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Post by feather on Feb 24, 2021 18:41:25 GMT -6
lol, yeast farts. If you feed the yeast honey (bee puke), do the yeast give yeast burps? This is something we need to know. Maybe she'll know.
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Post by feather on Feb 27, 2021 19:06:17 GMT -6
Zucchini blueberry bread today.
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Post by karenbc on Mar 4, 2021 0:37:58 GMT -6
Sour cherry hand pies. Using the home canned pie filling we made from the last crop our tree produced before it went kaput. 25+ years I'd had that tree.
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Post by feather on Mar 4, 2021 1:28:55 GMT -6
Sour cherry hand pies. Using the home canned pie filling we made from the last crop our tree produced before it went kaput. 25+ years I'd had that tree. I'm a fan of sour cherries. We have a couple new cherry trees. I think we had 3 but one died. We are planning on more sour cherry trees to put in this spring. (Stark Bros)
Our first crop of cherries was this last year, they were so so small, but I pitted them all, then made a low sugar jam/puree, and kept it in the freezer.
I started ordering dried unsweetened cherries for some of our dried fruit we keep on hand. I just love them. These are bing cherries, running about $10/lb dried.
I wonder if 25 years is the normal age for a cherry tree to live. Are you going to get another cherry tree? I hope your hand pies were wonderful.
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Post by midtnmama on Mar 4, 2021 7:23:04 GMT -6
Sour cherry hand pies. Using the home canned pie filling we made from the last crop our tree produced before it went kaput. 25+ years I'd had that tree. I'm a fan of sour cherries. We have a couple new cherry trees. I think we had 3 but one died. We are planning on more sour cherry trees to put in this spring. (Stark Bros)
Our first crop of cherries was this last year, they were so so small, but I pitted them all, then made a low sugar jam/puree, and kept it in the freezer.
I started ordering dried unsweetened cherries for some of our dried fruit we keep on hand. I just love them. These are bing cherries, running about $10/lb dried.
I wonder if 25 years is the normal age for a cherry tree to live. Are you going to get another cherry tree? I hope your hand pies were wonderful.
I love to make a combo pie of apples and sour cherries--love the juxtaposition of flavors!
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Post by feather on Mar 4, 2021 19:08:35 GMT -6
Zucchini, pineapple, blueberry bread, one big loaf. I sweetened this one using grape puree, skipped the honey.
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Post by feather on Mar 4, 2021 22:04:29 GMT -6
I'm working on 4 lbs of oil free tortillas (mission brand). I lay out 8 on parchment half sheet pans, two at a time, bake 350 deg F for 18 minutes, bags them up after they cool. I'm on batch 2, and I think there is enough for 5 batches.
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Post by feather on Mar 25, 2021 14:54:01 GMT -6
Oatmeal cookies with flax, bananas, cinnamon, and cherry puree, then added raisins.
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Post by jwal10 on Mar 25, 2021 15:59:11 GMT -6
We have a Dwarf Bing cherry tree. We can them and dry the rest. It makes a good pollinator for our Royal ann and Rainier cherry trees. We can mixed fruit with cherries, grapes, peaches and pears, in pear juice....James
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Post by jwal10 on Mar 25, 2021 16:00:50 GMT -6
What do you do with the tortillas after bagging? Are they wheat or corn?
....James
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Post by jwal10 on Mar 25, 2021 16:04:44 GMT -6
I mixed, Sweetie measured, we baked oatmeal, pumpkin, applesauce muffins to take with us to the beach cottage tomorrow. Same recipe, just switch pumpkin for bananas. A little cool today, light showers so the wood stove felt good....James
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Post by feather on Mar 25, 2021 16:07:59 GMT -6
What do you do with the tortillas after bagging? Are they wheat or corn? ....James I bag them, corn w/no oil, and put them on the top of the fridge for when any of us wants to have green or red, mild or hot salsa (100 pints we canned last year). A little hummus with that is a meal, a snacky meal no less.
