What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines of
my fork narrow down at the end. So I ordered this tool:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

We'll see. This particular recipe is just 3 cups flour of your choice (I
used All Purpose), 1 cup water, 2 teaspoons sugar, 2 teaspoons salt and 4
Tablespoons olive oil. Recipe says to roll 1/8" thick. I did not do this
since I hate to roll and cut. If I were serving these to guests I would
take the time to do that. Instead, I patted out into circles. I don't
think that matters since I have seen other crackers online made by various
people that look just like what I made. They're not the prettiest but
they'll do just fine for me.

Only problem is that they didn't get as crisp as I'd like, probably because
they didn't dock properly.

On Friday, October 24, 2014 2:20:16 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:

*snip trolling

Oh, for ****'s sake. Really?

> wrote in message
...
> On Friday, October 24, 2014 2:20:16 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> *snip trolling
>
> Oh, for ****'s sake. Really?

Yeah, whatever other name you normally use here. Really.

On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 01:25:00 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Friday, October 24, 2014 2:20:16 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > *snip trolling
> >
> > Oh, for ****'s sake. Really?
>
> Yeah, whatever other name you normally use here. Really.

Sounds like Joan.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 01:25:00 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Friday, October 24, 2014 2:20:16 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> > *snip trolling
>> >
>> > Oh, for ****'s sake. Really?
>>
>> Yeah, whatever other name you normally use here. Really.
>
> Sounds like Joan.

That's what I thought too. Joan is probably a guy.

On Friday, October 24, 2014 3:26:14 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Friday, October 24, 2014 2:20:16 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > *snip trolling
> >
> > Oh, for ****'s sake. Really?
>
> Yeah, whatever other name you normally use here. Really.

It's projectile vomit chick. Since 1998. Really. I know that blows what little scrap of mind you have left, but it's projectile vomit chick. You really aren't very good at this, are you?

> wrote in message
...
> On Friday, October 24, 2014 3:26:14 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Friday, October 24, 2014 2:20:16 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> > *snip trolling
>> >
>> > Oh, for ****'s sake. Really?
>>
>> Yeah, whatever other name you normally use here. Really.
>
> It's projectile vomit chick. Since 1998. Really. I know that blows what
> little scrap of mind you have left, but it's projectile vomit chick. You
> really aren't very good at this, are you?

No. I am not good at sleuthing. I'd rather be cooking.

On 2014-10-24 08:25:00 +0000, Julie Bove said:

> > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Friday, October 24, 2014 2:20:16 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> *snip trolling
>>
>> Oh, for ****'s sake. Really?
>
> Yeah, whatever other name you normally use here. Really.

Why even bother responding? Kill-file it and move on with your life.

"Julie Bove" wrote:

>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines of
>my fork narrow down at the end.

Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
plastic disposable fork.

>So I ordered this tool:
>
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>
>We'll see.

I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
baking... and file/grind the points off.
You can easily find SS nails.
http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
split the wood.
Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_and_pony_show

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>
>>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
>>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
>>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines of
>>my fork narrow down at the end.
>
> Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
> off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
> plastic disposable fork.
>
>>So I ordered this tool:
>>
>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>
>>We'll see.
>
> I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
> patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
> drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
> stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
> backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
> docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
> plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
> should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
> baking... and file/grind the points off.
> You can easily find SS nails.
> http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
> Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
> nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
> split the wood.
> Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
> numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.

I can totally see Julie doing this.

On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:58:58 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:

> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > "Julie Bove" wrote:
> >
> >>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
> >>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
> >>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines of
> >>my fork narrow down at the end.
> >
> > Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
> > off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
> > plastic disposable fork.
> >
> >>So I ordered this tool:
> >>
> >>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
> >>
> >>We'll see.
> >
> > I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
> > patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
> > drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
> > stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
> > backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
> > docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
> > plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
> > should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
> > baking... and file/grind the points off.
> > You can easily find SS nails.
> > http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
> > Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
> > nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
> > split the wood.
> > Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
> > numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
>
> I can totally see Julie doing this.

I thought she said she ordered a docking tool. If I did what you're
suggesting, I'd not only need to buy the dowel and more nails than
I'll need for the rest of my life, I'd need to buy the drill, drill
bits and vice + plus a place to install the vice. Why spend all that
time and money to make a tool you can buy for a few $? Not worth it.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:55:04 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:58:58 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:
>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> > "Julie Bove" wrote:
>> >
>> >>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
>> >>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
>> >>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines of
>> >>my fork narrow down at the end.
>> >
>> > Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
>> > off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
>> > plastic disposable fork.
>> >
>> >>So I ordered this tool:
>> >>
>> >>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>> >>
>> >>We'll see.
>> >
>> > I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
>> > patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
>> > drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
>> > stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
>> > backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
>> > docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
>> > plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
>> > should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
>> > baking... and file/grind the points off.
>> > You can easily find SS nails.
>> > http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
>> > Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
>> > nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
>> > split the wood.
>> > Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
>> > numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
>>
>> I can totally see Julie doing this.
>
>I thought she said she ordered a docking tool. If I did what you're
>suggesting, I'd not only need to buy the dowel and more nails than
>I'll need for the rest of my life, I'd need to buy the drill, drill
>bits and vice + plus a place to install the vice. Why spend all that
>time and money to make a tool you can buy for a few $? Not worth it.

