On Sun 15 Jun 2008 05:48:59p, Boron Elgar told us...

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:27:47 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sun 15 Jun 2008 03:47:11p, Boron Elgar told us...


I still have half a flat of apricots left. They'll go into lunches
this week.

Boron



Dried apricots are best used in fried turnovers. Really delicious.

Fresh apricots also make a wonderful fresh ice cream.

Just what I need - more vices.

Boron



That must be my mission in life, Boron. Provide more people with more
vices. :-) But these are *delicious* vices. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Sunday, 06(VI)/15(XV)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Father's Day
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Junk: stuff we throw away. Stuff: junk
we keep.
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On Sun 15 Jun 2008 05:40:24p, Christine Dabney told us...

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:27:47 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:


Fresh apricots also make a wonderful fresh ice cream.

Good to know. I have here in my kitchen, fresh apricots ready to be
made into ice cream via a recipe from David Lebovitz and his book, The
Perfect Scoop.

Christine

I wish I was sitting in our kitchen!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Sunday, 06(VI)/15(XV)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Father's Day
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Junk: stuff we throw away. Stuff: junk
we keep.
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On Sun 15 Jun 2008 03:53:43p, Boron Elgar told us...

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:21:49 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
wrote:

On Jun 15, 11:39?am, The Ranger wrote:
On Jun 15, 6:11 am, Boron Elgar wrote:

I have a nice flat of apricots and thought I'd make an apricot,
blackberry, blueberry pie.

Thing is - although I've made a mighty number of fruit pies, I've
never made one with apricots. Obviously I remove the pit and cut them
in half, but do they require peeling, too? [..]

Nah... The apricot skins will give enough support to allow the fruit to
retain minimal form without turning to mush.

"minimal form" is just a different way to express mushy texture. In
pies fruit flesh is essentially boiled, apricots will still become
mushy whether skinned or not... just like using certain apples for pie
will produce mush... it's really best to use apricots for tarten, and use
only one layer.

Well, except this pie came out perfectly. No mushy fruit. You can
think what you want, but you're wrong.


For a nicely textured apricot pie use dried apricots.

That makes for a totally different sort of pie. Why bother using going
out of one's way to acquire dried fruit when the fresh fruit is
available - especially in the way I used it.

There's a reason fresh apricot pie is not readily available, fresh
apricot is not a very good pie fruit.

The reason is the tenderness of the fruit insofar as shipping and its
short fresh season. You don't see blackberry pie "readily available"
either. I have no idea of what apricots tastes like as the sole fruit
in a pie. I haven't tried it, but it is swell with mixed berries.

Boron

Boron, never forget that a piece of shit is always full of shit. His
insults are never worthy of a reply.

I'm quite sure your pie was delightful!


--
Wayne Boatwright
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Sunday, 06(VI)/15(XV)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Father's Day
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Everybody is ignorant, only on
different subjects.
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On Sun 15 Jun 2008 07:41:20p, Michael "Dog3" told us...

Bobo Bonobo® news:b3bfb442-60f5-4989-ac69-
: in rec.food.cooking

On Jun 15, 11:44*am, Sheldon wrote:

[snip everything]

I like you Sheldon, because you are such an asshole, and give people
shit so arbitrarily, and are so seldom in a good mood, and you're
xenophobic and homophobic to boot, that you make me seem pretty nice
and amiable by comparison. You seem like you TRY to be unpleasant,
whereas I try not to be, albeit oftimes rather unsuccessfully. Anyway,
thanks.

Actually I don't think he's a homophobe. Not really. I think he posts the
way he does to get a reaction from people. And yes, you are an asshole
but
I'd still like to get together at Hacienda sometime. Or maybe you and
the
wife can come over and we can grill out.

Michael



Michael, I don't know whether Sheldon is a homophone or not, nor do I care.
What I find reprehensible is the way he demeans, insults, and abuses people
beyond all reasonable limits. He has his favorite targets, I being one of
them. I don't really care, because I don't read his crap unless he's
quoted by someone else, and then I just consider the source. He rarely has
anything positive to say unless he's bragging about something he owns or
has just acquired. Pretty pathetic all around. Working in the behavioral
health field, it's easy recognize a plethora of symtoms.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Sunday, 06(VI)/15(XV)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Father's Day
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Waiter, there's no fly in my soup! - Kermit
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:41:41 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sun 15 Jun 2008 05:48:59p, Boron Elgar told us...

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:27:47 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sun 15 Jun 2008 03:47:11p, Boron Elgar told us...


I still have half a flat of apricots left. They'll go into lunches
this week.

