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Are You Cooking Anything Special For St. Patrick's Day Next Week?
Comments (35)Tea Brack recipe first, then how to make homemade buttermilk. -Grainlady TEA BRACK (source: Irresistible Irish Breads - magazine article by Deborah Krasner) Brack, an Irish word for bread, is often used when referring to fruited mixtures. Tea Brack is a traditional tea bread which is an easy version of barm brack. Makes 1 loaf. 2 c. dark seedless raisins or dried currants (I use currants) 1-1/2 c. firmly packed dark-brown sugar 1-1/2 c. strong brewed tea, chilled 1/4 c. rum (I use 1/8 c.) 2 c. unsifted all-purpose flour 1-1/2 t. baking powder 1/2 t. ground cinnamon 1/2 t. ground nutmeg 1/2 t. salt 1 large egg, at room temperature, lightly beaten 1. Several hours or the night before baking, in large glass bowl, combine raisins/currants, brown sugar, tea, and rum. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let sit overnight. 2. Heat oven to 325°F. Grease an 8-1/2x4-1/2-inch loaf pan and line with waxed paper. Grease waxed paper. 3. In medium-size bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Slowly beat flour mixture and the egg into raisin mixture just until combined to form a batter. 4. Pour batter into greased loaf pan. Bake brack 1-1/2-hours until browned and cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 5-minutes. Turn brack out of pan and remove waxed paper. Cool brack completely on wire rack. Grainlady note: I use two 7-1/2x3-1/2-inch loaf pans or three 5-3/4x3-3/4-inch loaf pans and reduce the baking time accordingly. This is a very moist bread - more currants than bread, almost. I like the smaller pans so I can cut the bread into thin slices that don't fall apart. If you make it in a regular loaf pan, the slices tend to split and fall apart. -------------------------- I use a large amount of buttermilk when it comes to baking on St. Patrick's Day, so I make a homemade version of it using information from "Natural Meals In Minutes" by Rita Bingham. I use a non-instant powdered milk, but regular commercial milk works VERY well. Homemade Buttermilk To a 1-quart canning jar add 1/2 c. buttermilk and fill the jar with regular milk OR reconstituted powdered milk. Note: You can use commercial buttermilk as the starter, or a reconstituted liquid made from powdered buttermilk, or buttermilk from a former batch of homemade buttermilk - your choice. Stir well and cover (I use a plastic lid designed to use with canning jars). Let stand in a warm place (at least 80°F) until clabbered, about 12-18-hours. Stir until smooth. Refrigerate. Grainlady note: I keep mine in my oven with the light on. The temperature at the opposite side of the oven from the light is about 80°F. You can use homemade buttermilk from a previous to culture the milk for the next batch. Just make sure you use it within 2-weeks. Older buttermilk doesn't work as well as newer buttermilk. If you've ever used reconstituted powdered buttermilk, it's rather insipid, thin, and tasteless compared to commercial buttermilk. The homemade buttermilk is more like commercial buttermilk....See MoreGrocery Shopping For The Week
Comments (6)I've started going to a meat and produce market instead of a once a week stop at Publix. Did the meat & produce yesterday, will do odds & ends at Publix tomorrow. Bought mini carrots $1.34, organic lemonade made from Fl lemons and cane sugar $2.22, giant cauliflower $2.50,brocolli $2 (made a stir fry last night), Idaho potatoes $2.50, lettuce $1.25, bananas 65/lb,, cukes 65�, raspberries $2, holiday grapes$1.99/lb (only avilble for 2 months!. Ate an entire pineapple during the course of the day lol. Speaking of bargains-I am going to Staples later because they have Duracell batteries-buy them and get 100% back in a Staples reward! Next week CVS has Starburst buy one get one free and you can get a printable coupon for the same (making them free)) by printing the coupon after this super short video Here is a link that might be useful: starburst...See MoreWeek 64: specialized storage
Comments (56)I make cakes too -- these were fun to see. But about storage: Yes, I'm doing something very much like you. My boxes are plastic and have lids to keep out dust. I have boxes for the following in my pantry: - Cake decorating items -- this is just decorating tips, bags, etc; I got rid of all my "character pans" because they took up too much space, and I keep my sets of nested pans in a big plastic box in the attic - Cookies and cupcakes (cookie cutters, holiday sprinkles, cupcake corers, etc.) -- cake holders and cupcake holders sit on the shelf next to the boxes. - Cheese making accoutrements - Canning items - Paper plates, napkins, etc. bought on clearance for next year - Beer brewing materials When we move, I want to start larger boxes for each holiday, and they'll store in the walk-in attic space. My husband is BIG into his Big Green Egg grill, and he has quite the collection of grilling accoutrements; however, he has an outdoor "shelf" for storing them, and it's not really adequate -- but we don't have space here. One of our kitchen-priorities in our new place is carving out enough space for his grilling gear....See MoreHow Often Do You Shop For Groceries?
Comments (32)Sorry to get off topic, but in answer to a few comments: NIDO brand powdered milk contains fat (available at Wal-Mart in the Latino products isle), as does PEAK Dry Whole Milk Powder (I've ordered it from Amazon, but didn't really like it as well as other brands for drinking), and those are brands I would recommend for people who have to subsist on powdered milk with small children because it contains the necessary fat. You can also add butter, especially grass-fed butter or ghee to the diet to add a good source of fat. If there is one thing we normally don't lack in the Standard American Diet it's fat. And "taste" is subjective, I'll grant you that ;-). When we started using powdered milk products they were lactose-free brands - a whey-based milk substitute called Meadow Fresh - suggested by our then 4-year old's pediatrician, due to our son's lactose intolerance - which hubby and our granddaughter also have in common. It made food preparation a whole lot easier, and hubby can enjoy his chocolate "milk" nightcap. Back then (1981) lactose-free nut milk, coconut milk, etc., were not readily available. I have a friend who has a daughter living in Alaska, and each year he goes to visit, he takes them two buckets of Morning Moo's whey-based powdered milk because milk is so expensive there. Friends who visit their military family in Hawaii did the same thing. So powdered milk isn't a one-size-fits-all product. I also regularly teach a class about using powdered milk at the local Food Bank, where it's a mainstay food item. It's not just for drinking. If all you have is non-fat dry powdered milk, there are so many things you can do with it, plus a few pantry items, and those are other ways to add calcium to your diet besides by-the-glass. Powdered milk is an important ingredient in homemade mixes for pancakes/waffles, baking mix (homemade version of Bisquick), hot chocolate mix, and the ever versatile "Magic Mix" which is a base mix you can use to make cream of ______ soup mixtures, gravy, pudding, Alfredo Sauce, and the ever popular "Magic Mix Fudgsicles". So you don't like powdered milk, but you might love it if that's all you had to use and you could use it for so many more things than just drinking it from a glass. How often necessity quickly becomes the mother of invention..... -Grainlady...See More
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