Movies I want to see

1. Deep Blue Sea 2. Mon Roi (2015)

Movies my mother would like me to see

The Flat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flat_(2011_film) Amour https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602620/

Best heavy cream and other Trader Joe's favorites

 

ingredients: heavy cream (milk)

Thanksgiving Notes

1. Got Kosher Turley from Trader

2. Used Ina Garten recipe for dry rub (lemon zest, salt, thyme)

3. Turley took 2 hours to cook at convection bake, lowest rack (then switched one up) at 350 F instead of 2:25 at 325

4. Do not tie wings to body, the in-between section stayed raw, although the rest of the meat was higher temp then states in recipe

5. Flan, get candy thermometer

6. Flan took 1:50 to set instead of 1:15 

7. When pouring in custard, pour over a big spoon to absorb the weight otherwise the custard goes under the caramel

8. Green beans are cooked after 5 minutes, bring water to boil, add beans, bring to boil and cook for 5 min. Salt water.

9. Sangria without additional alcohol needs the pine apple

Wegman

 1. Many varieties of Maple Syrup

2. Bakery- use butter in cakes, bought a tart once with strawberry and rhubarb that was $16 but it was good

3. Sushi is very good

4. Cooked food is very good

5. Wegman brand salmon seems natural

6. Plastic bags, sandwich, snack and gallon

7. Kosher section

8. Kitchen supply used to be good

9. Decent ice cream

10. Child snacks

11. Indian spices in bulk

12. Fish is amazing

13. Vinegar by gallon

14. Tea

15. Wegman brand dried beans

Cape Cod Notes

1.  Clean house. You do not want to come back to dirty one

2.  Bring plastic gallon bags for bathing suits

3. Fan to dry wet bathing suits

4. Sandwich bags

5. Snack bags

6. Tupperware for beach food

7. Beach umbrella/cover Tommy Bahama

8. Beach chair Tommy Bahama

9. Bathing suit 2 covered and 2 uncovered

10. Towels 2 per person

11. goggles

12. Flotation devices

13. Floatie

14. Vanilla for pancakes

15. Ice trays/Refrigerator ice is awful

16. Bring own trash bags

17. Bring clothing rack to dry clothes

18. Bring something to carry water bottles in. They are heavy. 

19. Maybe buy nice beach bag or wagon for toys? 

20. I liked the fish plastic pool at the Hardware Store on Beacon

21. Coverups!!! Kids sit on beach and burn without them

22. You can look at the sun or look away when its before noon or after noon

23. Badger does not stain bathing suit but Dr. Fisher does stain 

Hanna Anderson

 120 CM bathing suit 6-7 in 2021 was tight

Bread making tips

1. Warmer water is better for mixing dough later on. You can do colder or warmer but warmer is better.

2. Strain the flour and mix two flours before adding in the mix

3. When combining to dough squeeze it with your hands and fingers to mix it otherwise you end up with hard dough pieces in the bread that did not mix well

4. After step #3 then do the stretch fold type mixing

5. You can slap the dough on a hard surface a few times to get rid of air bubbles.

6. Tightening the loaf before shaping is very important. If its not tight, it will not rise well. The loaf has to be tight. Pull a bit and fold over. Keep going until you start feeling resistance, then shape it.

7. When you remove loaf from oven, shake off the excess rice flour into pot before putting loaf on rack

What not to buy in HM

1. Cotton Bedding - very cheap and smells like chemicals

2. Clothes you did not see in person

3. LazyOne is not good quality for adults. Seem like they use the same amount of material as they did for kids and material is very thin.

4. Socks, they are awful. Do not wash and smell disgusting. buy socks at Gap or somewhere else

Parents

Еще раз домой зайдешь – больше не выйдешь.

Тебе одному ничего не задали?

Не смейся, а то плакать будешь!