Boron



Dried apricots are best used in fried turnovers. Really delicious.

Fresh apricots also make a wonderful fresh ice cream.

Just what I need - more vices.

Boron



That must be my mission in life, Boron. Provide more people with more
vices. :-) But these are *delicious* vices. :-)


Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.

Boron

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:16:06 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sun 15 Jun 2008 03:53:43p, Boron Elgar told us...

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:21:49 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
wrote:

There's a reason fresh apricot pie is not readily available, fresh
apricot is not a very good pie fruit.

The reason is the tenderness of the fruit insofar as shipping and its
short fresh season. You don't see blackberry pie "readily available"
either. I have no idea of what apricots tastes like as the sole fruit
in a pie. I haven't tried it, but it is swell with mixed berries.

Boron

Boron, never forget that a piece of shit is always full of shit. His
insults are never worthy of a reply.

I access usenet from several different computers and I have him
blocked in this group on all but one. That one has no killfile on it.
So I rarely see the crap he spews, but once in awhile I do see it, or
he shows up in other groups and I have to go to the trouble of
re-doing the KF to make it universal for him.

He's been shitting his shoes over in rec.gardens all week, too. so I
reply to tweak his foolishness, then add him to another KF.

I swear, the man goes out of his way to misinform and spread
foolishness all over the place. How the hell can one person be such a
dumb ****, I'll never know.

I'm quite sure your pie was delightful!

Oh, thank you. Indeed, it was...there is only a bit left.

Boron

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:36:27 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
wrote:

Boron Elgar
: in rec.food.cooking


I had never seen an apricot pie, either, but I see recipes online, so
I'm game. I have a tendency to mix like and dark fruits and berries
in pies, so this will be an adventure.

Thanks you for your condolences. The new freezer is a third again as
large as the old one, with plenty of room to store my flours and
grains for bread baking. And I guess I should not complain, because I
even got to clean out that part of the basement, right down to the
baseboards.

I haven't cleaned the deep freeze out for a year. I will at some point this
summer. I'm afraid of what I'll find at the bottom of it

Michael


I found some strawberry freezer jam. Still fresh and tasty. I was
surprised. And we had turkey yesterday. That was a freebie from around
Christmas.

Boron

Boron Elgar wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:21:49 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
wrote:





On Jun 15, 11:39?am, The Ranger wrote:
On Jun 15, 6:11 am, Boron Elgar wrote:

I have a nice flat of apricots and thought I'd make an apricot,
blackberry, blueberry pie.

Thing is - although I've made a mighty number of fruit pies, I've
never made one with apricots. Obviously I remove the pit and cut them
in half, but do they require peeling, too? [..]

Nah... The apricot skins will give enough support to allow the fruit
to retain minimal form without turning to mush.

"minimal form" is just a different way to express mushy texture. �In
pies fruit flesh is essentially boiled, apricots will still become
mushy whether skinned or not... just like using certain apples for pie
will produce mush... it's really best to use apricots for tarten, and
use only one layer. �

Well, except this pie came out perfectly. No mushy fruit. You can
think what you want, but you're wrong.

I see no pie, there'a ain't any pie... after all your big talk your
pie is in the same catagory as your "perfect" garden, all in your
fantasy life.

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo®
wrote:

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

Indeed, and the envy the morally indignant feel is at best amoral. I
fight those feelings, and I try to pity those who succumb. Mortality
really sucks.


derisive snort

this is a joke, right? aren't you the one who called for the drawing
and quartering of sellers of tobacco and trans-fats?

blake

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:24:01 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
wrote:

Boron Elgar
: in rec.food.cooking

I have a nice flat of apricots and thought I'd make an apricot,
blackberry, blueberry pie.

Thing is - although I've made a mighty number of fruit pies, I've
never made one with apricots. Obviously I remove the pit and cut them
in half, but do they require peeling, too? I cannot find any recipes
online that mention peeling.

I am about to make the pastry from my (and Barb's too, I think) recipe
that was originally in CI.

Now, what , you may ask, other than the obvious plump and appealing
apricot bargain is prompting me to make this pie? My 12 yr old
freezer died yesterday. I salvaged most everything and ran out and
bought a new freezer, but I want to use up those blueberries.

I don't think I have every had, or even seen an apricot pie. Please post
the results. My condolences to you for the loss of your freezer. My
congratulations on your new one even though the old one wasn't even cold
in the grave

Michael

i'll add my condolences to michael's. must have been traumatic.