The cherries....I wish our cherry trees were bigger. We did get cherries last year. This year we are replacing one of the cherry trees that died, it is coming tomorrow. In the mean time, I buy dried cherries with no added sugar. They are so good.
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Post by jwal10 on Mar 25, 2021 16:51:52 GMT -6
Ours are dwarf trees, they started producing the 3rd year. Probably 6 gallons the 4th year each. I think we planted them in '95, the year after we got this place. I prune all my fruit trees pretty heavy, I like quality more than quantity. We get more than we need, bigger fruit and less disease with the increased air flow through the tree. I like dwarf trees, they produce sooner plus I can pick them from the ground....James
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Post by jwal10 on Mar 25, 2021 17:01:15 GMT -6
We only use corn tortillas. We make our own from our dried sweet corn, save some for seed and use the rest for tortillas and hominy. We use with different fillings but a favorite are fish tacos....James
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Post by feather on Mar 25, 2021 17:02:17 GMT -6
We lost some trees along the way, but our inventory says we have: North Star Pie Cherry 2 Stark Montmorency Pie Cherry 3 Starkrimsom Sweet Cherry 3
That's 8, these are dwarf starting mostly in 2014, one is getting replaced, one was given to the neighbor behind us as a bribe to remove some other trees, and some died. We believe we will have 3 growing this year. We've had bad luck with them. When we get cherries, we are so very happy.
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Post by jwal10 on Mar 25, 2021 17:12:42 GMT -6
Don't know if I like peaches or bing cherries with ice cream better. Or put over as a sundae. Both so good. I just boil the cherries and juice down to a thick syrup and whip into ice cream or make a sundae, needs no sugar....James
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Post by feather on Mar 25, 2021 18:04:16 GMT -6
Don't know if I like peaches or bing cherries with ice cream better. Or put over as a sundae. Both so good. I just boil the cherries and juice down to a thick syrup and whip into ice cream or make a sundae, needs no sugar....James We didn't run into good peach prices this past year, but good prices on nectarines. We cook down the fruit with lemon, to a puree that is like a jam, and I can that. We use that for toast or on top of the banana-fruit nice-cream, like an ice cream. Fruit is our biggest source of sweetness. The nectarine puree is by far my favorite, because it is so tart and sweet. I also use cranberries cooked with orange, that is also very tart, for my oatmeal. I still use 1 t of honey in that, or a half t of sugar, in the oatmeal.
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Post by jwal10 on Mar 25, 2021 20:14:31 GMT -6
We have 2 Late Elberta cling free peach trees. The best flavor and late enough to never get a frost when blooming. Always ripe Labor day weekend. We chop and freeze some, make 1 batch of uncooked freezer jam and can the rest. Each a total different taste. I eat 5 tsp of rolled oats and a few raisins cooked in fruit juice, no water, 3 times a week, in winter....James
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Post by feather on Apr 1, 2021 14:56:39 GMT -6
Musical Brownies, in 2 inch cookie shape. Edit: 18 cookies.
1 pint rinsed drained black beans 3/4 cup oatmeal 1/2 cup cocoa 1 cup date paste (or syrup) 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda I put these in the food processor until fairly smooth. Made little cookie shapes on coated parchment, making them round and flat with wet hands. topped eachc with 6 chocolate chips and sprinkled with large crystal brown sugar. Baked at 350 deg F for 15 minutes.
I ate one, it is very good. I should have made a double batch. Maybe another day.
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Post by jwal10 on Apr 2, 2021 9:49:24 GMT -6
Yesterday I "baked" a potato and a chicken pot pie on the Coleman camp oven. Rub potato with olive oil, sprinkle with coarse sea salt. Sweetie scoops out 3/4 of the potato, I eat the boat with butter and salt free seasoning....James
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Post by feather on Apr 2, 2021 11:00:50 GMT -6
baking 15 potatoes, and 2 large butternut squash.