Закрой рот и ешь

Маму,слушать нужно

Сколько раз тебя учить

Я тебе говорила,а ты по своему

Смотри в оба 

Bread

July
450 white flour
50 einkhorn
330 water
starter was a bit over 100 gm
added after autolyse
40 sugar
10 salt + tbs water

kneaded 20 minutes in machine with 5 minute breakds
autolyse 45
stretch folded 4
let sit 3 hours
refrigerated
shaped
let sit 3 hours
let sit in fridge overnight






how to make bread
1. 500 gm regflour
2. 330 gm water
3. 100 gm starter
mix mixture until combined with hand
4. lyse 30 mins
5. Add 10 gm salt and pour 1 tbs water over it
6. Mix for 5 minutes
7. Wait 5
8. Mix for 5 minutes
9. Wait 5
10. Mix for 5 minutes
11. Wait 5
12. Mix by hand apx 100 mixes
stretch fold X4 with 30 min interval
13. Let sit for 4 hours or 6
fold
wait 20 mins
14. Shape (need to watch video)
15. Leave overnight in refrigerator or let sit for more hours
16. Bake
17. Heat the oven for 1 hour with dutch
18. 450 (30)
19. 450 (15) open lid



bread was left out 6 hours
It was huge
then it kept rising in refrigerator
It felt like a real balloon but when i baked it, it was fine, its just not big


1. Mix dough for 20 minutes taking breaks in between
Can use mixer but do last 5 minutes by hand. I think if you do not mix well, then you do not get a rise
2. Let it raise 2.5 to 4 hours. 5.5 hours I think maybe was too much?
then do refrigerator over night
3. Do not use a lot of flour on towel. If the bread is correctly done, it will not stick to towel at all
4. Use 450 for 30 and then 15 until further notice. Marina said to do An hour to heat the oven WITH the Dutch oven in it to 490.... then bake with the lid for 20 and take off the lid... set to 420 and another 20 min or so

Starter

1. Use rhanaya myka from Russian Store
2. Took out of refrigerator at 6:45 am
3. Fed 8:45 with flour and water
4. 11:30 was done
5. Now its 1:53 starting to settle

More bread

More bread
1. Wet hands if dough is sticky
2. 6 TBS flour is about 100 grams starter
use rzhanaya muka for starter
Bagel dough worked well for bread
Use bread flour
3. Starter takes about 4-5 hours
add salt last and pour a tiny bit of water then knead
4. Autolyse dough
5. Knead 300 times
6. Stretch with wet hands
7. Shape and leave in refrigerator overnight
8. Dust towel with flour only if dough is not refrigerated
8. Bake at 470/430 cold
10. Place dutch oven on top of two baking sheets and use lower rack

This is the bagel bread with brown sugar

 Autolyse
Used 50 grams rzhanoii muki and 450 regular

Rose but was wet, could not score it and it got very stuck to towel. The bagel bread while refrigerated did not absorbe any flour and it poured out of the bowl. I had to use a brush to remove excess

 Did not burn but not brown enough

 Decent crumb

Bagels

I need to use high gluten flour. They have bread consistency but othewise look good!

6/14/2020
1. Forgot to add oil to dough
2. Added oil and kneaded 200 times, I counted. Kneading 200 times did make it smooth
3. Need 2 jars of starter
4. Did not have enough starter, added water to dough
5. Bagels took 3 minutes to come up. When I used commercial yeast they came up immediately.
? did not rise enough
6. Next time test them by putting them in cold water. If they float, they are ready
7. Another recipe said to shape and proof 2.5 to 4 hours
8. Usable vs Unusable starter: https://www.kingarthurflour.com/learn/guides/sourdough/create
9.  I made bread out of this. I let it sit for 2.5-3  hours because that was the bagel recipe, then did stretch and fold, then let sit for almost 2, then shaped it and refrigerated overnight, then baked it cold

Breadd

1. Used 3.5 cups flour and 1.75 water. This is about 50% hydration (need to use bread flour)
2. Did not let the dough sit after I mixed it. no autolyse. The video recommends 45 minutes. My recipe says 20-30. I think this was a mistake. (it was, this is where flour absorbs water and makes kneading afterwards easier) 
3. Could not mix the dough, mixed for what seems like hours, it was still sticking to me and the board when  I put it in the bowl. The dough was already stretchy when I did this. This step can be done in the BOWL.
4. Dough is easier to wash off when it comes together

Stretch and Fold: if you do it too soon, dough will rip. You can wet your hands before each fold and the dough will not stick

BULK PROOF
I did for 6 hours. I did not think I needed to do 6 because it said 4-6 but nothing really happened for 4.5. On 5:07th hour I was happy to see huge soap like bubbles in dough on top. (my starter was not working) 

PROOF:
Takes 2 hours. Key point, learn how to tell when the dough is proofed. Watch a video.