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:55:20 -0400, Boron Elgar
wrote:

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:39:35 GMT, "l, not -l" wrote:


On 15-Jun-2008, Boron Elgar wrote:

. And I guess I should not complain, because I
even got to clean out that part of the basement, right down to the
baseboards.

Boron

My mother's freezer is also in the basement. Many years ago, my father made
a wooden platform with heavy-duty casters on it for the freezer to sit on;
even fully loaded, it can easily be moved several feet for ease of cleaning.

Your family has been blessed by the housecleaning fairies. Mine, on
the other hand, was cursed by the dust bunny fairies.

As far as defrosting, we wait for extended power outages (at least once
per year in recent times); to do it more often requires faith, that we no
longer have, that it will restart - it was purchased in February 1960 as
part of a "buy a cow, get a freezer free" deal. It looks like hell after
48 years, but keeps things frozen solid.

They don't make them like they used to. The brand was Woods, and at
the time, the cost of the unit was the primary driver. This was a
no-frost model, which also means it has more things to go wrong. It
was a poor design, in that the drain used to freeze over and clog. We
were forever freeing up the drain opening. I wouldn't be surprised if
that freezing drain contributed to its (relatively) early demise.

I am quite happy with the new model, a Frigidaire, and it is Energy
Star compliant, so I know that it will cost me much less to run on an
annual basis than its predecessor.

Boron

i'm glad there was a silver lining.

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:03:16 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sun 15 Jun 2008 07:41:20p, Michael "Dog3" told us...

Bobo Bonobo® news:b3bfb442-60f5-4989-ac69-
: in rec.food.cooking

On Jun 15, 11:44*am, Sheldon wrote:

[snip everything]

I like you Sheldon, because you are such an asshole, and give people
shit so arbitrarily, and are so seldom in a good mood, and you're
xenophobic and homophobic to boot, that you make me seem pretty nice
and amiable by comparison. You seem like you TRY to be unpleasant,
whereas I try not to be, albeit oftimes rather unsuccessfully. Anyway,
thanks.

Actually I don't think he's a homophobe. Not really. I think he posts the
way he does to get a reaction from people. And yes, you are an asshole
but
I'd still like to get together at Hacienda sometime. Or maybe you and
the
wife can come over and we can grill out.

Michael



Michael, I don't know whether Sheldon is a homophone or not, nor do I care.
What I find reprehensible is the way he demeans, insults, and abuses people
beyond all reasonable limits. He has his favorite targets, I being one of
them. I don't really care, because I don't read his crap unless he's
quoted by someone else, and then I just consider the source. He rarely has
anything positive to say unless he's bragging about something he owns or
has just acquired. Pretty pathetic all around. Working in the behavioral
health field, it's easy recognize a plethora of symtoms.

i understand the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
is coming out with a special edition devoted entirely to sheldon.

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:25:57 -0400, Boron Elgar
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:16:06 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sun 15 Jun 2008 03:53:43p, Boron Elgar told us...

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:21:49 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
wrote:

There's a reason fresh apricot pie is not readily available, fresh
apricot is not a very good pie fruit.

The reason is the tenderness of the fruit insofar as shipping and its
short fresh season. You don't see blackberry pie "readily available"
either. I have no idea of what apricots tastes like as the sole fruit
in a pie. I haven't tried it, but it is swell with mixed berries.

Boron

Boron, never forget that a piece of shit is always full of shit. His
insults are never worthy of a reply.

I access usenet from several different computers and I have him
blocked in this group on all but one. That one has no killfile on it.
So I rarely see the crap he spews, but once in awhile I do see it, or
he shows up in other groups and I have to go to the trouble of
re-doing the KF to make it universal for him.

He's been shitting his shoes over in rec.gardens all week, too. so I
reply to tweak his foolishness, then add him to another KF.

I swear, the man goes out of his way to misinform and spread
foolishness all over the place. How the hell can one person be such a
dumb ****, I'll never know.


dear god, he has metastasized to other groups? how unfortunate. not
surprised to learn he's pig-ignorant in them as well.

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:42:00 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Sun 15 Jun 2008 05:40:24p, Christine Dabney told us...

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:27:47 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:


Fresh apricots also make a wonderful fresh ice cream.

Good to know. I have here in my kitchen, fresh apricots ready to be
made into ice cream via a recipe from David Lebovitz and his book, The
Perfect Scoop.

Christine

I wish I was sitting in our kitchen!

is this a typo or a marriage proposal?

our pal,
blake

"Boron Elgar" schrieb :
snip
Thanks for your suggestion of OTHER things to do with the apricots and
blueberries.

Hm, do you want a recipe for "Marillenknödel" = apricot dumplings ?

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner