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  1. Oceanwatcher

    Recipe managers for Linux

    Finally, I am back online with my newly installed laptop. And with a MUCH bigger harddrive (320GB). So I divided it between WinXP and Kubuntu - a Linux variety. So far, almost all my time has been spent in Kubuntu and I am very impressed with how functional it is. For Linux there are two recipe...
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    Jam is too thin

    I am sure this has been discussed before, but my first language is not Englsih and I am a little lost regarding what to search for. Some weeks ago I made some strawberry jamThe taste is great, the color is great, but it is just a little too thin. Here in Brazil, it is hard to find anything...
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    Recipe Software

    Will check this one out. What formats can you import?
  4. Oceanwatcher

    Pears, blue cheese and walnuts

    Let me add my voice to that choir :-) Sounds good as well. I got the PM and will post a message here when I have tried it.
  5. Oceanwatcher

    Pears, blue cheese and walnuts

    Sounds absolutely amazing. Gonna try this one as soon as possible. It is summer here and lots of fruit available. And more to come.
  6. Oceanwatcher

    Pears, blue cheese and walnuts

    Just finished a GREAT ruby port here. Now I have to wait for the next trip back to Norway to get another bottle (tax free). It is very expensive to buy the good stuff here. And yes, blue cheese, pears and port is a wonderful combination!
  7. Oceanwatcher

    Pears, blue cheese and walnuts

    Never heard of this before. Do you have a recipe?
  8. Oceanwatcher

    Pears, blue cheese and walnuts

    I'll pick it up whenever it comes. That version sounds like a good idea as well. Have to try it :-)
  9. Oceanwatcher

    Vanilla and some remotely related things

    This looks totally amazing! I will try to find someone that can bring me some when they travel because it might be a problem to get into Brazil unless you carry it in. I am just thinking of all the wonderful stuff I could make...
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    Pears, blue cheese and walnuts

    Great! That sounds like something that can be adapted. Maybe pear halves under the cheese filling and toasted walnuts on top... A salad is of course also an option, but this time I was looking for something sweeter :-) Trying to make the most of some local ingredients.
  11. Oceanwatcher

    Pears, blue cheese and walnuts

    I am aware of a few other threads about pears, but I am looking for a bit more specific things. In my mind, pears go well together with blue cheeze and walnuts. And I am thinking it should be possible to find a recipe for a cheezcake or a pie that combine these three things. But so far, my...
  12. Oceanwatcher

    Vanilla and some remotely related things

    Here in Brazil it is almost impossible to get hold of the real thing. I have brought some real vanilla (pods?) with me from Norway and I am saving them for a special occasion. And after use, I put them in a box of sugar. But.. In daily use, I have been using some artificial vanilla "sugar"...
  13. Oceanwatcher

    How to level my cakes?

    From my experience, this differs a lot between the different types of cake. For one type of cake, I get the opposite problem. And I sometimes get a perfectly even cake. I do not remember where I read it, but to get an even cake, you have to have the right amount of baking soda and the right...
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    Suggestions for a starter and main course for a vegetarian

    This time, neither me or the guest (all of them are close family of the person celebrating the birthday) mind making something separate from the others. What concerns me is to have a really special meal prepared for the vegetarian as well. Not just what the others get minus the meat. He told me...
  15. Oceanwatcher

    Oven temperature for cakes

    The one we have is a lot more simple than that. There is a dial that operates the gas supply. You set it and that is where it stay. No temperature sensing. Like I said - VERY simple :-) So I do not have any idea what the temp is. I am guessing and sometimes things burn.
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    Oven temperature for cakes

    Not so sure it is not functioning right. It maintains the temperature (probably), but how can you set a temperature? There is only the adjustment for the gas... A perfect temperature would need to be kept by a termometer that controls the gasflow. Anyway - what we have now is a very cheap and...
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    Oven temperature for cakes

    I am not sure if this is the right forum for this and I hope that if it is not, a moderator can be so kind to move it to the right forum. As I am Norwegian, I am used to electrical stoves (right term?). But I live in Brazil now, and we have a gas stove. And it is a HUGE difference. The gas...
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    Suggestions for a starter and main course for a vegetarian

    A lot of good suggestions here. Buffet or taco will not be done this time, but they are great ideas for later dinners! There will definitely be rice. There is no way I can make a dinner here without rice :-) But I am planning on making gratinated creamy potatoes as a sidedish along with some...
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    Suggestions for a starter and main course for a vegetarian

    I have been asked to make a dinner for a friend. It is her 60th birthday (it is in March, no real hurry yet) and there is only one small problem. There is a vegetarian in the family, and I want to give him a meal that is as good as what the others are getting. The details for the other are not...
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    Recipe Software

    I actually signed up for this forum to be able to talk to people about what software they use. I write about software (free and open source), but have not been able to find anything in the food area yet that is really up to date (should not look like a left-over from 1990...), has a good...
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