BAKE TIME:
Recipe time is good. Increasing it gave me a tougher crust.

SCHEDULE:
Take out starter at 4 pm
Let it warm up
Feed it at 5 and then again at 11

you need to remove 1/4 cup starter before feeding again
done starter is like mouse with holes in it

To increase starter volume, do not discard any
To shape twist in circular motion and pull toward you. I think this works better then what is in the videos when you pull towards you


6/16/2020
6 TBS starter is about 100 gms
I burned the bottom. Had it on one baking sheet and lower rack. Not sure what I did before. It was smaller then the last loaf
This is bagel dough
I made dough
Let sit 2.5-3 hours
Could not make bagels
Stretched and folded 3 times
left it again for almost 2 hours
Shaped it
Left it overnight in refrigerator. Do not need to flour towel at all. Refrigerated dough did not stick at all and I had a ton of flour on the loaf even though I only used one TBS
Baked cold from refrig

6/16/2020

11:31 PM

Ate everything

Lunch ideas

1. Noodles
2. Kasha
2. Cheese with Pita
4. Creamcheese with Pita or cream cheese with tomato slices
5. Hummus with Pita
6. Peanut butter Banana sandwich
7. Peanut butter and jelly
8. Hard boiled eggs
9. Olives
10. Pickles
11. Cucumbers
12. Fish crackers
13. Tomato soup
14. Bagel with cream cheese and lox
15. Fruit roll up
16. Yogurt parfait
17. Shnitzel
18. Blinchiki
19. Egg salad
20. Couscous with tomatoes cucumbers
21. Fruit skewers, can use cookie cutters for fruit
22. Cookies
23. Banana
24. Grapes
25. Granola
26. Yogurt pretzels
27. Mandarin
28. Tomato mozarella basil on a stick
29. Popcorn
30. Quinoa salad
31. Brownies
32. Egg salad
33. Cooked potatoes
34. Trader Joe Chocolate Chip granola bars
35. Nuts
36. Trader Joe maple cookies

Christmas 2019

Skating: Lars Anderson Park

Hannuka Parties: Sunday after Hannukah starts Chabad and Rodkin

Butcherie: Caviar

Sufganiyot: Butcherie, https://dushezcatering.com/

Sales: Zara starts on 25th

Free Trees: Ace Hardware on Beacon on 22nd

Camp: JCC was OK

Candles: Not made in Israel blue box; GoodLight at Whole Foods

Israeli Book Store: Dreidels

Ornaments: Home Goods, West Elm, Flying Tiger

Ornament Sale: West Elm 75% off

Mike: Likes chocolate babka

Trader Joe: Gets a lot of candy and wool ornaments that look like balls. Can buy candy to store for future. It's gone after Christmas or New Year, hot chocolate balls that look like snowman

Whole Foods: Lake Champlain candy for gifts

Wine: LAURENT PERRIER BRUT N/V 750ML, Louis Roederer Brut Premier 

Sledding: Dean Park, Brookline, Jericho Hill Recreation, Marlborough

Teachers gifts: Name bag from Etsy, l'occitane products

Caviar: Peter Pan from Bazaar, Khabarovskaya

Как варить кашу или я ничего не помню

Jam

Fruit:sugar 2:1

Add fruit and 1/2 the amount of sugar

Put on LOW with no lid

bring to simmer/boil

simmer/boil 5-7 minutes

take off heat

cool completely

repeat the above and add the other 1/2 sugar when heating for second time

I did plum. Its bitter but good.

Fruit Dumplings:

look at BeyondSalmon video. She did a nice job.

