Note: There are affiliate links which benefit me and with Instacart both of us.
We are a “shop local, think global” family and so always recommend shopping locally. However, our ‘regular’ grocery store may not have a particular ingredient and no one has time to drive all over the county to find it. Never speak with your favorite store manager. You would be amazed how often that works = particularly in today’s competitive environment.
Using one of my often hard to find ingredients: Bob’s Red Mill Vital Wheat Gluten
If you would like to search without giving up too much personal details, your first step will be to look up the street address of your nearest Post Office. plug in your zip code and copy the address
The following links includes codes which may, if you buy something benefit us both. If it just makes your life easier by helping support local business without gallivanting all over – that is fine with me too.
next go to Instacart https://www.instacart.com/?code=WCARR1801EE
You will need to supply an address, so be ready to paste the Post Office address for privacy or use your own “if you don’t care” then just use your own.
Once you save the address, to Instacart will display a search bar (and a list of various stores served in your area.
Type in the ingredient – for example “Vital Wheat Gluten” hit return and poof, InstaCart will show you the stores in your area have be listed Vital Wheat Gluten in their on line offerings.
If you are lucky, you will see your regular store. If not, well where’s your spirit of adventure, expand your shopping horizons – visit a new to you location.
You can then click on each listing to compare pricing.
If all else fails, there is always using a search engine like https://duckduckgo.com/ Duck Duck Go or Amazon https://amzn.to/48Bvm6N Where I have a list that includes ingredients always likely to be in my pantry. Caveat: Amazon, but that is increasingly the most expensive option. and quite often you need to look at more than one – the most expensive option is usually listed first.
FRUGAL TIPLET: Instacart has added so many stores, and individual arrangements various quite a bit, for ingredients I always try to find those with “InStore Pricing” or, sometimes using the Retailer “dot com” may give you a better price.
Last but not least, I “threw this together” because of a question in our FB Bread machine group: KBS Bread Maker Tips, Tricks, and Recipes – still needs work, so in you are not fluent in “speaking in Wheat” – your comments and questions are welcome.
The KBS Bread Machines are a bit notorious for the quality (or lack ) of “good instructions” still sometimes it takes a bit of thought to realize what you need is there, just requiring a bit of study to put the process together.
This is one of those times and it has come up more than once. So time to illustrate the answer, add some tiplet at the end and have it ready to share as a link again in the future.
This is a schematic that appears in all the KBS manuals I have reviewed. A complaint was made the included measuring cup did not “Show” 160ml. If you look at the image, between 150 and 200 are lines for each 10ml. So if your instruction ask for 160ml, you will fill the cup to the line above 150ml. If the ingredients calls for 250ml, fill the cup to the 200ml mark and then again to the 50ml mark for a total of 250.
TIPLET: I always withhold a “coffee scoop” each of the flour & liquids until after the first mixing It is generally accepted that coffee scoop can be either one or two tablespoons. Mine is 2 tablespoons (1/8th cup) and “works for me” – Many things can effect the dough consistency and of course it is easier to add if needed since you cannot remove it once it is mixed in. for this tiplet, please just accept that bit to be true.
Random Tiplet: Every maker of Electric Pressure Cookers (Electric Pressure cooker) have at least one recipe for Cheesecake. It has been my experience that Ninja Kitchens and Instant Pot are the most reliable references for time and temperature. So choose the crust and filling of your choice and Ea
If you choose to use an EPC – the dreaded crack almost never happens IF you follow the manufacturer recipes from their respective web sites.
I have successfully used the Ninja Foodi first the 6 qt and now an 8qt.
with the added advantage that when the 6 qt died, I had the sense to keep the lid and so have one lid for savory and another for sweet.
The Foodi (aka/Darth Vador) also has the advantage of racks with handles so no need to fuss with making one from foil or cluttering your life with a silicone lifter.
This is an affiliate link to my favorite pan – like many of the accessories I use, it is an Instant Pot product and is perfect for cheese or other small cakes in the Ninja Foodi – It is a “push pan” so easy to push up the base, cut two slices, then drop back and use the included cover to store in refrigerator.
So choose the crust and filling of your choice, follow their prep instructions and compare the EPC maker’s time and temp with those in other recipes for baking in a standard oven.
There is no rule that says you cannot Eat Dessert First.
If you happen to have a copy of 1968 of The Art of Polish Cooking by Alina Zeranski1 this basic Mizeria ze smietanq recipe is on page 85 : Ingredients: 2 Cucumbers peeled and thinly sliced. 1 cup Sour Cream 1 Tbl (FRESH) Dill* Salt & Pepper to taste. Instructions: Combine Cucumbers, Sour Cream, Salt and Pepper. Sprinkle with Fresh Dill Serve immediately *If you do not have fresh dill and double the quantity and rehydrate in the vinegar and refrigerate for at least an hour or two.
My copy has a number of notes – Tiplet: At least SUB Good Quality White Wine Vinegar
These variations are on the Spruce Eats version but I do like to add a tablespoon of Citrus juice (usually lemon) to the classic Polish recipe. Variation 1: SUB good quality Apple Cider Vinegar SUB Brown Sugar and a Smidge (1/32nd tsp) Pie Spice ADD Cored, Seeded & Thinly sliced Green Apple
Variation 2: SUB in RED Wine Vinegar ADD seeded chopped tomato
Recommended Product: Mini Measuring Spoons Set,Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons Set I use these almost every day and definitely when sharing a recipe – if you begrudge me the penny or three commission – just look them up as tiny measuring spoons – possibly one of my all time best $5 impulse buys.
KBS “Documents” – Caveat – Like all things offered in an Amazon listing – it could change or disappear. In fact the names of identical pdf documents are often not consistent across all KBS Bread Machine offerings and these may be Affiliate Links. These “worked” as of 2023-Aug-302024-03-11
It is also worth mentioning that KBS does not have the most easily used user manuals. That said, likely almost all the information you need it there – just not in the order you would expect and certainly not in a manner that would make most beginning bread machine users comfortable.
BUT NOT SO YOU WILL BUY SOMETHING. truthfully mostly so I can “find” the details and share the blog entry without having needing to retype it from time to time
IF you scroll down to “PRODUCT GUIDES AND DOCUMENTS” usually below Product Information
you will see links to download PDF that are useful for many of the KBS Bread Machines,
I am currently using and surprisingly happy with, The KBS MBF-041. and really just the more basic features = certainly NOT any of their recipes as written. Unhappily, it appears to be disco’d by KBS.
My major complaint with KBS continues to be the lack of consistent customer service. I have used the contact form on their website, emailed every address I have been able to find. Tried to get thru Amazon because of a warranty issue (no help as expected) Post in the Q&A Sections of their website. Others have had a more positive experience.
My suggestion is that if you think these PDFs will help you, download them from the sources. They could easily disappear tomorrow.
