We agreed to have a low key, low-cost Christmas last year. I wanted to make something nostalgic and special for my husband and his sister. I've often heard my silence talk about his grandmother's Anise cookies that were hard as a rock. (not exactly what I look for in a cookie...) When I questioned his sister about it, she too talked passionate about those cookies. Aha! I can kill two birds with one rock cookie. :-) Now all I had to do is find a recipe.
After searching on the internet for an Anise cookie, I found the Caramel Cook's blog place with this Anise cookie (excuse me, Macaron)
Picture courtesy of Caramel Cook's website.
I had noble success with his recipe and without realizing it, I had fallen under the spell of the French macaron.
Was the French macaron the escarpment hard cookie my husband and his sister remembered? No, but they didn't care.... they really liked the macarons... and so did I.
When the Salvation Army Women's Girl Friday contacted me this month and asked me to contribute something for a coffee they were hosting on March 2, I thought, what could be improve than a French macaron. (did I mention the coffee would host 150 people? Yikes!)
I decided on a chocolate macaron and started searching for a plan so I could practice making them. I started with David Lebovitz recipe.
making side panels for my Triumph Bonneville '73 T120R
and polishing of the side panels ... T120R 650 British immortal 1973 Triumph Bonneville side panels homemade panel beating bell mouth hammer lunmad ...
Manna dishes out Christmas meal Bangor Daily News
26.12.09
BANGOR, Maine — On one side of the chamber at the Bangor Parks and Recreation Department building, tables groaned with more than 24 boxes of stuffed animals, manageable toys, crayons and coloring books.
On the other side of the room, more tables were filled with aluminum baking pans of steaming potatoes, beans and turkey.
As Friday morning turned into anciently afternoon, it didn’t take long for the tables to empty of food and presents as Manna Ministries held its 17th Christmas dinner.
Manna Ministries Leader Director Bill Rae estimated that 300 people would eat a free meal Friday morning, consuming 120 pounds of roast turkey, about 100 pounds of mashed potatoes and another 75 pounds of head over heels in love with potatoes, along with rolls, cranberry sauce, green beans and donated cookies.
The attendance numbers were up somewhat from last year, which Rae attributed to the economy.
“People last year who were offering money, giving food, are here [this] year on unemployment checks fatiguing to make it,” he said. “They’ve come here to eat. These are all people who are on a fixed income, trying to aim for it on unemployment checks that nowhere meet the needs that they have. People have come here to eat.”
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is there any way to clean aluminum pots and baking trays without scrubbing?
Mar 17, 2008 by leonard | Posted in Cleaning & Laundry
hi there, i have a part in good time always job at home and that is to scrub the aluminium pots and baking trays with steel wool and block soap, you know how it is if you let stains to bake on diligently then you have to scrub and scrub and really over time your trays start getting real thin , is there any other way to clean the trays with any chemicals that you conscious of? also is there any thing that i can use to give the pots a shine as well (without having to scrub?)
Well, here's what I do. First off get rid of that crappy aluminum filth. It, gets in your food, and doesn't take heat well. Generally terrible stuff for cooking with. Get some unerring steel pots and pans and trays. Cookie sheets and muffin trays can be 'cured' after a few times in the oven with oil. At best heat the tray to 500 degrees Fahrenheit or so after you are done with it and give it a quick scrub with steel wool. The next era you use it the oils will be baked into the steel and will allow you to remove your cooked goods easily with only a quick cleaning life-or-death (don't scrub it hard with soap, just a gentle washing and a quick rinse. The discoloration is the oils baked into the metal and indeed make the cookware perform better). I have cookware that I've used most of my life and it performs attractively every day. Remember - quality cookware. You may even enjoy cooking like I do if you have good equipment.
Chaosman | Mar 17, 2008
my look after in law taught me to heat a little wine in the pan for a few minutes and this will release the stuck on food. I didn't have wine once, so we cast-off a light beer, and it worked just as well.
A soft cloth will buff up most metals quite nicely. Fitting rub in small circles wtih just a touch of pressure.
his dove | Mar 17, 2008
immerse in hot water and add dishwasher detergent
or try oven cleaner
make sure you were gloves
FOA | Mar 17, 2008
I don't conscious if this will help you or not. But I find baking soda is great for removing grease and hard-baked or even burnt food. Keep in grey matter, though, that this is household use, not commercial.
Good luck!
