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"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I'm new to this group. I like to experiment with recipes and don't
like to measure. <G>

I was in the recipes group but they are only recipes or requests for
recipes -- how boring.

Shana

Welcome to the group, Shana! I can assure you we're not boring - just have
a hard hat ready! <G>

Dora

"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I'm new to this group. I like to experiment with recipes and don't
like to measure. <G>

I was in the recipes group but they are only recipes or requests for
recipes -- how boring.

Shana

I tend not to measure, either, unless it's a new recipe that I want to try,
or something where exact measurements are more important. Or I might measure
some ingredients but not others. Depends on what it is. I usually start off
breads with about a cup of water, because I know I'll end up with a loaf
that's about the right size.

And there are things that are sort of self-measuring, like eggs or garlic
cloves where you can just count them without doing a precise measurement and
it's close enough. Or when a recipe requires a can of something.

Spices, though, I tend to toss them in by taste. Which makes some sense,
considering that with spices, there can be a lot of variation in the
strength, depending on what brand, how old, etc. So unless you're recreating
your own recipe with the same spices, measuring may not give the same
results.

So...what do you like to cook?

Donna

craftydragon1951 said:

I'm new to this group. I like to experiment with recipes and don't
like to measure. <G>

I was in the recipes group but they are only recipes or requests for
recipes -- how boring.

Shana

Welcome, Shana! We've got a nice assortment of improvisational cooks
and followers of recipes. I'm a little of both. I improvise until
I've got it the way I want it, then write it down. Losing those
memory molecules fast these days.

What kind of things do you enjoy cooking/baking the most?

Peace,
Carol

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Welcome, Shana! We've got a nice assortment of improvisational cooks
and followers of recipes. I'm a little of both. I improvise until
I've got it the way I want it, then write it down. Losing those
memory molecules fast these days.

This group has actually made me more of a recipe person than I used to
be, mainly because if I get something yummy, I want to be able to
share it with the group. (I know this group is fine with
a-little-of-this-and-a-little-of-that recipes, but anyway, sometimes I
want to get it down on paper when it's something yummy.)

serene

In article <[email hidden]>,

craftydragon1951 said:

I'm new to this group. I like to experiment with recipes and don't
like to measure. <G>

I was in the recipes group but they are only recipes or requests for
recipes -- how boring.

Shana

Welcome! :-)
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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limey said:

"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

I'm new to this group. I like to experiment with recipes and don't
like to measure. <G>

I was in the recipes group but they are only recipes or requests for
recipes -- how boring.

Shana

Welcome to the group, Shana! I can assure you we're not boring - just have
a hard hat ready! <G>

Dora

And asbestos undies, as well as the occasional pair of hip waders... ;-D
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties
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Quoted message said:

I'm new to this group. I like to experiment with recipes and don't
like to measure. <G>

Welcome. I don't like to measure much either. Neither does Barb Schaller.

Quoted message said:

I was in the recipes group but they are only recipes or requests for
recipes -- how boring.

Shana

I dont like rfr much either although I browse it sometimes.

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was in the recipes group but they are only recipes or requests for
recipes -- how boring.

Shana

I dont like rfr much either although I browse it sometimes.

For me, it's like a cookbook -- I skim the headers and look at the
ones that interest me. What I really like, though, is reading the
requests and seeing if I can come up with something that matches the
requestor's needs.

serene

Thanks for all the welcomes.

I eat a lot of chicken or turkey breast I like anything with tomatoes
(fresh/canned/sauce). And I love cheese but I have a lactose
intolerance problem, rats. I collect cookbooks from travels --
Cooking in Memphis, Denver Recipes, local church groups. (I used to
travel a lot on business.) But I rarely make something exactly like
the recipe, usually make a change or a substitute. If I'm cooking for
guests, I like one-pot type meals. I like baking cobblers or crisps
and like to try different fruits.

Thanks again for the welcome.

Shana

"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I eat a lot of chicken or turkey breast I like anything with tomatoes
(fresh/canned/sauce). And I love cheese but I have a lactose
intolerance problem, rats. I collect cookbooks from travels --
Cooking in Memphis, Denver Recipes, local church groups. (I used to
travel a lot on business.) But I rarely make something exactly like
the recipe, usually make a change or a substitute. If I'm cooking for
guests, I like one-pot type meals. I like baking cobblers or crisps
and like to try different fruits.