Hey, sf, do you have any idea how much it would cost to dock your
behemouth ass... and how many months it would take?

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:55:04 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:58:58 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:
>>
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> > "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says
>>> >>to
>>> >>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of
>>> >>the
>>> >>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the
>>> >>tines of
>>> >>my fork narrow down at the end.
>>> >
>>> > Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
>>> > off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
>>> > plastic disposable fork.
>>> >
>>> >>So I ordered this tool:
>>> >>
>>> >>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>> >>
>>> >>We'll see.
>>> >
>>> > I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
>>> > patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
>>> > drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
>>> > stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
>>> > backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
>>> > docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
>>> > plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
>>> > should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
>>> > baking... and file/grind the points off.
>>> > You can easily find SS nails.
>>> > http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
>>> > Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
>>> > nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
>>> > split the wood.
>>> > Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
>>> > numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
>>>
>>> I can totally see Julie doing this.
>>
>>I thought she said she ordered a docking tool. If I did what you're
>>suggesting, I'd not only need to buy the dowel and more nails than
>>I'll need for the rest of my life, I'd need to buy the drill, drill
>>bits and vice + plus a place to install the vice. Why spend all that
>>time and money to make a tool you can buy for a few $? Not worth it.
>
> Hey, sf, do you have any idea how much it would cost to dock your
> behemouth ass... and how many months it would take?

I think she should take a plaster cast of it and send it to you. You could
then have it bronzed. You'd like that. Wouldn't you?

On Friday, October 24, 2014 4:05:13 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:55:04 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:58:58 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >> > "Julie Bove" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
> >> >>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
> >> >>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines of
> >> >>my fork narrow down at the end.
> >> >
> >> > Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
> >> > off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
> >> > plastic disposable fork.
> >> >
> >> >>So I ordered this tool:
> >> >>
> >> >>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
> >> >>
> >> >>We'll see.
> >> >
> >> > I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
> >> > patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
> >> > drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
> >> > stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
> >> > backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
> >> > docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
> >> > plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
> >> > should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
> >> > baking... and file/grind the points off.
> >> > You can easily find SS nails.
> >> > http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
> >> > Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
> >> > nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
> >> > split the wood.
> >> > Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
> >> > numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
> >>
> >> I can totally see Julie doing this.
> >
> >I thought she said she ordered a docking tool. If I did what you're
> >suggesting, I'd not only need to buy the dowel and more nails than
> >I'll need for the rest of my life, I'd need to buy the drill, drill
> >bits and vice + plus a place to install the vice. Why spend all that
> >time and money to make a tool you can buy for a few $? Not worth it.
>
> Hey, sf, do you have any idea how much it would cost to dock your
> behemouth ass... and how many months it would take?

They split the atom at less cost to humanity...

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:58:58 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> > wrote:
>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> > "Julie Bove" wrote:
>> >
>> >>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says
>> >>to
>> >>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of
>> >>the
>> >>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the
>> >>tines of
>> >>my fork narrow down at the end.
>> >
>> > Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
>> > off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
>> > plastic disposable fork.
>> >
>> >>So I ordered this tool:
>> >>
>> >>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>> >>
>> >>We'll see.
>> >
>> > I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
>> > patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
>> > drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
>> > stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
>> > backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
>> > docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
>> > plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
>> > should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
>> > baking... and file/grind the points off.
>> > You can easily find SS nails.
>> > http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
>> > Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
>> > nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
>> > split the wood.
>> > Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
>> > numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
>>
>> I can totally see Julie doing this.
>
> I thought she said she ordered a docking tool. If I did what you're
> suggesting, I'd not only need to buy the dowel and more nails than
> I'll need for the rest of my life, I'd need to buy the drill, drill
> bits and vice + plus a place to install the vice. Why spend all that
> time and money to make a tool you can buy for a few $? Not worth it.

I would have to do that also. I did own a Yankee push drill some years ago
but as is the case with most all tools I have bought, they seem to go the
way of the wind. Was usually a combination of my dad and husband going off
to do some task and I either never got the tools back or I would eventually
find them outside somewhere, rusty. Husband did buy a drill some years ago
but I have no clue where it is.

