Darienne

I've been following this thread because I am a home-made prolific ice cream maker...husband eats a lot of it and I give it as gifts in our neighborhood. Make a large amount and many flavors each August for our Annual Dog Weekend. I have never used stabilizers ...just don't...no real reason...and my little machine, complete with separate bowl to be frozen pre-churning, I bought second hand years ago. It's so old that the only words still legible on the front of it are 'Cuisinart' and 'Ice'. My point is that I have never had ice crystal problems. Not once. (Watch out for the next batch...) And paulraphael has been my ice cream mentor since Day One.

I'm like Okanagancook except that I'm more like to spill if I am wearing good clothes than working clothes and if I am working with oil...I'll get it on cotton clothes far more than on acrylic or some kind of synthetic. Of course, that's because it washes out of acrylic sweaters and such with no problem and is much harder to get out of cotton. Yes, I have a small supply of increasingly ugly aprons. Mostly I take off the original back ties and replace them with ties that will go around and tie in the front. Oh,, and they all go up behind my neck also seeing as my top front is where I get most of the damage.

However, I have read articles concerning contamination of the actual soil involved in these types of cases. That is something to keep in mind also.

My thoughts exactly....

Hello smithgirl. Ask away and some one will answer you for certain.

I have no answer for you @EmmMax except to say that there are NO dumb questions. We all had to learn at some point.

Hello @EmmMax. You live in my favorite state (I'm Canadian). My home away from home is Moab. Welcome to the forum. We have a wonderful eG chocolatier from northern Utah, Chocolat. So you'll be in good company.

I believe that much cheap honey is not honey at all....????

Welcome, mjmmc. Sorry about the rusty backside.

Welcome to eGullet from me also. Lovely work.

Done and thanks.

Thanks CD. Are you taking on this task of reporting food recalls for Canada as Toliver does for the USA? If so, many thanks.

But aren't these products over-processed if you buy them at a grocery store and thus deleterious to one's health? What the article is missing to me is any mention of the fact that you can actually make all of these products at home from scratch...well, maybe not hot dogs... And there's no 'instant' when you make them.

Good heavens. Exactly what I was going to say!

Welcome MichaelB23. I've made only one steamed cake but was amazed at how simple the process is and how well it turned out. Who knew?

Suddenly came to me. It was ChefCrash in "Baklava, Baklawa". Will do a big Spanakopita next time I guess. But thanks for the information.

Actually reading the posts from TFTC this morning put me in mind of some earlier eG posts...I think...which I looked for and couldn't find...I think @heidih was in on that discussion...and heavens knows, she knows where all the bodies are buried...about making a full pan of Spanakopita using a whopping amount of phyllo and not buttering the layers, but slashing the full pan and pouring a whopping amount of melted butter over the top. I have to admit that that method appeals to my nature more than the making separate triangles. I'll just cut it before I freeze it. As for working with phyllo...I've had my dear sister-in-law here to show her how to manage with the stuff...and moreover, not to worry when it tears. In the end, it makes no nevermind. Just stick it together with some extra oil/butter and move on.

I've only made the full dish Spanakopita and would like to try this little triangles method. Care to share your procedure, either of you, @Thanks for the Crepes and @heidih please. @Kim Shook also.

Words fail me.

Dog hairs yes (well our own dogs)...mouse or other rodent droppings...no. Thanks, CD.

OMG! Who knew? I am gobsmacked (as the British would say).

Has anyone alluded to where all this rubber is coming from?

But what about a metal above the stove fan? Won't hold a cookbook, but my earth magnet (Lee Valley) will hold a few pieces of paper and lots of my recipes are computer downloads and print-outs.

An addendum to the topic. As uninteresting and lacking in great chocolate taste as the Walmart Waterbridge brand, I have to report that now that I have also tasted the President's Choice offering...the Waterbridge bar is better by far.

There's no rest for you, Toliver.