I Just Thought This Was Kinda Cute
Baking By -K8memphis Updated 27 Feb 2018 , 8:45pm by bubs1stbirthday
my husband and I were making peanut butter cookies -- he was the sous chef and when it came time for one cup of peanut butter -- we have a very large jar of it and he dug the cup measure into the peanut butter like a scoop -- made the hugest mess ever -- but I just thought it was funny and inventive and well, messy -- the cookies came out stompin' good -- so all's well that ends well --
but what kinda different kinda cool kinda weird thing did you notice someone else doing whenever you were baking? got one to share?
I was gonna go in business with this chick once -- and while at her house she was flouring a cake pan with a spoonful of flour -- and she put the spoon back into the drawer unwashed -- almost swallowed my teeth -- surprisingly, the business thing never happened ha!
I guess it is relatively common, but my neighbors peel raw tomatoes! Who the heck peels tomatoes???? They also remove the casings from bratwurst! To me, that's weird!
Your husband sounds like a cutie pie!
Haha - peels contain a lot of the vitamins in fruit and veg. What a pain it must be to peel a raw tomato.
When I ask my daughter if she wants to help me bake she often asks me to call her when it's mixing time. This actually translates to 'I want to be right there when you are finished with the beaters/whisk/bowl' incase you even think of licking them I will be right there to stop you so I can keep them for myself' haha
you submerge the tomato in boiling water for like two minutes then dunk them down in ice water -- the peel comes right off -- I do this when I use tomato slices in lieu of tomato sauce for pizza -- called blanching of course --
full disclosure -- I cut the casings off my sausages too -- hahahaha -- I could be your crazy neighbor, Sandra -- I could be your crazy neighbor even if I ate all the tomato peels and sausage skins --
Haha - who has time to blanch tomatoes before using them?
Not sure if you guys have them but we actually have skinless snags over here, so if you really hated the sausage skins you could buy those instead.
Skinned sausages mixed with some grated veg and cheese make a great sausage roll mix by the way if you buy the flavoured snags.
bubs -- in all humility -- I am renowned for my home made pizza so...sliced tomato makes thee perfect 'sauce' but the tomato skins make it slippy sloppy to eat -- blanching sounds involved and time consuming but it actually is quick and easy -- helps with the whole "renowned pizza" effect -- kwim 
you just get a pot of boiling water and a big bowl of ice water -- dunk 'em in each one -- done -- the peel comes off easy peasy -- then you get all the water & seeds out too -- or else it's too watery --
my very italian friend said it was more authentic to use fresh tomatoes -- who knew
lynne, I peel my broccoli -- the outer skin is So tough otherwise
Well if we ever get to America I will pop by to try your pizza :-)
I have been blanching all my corn for freezing this month and I must be lazy lol, I hate doing it, I find it such a drawn out process - having home grown corn all year totally makes it worth it though!
I've blanched and peeled tomatoes for canning, but never for a sandwich! Your pizza sounds amazing, -K8memphis! By the way, I would love for you to be my crazy neighbor!
bubs1stbirthday, once I was baking and had just finished making meringue. I turned around and saw my step daughter, who was about 15 at the time, licking the meringue off the beaters. With a bit of surprise, I asked her if she knew what she was eating and she said no. When I told her it was raw egg whites, she look shocked and appalled...for about 3 seconds, then resumed licking and said, "well, it tastes good anyway"!
kakeladi, I didn't even know you could peel asparagus! We always cut off the tough lower stems, but that's all. We do peel the broccoli stems, though, because that stuff will choke you to death if you don't! The stems (PEELED) are my favorite part of broccoli.
Watched my husbands grandmother peel mushroom. I had never heard of that before.
my husband also is a wonderful man, and attempts to do things like make cookies or bannock, but he overworks the dough 75% of the time because he forgets something and has to remix it, the other 25% of the time he overcooks it. I love him to death, but I can't be in the kitchen with him while he does these things, it's too painful to watch because it's just second nature for me.
I peel mushies. I don't peel broccoli stems or asparagus though and we eat them both a fair bit :-)
I didn't know a mushroom had a skin!!!! bubs1st birthday, your broccoli must be different than ours because the skin on our broccoli stems (not the top part) is so thick and woody that it will literally choke you if you try to chew it. Hateful stuff!
We don't peel anything that has been mentioned here... Heck... I don't even peel my carrots to eat them... just wash and go...
But it does drive my family nuts that I purposely buy hot dogs that have casings... (They are hard to find, but my grocery has them)
I am also the odd one who doctors my bowl macaroni and cheese with extra parm, some balsamic reduction, a bit of red pepper (or whatever else I am in the mood for)...
Oh AAtKT, there is soooooo much one can do w/mac & cheese. Just last week I added a good dollop (maybe 2T of mustart; diced ham and asparagus. I often add chopped onion (to almost EVERYTHING), green bell peppers and celery also - even shredded carrot:)
Hahah Sandra, that sounds terrible - ours is fairly soft unless you eat the very bottom inch or so but once you cut that part off the rest is good to go.
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