Short-term gain is a big incentive for rolling out
new products that really offer no advantage over what
has been available already. Silpat sheets are okay,
but they do nothing that greased or parchment-lined
ordinary ones can't, plus they make a flatter product
unless you put in too much flour.
That sounds like a drawback to me... :) Unless one wants a flatter
product, I suppose....
Just another reason not to be into them.
But muffin tins made of the same material, which is
how this particular subdiscussion got started, who
was the genius who thought that up?
Apparently someone who thought there was money in it....
Oh, let's cheat the gullible gourmet public
of a few bucks. Great.
I do admit that there are silicone products
that make sense, though.
Dunno as I've seen them lately... I did see a package of the Nabisco
ones recently.... oh, I bet there are some in the bulk department...
get a handful of each for the picnic, maybe...?
I've seen them mostly in ethnic stores, as
Is that where you got the green tea version of KitKats...? I wonder if
there are similar flavors of the sugar wafers...
I forget where those Kit Kats came from, but I'd
guess Asia someplace.
enough to give astute planners reason to be cautious.
One would think... ;)
There's a balance - but sometimes circumstances
change or luck just runs out. Two years ago there
was a monster "once in a thousand years" flood in
Ellicott City, just a few miles from the Shipps';
Yes, I was in town for that one... in MD for a niece's wedding...
Did the rain put a damper on those festivities?
a couple days ago there there was another "once in
a thousand years" flood, said to be even worse.
Somehow 2016-2018 hardly constitutes a millennium.
I heard on the radio someone interviewed that had fixed up his store
after the first one, thinking, well if this is a millennium flood, it's
worth fixing up and starting over again... he indicated this has made
him rethink that... but he didn't say whether or not he'd be fixing up
again or not... I suppose one could consider this one the one in
thousand years for the next millennium.... But I also suppose that one shouldn't count on it... ;)
And some of us suspect that the one-in-a-thousand
will start happening several times in a lifetime.
Probably no and no, but it won't be my problem
- I've done what I could to instill my version
of good sense in him, and it has not worked at
all: I've fulfilled my promise to my father
the best I could, and it's Pontius Pilate time.
I hear you... I'd tend to agree that you've fulfilled your promise...
not much more you could do other than getting him declared incompetent
and putting his share into a trust that doles out only what is needed,
when needed...
It's not up to me any more. I'm not a guardian,
trustee, or even household member.
Or dad's mother... the real power behind the throne... ;)
But dad's mother is usually working. Have you
not noticed that in mom-and-pops, it's generally
Pop who hangs around doing next to nothing?
I was thinking in particular of a little Asian restaurant in our
neighborhood some years ago... Dad was the cook, Mom was the
hostess/waitress (assisted, as they got old enough, by the little
girls), but Dad's mom wandered around the place, keeping little ones in line... and, one noted from time to time, made decisions for the kitchen
and elsewhere... they all worked pretty hard, but dad's mother was the
one cracking the whip, so to speak... :)
Pop sometimes is the cook, I'll admit, but quite
often I've seen him just hanging around.
turning old... so 4 friends at his 4th bd party, eg... I gave that up after the disastrous 12th bd party, at which his friends (from school) ended up having a food fight... I vowed never again... although for his
Good- or bad-natured food fight? To the
cleaner-uppers that's not so relevant, but
the context requires some context.
I think it was intended to be good-natured, but it did get out of hand,
and there were hurt feelings at the very least, to say nothing of the
mess I ended up having to clean up...
Your son helped, of course?
Do you recall a story in which some long-lived
people get together for a banquet in which one
of the activities is throwing bread rolls at a
picture of Isaac Asimov?
Saffron buns
categories: starch, fancy
yield: 18
3/4 c milk
1/4 ts powdered saffron
1/2 c shortening
1/4 c sugar
1 ts salt
1 pk yeast
1/4 c lukewarm water
1 egg, beaten
1/3 c dried currants
1/4 c mixed candied fruit peel, chopped
1 ts grated nutmeg (M says halve this)
3 1/2 c flour, sifted, more as needed
cooking oil
1 egg white, beaten
1 c confectioners' sugar
2 Tb hot water
Scald milk with saffron. In large bowl,
combine milk mixture, shortening, sugar, and
salt. Cool to lukewarm.
Sprinkle yeast on water; stir until dissolved.
Add to milk mixture with egg, currants, peel,
nitmeg, and as much flour as can be stirred
into dough.
Place in greased bowl. Brush top with cooking
oil. Cover with clean towel and let rise in
warm place until doubled.
Turn onto lightly floured surface. Knead 1 min
and shape into 18 2" balls. Arrange in two
greased 8" square pans. Brush with egg white
and cover with a towel. Let rise in a warm place
until doubled.
Oven at 425F.
Bake 25 min until done. Cool on wire rack; frost
with a glaze of confectioners' sugar and water.
Mayburn Koss, New York Times 4/5/1959
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