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Default quiche problems - again!!


"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> Jen replied:
>
>>> Did you use any veggies? Veggies like mushrooms, asparagus, onions,
>>> etc, need to to be sauteed or grilled or whatever to drive most of the
>>> moisture. You're other problem is using milk. Milk is mostly water.
>>> Use cream instead. At the very least, use half n' half, but not milk.

>>
>> No vegies. I didn't have any cream, but I always have milk. Maybe I'll
>> try less milk next time.

>
> It just so happens that Cooks Illustrated tackled this exact problem last
> year (and I just got around to reading about it yesterday -- I get their
> end-of-the-year hardbound compilation of the year's magazines).
>
> Their testing agreed with what notbob said: Although eggs and milk work
> fine
> in the absence of any other ingredients, the second you add anything else,
> the milk becomes a problem. Decreasing the amount of milk didn't solve the
> problem, because then the eggs became rubbery (and there was still a
> problem
> with excess liquid). The CI solution was to use half-and-half.



I'm not sure what *half-and-half* is. Does anyone know if it's available in
Australia? But I didn't use anything else but bacon.

Jen