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Post by emma on Apr 28, 2018 20:01:53 GMT -5
What is on your baking, or cooking, “bucket list"? Do you want to make a recipe you've never made before, but haven't because scares you a little? Does it sound too complicated? Is the ingredient list intimidating? Does it use ingredients you've never tasted? Maybe, it is procrastination. Or, is it fear-of-failure?
I want to cook something in a Tagine. I researched tagine recipes, bought a tagine and seasoned it according to directions. I still need to try that method of cooking, at least once, in my lifetime!
My other bucket list item is learning to use sheets of phyllo. I think I haven't because it sounds fussy and because of the cautions and warnings in all recipes using phyllo. I want Baklava! I want Spanikopita!
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Post by wallycat on Apr 29, 2018 11:11:56 GMT -5
No bucket list.
Phyllo is fairly easy to work with...not as scary as they make it sound.
My only item on my bucket list was bread, and I've mastered it fairly well.
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Post by PattiA on Apr 29, 2018 17:52:32 GMT -5
I don't have a bucket list, I just like playing with things that are new to me. Last summer some friends and I did a jackfruit apalozza, using both fresh and canned jackfruit. When we were in Costa Rica in February, we had banana jam. That's on my list of things I want to play with soon.
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Post by karenw on Apr 29, 2018 17:57:53 GMT -5
No bucket list here either. I just get an itch to try new things once in awhile. A few summers ago it was homemade bagels, bialy's, and English muffins. Now I make those regularly and they are so much better than store bought. I usually always have the freezer stocked with them or some other kind of bread. Not sure what the next "itch" might be!!
And I agree....phyllo is not so hard to work with. Yes, a bit time consuming depending on the recipe, but fairly easy to handle.
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Post by gilgamesh37 on Apr 30, 2018 13:15:28 GMT -5
Don't let phyllo intimidate you. It's fiddly but not difficult. I went through a couple of years where I always had a couple different kinds of phyllo appetizer triangles in the freezer.
I don't really have a bucket list, but I do get focused on things and need to conquer them. I was scared of pressure cookers and decided that was ridiculous, so I bought one and forced myself to use it until I wasn't afraid anymore. I really only use it for risotto now, but am glad I have it, since I could use it for many other things if time and life allowed. Homemade English muffins.....hmm. I may need to suss that out. Also, in my part of the Midwest, there probably isn't a bialy within 200 miles of me.  I used to love them when I worked in NYC, maybe I'll give those a shot.
The one thing I keep saying I want to make is the opera cake from CLBB, I can't remember who posted it first, but it made the rounds and a bunch of people made it--BDunning maybe started it? I still have the printed recipe somewhere. Again, nothing terribly intrinsically difficult, iirc, but a million zillion steps spread out over 2 or 3 days. I just need to retire or win Lotto or something! |
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Post by emma on Apr 30, 2018 15:16:39 GMT -5
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Post by karenw on Apr 30, 2018 17:37:48 GMT -5
Gilgamesh-English muffins and bialy's are much easier than bagels (no boiling step and softer/easier doughs with not as much kneading involved) but none are too difficult. So go for it! You won't be sorry! And now I make them all in so many flavors (mostly the English muffins). Bagels and bialy's I usually keep more traditional although once in awhile, I do a multigrain/whole wheat of some kind for variation. Today I had a steel cut oat English muffin with lunch. Karen |
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I used to love them when I worked in NYC, maybe I'll give those a shot.