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Homemade English Muffins
I asked two friends, Emilia and Marlene, for help in developing an English Muffin Recipe for the first in a few more #fromscratch challenges. This single challenge was more daunting than expected. There's not much out there in the way of English muffin recipes, and the ones we found were lacking and even our original attempts weren't appealing. I first had a look at Jane Grigson and Elizabeth David, returning to the source of English muffins, just called muffins, of course, along with their sibling, the crumpet, which should have holes in the surface. Both recipes used what amounted to a standard 5:3 bread ratio that was cooked on a griddle. Marlene worked with a buttermilk version for flavor. We had ...
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, From Scratch, Recipes Tagged Breakfast, eggs benedict, english muffin recipe, english muffins, griddle, griddle cakes, nooks & crannies, recipe Comments closed
Question Domestic-ness
Posted in Article, Food Politics, Rant Tagged choice, domestic, feminism, Grist, Step Larsen Comments closed
Acorn Applications
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Kitchen Tools I Love—Inexpensive Gift Ideas
My number one pick for a great inexpensive gift to give a cook is a Japenese mandolin, aka a Benriner (the brandname). This is a tool virtually all cooks own, used for all manner of slicing, julienning and brunoising. Gnarly sweet potatoes become gorgeous chips. Under 20 bucks—can't beat it.
My most used small appliance is the hand blender, or immersion blender, a fabulous tool for pureeing soups and sauces, making vinaigrettes and mayos. Wouldn't want to be without one. (The above link is to an inexpensive CuisinArt blender, here's the KitchenAid version nearly 3 times as expensive but some feel it's worth it.)
If you're really in to cooking, these round cutters come in handy for all kinds of baking, cooking, plating needs.
I recently bought this ...
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