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  1. Bama-Rick

    What did you eat Sunday, December 24, 2023?

    Fest of the seven fishes. Linguine and clam sauce, Fried Shrimp, Fried Scallops in butter sauce, Anchovies and Escarole, Smoked Salmon on bagels with a smear and capers, Seafood Gumbo with Tilapia and Shrimp, and Tuna Dip with veggies... Baklava, Cannoli, Pralines, Cheesecake, Peanut Butter...
  2. Bama-Rick

    What's your weather like right now? 2023 Edition

    Its 8:30PM and 70F/21C on Halloween its suppose to be 57F/14C-37F/3C. Praise the Lord the summer had many 100F/38C+ days and it's a humid sticky heat like walking into a sauna you cannot escape for months on end.. Summer is from May-October.
  3. Bama-Rick

    Electric Oven Bake Option

    Which position is the rack you put the baking pan on? The lowest position will usually brown the bottom before it browns the top of whatever you are baking. The middle position usually bakes evenly. If the bottom is browned and done before the top move the pan to the highest position possible...
  4. Bama-Rick

    Canning today 2023 Part II

    Canned several pints of sauerkraut today that I started fermenting about a month ago.
  5. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    Here's a video on how to make pita but, what caught my eye is at 9:45 she begins showing a couple of tricks you can do if your pita doesn't puff up. pita tricks @ 9:45
  6. Bama-Rick

    Fattoush (Bread) Salad

    I'm sure there are dozens of variations, basically throw in a little bread to stretch out whatever vegetables you can scourge up or a way to use stale bread. The Spanish have Catalan Bread Salad. A little different with eggplant and zucchini and olive oil and lemon juice and spices as the...
  7. Bama-Rick

    Newbie Here… Looking for any good bread recipes.

    Christmas Bread You bread it with just three stands if you wish
  8. Bama-Rick

    Thoughts on wood for kitchen countertops?

    As for wood counter tops.... No, no, no! Too unsanitary too absorbent and easily marred, scared and gouged. That being said my first job in 1972, was the clean up boy at a butcher shop, and it had wooden cutting blocks/tables. Of course back in the day we'd process deer on the same table we...
  9. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    Noted. I always have trouble with finding the sweet spot between a soft dough that is still workable or hard as a mud pie.. . Mine are either so soft its like the kids toy slime, or hard as a mud pie.. I keep mine in the paper bag they are sold in and place that in zip locks, but as you...
  10. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    oops
  11. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    They serve a dual purpose. One as as crouton. Second as a pita pocket to eat the salad out of. No, I didn't use the placement trick/flip, I have a large silicone spatula I use for flipping This is why I'm making pita Fattoush Salad
  12. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    For most of them yes. Two out of ten turned out as pizza crust..
  13. Bama-Rick

    Fattoush (Bread) Salad

    FATTOUSH SALAD WITH YOGURT DRESSING INGREDIENTS 4 cups torn pita bread 1 cup Yogurt 3 tbsp. fresh lemon juice 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp. sumac 1/2 tsp. sea salt 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 cup chopped parsley 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 1 cup thinly sliced radishes 1 cucumber...
  14. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    Just made another batch of pita and was somewhat more successful with about 50% really ballooning. The others puffed up half way to part way and every combination in between. Changes made: Oven temp 500F/260C, use upside down cookie sheet, formed balls of dough with wet hands to get more...
  15. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    No, I didn't cover them with a towel. I was using them in a middle eastern salad, think Greek croutons, so I wanted them on the dry crunchy side. I'm making pita again today. This time the dough is not as dry. When proofing them I covered the container with plastic wrap. When rolling them into...
  16. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    I can't argue with that but I'd prefer to learn from someone else's mistakes given the price of food stuffs nowadays. I'll admit I was shocked there are no pita bread recipes on this site, given pita bread is a fairly common staple.
  17. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    Ingredients yeast, flour, water, olive oil, and salt. 3g of yeast 250ml of water 700ml of flour 5ml salt 30ml olive oil Mix yeast, 250ml of flour with the water. Let rest for 15 minutes until flour mixture show bubbles. Now add the salt and olive oil. Add enough of the remaining flour to make a...
  18. Bama-Rick

    Christmas Bread

    Yes I did, plus I can't remember things from one day to the next
  19. Bama-Rick

    Pita Bread Help!

    I occasionally make pita bread and occasionally it puffs up and makes a pocket, sometimes it doesn't. What are the secrets to consistently producing pita that always produces a pocket? Sometimes I come out with pita bread other times I unintentionally make 7" pizza crust..
  20. Bama-Rick

    Christmas Bread

    This is how I do it. I use three stands I don't like things too complicated.
  21. Bama-Rick

    Tipping when 20% tip is already (and openly) added to the bill.

    Yes, the price of beverages is ridiculous. Here in Alabama $12-15 for mixed drink and $3.50 for water, tea, and soft drinks is the norm. Thank goodness refills of sweet tea are still free, for now.
  22. Bama-Rick

    Tipping when 20% tip is already (and openly) added to the bill.

    A 20% surcharge maybe good for employees. In the restaurant business the tip you receive is often determined by the shift you work and if alcohol is served and not the quality of the service you provided. Plus employers are allowed and often prefer to itemize the tips you "received" during the...
  23. Bama-Rick

    What cookies and/or pastries are you making for the holidays?

    Oh my goodness, does he send care packages?
  24. Bama-Rick

    2022 Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Menus

    I'd like a good cranberry chutney recipe hint hint.. I made it for Thanksgiving one year and promptly lost the recipe.
  25. Bama-Rick

    2022 Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Menus

    Yes, the seven fishes is difficult to do over time there has become fewer and fewer at the table and my God how the price of seafood has skyrocketed.. But this year we have managed to muster seven fishes to the table. We'll have 9 people at the table and probably food enough for 30...
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