Recent content by retired pastrychef

what we do really...

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They aren't stupid, people will start venturing out slowly. some police forces and sheriffs are refusing to enforce lockdown laws. We got 5 inches of snow yesterday, no-one wants to go out anyway, its currently -4 C outside.

They're trying to force Americans to stay home but even the dept of Justice said its illegal to place people under house arrest unless directed by a judge, so its just not flying. Mass protests everywhere. They're such a bunch of anarchists in the best of times. I rarely went out during winter...

It makes them easier to handle, you can toss them around like frisbees. They still puff up even after freezing. I baked some that had been frozen, did a proper slow proof so the butter didn't melt like the ones in the video and they came out very nice. But it took over 2 hrs to proof safely.

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Covering dough prevents evaporation, if a moist dough evaporates it will cause cooling, thats why we sweat to cool down. In massive mixers they dust the surface of the dough with flour to prevent evaporation. I'll have to do a third video for danish, wait I think I might have that missing...

Omit the eggs, you're left with sugar, lemon juice and jelly.

Are you using American measuring cups with euro recipes, there could be a big difference between the two. I wouldn't want to hand mix a batter. Small hand held elec beaters are cheap enough.

Yeh the danish came out great considering it was dry yeast. Half the batch is raw frozen, I like to proof and bake when I want some. I was watching a yutuber, she made nice enough danish but it took 3 days. It seems someone reads something in a magazine and it grows legs, everyone repeats it...

Its a very small town, depressed since the mill closed 20 years ago. I only know my 2 neighbors and the cashier at the general store. The farmer tells me all I know about Island Falls, he's a lifelong resident. Everyone knows him too. I might try lessons from the house, bring your own...

Baking never gets boring, I always tried to tweak and perfect things I did daily year after year. I'm still casting about for direction. I'm very leery of opening up shop again, there are several vacant locations here in town. There isn't even a pub, that tells me something about the lack of...

Yeh the Amish are very unmaterialistic, they don't like being photographed because they feel it increases vanity, I think they saw facebook coming. The more time people spend on social media the more depression they experience. We lived 500 miles south previously, in Boston, moved up here...

I was thinking of products that ship well, can be boxed and mailed, cookies , scones, bars, brownies etc. I don't want to start another full time venture, just enough to stay out of boredom. The amish are very self sufficient, they will only buy what they know they can sell, they wouldn't buy...

Here in Maine you can do almost anything you want, build your own house without inspectors, no problem. There is no building dept, no plumbing or electrical inspectors. I can walk into a store and buy a gun, no permit needed. Can you imagine that in England, it would be like the OK corral...