300g flour

185 wet

5.7 g salt

1 egg

1 egg yolk

bluebrries should be dry (she did not wash the farm picked ones)

Put eggs and then add water to = 185 grams

dough hook 

med low

My dough hook is not good

dought shold not be sticky

if sticky, add more flour

let rest for 30 mins to 6 hours

.4mm

can do pasta machine thickest setting

8.5 cm cookie cutter

cover new circles with wrap to prevent drying

To seal:

Pile up blueberries instead of spreading out

Go over the edge twice

Before sealing you can pull on dough to stretch

To freeze:

Put in freezer on baking sheet for 2 hours

Then immediately seal in plastic bag

5+ minutes

can cover with lid

energetic simmer

Sour cream sauce:

1/2 sour cream

1/4 cup cooking water

2 teaspoon sugar

Jelly Filling

1 cup blueberries

1/4 sugar

2 tbs flour

2 tbs water

1/4 lemon

Mix sugar and flour with fork

Cook water and blueberries until boil

add sugar and flour mix

Cook stirring until the mixture thickens

It will change color and become purple

take off heat

add juice from 1/4 lemon

Pizza Tips

480-500 degrees

fork dough so it does not puff up like pita

par bake dough for 1 minute

cheese goes over toppings

lower rack in oven

10-12 min

basil, mixed greens go on after pizza is out of oven

French Fries

Preheat oven to 375°F. 

Wash potatoes leaving skin on (you can peel them if you prefer). 

Cut potatoes into desired size fries.

Let potatoes soak in cold water in the sink or in a bowl for at least 30 minutes. 

Remove from water and dry very well.

Toss with oil and seasonings. 

Spread evenly in a single layer on a ***parchment-lined pan.

Bake for 20 minutes. 

Turn the oven up to 425° and cook fries until golden, about 20-25 minutes more.

Oven baked potatoes

I did 450 for 1/2 hour

after half hour they were very dry

I added a little water to deglaze them 

left 10 more minutes

I think water softened the potatos and they seem to have become much better?

Matzo Brei

4 eggs

4 matzo

Matzo needs to be soaked and you can squeeze the excess water out, otherwise its hard in the babka

Brown on both sides, then close lid, low heat 15-20 mins to set

Sushi notes

1. For a half sheet of nori do a little less then 1/2 cup rice. Roll rice into ball. Spread on sheet. If doing smoked salmon can use a sheet of it and put avocado in middle of slice

2. Can cut roll in half then put the cut sides side by side and cut two at once. Put edge ones in middle when serving 6 so you do not see the edge.

3. Use 2 cups rice/1 tsp salt/4 tbs vinegar/nasha?

4. If making inside out roll sprinkle the rice with seeds before flipping over to add filling

5. Japanese mayo/shichimi powder/siracha (1/4 of the mayo)/ponzy sauce (little)

Homemade Mayonnaise

1 egg

1 teaspoon mustard

250 grams oil (i used canola from trader)

salt and sugar to taste

keep blender on bottom

I saw someplace put it over the egg yolk to cover it but not sure this is necessary

When mayonnaise starts turning white add 1 tbs lemon juice

I used a hand blender and put all ingredients together except lemon but I think you may have to drizzle in the oil

----

• MAKE MAYONNAISE

Add egg to the small bowl of a food processor and process for 20 seconds. Add the mustard, vinegar, and salt. Process for another 20 seconds.

Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl, turn the food processor on then begin to slowly add the oil in tiny drops until about a quarter of the oil has been added (this is critical for proper emulsification).

When you notice that the mixture is beginning to thicken and emulsify, you can be a little less strict. With the processor on, continue to add it slowly, but increase to a very thin stream instead of drops of oil.

When all of the oil has been added, scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl and process for an extra 10 seconds. Taste mayonnaise for seasoning then add salt, lemon juice or extra vinegar to taste.

Note, if the mayo seems too thin, slowly stream in more oil with the processor running until thick.

Eggplant:

Has to be salted and completely dried

400

at 375 mid rack it steams and sticks to pan. Does not cook through.

hot chocolate

ingredients

1 cup of white sugar

1 cup of cocoa powder

2 cups of water

10 cups of milk

whipped cream and mini marshmallows

You’ll need to do the “hard” part at home the night or morning before. You’ll mix the sugar, cocoa powder and water in a saucepan and bring to a slight boil. Let it cool and put it in a container to bring to school with you.

