"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:29:33 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> My gardener has decided that he needs to eat gluten free. Gluten free
>> baking
>> sure has changed since when I used to make it. Now you can buy "Cup for
>> Cup"
>> flour that can be subbed for AP flour in your favorite recipes. I no
>> longer
>> have to buy 4 or 6 different flours and Xanthan Gum and other things to
>> concoct my own flour mixes. And I no longer have to use special recipes.
>> Not
>> sure about the pretzels though. The recipe on the KA website says to use
>> a
>> bath of much more water than I would normally use, a much smaller amount
>> of
>> baking soda and some sugar. I do remember making GF bagels and putting
>> them
>> in a sugar bath but the end result was nothing like a wheat bagel.
>>
>> Anyway... I made zucchini bread which IMO is the best GF bread there is.
>> I
>> think because there is so much in it that you can't tell it is GF. I also
>> made cottage cheese bread. I wound up having an extra container of
>> cottage
>> cheese that expired today. That recipe was super easy. Cottage cheese,
>> eggs,
>> sugar, flour, walnuts an baking soda. I did add cinnamon and ginger
>> because
>> he loves those flavors. And I brushed melted butter over the top and
>> sides.
>>
>> I did not have three medium sized eggs as the recipe called for. I had
>> large
>> eggs. Two was not enough. I added three. I also had to add more cottage
>> cheese and even some water as the dough was too dry. I realize that
>> different brands of cottage cheese have different amounts of moisture. I
>> have the Alpenrose brand which is on the drier side. The loaf was done at
>> the recommended bake time.
>>
>> The zucchini bread was far too most for some reason. I had to bake it a
>> lot
>> longer than called for but both look and smell very good. I can't try
>> them
>> as they contain eggs but he sure seems to like them!
>
> Unspecified flour, unknown recipe, the usual
> assorted array of disconnected tangents, just to tell us your
> "gardener likes it". And you've already told us he eats shit (12+
> random cupboard scrapings heaped into a bowl).
>
> Why not get a honest paying housemate (I assume he upgraded from
> after a week or less) who buys their own damned gluten free flour
> for $3/lb and makes their own frivolous shit or take to pica.

I don't want a paying housemate. BTDT many years ago. Not my thing. We may
have a unique situation but it works for us.
>
> Weren't you just complaining about how $76K a year is "poverty"?
> (I'm sure you're mistaken about that,t oo). Your money has been
> free most of your life anyway. Hopefully that's 22oz bag of $5 flour
> is paid for (barely) by your monthly Kmart retirement windfall. And
> not with our tax dollars meant for honestly disabled people.

How has my money been free most of my life? What does that even mean? I have
other sources of income that are separate from my pension. Not that it's any
of your business!