Posts by stir it up

I am absolutely in LOVE with the Silver Giant http://silvergiant.flagro.on.ca/gas_grills.htm Extreme quality, 90,000 BTU on the cook surface, no nonsense like other models that add up BTU with side burners and all, this is apparently the...

They are gorgeous, old school, thanks for posting! I have lots of bieda (sp?) in the garden, I haven't been all that inspired to use it, now I will have to try something like those. No schkarol though to make the Napolitan ones. ...

Randall, Tomatoes are generally self pollinating, so in general, a large type tomato will breed relatively true to type, if it truly was an heirloom / open pollinated type. Small tomatoes like wild tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, current...

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MILK instead of BEER in the Rarebit?! BLASPHEMY!! :p Now beer instead of milk in that chocolate cake, that warrants a try. :beer: Thanks qahtan, I'll try the chocolate cake some time.

so the total formula assuming you use the max water is about 18 oz water / 24.75 flour if I calculated correctly, that's 72.7% hydration. So compared with my 95% water, that's a dry ciabatt. Lots of people use the 70-85% range range...

Water. Lee, how much water is in the recipe? (can you express it in weight against the weight of the flour or bakers percentage?). A more "wet" dough will stale much more slowly. I do a 95% hydration ciabatta. Other...

I was taught that you ONLY want to cook the FEMALE blossoms for quality and taste. It's easy to tell which is which, the female blossoms look like they have a tiny baby fruit just behind the flower, the male blossoms have a whole lotta...

I'd like to make a salad with avocado and strawberries, the latter being in season locally. Any ideas on making it outstanding... presentation, dressing, plating, other components, etc... Thanks in advance for any inspiration!

puh-leeze What's with people who "apologize" like that, sorry YOU feel that way... Try "Sorry I'm such a Kraft Weiner" chef21 I'll make sure I never buy your cream cheese again, take your Spam and go...