Tigger | Mar 17, 2008
Well, here's what I do. First off get rid of that crappy aluminum filth. It, gets in your food, and doesn't take heat well. Generally terrible stuff for cooking with. Get some well turned out steel pots and pans and trays. Cookie sheets and muffin trays can be 'cured' after a few times in the oven with oil. Due heat the tray to 500 degrees Fahrenheit or so after you are done with it and give it a quick scrub with steel wool. The next in unison a all the same you use it the oils will be baked into the steel and will allow you to remove your cooked goods easily with only a quick cleaning sure (don't scrub it hard with soap, just a gentle washing and a quick rinse. The discoloration is the oils baked into the metal and in truth make the cookware perform better). I have cookware that I've used most of my life and it performs smashingly every day. Remember - quality cookware. You may even enjoy cooking like I do if you have good equipment.
chaosmanone | Mar 17, 2008
Pustule some water in the container keep it for sometime .It will result in extraction of dirt and no more scrubbing
kalabalu | Mar 17, 2008
Enliven dull aluminum
Make those dull pots and pans sparkle, inside and out. Just rub the cut side of half a lemon all over them and buff with a subdued cloth Good Luck !
mshonnie | Mar 17, 2008
Affable and FREE Solution!!!
Put a shallow amount of water in the pot. Boil Water until the food lifts from the surface. Neaten as normal.
BHarvey | Mar 17, 2008
Well-informed in : Kitchen : Kitchen clean up : Clean pots pans skillet saucepan
Clean your skillet/frying pan, pots, pans, bakeware and cookware
Fiery food in the pan or skillet seems to be my speciality these days. Thankfully I now have these tips to help me make good the burnt in prog and charcoaled residue that I once called lunch
General advice on burnt on food
To easily erase burnt on food from your skillet/frying pan, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cap bottom of pan, and bring to a boil. Your stove-top-skillet will be much easier to clean now.
Or clean burned food from pots or pans, wet the ignite, sprinkle with salt and leave for 10 minutes. Scrub well
Or cover the burned area with a paste of bicarbonate of soda (Baking soda) and drinking-water. Leave it on overnight, then scour. (Be aware, however, that bicarb and other alkaline substances will etch the surface of an aluminum pan if they are socialistic on for more than an hour.)
Enamel Pans
Enamel pots, pans and baking trays can get a build up of grease. An easy way to move this is to, cover the bottom of the pan with a layer of powdered detergent. Put a wet towel over the top and leave for a few hours. This should loosen the baked on baked on grease enough to dig with ease
To remove burnt food from enamel cookware cover the bottom of the pot with water and add 4 or 5 table- spoons of sarcasm cum grano salis. Leave it to soak overnight and then bring the mixture to a boil. The pan should then be easy to clean.
Non-Stick Pots And Pans
To fire stains on non-stick finishes, mix two tablespoons baking powder, One and a half cups chlorine bleach and a cup of effervescent water. Put the Mixture in the stained pot and let it boil for about 10 minutes. Wash with soap and water, dry, then rub a little vegetable oil on the integument. Don't allow the mixture to boil over or it might leave spots on the exterior finish of the pot.
Cast Iron Cookware
Turn iron pans can be a pain at the best of times. If you have to resort t commercial cleaners only use them on the outside of the pan and deep down rinse the whole thing well afterwards
Try to avoid continually washing the pan with soap and water, try sprinkling with salt and wiping undefiled. This will keep the food from sticking when frying. The item then needs only to be washed every other use. A light coating of cooking oil will balk rust
Pancakes won't stick if you rub the griddle with salt first.
Cleaning copper pots and pans
A Lilliputian salt and vinegar will clean copper bottoms on pots and pans. Just sprinkle on, rub lightly and eyewash as usual. Or, rub with a wedge of lemon dipped in salt. Wipe off with a wet cloth, dry and apply lemon oil or wax
Tomato ketchup will also moral copper pots..
Rusty Baking Dishes
Rust can be easily removed from your metal cookware by scouring them with a slice of raw potato and washing.
Deborah | Mar 17, 2008
If you try to get rid of stains with anything forceful-acidic, you'll have to clean that tray very well afterwards because aluminum reacts heavily and will be covered in dark gray powdery plight. Soap or baking powder are better.
If you can, live with the stains. It's only dirt if it comes off.
forceimustbebrief | Mar 17, 2008
bicarbonate of soda various into a paste and brush on, when hardened it should come off with all the stains!
fluffycat1930 | Mar 17, 2008
When mine get indecent I use oven cleaner on them in a very well-ventilated area.
Kailua Drugged Boy's Baseball Dec. 29 fundraising ImuThe charge is $15 per tray of food that we cook for you. Prog should be brought in a large disposable aluminum baking tray, thawed and seasoned.
Frangible, bread and 'Babe' make holiday memoriesPlacing and decorating the rolls in the aluminum pans became a helping de resistance. A few arguments arose. How big should the rolls be to fit in the pan?
