FluffyAngel
Senior Cook
Would anyone mind sharing their favorite Bread recipes (pumpernickle, whole wheat, etc)?
I, too, never got the concept of "secret" recipes. I try to share, but in fact I seldom cook strictly from a recipe, so am much better with, "come over for the afternoon and we'll do it together." I simply forget that I stood there with a pepper grinder for what seemed like eternity, don't remember what the oven temp was, etc. And then there are friends/relatives who wonder why theirs doesn't taste as good as mine. One is insane (to me). I make Italian salad dressing using the cruet you can get for free with the mix. But when I tell people, use balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil, they will not pony up for the extra $$. Then they wonder why their doesn't taste like mine. Similar with other things I make. They try to shortcut and wonder why it isn't as good, then kinda get mad at me .... Not seriously mad, but tell me I shortchanged the recipe so there's wouldn't taste as good as mine. I just roll my eyes and move on!
This used to happen to my mum. People loved her really simple tuna salad and would ask for the recipe, which she would give them. Then they would use Miracle Whip instead of real mayonnaise and complain that the one they made didn't taste as good.
sad really. now that she's gone so are her recipes, and thereby one less way to remember what a wonderful person she really was.
One of my most treasured possessions is my grandma's "cookbook." On my bucket list is to try each recipe (not sure what "Hairdresser's" are--thinking maybe cookies) and scan the pages and give copies to my cousins and their kids. Reading the recipes triggers lots of memories. I can see her making "S" cookies...That is one reason I share my recipes. The other (off the top of my head) is because I don't want to always have to make the same foods, someone else can do it and give me a break.
CWS4322 said:One of my most treasured possessions is my grandma's "cookbook." On my bucket list is to try each recipe (not sure what "Hairdresser's" are--thinking maybe cookies) and scan the pages and give copies to my cousins and their kids. Reading the recipes triggers lots of memories. I can see her making "S" cookies...
I like both Miracle Whip and Mayonnaise -- BUT, and this is a BIG BUT -- they are not interchangeable in recipes. Like you can't take distilled vinegar in a recipe when balsamic is called for, cannot use vegetable oil in place of extra virgin, and expect the same results.This used to happen to my mum. People loved her really simple tuna salad and would ask for the recipe, which she would give them. Then they would use Miracle Whip instead of real mayonnaise and complain that the one they made didn't taste as good.
I really like Stone Buhrs bread recipes .. thought I've only done the Whole Wheat & White BreadWould anyone mind sharing their favorite Bread recipes (pumpernickle, whole wheat, etc)?
So many of the recipes in and around Boston were given to us from the Native Americans. Sucatash. Corn and Lima beans. Cod fish cakes. The Natives taught the Pilgrims to use the cod for fertilizer as well as food. Corn bread. Corn gruel. They showed the Pilgrims where to find differend wild herbs. Wild onions were plentiful. The fish, clam and corn showders came from the cows that came over on the ships. Thus milk as the main ingredient. A recipe that the Pilgrims brought with them. Lobsters were plentiful and could be found on the beaches. They taught them how to find clams below the wet sand. Game was plentiful along with wild turkeys.
That first winter, many of the Pilgrims died. Many more would have died from starvation if it weren't for the Native Americans.
No good deed goes unpunished!