Any Home Bakers Here?

[Aria]

Well we sure were glad to see you back here!

Happy to be back. AND thanks to Ron....I have Genesis2 ...a strong Sourdough Starter and am able to BAKE weekly and visit
my BYC FRIENDS DAILY.

 

[bruceha2000]

NO ONE should ever have such an experience.

Indeed not, and some people at that nursing home should have been brought up on charges of neglect.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning Home Bakers. So glad you beat the covid.
I went from 140 to 125 because of 2 cold and covid.
Had paxlovid for covid it was a game changer.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Indeed not, and some people at that nursing home should have been brought up on charges of neglect.

It is really hard to bring charges against a Nursing Home?

I worked in a Nursing Home the last 7 years I worked.

It was a very nice Nursing Home at that time and since then it has been sold and gone downhill.

 

[cavemanrich]

Made a rice dish today. I posted the recipe in the link below. I did some changes.
Skipped the ham. Makes this a vegetarian dish compatible. (the rice, not the chicken on my plate in last pix.)
Skipped the Gandules,, (pigeon peas) and used different vegetable blend. Pix below.
Everything else pretty much same.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/any-home-bakers-here.921333/post-26586900
I chose stovetop instead of rice cooker.

These are the veggies I used. From freezer section.

How rice looked after 20 minutes cooking,, covered on low flame.

On my plate. On top of plate, some chicken tenders,,,, home made of course. Dinner Tasted mighty DELISH.

 

[Aria]

Indeed not, and some people at that nursing home should have been brought up on charges of neglect.

That was one of the worst time in my life. I was neglected. God
was with me and I survived. Nothing I will forget. And I am sure
the people responsible ...will be punished in some way.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Made a rice dish today. I posted the recipe in the link below. I did some changes.
Skipped the ham. Makes this a vegetarian dish compatible. (the rice, not the chicken on my plate in last pix.)
Skipped the Gandules,, (pigeon peas) and used different vegetable blend. Pix below.
Everything else pretty much same.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/any-home-bakers-here.921333/post-26586900
I chose stovetop instead of rice cooker.
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These are the veggies I used. From freezer section.
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How rice looked after 20 minutes cooking,, covered on low flame.
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On my plate. On top of plate, some chicken tenders,,,, home made of course. Dinner Tasted mighty DELISH.
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This looks great and something I would make and eat.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Bakers good afternoon one and all!

Temperatures are in the 80s.

Keep baking.

Have a great day.

 

[Aria]

And from the stovetop. Arroz con Gandules,,,, Rice and Pigeon Peas
I read a few recipes. Each kind of different. I gathered all the common ingredients, and made it my own way. I did not need to burn the pot to create a nice crispy bottom,, as some recipes suggested.
Here is my play by play.
Set out my ingredients.


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4 OZ, of Country ham that I diced.
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Amounts of seasonings.
2 TBS, of each ; Tomato and basil pasta sauce.,, Sofrito,, Recaito,, Salad olives,,
1 TSP, Chicken Bullion, and 2 TSP Minced garlic.
1 envelope Sazon Goya

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I drained the peas, and saved the liquid. Added all the seasoning ingredients, and added water to bring total liquid contents to 4 cups.
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A swig of olive oil, and added ham, and cooked for a few minutes until looked cooked.
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Here is a pix of the bullion, and Italian seasoning 1Tsp each.
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All seasonings, peas, and liquid in pot to cook all flavors together.
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Measure out 2 cups of rice. Added to liquid after it cooked for a few minutes. My ratio is 1 part rice to 2 parts liquid.
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Brought the rice and liquid mixture to boil again, and boiled for about 2 minutes on HIGH,, until mixture looked as below.
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Covered pot and lowered heat to LOW. Set timer to 20 minutes.
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After 20 minutes this is how it looked.
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This is how it looked stirred/fluffed.
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On my plate.
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Notes.
This was my first time doing this rice. It came out DELISH.
Next time, I will try to make in my rice cooker. I will skip the ham, since it needs to be somewhat slightly fried.
In rice cooker, the ingredients, (seasonings and liquid) need to be cold (room temperature) initially for rice cooker to work. Otherwise my rice cooker would assume rice is done way ahead of time.

THIS WOULD BE MY MEAL....LOVE IT. Thank you for sharing,.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning Home Bakers, did make baking powder biscuits last night.
Doing a red velvet cake, this from a recipe 1961.
2 1/2 c sifted flour
2 c sugar
6 tbsp cocoa
2 tsp soda
4 - well beaten eggs
2 c sour cream
1 tsp vanilla

Sift dry ingredients together.
Combine eggs, cream and vanilla.
Stir egg mixture into the dry ones.
Bake in preheated oven at 350 for 45 minutes.
Bake in greased and floured pan.