On 10/24/2014 6:58 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I would have to do that also. I did own a Yankee push drill some years
> ago but as is the case with most all tools I have bought, they seem to
> go the way of the wind. Was usually a combination of my dad and husband
> going off to do some task and I either never got the tools back or I
> would eventually find them outside somewhere, rusty. Husband did buy a
> drill some years ago but I have no clue where it is.

I've never made crackers but I'll bet you can do it fancy with a tool
like this made for punching images into fondant.

<http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Wilton-Fondant-Decorative-Punch-Set-Cake-Decorating-Flowers-Tool-8-PCS-Fondant-Decorative-Cutter-Set/1547284286.html>

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Cheryl

"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
...
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>
>>>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
>>>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of
>>>the
>>>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines
>>>of
>>>my fork narrow down at the end.
>>
>> Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
>> off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
>> plastic disposable fork.
>>
>>>So I ordered this tool:
>>>
>>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>>
>>>We'll see.
>>
>> I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
>> patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
>> drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
>> stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
>> backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
>> docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
>> plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
>> should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
>> baking... and file/grind the points off.
>> You can easily find SS nails.
>> http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
>> Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
>> nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
>> split the wood.
>> Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
>> numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
>
> I can totally see Julie doing this.

Well, I did recently clean off my work bench...

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "tert in seattle" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>
>>>>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
>>>>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of
>>>>the
>>>>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines
>>>>of
>>>>my fork narrow down at the end.
>>>
>>> Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
>>> off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
>>> plastic disposable fork.
>>>
>>>>So I ordered this tool:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>>>
>>>>We'll see.
>>>
>>> I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
>>> patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
>>> drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
>>> stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
>>> backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
>>> docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
>>> plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
>>> should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
>>> baking... and file/grind the points off.
>>> You can easily find SS nails.
>>> http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
>>> Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
>>> nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
>>> split the wood.
>>> Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
>>> numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
>>
>> I can totally see Julie doing this.
>
> Well, I did recently clean off my work bench...

THERE ya go

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>
>>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
>>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
>>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines
>>of
>>my fork narrow down at the end.
>
> Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
> off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
> plastic disposable fork.
>
>>So I ordered this tool:
>>
>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>
>>We'll see.
>
> I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
> patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
> drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
> stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
> backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
> docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
> plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
> should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
> baking... and file/grind the points off.
> You can easily find SS nails.
> http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
> Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
> nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
> split the wood.
> Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
> numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_and_pony_show

I am not fond of nails after stepping on one! I am also not good with
tools such as saws. You would think they would make such a device for
crackers made at home! I wasn't sure if the tool I ordered would work or
not. I have seen people poking individual holes with a piece of spaghetti
or a skewer but that seems like it would take a long time. The fork holes
were kind of random too. Just apparently not big enough. Some of the
crackers were crisp but others were a little chewy, especially in the
middle. I'll still eat them but I would prefer better quality control.

In article >,
Brooklyn1 > wrote:

> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>
> >What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
> >use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
> >cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines of
> >my fork narrow down at the end.
>
> Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
> off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
> plastic disposable fork.
>
> >So I ordered this tool:
> >
> >http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ge_o00_s00?ie=
> >UTF8&psc=1
> >
> >We'll see.
>
> I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
> patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
> drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
> stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
> backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
> docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
> plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
> should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
> baking... and file/grind the points off.
> You can easily find SS nails.
> http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...ls/Stainless-S
> teel/N-5yc1vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
> Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
> nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
> split the wood.
> Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
> numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_and_pony_show

maybe she could use her sewing machine, but she must remember to remove
the thread first

One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine without thread. I used to do it
Whenever I needed a note pad. I just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.

N.

Nancy2 wrote:
>
> One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine without thread. I used to do it
> Whenever I needed a note pad. I just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
>
> N.

Are you serious, Nancy2? LOL!
You went to all that trouble to make a note pad? No you didn't. Come
on.
So cheap to buy one at any local store.

G.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 09:58:29 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> Nancy2 wrote:
> >
> > One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine without thread. I used to do it
> > Whenever I needed a note pad. I just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
> >
> > N.
>
> Are you serious, Nancy2? LOL!
> You went to all that trouble to make a note pad? No you didn't. Come
> on.
> So cheap to buy one at any local store.
>

My thought was, it's just a notepad and you stapled it already - why
sew it too?


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Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 09:58:29 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>> One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine without thread. I used to do it
>> Whenever I needed a note pad. I just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
>>
>> N.
>
>Are you serious, Nancy2? LOL!
>You went to all that trouble to make a note pad? No you didn't. Come
>on.
>So cheap to buy one at any local store.
>
>G.

I use the blank backs of junk mail... and most actually use very high
quality bond papers... I cut each page in halves or quarters and
staple like 50 sheets together. I also use the blank backs of junk
mail to print my crossword puzzles.

