got the Breville Juice Fountain I've been eying for years. I haven't really done anything with it yet (a couple of apples to make sure it worked), but I'm looking forward to playing.
I had the Breville elite die-cast one which worked great. I gave it to my daughter several years ago and her husband mainly uses it, juices everything that can be juiced and some of the pulp gets used in baked goods. It is ideal for a family of five that like to mix fresh juices with protein, collegen and other powders for easily transportable meal substitutes. Celery and apple juice combo is one of their favorites for super hydration while hiking in the hills around Livermore.
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Even my oldest bread machine has easily moved paddles and I believe that it is because I ALWAYS REMOVE THE PADDLES AFTER THE FINAL "KNEAD" before the machine begins the final rise and bake process.
Since the paddles have never been exposed to the heat of baking, they remain as they were when new.
I know one has to time the cycles but it is simple to set a timer, once the timing of the cycles is determined.
And the bottoms of the loaves only have a small hole where the shaft is located, which makes it much easier to slice, no wasted bread.
Also, when I replace the dough in the pan, after removing the paddles, I make sure the dough is even and my loaves turn out level most of the time.
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Hi Rob, Welcome to the best Foodie forum anywhere.
I'm in California now but I was born and raised in western Kentucky long, long ago.
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Here is another old mixer, since sold. The KitchenAid 3 C Copper with the glass "beehive" bowl. It was in good working order when I sold it on ebay a couple of years ago.
I still have a green one, same model and a white 3 B. I also have a white K4-B, the Kitchenaid with a front loop and tail fin. I bought it at Fedco in 1965, used it only a couple of years and then bought my first "bowl-life" model in 1968. It was used a few times over the years but mostly just occupied space in a cupboard.
I began "collecting" mainly because I received some old mixers and other things from my family members who got the idea that since I wanted some old stuff from my childhood home in Kentucky (mostly cast iron and crockery) that they could send me any of the "old stuff" they had kept from decades earlier.
I don't think anyone in my family ever threw anything away.
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On 9/13/2020 at 12:18 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:
I have a spiral dough hook. It goes around and around leaving the dough in the bottom of the bowl.
Have you adjusted the height of the beater? When I first got the 6-quart KA there was too much space between the bottom of the bowl and the end of the dough hook - didn't matter so much with the "flat" beater but it did with the dough hook and small batches. INSTRUCTIONS: For bowl-lift models, remove the flat beater and bowl. Lay the mixer down backwards on a towel so it doesn’t slip. Locate the screw right where the top and body of the mixer meet. Again, take only quarter turns at a time – right for increasing contact, left for creating more space. Perform the dime test and re-adjust as needed. Watch this video for bowl-lift models.
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26 minutes ago, Alex said:
I had a Taylor and Ng mug, too! I had forgotten all about it. It was the one with the fornicating rabbits. Wish I still had it. There might have been a cat mug, too. (Picture courtesy Poshmark)
I have the "naughty elephants" mug - someone gave it to me many years ago.
I also have a cartoon mug - by a cartoonist who was very popular in my younger days.
Roger Price created Droodles in 1953 and later, when I was in the Army, stationed in San Francisco and hanging out in North Beach during my free time he did a lot of Droodles featuring the "Beatniks" but this one of King Farouk on a bar stool was very popular. King Farouk was not. He had a TV show for a brief time. Carl Reiner was on it. I have a couple of boxes of cartoonish mugs somewhere in my storage unit. I really should get them out.
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23 hours ago, weinoo said:
Those are Jadeite. I believe those with the 6 on the bottom are the later, non-uranium mugs but you can check with a black light. The last one looks earlier, has that slight yellowish tinge I associate with uranium glass but you would have to check.
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This is one of my very early Sunbeams from the '30s.
This one was also rarely used, is in very good original condition
I also have the malt mixer attachment and the glass.
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On 9/6/2020 at 11:32 AM, JoNorvelleWalker said:
Mine is gold, only because the color was being discontinued and was $70 off. I still wish I had held out for white.
I don't recall ever thinking about color for this mixer. There were no other choices back then.
I got a copper 6-quart KA because that was the only color they had at Costco when I bought it.
I did buy some vintage mixers that were colors I wanted and I did get a copper KA, a Green KA that were early '50s models with the glass "beehive" bowls. I've still got several old Sunbeams from the 1930s. And a Hamilton Beach from the same era.