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Post by feather on Apr 27, 2021 8:47:06 GMT -6
Baking whole wheat sprouted grain bread. I started out with my water too warm, so I added the sprouted grain mash and the gluten, and let it cool a little before I added the yeast, then the flour. I've gotten it to the point of cleaning the bowl of the mixer. So it needs to raise a little and I'll make shapes. I'm thinking it would be nice to have a few smaller pizza shape crusts so I'll make them about 3/4th inch thick and then when they are done, cut them horizontally for pizzas. And whatever is left into sub buns that we cut horizontally for toasting.
Edit: I made 6-9'' pizza shapes, so 12 pizza crusts.
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Post by feather on Apr 28, 2021 12:55:18 GMT -6
I just ate the last of the ww sub buns, so I'm baking a batch of sub buns because mr feather is going up north and the pizza shapes aren't the right shape for a toaster or a small sandwich. They are rising on the stove. I guess I'll be cooking a lot tomorrow once we get groceries.
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Post by feather on May 9, 2021 10:32:59 GMT -6
Oatmeal cookies (aka hockey pucks), two batches.
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Post by tenbusybees on May 12, 2021 14:32:45 GMT -6
We are hankering crispy and savory to munch on with our hummus this afternoon. We can not find sissy-bee's wheat thin cracker recipe anywhere (plus I'm trying to go gf). Sooooo....
We're trying a knock-off batch of Mary's Gone Crackers.
Crazy easy and the bowl scrapings were delish. (I didn't share. Heehee!) Hoping the the final product is equally yum.
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Post by feather on May 27, 2021 17:39:45 GMT -6
I made a one tray batch of peanut butter (powder) white bean and date paste cookies. They were a little wet so I had some unopened but not getting used corn flakes, added some of those and that helped soak up a little extra liquid, then sprinkled with large crystal sugar. 2 tray batch of black bean date paste cocoa powder cookies, with chocolate chips on top. 4 tray batch of banana, grape spread, cooked squash, oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips and raisins mixed in. All of them turned out good. I don't care for chocolate chips in the oatmeal ones because it makes it a little too sweet but mr feather likes them. I put in vanilla to some, cinnamon to others. tenbusybees, all GF (by chance).
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Post by feather on May 28, 2021 12:02:01 GMT -6
tenbusybees, accidently found this but it looks interesting. GF plant based. mypureplants.com/Baking bread today, no room on the counters for cooking. I have the first batch ready to do put on the parchment, then I'll start the second batch. WW sprouted bread.
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Post by tenbusybees on May 28, 2021 19:10:48 GMT -6
tenbusybees, accidently found this but it looks interesting. GF plant based. mypureplants.com/Baking bread today, no room on the counters for cooking. I have the first batch ready to do put on the parchment, then I'll start the second batch. WW sprouted bread. Ohhh! Bookmarking it. Thanks!!!!
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Post by feather on May 31, 2021 19:10:06 GMT -6
Crustless pumpkin pie is in the oven. I didn't have pumpkin rehydrated on hand, so I used sweet potatoes and butternut squash. The batter tasted good. We haven't had one since around thanksgiving. I'm looking forward to it.
edit: I forgot how good they taste. I had a piece with some thawed out cherry raspberry sauce I made last year, tart and not sweet. It was so good together. I'm going to have it for breakfast too.
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Post by feather on Jun 8, 2021 21:15:21 GMT -6
I made two cookie like thin wafer like 'cookies'. I used flax and water, gluten, ww flour, ww pastry flour, vanilla, no oil or fat, palm sugar (that was in the pantry and I hadn't used. The 'dough' is brown due to the palm sugar.
Half of it I added coconut extract and flaked coconut. The house smelled like toasted coconut after baking. Then I put it in the dehydrator because they need to be completely dry.
The other half I added cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cardamom, like a ginger cookie. They are baking then go in the dehydrator to dry until tomorrow.
I have a large empty glass cookie type container on the counter to put them in and keep them dry. They will be like a flavored sweetened hard tack I'm sure. Maybe we'll snack on them.
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