Recent content by CubsGal

I saw this one, but worried that it would let in too much air and make the bread stale if it was in there more than a couple days. I have zero experience with bread boxes.

No freezing; I don't care for the texture of bread that has been frozen. I just need something to keep it from going stale for a few days while we eat it. No, I don't care how it looks, just how it functions. Your point about the bread needing to breathe a little is a good one. But I always...

Thank you. I also don't appreciate being reprimanded for responding to someone else's rude response to me. My sarcasm was not more insulting than their comment that I should try Googling it.

Like these? Do the snapping tabs hold up well? I had another brand that used those, and they broke off after not too much use, so I've always been a little hesitant to try other locking tab containers.

Golly gee, I never would have thought of that! What a novel idea.:glare: I was asking for recommendations of ones that people have actually used and like, not for others to do my searching for me because I don't know how or am too lazy. I've been looking in stores and not finding anything. I...

I've been looking for some plastic storage containers that I can use for homemade bread. Most containers are not sized right to fit an entire loaf of bread, so I end up having to slice up my loaf, then store it in multiple smaller containers. Anyone have one that they use? Please, no suggestions...

Interesting. I've never once seen percentages in a recipe. For anything. Obviously any parts can be expressed as a percentage of a whole, but I've never really thought of ingredients that way. Now I'm going to think about that the next time I prepare a dough.

I have to ask...can you explain what you mean by hydration; I get that it refers to moisture content, but how do you know? This is not something I've ever seen in a bread recipe, nor heard discussed before.

My husband will eat most things, but is restricted on what he is able to eat regularly. I love rice, but he can only tolerate it in very small amounts, and not very often. This makes me sad, because I make a mean risotto. At least, I used to.

I could not disagree more. They are not interchangeable. Not in taste or consistency. I have tried lasagna made with cottage cheese. I did not know it was made with cottage cheese until I put it in my mouth, at which point, it was VERY obvious what it was made with, (though if I'd been paying...

I'm sorry, did you say you put cottage cheese in your lasagna? :wacko: That is so much worse than celery. I'd welcome a pound of celery in my lasagna before I'd eat it with cottage cheese. THAT is an abomination.

I recently finished the Rabbit in Red trilogy by Joe Chianakas. It's a thriller based on the horror genre; not really horror in and of itself, in my opinion. It's somewhat Stephen King-like, though for a younger audience. They were easy, entertaining reads.

The Kafir Project by Lee Burvine. It's sort of a sci-fi thriller. And not sci-fi like in Star Wars, but through introducing technology that doesn't exist into today's world. It's really good.

While I keep some non-perishable staples in the pantry, I only buy enough food for about 2-3 days at a time. I don't like freezing meat, so I need to shop 2-3 times a week in order to have fresh meat every day. It also requires minimal meal planning and keeps us from wasting a lot of food.

I make my childhood favorite spritz (I found a great deal on a 1974 Wear-Ever Super Shooter last year which allowed me to bring these cookies into my lineup; every other brand I tried ended up at Goodwill due to poor performance), kolacky, cut-out cookies, and yes, chocolate chip (though I agree...