Subj : Re: Pancakess
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Tue Oct 29 2024 04:41:00
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
DD> If I asked she probably would. But, I'm not going to ask. I've got a
DD> nice stainless steel stock pot with a thick bottom which will make a
DD> nice size batch of chilli. And has, on occasion, done seafood gumbo
DD> and other soupy things. But, at 82 I'n not the dynamo tha Les was and
DD> I'm winding down a lot of things.
RH> I understand. I'm younger than you and at one time I would have jumped
RH> at the chance to get a big pot like that. I've slowed down a lot,
RH> especially the last 10 years, not doing as much putting up or huge
RH> batch cooking any more. It's still fun to do jams or preserves every
RH> few years; Steve is the main consumer of them so a batch will last a
RH> good while. Hate to see the figs on the tree go to waste so we will
RH> pick them and use them in various things but not going out to buy
RH> bushels of produce.
DD> We had real maple sirup (that's the way the maker spelled it) from
DD> Funk's Grove - just up the road from here.
RH> My parents knew several farmers who had sugar bushes. Then also, when
RH> he was in high school, for a few years my younger brother tapped some
RH> of the maple trees around our/our neighbor's (with his OK) property.
RH> First year or 2 mom boiled it down on the kitchen stove, then my
RH> brother got enough sap that dad took it outside to the gas grill. That
RH> came to a fast end when something (probably adding sap),spilled and
RH> caught fire. Dad put it out fast but the local fire department was also
RH> called in as a back up. Next year my brother was off to college and my
RH> parents went back to buying syrup.
DD> Is maple sap flammable? I don't know - but it seems a stretch.
RH> It was; I didn't see the incident but heard about it.
According to BASCOM's Safety Data Sheet "Maple syrup is not flammable.
Dispose of waste according to applicable local and national regulations.
Avoid handling techniques which are capable of producing and/or
dispersing fugitive dust. Remove ignition sources." Through the magic
of 'cut & paste'. Bv)=
DD> I still didn't care for it from the start, preferring another locally
DD> made sweetener - sorghum m olasses.
RH> Don't see too much of that around here.
DD> Sorghum is a close cousin of corn. We still have some family farmers
DD> who grow both syrup sorghum and popping sorghum - which is popped just
DD> like popcorn but tastes very different.
DD> I've made this recipe a couple of times. Good way to use up the excess
DD> oil from a pot of red chilli. I make it in larger quantity though
DD> using 3/4 cup tto 1 cup of sorghum kernels. But, I like to share.
RH> Hmmmmmmmmmm, wonder if popping sorgum would affect Steve like regular
RH> corn. I know he can consume sorgum in small quantities as he's used it
RH> for a sweetener in his coffee from time to time.
Bob's Red Mill sells it. And Amazon has it. Kernels or popped. If it were
me I ask at the local farmer's market to get a small sample and give 'er a
shot. If it causes no headaches foe Steve then you've got a snack both can
enjot.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Poor Man's Sorghum Syrup Pie
Categories: Pies, Pastry, Dairy
Yield: 6 Servings
Pastry for a one crust pie
1 c Sorghum syrup
1/2 c White sugar
Butter
pn Salt
2 tb Flour
2 lg Eggs
1 ts Vanilla extract
1/4 c Sweet milk
Unroll pastry an place in a buttered pie pan/dish.
Mix all ingredients together, pour into crust and bake
at 325oF/163oC.
You may wish to add pecan or walnut halves to make a
"rich man's" version
Recipe from:
http://www.cooks.com
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... Stop this "Put fish we want to get rid of on a plank of wood" thing.
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