Any Home Bakers Here?

[pennyJo1960]

Could huh little tyke is quiet I gave him food been whiney guess he was hungry huh give the big dogs any he does not eat .. Makes them happy also

 

[bruceha2000]

Where are you in NB @Stepnout? My older daughter is attending Mt. Allison. We've been up a few times, love "Taste of Egypt" in St. John.

 

[Stepnout]

Where are you in NB @Stepnout? My older daughter is attending Mt. Allison. We've been up a few times, love "Taste of Egypt" in St. John.

I'm in Saint John. Yes the Taste Of Egypt has a very good menu. We love it there as well.
As a matter of interest my father was born in Saint John but My Grandparents (his parents) immigrated from Lebanon around 1904. My family from the Christian area in the mountains.
Maronite's. We still make many of the beautiful Lebanese dishes. Nothing like Good Food and Family!

 

[Stepnout]

@bruceha2000
I have a great friend in Enfield, NH. Over the years we made 5 trips out to Iowa to go hunting. I might have drove by your place lol. We used to take route 4 and then south on I/87 and then out west on I80/90. Great memories.
Thank you for taking the time to converse

 

[Stepnout]

My wife and her sister went to visit their brother for a few days. I baked a blueberry pie! Mmm good. I have to confess I used boughten frozen crust.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I do that when I am hurried but want to make a fast pie

 

[Stepnout]

I do that when I am hurried but want to make a fast pie

My next adventure is to have my wife teach me to make pie crust. She is very good at it, since leaving work last December I’ve gladly become the baker. I really enjoy the bread, tea biscuit, cakes and cinnamon rolls I’ve been baking. It has paid off having such a great teacher.
lol more than once she has told me she doesn’t like me in HER KITCHEN! I’m a little less tidy But I clean up after myself, just not fast enough for her. Must be a man woman thing she cleans as she goes I wait till I’m done then clean up.

 

[cheepteach]

I clean as I go because of limited space--pie crust can be tricky!

 

[N F C]

My next adventure is to have my wife teach me to make pie crust. She is very good at it, since leaving work last December I’ve gladly become the baker. I really enjoy the bread, tea biscuit, cakes and cinnamon rolls I’ve been baking. It has paid off having such a great teacher.
lol more than once she has told me she doesn’t like me in HER KITCHEN! I’m a little less tidy But I clean up after myself, just not fast enough for her. Must be a man woman thing she cleans as she goes I wait till I’m done then clean up.

Baking is fun! The clean up, not so much

 

[Marie2020]

Marie, I do not use the "conversation" on this thread...not sure it works for me. Happy to help. Once you get a strong healthy starter it stays with you. And I find keeping a smaller amount is best. I recently started a second jar to keep it smaller and have when I need MORE in my recipe.
But 2 tablespoons of the strong healthy starter can start up a fresh new starter. I learned this from Elly, a gal in Australia. She uses a very small jar....takes all but 2 tablespoons and uses it...and then adds what she takes out to the very small jar ...back in the refrigerator for next time to use and repeats it. It does work for her and seems very simple. Aria

That's really helpful information I'll give this a go. Still waiting for the large jar to bubble again. It a long wait