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Anyone making anything interesting?

We are preparing for the Lenten fast by feasting tonight on homemade
corn dogs (uncured, organic, blah, blah hot dogs), potato wedges,
roasted corn with lots of butter, two kinds of potato doughnut and pear
fritters. How about you?

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
On 08/03/2011 12:54 PM, Ran?e at Arabian Knits wrote:



Shrove Tuesday............. Pancake Day.

We will be having blueberry buttermilk pancakes and ham steak.

It will have to be a n early dinner. My wife is going to see "The King's
Speech" with our SiL and I have to go to a visitation at an out of town
funeral home for a former co-worker.
 
On Mar 8, 12:54?pm, Ran?e at Arabian Knits
wrote:

My regular bakery made paczki, but they were out by the time
I went there. They had rose preserves in some of 'em. I wanted
to try that. Next year I'll order one ahead of time.

Doesn't matter; I'm not Christian. I just wanted the pastry.

Dinner will probably be grilled chicken Caesar-oid salad
and crusty bread from the bakery.

I was talking this morning with my rabidly ex-Catholic
husband about fasting. I said "Some people fast (in
part) so they'll know what it's like to be hungry and
build empathy for the disadvantaged." His comment:
"There's a big difference if you know when you'll
stop being hungry."

Cindy Hamilton
 
Ran?e at Arabian Knits wrote:


I'm giving up alcohol for Lent. It's not part of my religious
tradition cuz I'm not Catholic or Lutheran, etc, it's just something
I've recently started doing. So I'll probably have a nice glass of
barley wine or an American double pale ale tonight after supper.

The interesting thing is, after abstaining for a month-and-a-half how
unpleasantly strong and heavy a drink like that is.

-Bob
 
In article ,
zxcvbob wrote:


Church Tradition is that there is no fasting in the octave after
Pascha (Easter) and we find that after a month and a half of not eating
desserts, eating little meat, little fat, barely any sugar, etc, that it
is hard to feast for eight days. Same thing for the 12 days of
Christmas and the Advent fast.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
In article ,
Dave Smith wrote:


In some places, mostly Anglican. Our doughnuts are a nod to my
husband's German and my Arab traditions. We don't make the doughnuts of
either of our people, but both make a kind of doughnut.


Yum!

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
Ran?e at Arabian Knits wrote:
right! *snort*

As a Christian, I'd rather take steps to alleviate other
people's hunger than artificially induce some of my own.
Fasting doesn't do anything to fix the hunger problem; it just
makes some Christians feel more pious, sacrificial or close to
Christ's mission.

Orlando
 
zxcvbob wrote:

When I brew my ownb ale I deliberately target stronger heavier flavor
but lower alcohol. Last batch of porter is starting to run low. The
batch before that of apple mead I still have plenty. Soon I'll start a
batch of pale ale or similar.
 
In article ,
Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:


And yet, it was Jesus who taught "When you fast" rather than if you
fast. How presumptuous of you to assume that people who fast aren't
doing anything else, though. The fasting, in and of itself, won't
alleviate hunger, true, but part of the Christian life is developing
solidarity with the poor and weakest among us. Fasting does help
promote that compassion. Many, many, many Christians use the money they
would have spent on food or meat or other things they give up to give
extra alms. I suppose that option never occurred to you, however.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
Doug Freyburger wrote:


I haven't brewed any beer in about 10 years. Just started thinking
about that a few days ago. I have some malt, malt extract, and hops
in the freezer, but I should probably throw out all the grain malt and
the hops (except maybe the Chinook pellets) and buy fresh.

I'll probably try brewing a 3-gallon batch of all-grain ale, not too
alcoholic, using 2-row, American Munich malt, and a little dark brown
sugar. Williamette hops for both bittering and flavor, and whatever
cheap dried ale yeast the homebrew shop has. I've never tried
all-grain before without adding a little malt extract to it. That's
why 3 gallons instead of 5.

-Bob
 
zxcvbob wrote:

Ale brewing ingredients keep well in the freezer. It would not be a
problem to brew a batch with them and then move on.


So far I stick with recipes that use malt extract or that combine malt
extract with dried sprouted grain.
 
Janet wrote:

Ever make bread pudding with toasted raisen/cinnamon bread?

I don't have an actual recipe but just use toasted raisin bread that has
been buttered & sprinkled with cinnamon (originally left over cinnamon
raisin bread) and proceed as for ordinary bread pudding. Some where i
have an actual recipe for a "Cajun" or "Creole" rice pudding that uses
cinnamon as a flavouring.

Its a toss up though, sometimes i cant decide between pulling out the
waffle iron and serving the waffles with cinnamon and whipped cream or
make a nice bowl of cinnomon/raisen bread pudding.

And if its available in your area, there is a Mexican product called
"Abulita" (Little Grandmother) which are large discs of solid chocolate
flavoured with cinnamon & other spices & meant to be dissolved in a cup
of hot milk (Chicken broth & jallapanos if you really want to be
authentic:) served as a cup of "hot chocolate."

I occasionally bake pork chops in butter with slices of apples, flavour
with apple brandy & finish with cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

*Chuckle* it IS fat tuesday:)
--
JL
 
"Jean B." wrote in news:[email protected]:


Here it is Mardi Gras (pronounced properly) and I made oat and buckwheat
flour cr?pes which we had with maple syrup.

--

"A public union employee, a tea party activist, and a CEO are sitting at a
table with a plate of a dozen cookies in the middle of it. The CEO takes 11
of the cookies, turns to the tea partier and says, 'Watch out for that
union guy. He wants a piece of your cookie.'"
 
zxcvbob wrote:

LOL no. Just leftovers from the weekend.


The vicar of the Anglican church I used to attend once gave up alcohol
for Lent, with that money going to charity. We were all a bit surprised
at how bad he looked for a week or so of going without.
 
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