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Fun food experiments
On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 10:56:23 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Julie Bove" wrote in message news
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>Last night my gardener was looking for microwave popcorn. I used to buy it.
>I don't eat it. I pop my own in a pan. He asked if I could make him some and
>put a little brown sugar in it. Now I can make caramel corn, but when I do,
>the corn is popped separately, old maids picked out, and a caramel syrup is
>made in a pan on the stove. Baking soda is added to give it a lighter
>texture. It is then mixed with the corn in a big roasting pan and baked for
>an hour, mixing it every so often as it bakes.
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>I was pretty sure that Kettle corn was made by adding sugar to the fat. And
>indeed it is! So I tried adding a little brown sugar to come coconut oil and
>butter and popped the corn in that. Did not add salt. Came very well! Like a
>quick caramel corn but light on the caramel. Only problem was that I didn't
>shake the pan so the stuff on the very bottom got almost to burned.
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>Some time back I made a recipe for roasted grape tomatoes with balsamic
>glaze. Gardener loved it but it was too overwhelming to me due to the large
>amount of glaze. This time I found a similar recipe that sautéed the
>tomatoes and only used one teaspoon of the glaze per pint of tomatoes. I had
>one of those huge tubs from Costco. Grape and cherry tomatoes in different
>colors. They were meant for salad but due to illness and lettuce recalls we
>ate no salad.
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>I winged the recipe. Tossed the tomatoes in a pan with a little olive oil,
>salt and pepper. Cooked them for maybe 5 min. until the tomatoes began to
>break down. Added perhaps three teaspoons of the Balsamic glaze, a little
>dried parsley and dried basil. I know... I know. Had no fresh basil and
>didn't need the large amount that the stores here sell. I cooked some
>tri-color corkscrew pasta and added some chicken breast, cooked and cut in
>bite sized pieces for him. I'm not a fan of chicken so had mine without. The
>tomato sauce was spooned over the pasta and I topped it with Parmesan
>cheese. Folks! This is a keeper! He wolfed his down before I had eaten even
>half of mine. And it wasn't out of hunger as he was grabbing cookies as fast
>as I could bake them.
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>I made chocolate chip cookies, have some vegan oatmeal and coconut dough
>(didn't need vegan but this recipe uses ingredients I had on hand) and also
>some Snickerdoodles with Bisquick. I got a box of Bisquick at Costco and
>it's HUGE! The end result was a slightly different texture and sweeter than
>the kind I make from scratch, but I didn't have to add fat. My problem was
>that I've been using butter like crazy and need to make sure that I have
>enough left for Christmas dinner. Am doing a mixed berry crisp (can use
>coconut oil if I need to), stuffing for the turkey and buttery dinner rolls.
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>I also made a pan of powdered sugar fudge. Accidently grabbed the lemon
>extract instead of the vanilla! Thankfully I could smell it as the first
>drop hit the fudge. I attempted to scoop out the portion where it hit. The
>end result is great! No lemon taste at all. Need to go do the oatmeal and
>coconut cookies now. Had to let the oven cool down a bit as the prior
>cookies used a higher temp.
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>My goodness! You have been a busy beaver )))
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