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February 18th, 2024 at 15:00 pm

Asian Food Hack: Orange Sauce

Caveat Lechtor: As always I recommend you shop local for the best price. This post contains Affiliate links. Use of these links may pay a small commission to me. This does not affect the price you pay

DRAFT: When anything Soy is “not an option” Often enough for two, but can be doubled.
Best Flavor when it has a few hours for ingredients to “meld”
It is my preference to only make enough for one meal, but it does store in refrigerator for at least a week so you can increase volume and make ahead.

1.5 Tbl St. Dalfour Orange Marmalade Fruit Spread1
1.0 Tbl Maggi’s Seasoning (replaces Soy) 2
1 clove Garlic (no fresh on hand?
Sub: 1/2 tsp Spice World3 Squeezable Organic Minced Garlic
1/2 tsp Spice World Squeezable Minced Ginger
OPTIONAL –
1/2 tsp Honey (More sweetness for less “sugar”)
1 Tbl Fresh or 1 tsp Dried Atlantic Spice Orange Peel
—– Does intensify orange flavor, or, an additional tsp of marmalade will get you there too.

Mix all ingredients together with a wisk until completely incorporated

To Serve:
TRADITIONAL: Place in a bowl and toss the crsipy protein, serve over rice (Thai Jasmine using Orange Juice instead of Water is our fav or if you must Riced Cauliflower – won’t happen in our house except for ONE particular red head is visiting)

OPTIONAL DIP Water or Orange Juice .5 tsp at a time until a consistency you like for a dipping sauce.

Most of the time I get mine from Food Lion or Safeway via their delivery services. still a better price than Wal-Mart or Amazon “most of the time.

Again with emphasis – Neither Amazon or Wal-Mart offer the best prices for ANY of these ingredients.
Since, unopened the St Dalfour, Maggi’s and Spice World Squeezes have an excellent Pantry shelf life, I watch for sales and “stock up” as the budget allows. Of course, once opened into the refrigerator they go.

February 18th, 2024 at 11:03 am

Gluten Free In the KBS Bread Maker

Possibly the 2nd most asked question in any bread making group is for a Gluten Free recipe. Not my issue, so have not tried… yet … never say never.

A member of the KBS group I had been helping build, reported (after trying several recipes) that this one worked for her. Using a KBS dual heater model (I think it was the MBF-011 but will check and edit if needed.

As the owner (as in bought it myself) and having had the opportunity to test a number of brands and models; It may need some tweaking for your machine, but seems like a good place to start:

Gluten-Free Bread Machine Bread {Dairy-Free Option}

Note, The link may contain contain affiliate links, but not mine. Use At Your Own Risk
original post: 2024-02-18 WWW & Gab: Food Craft – Making and Methods

February 17th, 2024 at 01:35 am

It never gets easier

February 14th, 2024 at 01:24 am

Yes Home Baked Bread Gets Stale Sooner

Yes, no matter what you do, home baked bread does go stale sooner than “store bought”. That is why it does not matter what bread baking group you read, one of the most commonly asked questions is how to keep it from going stale.

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and if you find a better price, please do let me know.

First the Reality Check: Most if not all Bread Bakers will tell you how wonderful it is to have bread that does not contain unnecessary chemicals. As often as not, the same folks will ask how to keep their bread from going stale. The answer is to add chemicals (and yes even vinegar as so say will help) – in other words you cannot have it both ways. And certainly unless you accept this reality, you honestly might be happier buying store brand white bread.

Having accepted this reality, based on my nearly 60 years of bread making, my primary solution is to bake smaller loaves and to do so more often. I cannot begin to tell you how many different ideas Ihave tried with varying degrees of success. If you have something else that works for you, I am happy for you. But for me and likely among the top reasons I am so very happy to have found my KBS MBF-041 since its Tube Pan makes 1 lb loaves work really well for just us two for either sandwich, toast or dessert type breads.

Consider using these plastic bread bags for “breaking down” things like value packs of protein and for bread storage. This “buy” has average been sufficient for about about a 24 month supply. Their size (approx 11 x 12 inch) works well for my 1 and 1.5 lb loaves of bread. Twist tightly and use twist ties to seal for storage in refrigerator or, to place inside a freezer zip loc. Why inside a second plastic bag? Because I reuse the freezer bags – more about that another time. Sometimes just for bread or meal sized portion and some times for all the ingredients for a particular recipe with each ingredient in its own “flap” type sandwich bag. My greenish compromise.

The most common reply is to wait for it to cool completely (and to that I would add – that means several hours on the counter – which on those rare occasions when I plan to freeze bread like objects) Place in a plastic bag and let it get really cold (overnight) in the Refrigerator. Then Slice and place in sandwich bags with a “burger wax paper” between the slices.

I usually put two slices per bag in case of a grill cheese emergency, with a single slice of was paper between the bread, and another to separate the bread from the cheese (also in the sandwich bag)

Another of my “compromises” is the use of the least expensive fold and close type sandwich bags. Usually the best price is to keep an eye on your local stupid markets store brand in 300 ct boxes. Note, I do not reuse for food storage.

With my system for reusing larger gallon sized freezer zipper bags, there is no need to use the triple the price and the plastic zipper type for the individual sandwiches. (end of earth day quasi lecture) So you can “see” what I mean, If you are the type to go for bulk buying (as with all things Amazon) often at a higher price – this is a link to one of the better priced bulk buys. Note once again, check you local stupid market for the best price.

Tiplet: Freezing anything:
Unless it comes in the door frozen,
ALL food spends at least over night in the coldest spot in my refrigerator.
February 13th, 2024 at 01:25 am

Food Politics: ALDI Divisive Practice?

“The Bud Light special treatment”
ALDI faces mass boycott over

National Procurement Officer job posting 

So begins yet another chapter in my personal battle with the Division, Exclusion & Inequality practices that affect my shopping choices.

Skipping the entire 14th Amendment argument for equal protection under law…


The financial aspect: It will add about $10 a week or $520 a year to our Food expense.


That would then be balanced by no long needed an Instacart+ Membership so for 2024 that would be offset by $99. With careful shopping likely I can do better to reduce the financial aspect.

Personal Politics: ALDI will be the loser (however small a customer we may be) and to a lesser degree Food Lion & of course the very diverse and really nice people who shop and delivery for Instacart (doubt they will miss my membership)

One of the full articles causing my personal tempest in a teapot link:
https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-the-bud-light-special-treatment-aldi-faces-mass-boycott-national-procurement-officer-job-posting

originally posted 2024-02-13

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