I had two Magic Maid mixers - sold both last year. Both were pristine, one never used, one used only a few times - both came from my aunts.
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On 8/23/2020 at 2:17 PM, David Ross said:
It's so difficult to find really good fruit for the cakes. Takes some online searching as the grocery store stuff won't show up until November and most of it isn't all that good. Many of you have heard me tell the story before, my Great Aunt Bertie's fruitcakes were the best. I seem to remember about 10 years of aging was the best, probably because by then it had been soaked in plenty of rum and whiskey. She kept them wrapped down in the cellar of their home in Idaho where they would keep nice and cool in the summer and cold in the winter. I've got so many family fruitcake recipes written in cursive with a fountain pen, all on small recipe cards, that I can't tell which go to which Great Aunt or Grandma!
I ordered the mixed fruit from nuts.com and it is superior to the regular commercial stuff. I used to buy the Agrimonte fruit mix brand but that vendor went out of business - that sold it in small amounts and I can't use a 30-pound tub. It is the glazed fruit made in Italy.
For many years beginning in the '70s, I made my own candied peel and candied citron in large batches, as well as candied ginger. But age and infirmity and really no one for whom to bake - I've outlived so many - makes it impossible now. Just limited baking for myself.
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Bed, bath and beyond has this one for sale Price seems reasonable.
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I've owned several like this over the years, both rectangular and round. All have glass liners. I think I sold the last one a couple of years ago.
I often see them on ebay or etsy.
I even had one - round that had an "insulated" top in which one put ice water on hot days or warm water when it was chilly.
I had one like the ceramic one back in the '70s. Mine was orange - I have seen them on ebay and etsy in various colors, usually the knife is missing.
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13 hours ago, weinoo said:
First of all, that is an awesome Moka pot - and if you're ever interested in making a deal or selling, let me know!
Next - this is a pretty timely revival, as breakage (and not just wine glasses) during covid has me looking at coffee mugs (and cups and saucers are for ladies and tea and that ain't me).
For some reason, I've been drawn to these.
Classic Anchor Hocking Fire King Oven Ware. The one on the right (jadeite) was much more expensive, and evidently more collectible. They hold less than what I had been used to (a scant 9 oz. as opposed to a 14 - 16 oz. mug), but that's OK. I get to drink a couple of different coffees every morning.
The AH cup is not jadeite, it is one of the "cased color" pieces made by Hocking in the 1940s and '50s.
This is a Fire King "D-handle" Jadeite mug ca. 1935. It glows under black light because it was made when they still used uranium.
At one time I had a bunch of these. Sold the last one about 5 years ago.
This is a Fire King Jadeite restaurant ware mug from the early '30s. With a "ring" handle.
These were very heavy - more than one toe has been broken by one of these falling on it.
They don't have the translucency of the somewhat thinner glass in the D-handle mugs.
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1 hour ago, Kim Shook said:
@andiesenji - If you can manage it, I'd love to see a picture of it in your hand.
No problem. As you can see I don't have to put stress on the joint itself and I have good control of the huller.
That joint at the base of my thumb is almost 3 times the size of the joint on the left. The enlargement has caused the joint to dislocate so the joint doesn't move. That is the result of 30 years of holding and using engraving tools when I was engraving and carving in glass and crystal and doing gemstone carving.
Otherwise my hands don't look bad for 81 years.
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A small thing but surprisingly effective. I had one of the "claw-type" strawberry hullers a couple of years ago but it required pushing with my thumb to open the claw and I have severe arthritis in my right thumb /see photo enlarged joint that doesn't work/ and after a few strawberries, I was in agony. So I tossed it. And most of you know how much i LOVE gadgets. Just not this one.
A few weeks ago I received this gadget from Amazon to test and it is amazing. So much easier for me to grasp against the base of my thumb/palm and operate with my fingers.
And you should see what a job it does on tough pineapple "eyes" and so easy. It took me only 3-4 minutes to de-eye a large pineapple, a job that usually takes me at least 20 minutes - or longer.
I went through 3 pounds of strawberries in short order and could use it to nip off the white parts in those that weren't fully ripe.
Also tomatoes - I got some of the "ugly" tomatoes that are odd shaped and have very large stems and cores. Not a problem with this gadget.
This is the review I posted on Amazon:
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020I have purchased and thrown away more strawberry hullers than I can count. None worked really well.