Hey, Shana, sounds great, welcome to rfc. What is it
called when you make a topping using oatmeal and brown
sugar? I like that, is that a crisp? I never make desserts.

nancy

That is what I'd call a crisp. To me a cobbler has a pie-crust type
toping. Both go over great with guests and are simple to make. The
last time I had guests, I made one with cherry pie filling and crushed
cranberry sauce for the berry part. Served it warm with good vanilla
ice cream. I was great. The cranberries countered the too-sweetness
of the cherry pie filling. I think that because no one bakes anymore
the rare "old-fashioned" dessert goes over well.
Shana

"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> wrote

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That is what I'd call a crisp. To me a cobbler has a pie-crust type
toping. Both go over great with guests and are simple to make. The
last time I had guests, I made one with cherry pie filling and crushed
cranberry sauce for the berry part.

Hmmm. I just happen to have some Award Winning Cherry
Preserves. Might make something like that this week. Thanks.

Quoted message said:

Served it warm with good vanilla
ice cream. I was great. The cranberries countered the too-sweetness
of the cherry pie filling. I think that because no one bakes anymore
the rare "old-fashioned" dessert goes over well.

Well, you know, baking has all that measuring. I leave it to
the pros. (smile)

nancy

I saw a suggestion to use crumbled up cookie dough as the topping but
haven't tried.

Shana

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 19:27:53 -0400, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>
rummaged among random neurons and opined:

Also a welcome to Shana.

Quoted message said:

Hey, Shana, sounds great, welcome to rfc. What is it
called when you make a topping using oatmeal and brown
sugar? I like that, is that a crisp? I never make desserts.

My version of a crisp looks a lot like this <g>:

@@@@@ Now You're Cooking! Export Format

Peach And Mixed-Berry Crisp

desserts

2 large peaches, peeled, pitted, chopped (a; bout 2½ cups)
1½ cups blueberries (about 6 ounces; )
1 1/3 cups raspberries (about 6 ounces)
1 1/3 cups blackberries (about 5.6 ounces)
½ cup sugar
2 tablespoons plus 3/4 cup all purpose flour
½ cup (packed) light brown sugar
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
butter pecan ice cream or vanilla ice cream

Preheat oven to 3500F. Butter 8x8x2'/2-inch square baking dish. Toss
fruit, sugar and 2 tablespoons flour in large bowl to combine.
Transfer to prepared baking dish. Bake fruit until juices bubble,
stir­ring occasionally, about 40 minutes. Bake without stirring
another 5 minutes. Remove from oven. Increase oven
tern-peratureto4000F

Meanwhile, whisk remaining ¾ cup flour, sugar, cinnamon, ginger and
salt in medium bowl to blend. Add butter and rub in with fingertips
until small moist clumps form. Sprinkle topping evenly over hot fruit
in dish.

Bake crisp until topping is golden brown, about 20 minutes. Cool
slightly. Serve warm with ice cream.

Yield: 8 servings

Terry Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

--
"If you're going to be wrong, be wrong at the top of your lungs."
Lucy, "Peanuts"\

On Mon 03 Apr 2006 06:46:03a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Melba's
Jammin'?

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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties
and posted news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

I'm new to this group. I like to experiment with recipes and don't like
to measure. <G>

Welcome. I don't like to measure much either. Neither does Barb Schaller.
Michael

I do when I'm baking -- that's more exacting that cooking most stuff,
IMO.

Yep, baking is like chemistry. The wrong formulae usually don't work.

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
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In article <[email hidden]>,

Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> hitched up their
panties and posted
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Quoted message said:

I'm new to this group. I like to experiment with recipes and don't
like to measure. <G>

Welcome. I don't like to measure much either. Neither does Barb
Schaller. Michael

I do when I'm baking -- that's more exacting that cooking most stuff,
IMO.

Well, I don't bake much but when I do, I measure. Everyone knows I'm a
lousy baker 😉

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

In article <[email hidden]>,

Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

"craftydragon1951" <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties
and posted news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

I'm new to this group. I like to experiment with recipes and don't
like to measure. <G>

Welcome. I don't like to measure much either. Neither does Barb Schaller.
Michael

I do when I'm baking -- that's more exacting that cooking most stuff,
IMO.
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 4-2-06, Church review #11

"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

I see what you mean! ugh
Shana