Today's tasty tip is all about garlic. We are a garlic loving family. I put it in a lot of dishes even those where the original recipe did not call for it. The smell, the taste, and the flavor garlic brings to a dish is unbelievable. Below are some great tips if you are a garlic lover like me.
Garlic Tips:
1. Garlic is available year-round, but it's peak months are June and July
2. Your garlic has seen better days when the cloves start to shrivel and soften, and dark spots appear.
3. To get the best garlic look for bulbs with fat cloves.
4. Ideal storage is in an open container in a cool place, not the fridge, this encourages sprouting.
Speaking of Sprouting...
Did you know you can still eat cloves that have sprouting on them? To do so make sure
the clove itself is firm and crisp, and you will want to be sure and remove all the sprouting and discard.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Baking Failure
I have this dream of making beautiful, tasty homemade rolls like my grandmother did. Looks like that dream is going to take me a bit longer than I hoped.
This past weekend I decided to try my hand at making rolls (this is my second try). I thought things were going so well, I was following the recipe adding the perfect amounts. My yeast even activated, the first time I tried rolls the yeast didn't activate apparently I killed it with too hot of water. I was feeling so good about things until I got a bit stuck. After you've incorporated all the ingredients it said to add flour by the cup until it forms a soft dough and is sticky to the touch, so that's what I did or so I thought. I added 8 cups of flour and thought that was good, put it in a bowl to rise and came back an hour later. The dough had risen, but was so sticky and gooey that it wouldn't do anything. Needless to say I had to throw it all out and will try again a later time.
I didn't have the heart to take a picture to show you. It was quite the mess. I've got a good feeling that the third time will be the charm. Wish me luck!!
Let me know what successes you have had with making homemade rolls.
This past weekend I decided to try my hand at making rolls (this is my second try). I thought things were going so well, I was following the recipe adding the perfect amounts. My yeast even activated, the first time I tried rolls the yeast didn't activate apparently I killed it with too hot of water. I was feeling so good about things until I got a bit stuck. After you've incorporated all the ingredients it said to add flour by the cup until it forms a soft dough and is sticky to the touch, so that's what I did or so I thought. I added 8 cups of flour and thought that was good, put it in a bowl to rise and came back an hour later. The dough had risen, but was so sticky and gooey that it wouldn't do anything. Needless to say I had to throw it all out and will try again a later time.
I didn't have the heart to take a picture to show you. It was quite the mess. I've got a good feeling that the third time will be the charm. Wish me luck!!
Let me know what successes you have had with making homemade rolls.
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