Loose, what's in the oven?

The Pantry wrote:

DWags wrote:

There's an art to placement and timing. Over cooked mushrooms and onions ruin a pizza.

Placement and timing? Placement, for the sake of even coverage, I understand.

Not getting the timing thing you speak of. Do you mean throwing different items on during the cooking process?

Yes. Then a final handful of mozzarella to finish it over the top. Goodness. No dried up curled up mushroom or burnt ended onions.

DWags wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Placement and timing?  Placement, for the sake of even coverage, I understand.

Not getting the timing thing you speak of.  Do you mean throwing different items on during the cooking process?

Yes.   Then a final handful of mozzarella to finish it over the top. Goodness. No dried up curled up mushroom or burnt ended onions.

You can throw fresh spinach, basil, tomatoes on after pulling pizza from the over. Never interrupt the cooking process to add items.

If you've burned mushrooms and onions (or anything else) you may have cut them too thin.

LooseGoose wrote:I need to bake pies tomorrow if that SOB Triple Sparty gets his order in so I know what fruit to thaw.

If I don't hear soon I'll just go with the old deer camp specials of Mincemeat or Raisin.

Triple?? Speak up soon or forever hold your peace, running to the store for other ingredients around 1pm.

Michigan Blueberry please.

TheReal_LWS wrote:Michigan Blueberry please.

I think you're too far for delivery? What town is your camp closest to again?

LooseGoose wrote:

TheReal_LWS wrote:Michigan Blueberry please.

I think you're too far for delivery? What town is your camp closest to again?

Lapeer.

TheReal_LWS wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

I think you're too far for delivery? What town is your camp closest to again?

Lapeer.

Jeezus, I don't know if I provide pies for camps in the thumb. Which way from Lapeer?
I'm assuming north, if so how far south of M-46 or M-90?

Hell no you don't. That's not even a deer camp. Probably has running water and electric hookup.

LooseGoose wrote:

TheReal_LWS wrote:

Lapeer.

Jeezus, I don't know if I provide pies for camps in the thumb. Which way from Lapeer?
I'm assuming north, if so how far south of M-46 or M-90?

IT is in Lapeer. 160 acres just to the northwest of Lake Nepessing.

And yes we have running water and electric. Our lodge is nicer than most people's homes!

Bang. Hunting lodge, not deer camp. Buy your own pie Richie Rich.

Triple Sparty wrote:Bang. Hunting lodge, not deer camp. Buy your own pie Richie Rich.

I would have paid Loose for it! LOL

Don't be so jelly............

TheReal_LWS wrote:

Triple Sparty wrote:Bang. Hunting lodge, not deer camp. Buy your own pie Richie Rich.

I would have paid Loose for it! LOL

Don't be so jelly............

P.S. We have a 65" flat screen in the lodge too............

Overkill much?

Death Roe wrote:Overkill much?

Go big or go home.

TheReal_LWS wrote:

TheReal_LWS wrote:

I would have paid Loose for it! LOL

Don't be so jelly............

P.S. We have a 65" flat screen in the lodge too............

This is what happens when suburbanites go into the wilderness. SDLWS would probably have a seizure without a TV to watch.

TheReal_LWS wrote:

Triple Sparty wrote:Bang. Hunting lodge, not deer camp. Buy your own pie Richie Rich.

I would have paid Loose for it! LOL

Don't be so jelly............

lol, it wasn't the $$ - it was whether anyone going home this weekend was going near you. And nope, go no travelers through the suburbs of Lapeer unless one of my kids goes to visit their grandpa. He's got to be within a few miles of you just about 3 miles SW of Lapeer.

I had a 1st yesterday, a friend of a neighbor emailed me to ask if I would make him some stuff for deer hunting.   Seems he'd had my pies at his pals and decided to write.   So at his request made him 2 pecan pies and a banana nut cake.   The cake is in the oven but the pies are done.   I was quite pleased with how they look since I'd never made one before.

Pies look great. Pecan is a favorite

Pizza attempt #2.

Just cooked pizza #2 - am exceptionally happy with the crust this time. Tried a different recipe and this one is more like the thin crispy crust you get out in the Eastern US. Made more of a supreme type pizza - 3 cheeses, pepperoni, mushrooms, ham, yellow peppers & onions. Mighty, mighty good.

At this point you need a diner or something.

Kids are coming over tonight so I baked some peanut butter cookies....they look good but will all be gone from here tonight.

I need to learn goose.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I need to learn goose.

1st thing is this - makes everything a breeze so it's fun and not a chore. Here's a nice used one for $100 until you decide if the cooking thing will "take" :

Kitchen Aid heavy duty 6 quart mixer w/3 attachments - $100 (Aurora)

$100 on that is theft, it's a lifetime appliance. That's not a tilt head it's the bigger model.

Just this afternoon I made dough for 4 pizzas and 4 dozen cookies with mine in less than an hour.

Motown's Strawberry-rhubarb prior to being capped and then after it was cooked.   My crusts aren't pretty but they work.



And my photo skills suck too.

And the apple pie to be used on my son for Delivery pay.

Is Motown bringing you some U.P. pasties as payment?

The Pantry wrote:Is Motown bringing you some U.P. pasties as payment?

No idea, I'm good either way.   I enjoy making them.

5 pies total today.   The Strawberry Rhubarb and Apple.   A custard for my sister, a custard for my mom and I to have a slice tonight them for her to take home.   And a Blueberry for her to take to my other sister and BiL.  I need to head to the Amish store early next week to re-stock my lard supply.

The 2 custard pies

And pie #5 for the day and the last one - blueberry.

Last oven production of the day. Lasagna for 1/2 time dinner.

And after we were speaking of Pumpkin last night.....#1 son is coming over tonight to replace a starter in the truck. He's been hinting around about a pumpkin pie so I made a couple just now and popped them in the oven.

Before cooking - 2 9" pies and 1 smaller for #1 Grandson (who's spoiled rotten).

Getting a goodie bag ready and trying to bribe my daughter so - made some cookies today.

Old fashioned molasses:


And her favorite - Chocolate Chocolate Chip:

Prepared the rest of tomorrow's goody bag today.

A Blueberry and a Cherry - slightly overfilled them.

Before

After

Before

After

After the game today I had some kids and grandkids coming over so my grandson and I made some Oatmeal Raisin Apple cookies. The house smelled like I'd made granola bars.

How can you bake at a time like this?

Turtleneck wrote:How can you bake at a time like this?

I had to get away from football today after that game. So it was an easy decision.

Another week, another time to abandoning the game to distract myself with cooking.

Got more apples this week, the kids are coming over and I wanted to do something other than pie.

1st up is that old school lunch favorite - Apple Crisp.


2nd was something I've not tried before, we'll see how it tastes - Apple pudding.


In the oven now, tasting and judgment around 7pm.

Get any rutabagas yet?

The Pantry wrote:Get any rutabagas yet?

A friend spotted some at Brian's in West Branch, didn't buy them. I tried to explain how angry you'd be over that. They didn't understand. My daughter is supposed to be in WB tomorrow so the end of the quest may be near.

LooseGoose wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Get any rutabagas yet?

A friend spotted some at Brian's in West Branch, didn't buy them. I tried to explain how angry you'd be over that. They didn't understand. My daughter is supposed to be in WB tomorrow so the end of the quest may be near.

Haven't tried the dicer with my food processor yet. Interested to know how they do through your stand mixer attachment.