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	I had the original but no longer have it. There was a recipe I used to make out of that book but I can't remember what it was. It certainly wasn't the snow peas. PS I had no trouble accessing the article.
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	Yes, you can!😁
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	I have had this recipe for over 30 years and don't remember where I got it from. But, it continues to get rave reviews for such a simple soup. Thyme Carrot Soup 6 cups chicken stock 1½ lbs carrots 6 tbps unsalted butter 1 onion, minced ½ cup heavy cream 1½ Tbsp fresh thyme, minced (1 ½ tsp dried) freshly grated nutmeg Salt and pepper In a large sauce pan combine 6 cups of chicken stock (or tinned chicken broth) and 1½ lbs of carrots cut into 1” pieces. Bring the stock to a boil and simmer the carrots, covered for 20 minutes or until tender. In a food processor fitted with a steel blade or in a blender, purée the mixture in batches and force the mixture through a food mill into another large sauce pan. In a small skillet, cook onion, minced in unsalted butter over moderate heat, stirring for 3 minutes or until it is softened. Add the onion to the sauce pan with the cream, thyme and freshly grated nutmeg. Salt and pepper to taste. Bring the soup to a boil and simmer it for 5 minutes. Let soup stand, covered, for 5 minutes to let the flavours blend, ladle it into heated bowls and garnish each serving with minced fresh thyme. Serve 4-6
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				Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )
ElsieD replied to a topic in Pastry & Baking
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	Arby's is getting sued.
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	I tried strawberries today and again, no seeds, just pure juice. After that I tried tomatoes with seeds left in and skins on a couple of them. Both had been previously frozen. Again, no seeds, no skin, just pure juice. I got really good peaches this year which I also froze after blanching and skinning. I hadn't thought to try juicing them but I will, just because I can. I also bought a couple of apples just to see how that works. Great fun. I'm keeping the machine.
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	Oh, the irony! After all the pistachio recalls here in Canada, today came notice of a recall of ground meat. This was sold in 4 stores in London, Ontario. The name of this mini-chain? Pistachios.
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	You may be interested in this. https://forums.egullet.org/search/?q=Breville control freak&quick=1
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	I just tried my new machine on an orange. The juice was great - no pulp. I then tried blueberries. The blueberry juice it produced had very few seeds, in fact they were barely noticeable and perfectly adequate for what I wanted the machine for. The residue is quite dry. The machine is very easy to clean, another plus. Given what I paid for it, I have no doubt that I'll get it money's worth. Next up: strawberries and tomatoes.
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	Have you looked at the Breville Control Freak?
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	I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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	This is the one I ended up with. It was advertised at a regular price of $400, I paid $150. Ordered yesterday, arrived today. I see that today Amazon is showing a regular price of $452, sale price $170. I can understand the difference in the sale price but regular price? I wrote to the selling company and they said the machine will indeed separate blueberries from their seeds. I have some thawing to see if this is so.
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	Thanks, Kerry, but the link didn't work.
 
