Recent content by fliggie

Nothing comes close to Smiths with skins, so I second one of those first responses :chef:

True on the stress--we don't have a flea or tick in sight here either, but I started a new job about a month ago and my Ginger started licking herself again horrendously. I've noticed she started settling as I've started settling. They are very sensitive little souls indeed.

I have a Carolina dog with horrible allergies as well. I am knocking on wood when I say that the first food which seems to have settled this, along with her IBD, is Purina, believe it or not. Its in a purple bag, and she gets the one for mature dogs (she's over 7) with little kibbies and...

I use my KA for kneading anymore, and it doesn't take as long....how long depends on the bread I am making. In general, as stated, 5 to 7 minutes after it pulls from the wall of the bowl.

I have the pasta maker/grinder attachment--I haven't used the grinder, but I haven't had any problems with the pasta maker. Yes, it does strain your mixer, according to the directions, but my KA seems to do well with it. Making the pasta takes PRACTICE, and can be a little bit of a pain. I am...

You betcha. Do a little experimenting, it really does help give you a variety of things to carry out for a week or so, with minimal weight or space. You can also try Appalachian Trail - Whiteblaze.net and take a look at the food and cooking section (this is an appalachian trail website). You...

Try Freezer Bag Cooking™ | Outdoor Food Simplified . We have backpacked our meals like this for years. This particular site has a bunch of good recipes that you can modify or use to springboard for your own reciipes. I order a bunch of freeze dried veggies and meats for a little more variety...

Me too. A little bit of time in the freezer after you make it, to solidify it a bit, and it goes from a softer serve to a nice ice cream texture. Ben and Jerry's book has some excellent recipes and readings on ice cream in it.

Do you order your flour, or by the bread flour locally? You might want to try ordering some King Arthur products to see if that makes a difference?

We love the ice cream maker and use it all the time.

I use a KitchenAid Mixer for my bread making, entirely. I used to love doing it by hand, until the KitchenAid took over my kitchen...now it does everything I can possibly get it to do--so, I don't think the mixer is your likely problem. I do have the dough hook on quite a bit longer--perhaps a...

Dense bread could be caused by a lot things--are you using your oven or a bread machine? What type of flour--white, whole wheat--bread flour, or all purpose? What are you doing for rising the bread? How dependable is your oven temperature? If you can answer this and post your recipe, I...

We are big fans of turkey burgers, and I use a George Foreman-like grill to grill them--you can put whatever you like in them, but all I use is a little Liquid Smoke. I think they are very yummy.

Ditto. Mine comes out great every time--I use the Poolish starter, v. the Biga. I like the wetter dough.

King Arthur I guess its a matter of personal taste, as always. I really, really love one of the KA's choc. chip cookie recipes, and it is the one that gets the most requests when I am baking.