Any Home Bakers Here?

[LittleMissPurdy]

celery is hard to grow. I use a lot of it and have never been successful growing it.

I haven't had any trouble growing it. It does handle the cooler temps like lettuce likes and lasts well after frosts hit in the fall. I have also had it do well in pots. Aphids seem to really like it so I don't bring it back inside after the frosts.

I have grown it the last couple years. It is pretty easy, though earwigs will infest if not watching. I plant on tops of raised beds. Not too wet there, good drainage.Semi-shade, but more light than shade...if that makes any sense
Will have to growing in a pot too.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

I still love watching SOAP. We recently go a "new" channel - actually, the local TV station added 2 channels - and we now have alot of the old TV shows being replayed: Black Sheep Squadron, Greatest American Hero, Soap, all the Star Trek shows, Wonder Woman, Dr. Quinn are some of the ones I can think of off the top of my head. I found that I still like them all alot better than all the "reality" TV crap that is on regular programming.

I need to make something special for DH's birthday. I have a week to figure out what. He turns 50!

OMGosh! Haven't thought about that show for ages..'SOAP"! That was before it time for sure!! FUNNY as heck!

I still prefer the old shows also saw Maude watch Mash made sourdough this morning but doing onion rings looked for a plain recipe found one on all recipes site
adding hot dogs but skipping my wrap of them with onion rings might be too much dough BF agreed
Onion Ring Batter

Ingredients

• 2 large onions, cut into rings
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk

• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• vegetable oil for frying

Directions

1. Soak onion rings in a bowl of ice water for 1 hour; drain and pat dry with paper towels.
2. Whisk 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, milk, egg, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, and salt together in a bowl until smooth.
3. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
4. Dip onion rings in the batter, working in batches, until evenly coated and arrange in 1 layer on a plate.
Fry the battered onion rings, working in batches, until browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer fried onion rings to a paper towel-lined plate using a slotted spoon.

I just want you all know, every time a recipe is posted it goes into my secret "book" . Not really a book, just my OLD microsoft office notebook
I am going to try out so many of these it makes my head hurt in anticipation.
I am also a 'MASH' lover! Liked Hogans Heros too when I was in a silly mood.
There is nothing "real" about these "reality shows"...can't even stand seeing commercials for them.

 

[ronott1]

OMGosh! Haven't thought about that show for ages..'SOAP"! That was before it time for sure!! FUNNY as heck!


I just want you all know, every time a recipe is posted it goes into my secret "book" . Not really a book, just my OLD microsoft office notebook
I am going to try out so many of these it makes my head hurt in anticipation.
I am also a 'MASH' lover! Liked Hogans Heros too when I was in a silly mood.
There is nothing "real" about these "reality shows"...can't even stand seeing commercials for them.

I like watching the cooking and baking competitions. They try to make some of them like a reality show though. The British baking show not so much. I do not know where they go between competitions and was thinking it was odd. I then laughed at myself. Who cares about that? It is about baking not what they do between times!

 

[wyoDreamer]

This is what I think they do for the British Bake-Off: I assume that the bakers go back to their hotel and relax between the challenges - the first one, the technical challenge on Saturday and the showstopper challenge on Sunday. My brain says it has to be just a weekend of baking per show. How else would the college student's be able to participate. They always talk about practicing all week.

 

[ronott1]

This is what I think they do for the British Bake-Off: I assume that the bakers go back to their hotel and relax between the challenges - the first one, the technical challenge on Saturday and the showstopper challenge on Sunday. My brain says it has to be just a weekend of baking per show. How else would the college student's be able to participate. They always talk about practicing all week.

That makes sense!

I like that they show them using recipes-- not pretending that all these recipes are memorized.

And why don't they air condition the tent! It was sad to watch the chocolate basket melt away on the balloon during the final of the last season

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I made a double batch of granola this morning

Sometimes, we use this as a base and throw together some granola bars. We use this granola, plus some extra oats and maple syrup. Heat it up together in the skillet then shape it in to bars. We're going to try to add some corn starch to it this time to see if it makes any difference. They tend to be just a little sticky.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I haven't had any trouble growing it. It does handle the cooler temps like lettuce likes and lasts well after frosts hit in the fall. I have also had it do well in pots. Aphids seem to really like it so I don't bring it back inside after the frosts.

Cut up onion to lay around the pots full grown onion works well

 

[wyoDreamer]

@Auroradream26 Your granola looks great! Does your granola stick together at all? I would like to make a granola that you don't have to eat with a spoon, lol. Yet, I don't really want a granola bar that I have to bite into.
Your recipe is very similar to the one I tried, except mine doesn't have any oil in it.
I found a recipe on-line for crunchy granola bars that called for corn syrup - which makes since since popcorn balls have corn syrup and they don't get too sticky and are more of a crunchy texture. I am going to blend the 2 recipes and see if I can get little nuggets of crunchy granola that I can snack on at work without making a total mess, lol.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I make a snack mix for us chocolate, peanut butter m & m, peanuts cannot find one so simple but in a car or at work no mess also good for blood sugar

 

[OneMountainAcres]

@Auroradream26 Your granola looks great! Does your granola stick together at all? I would like to make a granola that you don't have to eat with a spoon, lol. Yet, I don't really want a granola bar that I have to bite into.
Your recipe is very similar to the one I tried, except mine doesn't have any oil in it.
I found a recipe on-line for crunchy granola bars that called for corn syrup - which makes since since popcorn balls have corn syrup and they don't get too sticky and are more of a crunchy texture. I am going to blend the 2 recipes and see if I can get little nuggets of crunchy granola that I can snack on at work without making a total mess, lol.

Thanks! It doesn't really stick together well for me when I make it but when my cousin made it, it was in nice clumps. I'm not sure how she pulled that off but she's the one who gave me the recipe. I might just stir it a bit too aggressively every 20 minutes, who knows lol. Hope yours turns out good!