29 Mar
Biscuits
2 cups bread flour
3 tsp double acting baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup of milk
Combine all ingredients until a soft ball forms. Drop by tablespoons onto a baking sheet and bake at 450 for 12 mins or until golden brown.
Individual potpies
Take one can of beef stew (Dinty Moore is the best) and place it in either coffee mugs or earthenware bowls use the biscuit mix above to form the crust. Bake at 450 for 8-12 mins until golden brown.
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27 Mar
Batter Pro Review
Battered foods are perhaps some of the most sought after delicacies around. When people go to restaurants, being able to order something in batter of some kind is always something that catches their attention. Fish sticks, chicken nuggets and foods that are similar to those two are always favourite snacks at home because the batter represents something aside from the meat that a person is ingesting when they take in battered food. For all of these reasons, the batter pro is one of the most useful pieces of kitchen food technology that you are ever likely to get your hands on and what makes this unit so amazing in its outlook is the fact that using it is so simple.
What would you be able to do if you had the ability to create dozens of fish sticks or chicken nuggets whenever you wanted to? What would you be able to do if you would make fresh chicken nuggets every day for you and your family to eat? Would that represent an increase in the quality of food that your family takes in? If you are like most people, the answers to these questions are profound in the way they would improve your life. With the batter pro, you can have fresh chicken nuggets every day for the simple reason that the batter pro takes all of the hard preparation out of the creation of battered delights.
All you have to do is fill the top part of the batter bro with the batter and the chicken, shrimp, fish or other thing you want battered. Then, you simply shake the tray in order to get all of the breading done evenly across the top and let the extra breadcrumbs fall through towards the bottom. Then, you flip the tray and deposit all of the breaded objects into the bottom bowl. The whole operation takes you about ten seconds to go from your raw materials to a number of breaded delicacies that you can then serve to your friends, family or just eat yourself as a nice treat every single day.
The batter pro has an awesome amount of power and a price that is in the single digits in terms of dollar value. That is a combination that many people jump at when they get the chance to, because they know that $9.95 is a small price to pay for the ability to make breaded foods in just ten seconds.
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25 Mar
Barbecue Fork Thermometer review
In today’s world, anything that can combine features and make life easier is automatically good as far as the general public is concerned. Therefore, when a product has multiple features, makes life easier, performs multiple functions and is able to do them all with a high level of quality, it just increases the good feelings that most people feel about it. While there are not many products around that can claim to do all of those things, the barbecue fork thermometer is definitely one of those things.
The barbecue fork thermometer is something that you can use quite easy in order to understand exactly what is going on with the meat that you are barbecuing. All you have to do to get a reading out of the barbecue fork thermometer is to simply insert the fork into the meat, press a button and the temperature of the substance will appear on the LCD display without you having to do anything else. In addition to a temperature value, the thermometer will also let you know whether your food is frozen, rare, medium or cooked. With these two pieces of information at your fingertips whenever you want them, it is quite easy to create a burger that is cooked to exactly the specifications that you want. That will make your meal tastier and ultimately it will make your mood better.
In addition to having a multiple number of features, the barbecue fork thermometer is also versatile in the number of foods that it can handle. You can use this product with beef, pork, poultry or fish which means that for the most part you can use the barbecue fork thermometer whenever you are at your barbecue, regardless of what it is that you actually want to make.
The tips of the thermometer are made of stainless steel which allows high accuracy in terms of temperature readings while still being safe for using with foods as well as strong for the preservation of the actual device. All of the other materials used in the thermometer are FDA approved as being safe for use with foods and with a lithium battery installed in the fork (lithium batteries have two year lives), you will be able to use this device for a very long time.
In addition to all of those things, the barbecue fork thermometer is of course also a fork, meaning that you can use it to move things around the barbecue and even flip them with skill and zest. All of these features make $14.95 a bargain for the barbecue fork thermometer.
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Always Perfect Chef’s Fork Digital Meat Thermometer
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23 Mar
Bagels
5 cups of bread flour
4 TBSP sugar
2 tsp salt
3 tsp active dry yeast
4 tsp butter or margarine
2 cups warm water
Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup of water until foamy.
Combine flour, sugar, salt, yeast and water and mix until soft dough forms. Cover in oil and let rise until doubled in bulk. Punch down and knead again.
Roll the dough out and cut into appropriate size rounds and let rise again until doubled. Drop dough into boiling water and cook for 3 minutes. Turn over and boil for 3 more minutes. Take out of water and drain until dried. Brush the bagels with egg wash and bake in a 450-degree oven for 12 ?15 minutes until golden brown.