Then add this to milk and heat up

farmer cheese blinchiki

250 grams lifeway or any 5% + farmer cheese

1.5 tbs flour

1.5 tbs manka

1/2 egg

sugar

vanilla sugar

salt ?

Let sit overnight for moisture to absorb

dump in flour

roll into a log

shape the blinchiki and roll each one in flour

I did zapekanka with 2 eggs and the above manka/flour amounts 50 mins

To fry

start with oil

when you flip can add butter for taste to pan in addition to oil

Mashed Potatoes

cook potatoes

add milk

Mash

do not mash and add milk later

poached eggs

use le cruset

boil water

turn heat down so water barely moving

add 4 eggs by cracking them in bowl one at a time

turn heat up to medium low

by the time the pot gets to med low temp they will be done

Tie-dye

Rinse off teh dye

On HOT cycle add 1 TBS salt and a drop of washing soap

Wash shirt

Rinse off excess paint in cold water

cute apple cake:
2-3 egg yolks
100 gm sugar + 3 tbs to put on top
milk 125 ml
butter 25 gm + 25 to put over cake (1/2 stick)
salt 1/3 tsp
vanilla 1 package
flour 180 gm
levener 1.5 tsp ( I did 1)
apples 2-3

1. mix sugar and yolks until white
2. Add butter, milk, flour, vanilla, salt, levener (add levener to flour  and mix before adding to the bowl)
2. use parchment paper circle and lodge skillet
3. Stick cut apples in batter
4. Pour 25 gm butter on top
5. sprinkle with 3 tbs sugar
6. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes

Bagels:

1. Can use King Arthur recipe or Russian lady recipe with starter (maybe skip oil in dough)
2. Use high-gluten or bread flour
3. Make the dough
4. Can let sit overnight in refrigerator if using commercial yeast
5. If using starter can sit overnight unrefrigerated to rise
6. Make big holes, the shrink up
7. Make sure the water is boiling before you put bagel in
8. Use parchment paper, otherwise they stick to cookie sheet
9. Use one cookie sheet inside the other so they do not warp from 450 F heat

French Fries:

1. Cut potatoes (2) into 3/4 or 1 inch thickness
2. Soak in water at least 30 minutes
3. Dry completely
4. Add oil and salt
5. Put on a lined with foil or parchment cookie sheet in one row
6. Take them out by hand from mixing bowl. If you dump contents out, the oil is mixed with water and splatter and burn when you increase heat to 425F
7. 20 minutes on 375
8. 20 minutes on 475
9. Switch the sheet around in oven
10. Do another 5-10 on other side
11. Take out immediately otherwise they continue cooking

Frying potatoes in a non-stick pan
Add 3 tbs oil. I thin 2 is too little for 4 potatoes. If you use lid, the potatoes still crust.

Kotleti:
1 lb meat
1 egg
2 bread slices soaked in water
1/2 onion
1 tsp salt

Grind
Mix

Spread breadcrumbs on a baking dish in a thin layer
using wet hands drop shaped kotleti on the sheet with crumbs
using a teaspoon drop crumbs on top
Then bread them all around, otherwise this particula mix combination will fall apart

cannot fry on clad without breading, they will stick


Cabbage
2 kg cabbage
50 gm salt (apx 2.5 tbs)
1 tsp sugar (optional)

Cut cabbage
Add Salt
'Knead' with hands until cabbage releases juice
Put in container that just fits cabbage, cabbage should be at top
Press on cabbage with something to release more juice and compress cabbage
Use weight to weight it down, she used plate and then put jar with water on it
Put the whole thing on a place since it will most likely overflow
Wait 3 days
Daily make holes with something in the mass all the way to bottom to release gas
Can use chopsticks for this job
If after 12 hours there is no juice covering the top, add a little water. Cabbage should be completely covered.