Yes, I did. I had a lot of full size scratch paper, was a stay at home mom at the time, so had lots
of time on my hands. It was a good way to use up scratch paper that was blank on one side.
"Reduce, reuse, recycle."

N.

On Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:56:59 AM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
> One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine without thread. I used to do it
> Whenever I needed a note pad. I just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
>
> N.

Wow - this indicates a new level of frugality. I hope you didn't waste electricity tho - or stitched it by hand?

Did you punch in a cute design? Was this for a personalized gift? Got photos?

Kalmia wrote:
>
> On Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:56:59 AM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
> > One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine without thread. I used to do it
> > Whenever I needed a note pad. I just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
> >
> > N.
>
> Wow - this indicates a new level of frugality. I hope you didn't waste electricity tho - or stitched it by hand?
>
> Did you punch in a cute design? Was this for a personalized gift? Got photos?

hahaha Looks like it's now "let's pick on Nancy2" time here in RFC
for at least a few posts. We all get pounced on occasionally. This is
what happens when you venture into indian country.

G.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:06:47 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

> On Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:56:59 AM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
> > One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine without thread. I used to do it
> > Whenever I needed a note pad. I just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
> >
> > N.
>
> Wow - this indicates a new level of frugality. I hope you didn't waste electricity tho - or stitched it by hand?
>
> Did you punch in a cute design? Was this for a personalized gift? Got photos?

Got photos? That's a real LOL.

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Never trust a dog to watch your food.

Hey, it wasn't like I made hundreds, or even dozens. No, I didn't do anything "cute" with them. I didn't
use just staples, because they don't tear properly, and you end up with little bits of loose paper. I
probably made a dozen total...just until I used up my supply of extra full size paper. It was back in
the early seventies, and I did it with my machine, and yes, I used electricity. I dare you to measure
how much it took to make a dozen pads, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. LOL.

I was pretty proud of myself figuring out how to efficiently use that waste paper in a form that was handy.

N.

On Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:56:59 AM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine without thread. I used to do it
> Whenever I needed a note pad. I just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
>
> N.

Another way to make a note pad is to apply Elmer's glue to one edge of a stack of paper and let it dry. I've made thousands of these pads. It's fun!

dsi1 wrote:
>
> On Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:56:59 AM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> > One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine without thread. I used to do it
> > Whenever I needed a note pad. I just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
> >
> > N.
>
> Another way to make a note pad is to apply Elmer's glue to one edge of a stack of paper and let it dry. I've made thousands of these pads. It's fun!

No! You've never made thousands of those pads. Probably none. You
haven't even lived long enough to have used thousands of those pads.
hahah You have to buy the paper anyway. Just buy the premade pads of
paper.

Sewing and glueing paper together to make notepads? Give me a break!

This is a funny thread, imo.

G.

On 10/25/2014 8:56 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>
> One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine
> without thread. I used to do it Whenever I needed a note pad. I
> just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
>
> N.
>
Is that what docking does? Make perforations so you can separate them?

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Cheryl

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 10/25/2014 8:56 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>> One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine
>> without thread. I used to do it Whenever I needed a note pad. I
>> just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
>>
>> N.
>>
> Is that what docking does? Make perforations so you can separate them?

No. It puts perforations in them to let the steam out while baking and to
keep air circulating through them so they remain crisp.

On Sunday, October 26, 2014 3:55:52 PM UTC-10, Cheryl wrote:
> On 10/25/2014 8:56 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> >
> > One can easily make perforated note pads with a sewing machine
> > without thread. I used to do it Whenever I needed a note pad. I
> > just stapled the top of the papers together, and then stitched it.
> >
> > N.
> >
> Is that what docking does? Make perforations so you can separate them?
>
> --
> ღ.¸¸.œ«*¨`*œ¶
> Cheryl

You put holes in cracker dough (and other thin doughs) to keep them from puffing up and deforming the finished goods.

Cheryl, docking pokes holes to release air that occurs when baking, so the crackers aren't one big puffy
square. It is like poking holes in a pie crust before blind baking.

N.

On Friday, October 24, 2014 3:20:16 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
> use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
> cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines of
> my fork narrow down at the end. So I ordered this tool:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>
> We'll see. This particular recipe is just 3 cups flour of your choice (I
> used All Purpose), 1 cup water, 2 teaspoons sugar, 2 teaspoons salt and 4
> Tablespoons olive oil. Recipe says to roll 1/8" thick. I did not do this
> since I hate to roll and cut. If I were serving these to guests I would
> take the time to do that. Instead, I patted out into circles. I don't
> think that matters since I have seen other crackers online made by various
> people that look just like what I made. They're not the prettiest but
> they'll do just fine for me.
>
> Only problem is that they didn't get as crisp as I'd like, probably because
> they didn't dock properly.

Hey Bove - time to call that cracker psychic.