Posts by Free Rider

You have the same problem I had before I did the volume to weight conversion. Since I did the conversion, everything has been "lighter". I found that I could make a cup of all-purpose flour weigh anything from 3 to 12 ounces...

I'll try that. Mastercook has worked wonderfully so far, btw. I've converted most of my recipes over and the standard they use works great. I've heard that the Cake Bible may be good for other than conversions though. I just wasn't...

I walk to the local farmer's market. I have coolers to keep the goods while I head home. If there's more than I can carry, there are always luggage carts and such. Bikes can have carts attached to the back. For extremely large loads,...

I went to Borders and looked at this book. I didn't see anything about volume to weight conversions. Perhaps they've changed the book over the years?

Far as I remember, the squidgy-ness of sandwich bread from the shops is a byproduct of the manufacturing process, in which preservatives and other junk is added to increase shelf life.

Ooh! Very nice. Let us know how it works out.

Ah, pizza. I avoided pizza for many years. I remember a group from work went for pizza and I wouldn't go. They all had to get hepatitis shots the next day. uuuups. I might go for pizza for lunch, a rare treat pizza is for me. Got...

As a matter of fact, I found this site during my research. :) Actually, it was a magazine and they made a pamphlet describing the different features one can find in stand mixers.

I was going to suggest too that one of the cooking mags has an online site with advice on buying stand mixers, including how-to-buy and ratings like Consumer Reports. Can't remember the name of the mag offhand though.

Can you find out why it was refurbished? If it's because of having to replace the gearing, I'd forget it. Refurbished says to me that someone had it, had problems with it, returned it, and now they trying to resell it after having...