FR Weekly Cooking Thread *Recipes* Nov 12, 2011

FreeRepublic Cooks | Nov 12, 2011 | libertarian27

[libertarian27]

Welcome to the 49th installment of the FR Weekly Cooking (Recipes) Thread.

Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or nine- for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' Recipe Stack of Family Favorites!

Here's the place to share and explore your latest and greatest favorite recipe.

[RandallFlagg]

Going to have to try this one, too.

If you're going to try the bun recipe I posted, reduce the amount of bread flour by 1/2 cup.
I did this yesterday, and the buns turned out perfect, soft and fluffy.

They were also gone within 24 hours.

[rightly_dividing]

Let me ask about some gravey that you made a few years ago with turkey wings, lottsa vegies and roasted it till it fell apart, strained it and made a gravy for you holiday meals, a bird maybe. Could you link me to that thread or describe it here. Walmart had huge turkeys for 58cnt per lb and I bought one, a 21 pounder. I haven’t cooked a whole turkey in a while.

[elli1]

I made your mom’s Apple Cake recipe last night and it turned out very good! I cut the am’t of oil back to 1/2 cup and reduced the sugar, using 1 3/4 cup plus the 1/2 cup that was mixed with the apples & cinnamon. (Used home-canned applesauce that was slightly sweetened.) Definitely a keeper recipe. Thank you for posting it.

[RandallFlagg]

Thanks. The yeast is still good until next year. I always keep it in the freezer, and let it get to room temperature before adding it into the mix.

[RandallFlagg]

Thanks for the link.

[RandallFlagg]

I figured it out. I reduced the amount of flour by 1/2 cup, and used milk at 100 degree temps. They turned out perfectly.

[RandallFlagg]

Thanks for the recipe, which reminded me to get some all purpose flour on my way home from work tomorrow morning.

[RandallFlagg]

What kind of flour are you using?

Bread flour.

[RandallFlagg]

Don’t use instant yeast!

Got it. Thanks.

[RandallFlagg]

Slightly warm = baby bottle warm

I figured it out. I make the milk to 100 degrees, mix in the egg with the thermometer needle and pour it into the bread machine. Then, I add the dry stuff on top and the yeast in a dry hole at the center. After reducing the flour by 1/2 cup, they turned out perfectly.

Thanks.

[Netizen]

I thought I read or heard that a Campbell cheese soup had been discontinued. I did a search and see that a local store does carry the Campbell cheese soup. It was called for in the crockpot scalloped potatoes in one of the recipes from that first link you gave.

[RandallFlagg]

Question:
What’s the difference between regular all purpose flour and King Arthur’s? I found it at the store and got some.

[Red_Devil 232]

I forget where I got the actual recipe for the turkey gravy. But I remember I had bought two huge turkey wings and used them along with carrots, onions, garlic and maybe some green peppers. These were baked in a slow oven (200F) for a couple of hours until everything looked ready. As in the picture I took below.

I then removed all of the ingredients and deglazed the pan every thing then went into a huge pot of water and I let it simmer until I figured all the goodness was extracted from the ingredients. I then strained it and used just the liquid to make the gravy. Came out real good. This can be done a couple of days before you will need to use the liquid for the gravy.

[Netizen]

That looks very tasty! :)

[magslinger]

Three bulbs of garlic, or did I miss one?

[Red_Devil 232]

Ok this is where I got the recipe except I did everything in the oven not just the turkey wings. I did reduce the temp of the oven so I would not burn the veggies to a crisp.

Video - Tempting Turkey Gravy

[Red_Devil 232]

I think it was only two bulbs cut in half one half fell apart in the lower right hand corner. I remember I also had celery in there.

[rightly_dividing]

Thanks for your effort. I remember how good the picture looked and how good it sounded. We have not had turkey in a few years, but I bought a couple of them at Walmart the other day for this year’s holidays.

[Red_Devil 232]

I prefer ham during the holidays - so much easier to deal with. But every once in awhile we get a craving for turkey and the fixings.

[Red_Devil 232]

I have used King Arthur’s flour and don’t know the difference except for price. I usually just buy 25 lb bags of all perp. and Bread flour at Sam’s. Works fine for me. I keep them in 5 gal. food grade buckets. Same with the rice I buy.