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  1. #juan

    Gravies and sauces

    I know you were :lol:....but it's true. The early Oster blenders had a higher RPM and they whipped up mayonnaise better than the rest.
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    Our weather, The Day After Tomorrow?

    We have accumulated over two feet of snow in the last week. It is snowing like hell right now and it reminds one of that movie, "The Day After Tomorrow". I wonder what the start of an ice age looks like. Does it just start to snow...and not stop? I don't think we are entering into an ice...
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    Gravies and sauces

    Don't throw away the Oster blender. Some mayonaise recipes won't work on anything else.
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    Gravies and sauces

    L Gilbert Here is a video of someone making Bearnaise sauce: Sounds about the same as yours. Bearnaise Sauce Video Recipe - Video
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    Gravies and sauces

    This is the traditional recipe for Hollandaise Sauce and the easiest to put together. Hollandaise Sauce Hollandaise sauce is delicious over asparagus or other cooked vegetables, fish dishes, and Eggs Benedict. 1/2 cup butter 3 large egg yolks 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon of lemon juice 1/8...
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    I just bought a new printer

    My wife and I have been networking with our ten year old Epson printer. The old printer works as well as it ever did but I got tired of running up and down stairs for printing and scanning. The new printer is an Epson Stylus NX400 three in one unit that will scan, copy, and print. A few...
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    Gravies and sauces

    Nothing finishes off the preparation of a nice beef, chicken, turkey, etc, roast than a rich, tasty, gravy. Most of the time, there will be enough drippings from the roast to make your gravy. A couple tablespoons of flour into the pan drippings to make a roux, into which stock can be whisked...
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    Meals using Sausages

    Sounds good Zzarchov I had a friend up north when I was much younger who made very good venison sausage. He used to add a bit of pork fat to the ground venison to keep it from being dry. That friend is gone now and the recipe probably died with him....Too bad
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    Meals using Sausages

    Toad in the hole Our kids loved "Toad in the hole" when they were growing up Yorkshire batter Ingredients: 1 c. plain flour 1 c. milk Pinch of salt 3 eggs 3 tablespoons bacon fat A dozen browned and cooked pork sausages Directions: Beat Yorkshire ingredients with fork (it will be lumpy) Set...
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    The reawakening of Capt. Greene

    ShareThis Print Story Comment article tools sponsor Canadian army Capt. Trevor Greene is talking. Really, it’s hard to overstate how amazing that is. He’s sitting in the big easy chair in the den off...
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    This was Abraham Lincoln???

    Back to Home Page "Largest mass hanging in United States history" 38 Santee "Sioux" Indian men Mankato...
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    Kitchen tricks and tips

    Thanks Gopher My wife pointed out that I was getting really close to the 10,000, just as Herman did last week. I was watching for the last twenty posts......:lol:
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    Kitchen tricks and tips

    You're right Karrie There is a blurb in the owner's manual about putting foil on the bottom of the convection oven. A definite no-no.
  14. #juan

    Kitchen tricks and tips

    We just got a new stove and I could write a couple paragraphs about some of the idiosyncrasies of the new smooth top convection stoves. 1. If you are baking something, turn the oven on to the desired temperature before you even start because it can take almost half an hour to heat up. This...
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    Kitchen tricks and tips

    Diarygirl Here is something we ran across just a few days ago. We just bought new appliances a short time ago. The stove that was in the current house when we bought it was not self-cleaning. We had company coming and we wanted everything spotless. We put the oven on the clean cycle over two...
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    Kitchen tricks and tips

    You were lucky. You could have had a much shorter finger....I'm glad it only caught the nail...;-)
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    Kitchen tricks and tips

    Here is about as stupid a way to burn yourself as any I've ever heard about: How about putting an oven mit on one hand, pulling the oven door open with the oven mit hand, and grabbing the hot pot with a bare hand. I wasn't burned very badly. I realized what I was doing just a hair after the...
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    Edmonton's weather, we got it...

    I'm not sure who to report this to, but we are getting a dump of snow. This weather would better suit Edmonton or Regina........Certainly not Nanaimo. If the authorities could just look into this, I would very much appreciate it......Thank you..;-):roll:
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    Scientists hope treaty can mitigate climate change

    The following is the last paragraph from the article in Tonington's link: The carbon dioxide green house effect The basic physics and chemistry of the problems raised by Tyndall were now well in hand. There were reliable calculations of the direct effects of CO2 on...
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    Scientists hope treaty can mitigate climate change

    Praxius....You wouldn't understand the evidence if they mailed it to you......And they probably would if you asked them.