THIS ONE IS IT! It works easily, even with my arthritic hands, to neatly core/hull strawberries and does a fantastic job removing the "eyes" on a pineapple. (Watch the video)
I bought a pineapple and after the outer trimming, used this huller to remove all those eyes in a FRACTION of the time it usually takes me using a paring knife.
A really efficient and reasonably-price gadget THAT DOES WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO!-
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3 minutes ago, curls said:
Indeed! I was the lucky one to buy andiesenji’s Ankarsrum mixer and it is still going strong and I love using it.I saw a post from you several months back!
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One of my neighbors, who has begun baking at home, after being "laid off" and then given the boot from her employer of 14 years, got one of these large capacity San LidA stand mixers in July after seeing one demonstrated in several You Tube videos. And it has a 5-year warranty.
The price is extremely reasonable, especially with all the accessories. The 9.5 quart capacity means she can prepare the batter for several cakes at the same time.
She also makes a lot of the Mexican "pan dulce" rolls - her recipe is very similar to the Japanese milk bread.
She says her son - about 10 - calls it "The Beast"
The last time I spoke to her she said she has used the blender once, but has a separate blender so put it away. she hasn't used the food grinder or the vegetable slicer yet but will probably need the food grinder when she starts baking for Christmas.
I checked out the reviews and except for one disgruntled person, they are all good.
Apparently they have reduced the price since she got hers because she said it was 185.00
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4 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:
If anyone is considering a new mixer I recommend Ankarsrum. I've been quite pleased with mine* over the past year. I also have two Kitchenaids. I use mixers mainly for making bread. For me it is no contest. But for cookies or a cake I'd go with Kitchenaid.
*except for the color.
I had one for years, when I needed a mixer with greater capacity and strength - KAs did not survive the Struan Bread from Crust and Crumb.
Finally sold it and it is still working just fine after 27 years.
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My daughter makes the Japanese Milk Bread from the King Arthur site on a regular basis. Uses it as a base to make cinnamon rolls, savory rolls
and pull-apart loaves like the one pictured.
She processes it in the bread machine on the dough cycle and can fit a double batch as long as it isn't baked in the machine.
It can be held in the fridge overnight and shaped, final rise and baked off in the morning.
I think it is a more forgiving recipe than some I have tried.
I'm not making it now because I received a rather large supply of "ancient grains" flours, Spelt, Kamut, Emmer and Einkorn from a friend who had to stop baking for several months and am working my way through them right now.
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I remember that in early 2004 I had explained my method for making candied/crystallized ginger - using mature ginger so I could get large slices - on a food site.
Another subscriber commented on my segment and wrote, "You should join eGullet, there are a lot of people with a lot of expertise with whom you should fit quite well."
And so I joined and have enjoyed every bit of it.
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As some of you may know, I collected vintage and a few antique toasters over a 40-year time span. i still have and use my grandparent's Sunbeam T-20 B they purchased in 1949. I had a new cord installed 30 years ago and it still works brilliantly. However many of my homemade breads and a number of commercial ones DO NOT FIT in the slots, nor do bagels even when sliced in half.
At one time I had 143 toasters of various types, brands, styles, etc., all made before 1980 - when Made in USA no longer appeared on 95% of electric appliances.
A couple were made in Canada and were of the same quality (and weight) as those made here.
I have also had 4 toasters made in England for the American market, 3 were Dualit, one was a Russell Hobbs 4-slice toaster with warming rack.
As far as "modern" toasters are concerned, I have had several, including 2 Breville toasters, expensive but reliable - gave both away to people who really needed them.
Also several "novelty" toasters which I also gave away.
One of the Breville toasters had an audible beep to let one know the toast was done - this most recent one described above also has a lout beep I can hear easily from the next room.
America's Test Kitchen recently tested a number of toasters, including the Magimix and toasted thousands of pieces of toast. Their rating agrees mostly with mine.
I like CRISP toast that remains crisp and doesn't become limp and unattractive after a few minutes of cooling.
Also, I have yet to find a "toaster oven" that is really efficient and works rapidly enough for MY taste - some are great for making Melba toast or toasting pre-buttered bread but mostly they fail to produce what I want in "regular" toast.
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How could I have forgotten to add Barley porridge to those I listed in my earlier post.
Hulled barley was roasted in the oven in large batches and stored for later use as a side dish, ground to add to breads, and soaked and cooked for porridge to which pecans and sorghum molasses was added along with butter as it was cooking. I would have a bowl set in front of me and my grandmother would add some crumbled crisp bacon. It is delicious.