Any Home Bakers Here?

[igorsMistress]

Do you make cream soups? It is fairly easy. After frying the onion and celery, add 1\4 cup of flour and let it cook for a minute or so and then add the cooking liquid in the recipe. The soup will thicken and if you want, add a half a cup of cream, milk or half and half at the end.

I'm not really into cream soups. Mushroom, potato and broccoli are ok sometimes but I don't make them very often. I prefer broth because it's not so rich.

 

[igorsMistress]

I learned something today about cooking whole goose. Turns out I have been doing it wrong this whole time.

Here is some data to help you all understand, my goose is 6.2 pounds.

Cooking time is 30 minutes per kg at 180 Celcius. According to the math I did, this means 1 hour and 46 minutes and 5.12 seconds at 355 degrees Fahrenheit.

I always cooked goose for 2 and 1/2 hours. Ive been over cooking it! OH NO! WHAT HAVE I DONE!

Little joke there. Anyway, on top of that, I haven't been getting the fat out of the goose properly. I need to poke holes ALL OVER the goose skin, not just on the breast.

Going to have goose tomorrow and try this new method.

Will let you all know how it turns out.

Jared

 

[N F C]

Tonight I made a Turkey a la King type dinner and served it over mashed potatoes. We didn't eat that much on T-day because we were sick, so decided to just freeze the left-over turkey so it wouldn't go bad. It really came in handy tonight in making dinner, and I still have enough for another meal or two (at least something good came out of being sick...)

Hope you're all feeling better now!

 

[R2elk]

I'm not really into cream soups. Mushroom, potato and broccoli are ok sometimes but I don't make them very often. I prefer broth because it's not so rich.

Mixing a can of Campbell's Cream of Chicken soup with a dozen eggs makes a nice omelet. I will sometimes cook a cup of dry rice and mix in a can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup when the rice is done. Their Golden Mushroom soup makes a nice gravy when only adding a quarter can of water to it. I use the gravy on wide noodles.

 

[igorsMistress]

Mixing a can of Campbell's Cream of Chicken soup with a dozen eggs makes a nice omelet. I will sometimes cook a cup of dry rice and mix in a can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup when the rice is done. Their Golden Mushroom soup makes a nice gravy when only adding a quarter can of water to it. I use the gravy on wide noodles.

Now the golden mushroom idea I like! I like stuff like that on noodles or potatoes. I'll have to try that out, thanks R2

 

[jnicholes]

 

[N F C]

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Did someone make Christmas cookies?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good looking cookies Jared did you make them going to start mine for year today also

 

[ValerieJ]

I have a trip to San Diego Sun through Tues. then the cookie brigade will begin in this house!

 

[N F C]

I have a trip to San Diego Sun through Tues. then the cookie brigade will begin in this house!

I hope your trip includes some fun Val!