"Pico Rico" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> On 1/18/2015 11:13 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2015-01-17 11:41 PM, jmcquown wrote:
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>>>> Hate to tell you this, but some 30 years ago I actually took the time
>>>> to
>>>> make crackers from scratch. Saltines; I docked the crackers with a
>>>> fork. I even made parmesan crackers. In the end, for me, it wasn't
>>>> worth the effort just to have crackers for soup. I made them as snacks
>>>> for a party. Even then, wasn't worth the effort.
>>>>
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>>> It sounds like making past. Never mind the cost of the machine
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>> What machine?
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> the PASTA machine. You have to work on it here.

Yes. Some cracker recipes call for a pasta machine. From what I can
determine, for making saltines, you need to get the dough extremely thin.
Patting them out or even using the rolling pin left my dough too thick and
even when docked, they remained tough to chew.