Where Has All The Flour Gone?
Jun. 13th, 2003 11:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantryslutI made pizza dough last night. Topped it off with sauteed greens (spinach and beet greens) and onions, and garlic. And pine nuts. And a little sprinkling of parmesan post-baking. It was good. I think I will be doing this more often -- I've got two more lumps of dough suitable for an 8-inch pizzalet in the freezer.
(So much for the Pantry Reduction Project. I've now got two galette dough rounds in there, too.)
I picked the hour-and-a-half recipe, not the three-hour recipe.
This is my first attempt in a long time to make anything with yeast. Not that I've had any notable disasters -- in fact, I used to make a pretty good whole wheat bread (nice workout for the forearms, too!). It was too cool watching the yeast turn all foamy right before my eyes.
I like my pizza bready and chewy, not crisp and thin. I managed to make it turn out that way. Hm. Maybe I shall try focaccia next. And pita bread. I've always wanted to try making homemade pita bread.
But in order to do any of this, I will have to buy more flour. I have maybe 1/4 cup left in the bin. That was quick! I swear I had five pounds in there just a few weeks ago.
I mentioned the Pantry Reduction Project above. In the hopes of moving soon (long story, not suitable for public consumption), I am trying to get rid of pantry items by eating them all up. The sardines went into the delicious potato stew the other day. I am making progress on the infinite varieties of pasta.
Dry and canned goods are actually not a super-high priority, though, because I can always take them to a food bank and donate them. The big priority is the fridge and freezer.
The timing is proving delicate -- I am almost out of chicken stock, but I have plenty of nuts. And I can't bear to just throw the shrimp shells out, so I must find an excuse to make fish stock soon. I have what seems like a year's supply of breadcrumbs. And lots of frozen strawberries. And a big container of squeezed-fresh lemon juice. (I wonder if I can convince my sister to try strawberry lemonade? She's dying to make lemonade from the tree in the back when she comes to visit next week.) And perhaps an excess of naan and pita bread.
And eight pounds of duck fat -- but that's another story.
Creative ideas, anyone?
(So much for the Pantry Reduction Project. I've now got two galette dough rounds in there, too.)
I picked the hour-and-a-half recipe, not the three-hour recipe.
This is my first attempt in a long time to make anything with yeast. Not that I've had any notable disasters -- in fact, I used to make a pretty good whole wheat bread (nice workout for the forearms, too!). It was too cool watching the yeast turn all foamy right before my eyes.
I like my pizza bready and chewy, not crisp and thin. I managed to make it turn out that way. Hm. Maybe I shall try focaccia next. And pita bread. I've always wanted to try making homemade pita bread.
But in order to do any of this, I will have to buy more flour. I have maybe 1/4 cup left in the bin. That was quick! I swear I had five pounds in there just a few weeks ago.
I mentioned the Pantry Reduction Project above. In the hopes of moving soon (long story, not suitable for public consumption), I am trying to get rid of pantry items by eating them all up. The sardines went into the delicious potato stew the other day. I am making progress on the infinite varieties of pasta.
Dry and canned goods are actually not a super-high priority, though, because I can always take them to a food bank and donate them. The big priority is the fridge and freezer.
The timing is proving delicate -- I am almost out of chicken stock, but I have plenty of nuts. And I can't bear to just throw the shrimp shells out, so I must find an excuse to make fish stock soon. I have what seems like a year's supply of breadcrumbs. And lots of frozen strawberries. And a big container of squeezed-fresh lemon juice. (I wonder if I can convince my sister to try strawberry lemonade? She's dying to make lemonade from the tree in the back when she comes to visit next week.) And perhaps an excess of naan and pita bread.
And eight pounds of duck fat -- but that's another story.
Creative ideas, anyone?
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Date: 2003-06-13 02:30 pm (UTC)I swear you put this randomness in just to get a reaction out of me.
And I don't mean just the duck fat either.
You're so silly! I love it!
Thank you.
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Date: 2003-06-13 03:31 pm (UTC)Um, yeah. Seriously.
It's hard to find duck fat in containers smaller than 8 pounds.
Potatoes taste yummy cooked in duck fat. But that's not why I originally bought it. I bought it to try and make confit. (Which I did. It turned out OK, but I think I need to try again. When I'm not so darn poor! There's no way I'm buying duck legs at the moment.)
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Date: 2003-06-13 08:25 pm (UTC)