ICE CREAM

This is good. On Strawberry if adding 2 cups reduce the amount of milk/cream. I think machine can only hold 4 cups. I did milk cream strawberry 5 cups total and 1 cup sugar and it overflowed

3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
pinch of salt
1 cup whole milk
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Directions:

In a medium bowl, whisk together the cocoa, sugars, and salt.
Add the milk and combine using a whisk or hand mixer on low speed until the cocoa, sugars, and salt are dissolved.
Continue with step 3 in directions for vanilla ice cream recipe.



CHICKEN THIGHS
I have no idea how to do this but this rub was good. I dissolved it in 2 tbs oil and rubbed chicken with it. I mean it was OK.

Ingredients
3 Pounds Chicken thighs, About 6-8
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 Teaspoons Salt
2 Teaspoons Garlic Powder (no)
2 Teaspoon Onion Powder
2 Teaspoons Italian Seasoning (no)
1 Teaspoon Black Pepper
1 Teaspoon Paprika (very old paprika)

KASHA

It used to be 1/4 to 1 1/4 milk
Can do 1/4 water and 1 cup milk
Increase milk to 1.5 or 1.75 for a thinner kasha


COOKIES
Top rack, bake better


PLOV
2 cups of rice should be cooked for 25 minutes
Water is 1 to 1.5 because there is liquid in pot already
Not sure how to do this
Saw a guy fry onions, carrots, put the chicken in and add water, cook then add rice

SOUP BASE
Cook onion in one TBS oil
add garlic, tomatoes and spices
Let cook for 10-20 minutes
Then add the rest of ingredients


Bismati Rice
I think I did 3/4 rice and double the water and 15 minutes instead of 20
Came out perfect


Roasted vegetables
Only can do broccoli and cauliflower
Steam them first and then 1/2 hour on 350
Turn after 20 minutes

Cous Cous
1:2
Bring to boil and let sit for 5 minutes on very low
turn off heat

Red lentil soup
Kripalu recipe was fine
Did 1 cup Pomi and 7 water
Could only taste Pomi

Poaching Eggs:
Bring water to boil
Turn heat to almost 0
Wait until all the bubbles subside
Put bowl in water and slide out egg slowly
Turn heat to low
Cook 3 minutes


Pastry Cream
Mix sugar, egg yolks and flour together until smooth, then add milk, then cook the entire mixture until it thickens
4 eggs was not enough for 1/4 cup flour and 1/2 cup sugar, I had to add another yolk

Pastry Cream II
Took Smitten Recipe and used 4 tbs flour, I think it was too thick
Mixed eggs with 1/4 milk, sugar then added flour
Heated milk until warm and not hot
update:
3 tbs flour is enough

Latkes
can use 1/4 flour and 1 egg for 6 medium potatoes



Gingerbread House notes:
1. All sides have to be the same and the bottoms have to be flat otherwise house has gaping holes when you glue it together.
2. Icing dries after 2 hours +
3. Use a chip clip on top of piping bag so icing does not come out
4. Can use plastic bottle for icing
5. Dough is easier to work with when it's cold
6. Make sure walls are the same thickness
7. Can add skis, christmas tree, iciclses to house


Bread

Roasting
Try 15 minutes on low rack at 400 and then flip


1. Knead dough until you stretch it and it does not rip. Then it is ready. It also looks smooth when it's done.
2. Sourdough proofs in 3 hours

Split Pea Soup
If you cook it for like 40 + 40 minutes, the peas completely cook down and there are no shells

Chickpeas

1 cup soaked overnight
salt
Bring to boil
Put on medium
Leave lid help up by spatula
The boil is minimal
1 hour
This worked

Манка

1/4 grain to 1 and 1/4 milk

Гречка

Do not rem
1:2
Grain takes longer depending on amount
SOAK IT before cooking in cold water and it will come out giant

Rice

1:2

Quinoa

1:2

LEMONADE

1 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup simple syrup
3 cups water

I would go down on simple syrup. It was just perfect but I like things a little MORE sour.

