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Comment on Cast iron waffles by Josh

Josh — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:57:46 +0000

A quick update: made waffles again this morning, using Bob’s Red Mill 7-grain pancake and waffle mix. One batch of batter prepared to the recipe on the bag makes just under three full waffles in our waffle iron. And none of them stuck at all, this time! The 7-grain mix is pretty good, too, although I think I might try the egg white trick with it to see if that’s responsible for the crispier waffles I got out of the first batch.

Comment on Cast iron waffles by Tom

Tom — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:21:12 +0000

Wow. We’re fans of cast iron (follow my name-link to see evidence) but I am not sure I even knew such a thing existed. Cool.

Comment on Cast iron waffles by Ian

Ian — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:16:08 +0000

People who make mixed drinks more frequently?

Comment on Cast iron waffles by Josh

Josh — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:18:31 +0000

Cook’s Illustrated has a waffle recipe in next month’s issue. It calls for sour cream and seltzer water. Sounds like it could be tasty, but I want waffles now, damn it, not after going to the store to get seltzer water. Who the hell has seltzer water readily available?

Comment on roasted potatoes in tomato-cheese sauce by Cissa

Cissa — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:44:58 +0000

That looks yummy! I mostly don’t parboil, but I’m going to give it a try.

Also, if you are not vegetarian, duck or goose fat makes the very yummiest roast potatoes- I’m eager to see what that will do with the roughed-up surface.

Comment on Pickled carrots by Josh

Josh — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:14:08 +0000

Since they weren’t canned at all, opened and unopened are probably the same thing. I’m guessing at least three or four weeks is safe, and there’s a blog post from someone who forgot hers in the back of the fridge for three months and said that not only were they fine, but they’d finally developed the flavor she was hoping for.

So… a month, probably more? Honestly, I plan on eating the entire gallon in the next month, so I might not find out.

Comment on Pickled carrots by naomi

naomi — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:58:28 +0000

Yum! Do you know how long they keep in the fridge, opened and unopened?

Comment on Stupid chickens by Mary

Mary — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:02:05 +0000

I’m going to start a series of “your chickens are so dumb” jokes, just especially for your chickens. I prefer “your momma” jokes, but your momma is my momma.

Comment on Stupid chickens by Josh

Josh — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:51:18 +0000

Hrm. The new plan doesn’t work very well either, since there’s no good way to attach a roost over there. Except maybe from the ceiling joists. Well, maybe I’ll try that. For now, I went back and moved Trouble and Miss Thing (who really doesn’t like being disturbed when she’s trying to sleep) over to the new roost and put a jar of rocks where they had been. Maybe they’ll get the hint.

Comment on New tea plant by Cam

Cam — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:08:18 +0000

Thanks, Judy! That’s a generous offer.

My little tea plant made it through the winter just fine as a houseplant, and has been leafing out like a champ these last couple of weeks. (Which is something of a miracle. I’m not a houseplant person.) I thought I remembered Wade telling me that it’d be a good idea to pamper the little critter for the first winter, and I’m glad I did. That was some winter.