2 cup lemon juice

3.5 cups water

1/2 cup simple syrup

This was also good

SLUSH

use LEMONADE recipe
use 1/2 to 1 cup less water
ingredients should be from refrigerator
mix all igredients prior to putting in ice cream machine
20 mins
This needs zest too



POPSICLES

*unmold using RUNNING warm water
4 cups fruit
2/3 sugar

Put sugar in fruit
Can add 1/2 cup water when cooking or wait until the fruit juices enough so it's almost covered in juice (second one yield more flavorful popsicles)
Bring to boil
Cook for 5
Cool
Can strain out seeds or pulp

TOMATO SOUP

blanched fall tomatoes cut up in pieces
1 tbs oil
garlic
onion
sautee on med-low heat garlic and onion
add tomatoes and 1 tsp water or can skip water
add a bunch of salt
cook for 40 minutes
puree
serve with cheese and croutons

Popcorn
1/2 curnels
3 tbs oil

open new TJ bag
heat up oil and curnels on medium high heat, a bit above medium
once they start popping, turn heat to medium,  whirl the machine
after they stop
shut off heat and keep whirling if you can
all popped



CHICKEN

*use oil, lift skin, get spices under skin
Cut off excees skin and remove feathers or burn them. Clean of the excess fat and the stringy things.

You can wash chicken with lemon, lime or soak in salt water. Rub lemon over chicken and squeeze juice

Use cold water
I did 4 thighs
Use white ceramic pan with sides
Added 2 tbs water
400 for an hour covered
400 for 1/2 hour uncovered
If you use balsamic based marinade onions on the bottom come out very good

SWEET POTATO FRIES
use rimmed baking sheet, metal
425
40 minutes
Could not turn. They were stuck to bottom. They baked but were not crispy.

CARAMEL SAUCE
butter + sugar should be the same temperature ie. do not melt butter and then add sugar. you will get separation

melt butter and sugar and  stir the whole time, bring to boiling, boil for 3 minutes, add fruit

HAIR
Wash hair
Let dry for 1/2 hour
shake head
Dry roots with cold air
Looks better then doing nothing

NAOMI HAIR

Jan 2021

Put Alafia on top of the head and smooth it out. It will go through the hair since its thin and you do no have to spread it though.

Use a comb to brush hair
Rinse out conditioner


REBECCA HAIR

Does very well with Alaffia shampoo. Becomes thick. No conditioner needed at this time.

Meatballs
sautee onion, add carrots and garlic, sautee by mixing that all the time otherwise will burn then add Tumi
Do not add water, meantballs will release its own water
Put something in between layers of meatballs so they do not stick to each other, I used shredded carrots
20-30 minutes done

Haggineh Pizza

1 1/2 Cups of warm water

3 Tbs olive oil

1 Tbs sugar

1/2 Tbs salt , I use kosher or sea salt

1 Tsp instant yeast,if using active dry yeast activate before adding

3 1/2- 4 Cups of flour

1/3 Cup semolina

Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix until smooth dough forms

Use hand or mixer

Transfer the dough onto lightly floured working surface and knead about 2-3 minutes

Add as much extra flour as you need to work with the dough without it sticking too much

Place the dough into lightly greased large bowl and cover with plastic wrap

Let it rest in a warm place until doubled in size (1-2 hours) minutes,depending on temperature

Divide the dough into 2 equal portions and place in the fridge 45-50 minutes

Bake the pizza on a non stick baking pan or greased and sprinkled with cornmeal/semolina

Oven temperature 480°F/220° C degree oven 10-15 minutes

Enjoy !

work by pushing out the dough with fingers on a round pizza dough bakign sheet, keep the edge puffy, push into the edge toward the edge. When pizza dough reaches almost the size of circle can lift and stretch

used baking stone with a metal mesh so underside cooks, last 3 minutes removed the mesh

said doug has to rest 24 hours in refrigerator for digestion

Picked mushrooms

Не-секреты "правильной" жарехи: некоторые грибы (как эти) при обработке, жарке почернеют/посинеют. Их нужно обварить в течение 10-15 минут в лимонно-соленой воде. Вся чернь уйдет. После варки обжарить лучше всего на чугунной сковородке и топленом масле (ghee). Многие добавляют сметану, что тоже очень вкусно 😋 Картоху жарить отдельно. 

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Сметанник-Медовик

Smitten Kitchen's Honey Cake