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dtk
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Cooking
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Dec 23 22:26 UTC 2013 |
Cooking Item
This is the cooking item, a noncontentious place to discuss food and drink.
Gourmands are welcome. As Julia Childs would say, "Bon Apetit!".
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dtk
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response 1 of 24:
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Dec 23 22:27 UTC 2013 |
I finally perfected the recipe for Gjetost fondue. Note, if you are on a
cholesterol or fat reduction diet, move right along.
100 g heavy cream
70 g dark rum
20 g sodium citrate
50 g light brown sugar
240 g Gjetst
15 g butter, salted
Nutmeg
Heat 100 g of heavy cream and 70 g of dark rum
Whisk in 20 g of Sodium Citrate and 50 g of light brown sugar
Slowly whisk in 240 g of Gjetst, roughly a fifth at a time, blending after
each addition until fully dissoved
Add 15 g of salted butter, and whisk to blend
Grate 1/4 of a nut of nutmeg and whisk to blend thoroughly, optionally a bit
of cinamon
Serve with tart apples, pears, crusty bread
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kentn
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response 2 of 24:
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Dec 24 01:59 UTC 2013 |
Note that there is a cooking conference, as well, for those interested
(j cooking). We can link this item there at some point, if that is okay.
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walkman
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response 3 of 24:
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Dec 24 18:09 UTC 2013 |
I just had (2) soy dogs for lunch with fake American cheese, chopped
green onions and some delicious Clausen's relish. The toaster oven was
used for extra crispiness.
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dtk
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response 4 of 24:
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Dec 25 03:57 UTC 2013 |
Resp:2 Yes, there is. However it is essentially abandon, and there are only
about a dozen of active participants in Agora. Why thin the already dwindling
paticipation by sending the discussion elsewhere, where it will rapidly die
of loneliness, rocking in the corner, mumbling to itself? Except (perhaps)
Coop, the other conferences are probably verging on irrelevant. Many have not
had more than one post per year since the start of this decade.
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denise
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response 5 of 24:
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Dec 25 05:12 UTC 2013 |
I can link this item as well as the one from the past quarter [as a fw],
if you're interested, dtk. That way, we will always have them where we
can access them in the future if/when we want to expand on something
that was already posted.
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dtk
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response 6 of 24:
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Dec 25 05:22 UTC 2013 |
Resp:5 That makes sense. Please do so.
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kentn
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response 7 of 24:
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Dec 25 17:02 UTC 2013 |
If you like cooking and go to the cooking conference, you might find
more discussions of interest and maybe even feel like reviving some
discussions. Or, maybe we should just throw in the towel because agora
is almost dead, too?
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dtk
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response 8 of 24:
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Dec 25 20:22 UTC 2013 |
Resp:7 I am not suggesting killing the BBS or the Agora; rather, by
centralizing activity, we can help build upon a strong core. I would like to
see discussion continue on a lot of topics that have waned (there used to be
interesting discussions in Jellyware and Cooking). I like the idea of linking
to those non-seasonal conferences, because they provide continuity, while
keeping the visibility in the place where people spend most of their time.
By analogy, you may have your factory and your repair shop and your big store
in the suburbs, but please keep a storefront in hte CBD, to remind people your
company is still relevant. Agora is the CBD, the other conferences are suburbs
and ghost towns.
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kentn
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Dec 25 23:18 UTC 2013 |
Okay, lets's centralize all activity on agora. That's not working
currently, so I'm sure it work well going forward. We've always
entered items in agora that get linked to speciality conferences.
So entering more such items in agora isn't doing anything new.
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dtk
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response 10 of 24:
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Dec 25 23:41 UTC 2013 |
There is a limited amount of interest. For the time being, that interest is
mostly centralized on the Agora. It is dwindling. Linking the items to other
conferences would probably be a net neutral on fostering interaction. Moving
discussion to other conferences would not only dilute the interaction, but
probably reduce opportunities for interaction, since people will participate
in hte interaction where they are, but will probably not go out of their way
to find other places, without significant driver to those other places, and
probably reducing their interaction in the original place by a comparable
amount. Instead of one active place, you'll have a dozen nearly-dead places.
This is probably moot, though, since it is about the distribution of
interactions between the people already here, without a plan for how to bring
in new participants beyond the dozen or so regulars. I hope the new board will
show the creativity and decisiveness to address this. I hope the BBS does not
become obsolete, but I am not holding my breath.
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dtk
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response 11 of 24:
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Dec 25 23:42 UTC 2013 |
Fair watcher and moderator, please link this item to coop, since it now
discusses the ongoing vitality of hte BBS, its structure and its leadership.
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walkman
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response 12 of 24:
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Dec 26 00:05 UTC 2013 |
IMO what is preventing momentum in areas outside of Agora:
Many of the items outside Agora have last post dates from almost 20
years ago. Also a lack of interested users. People have moved on to
Facebook and Twitter unfortunaly. There are interesting aspects to this
system. I just don't see anyone reaching out to obtain and engage new
users.
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kentn
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response 13 of 24:
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Dec 28 01:34 UTC 2013 |
A cooking item does not belong in the coop cf.
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denise
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response 14 of 24:
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Jan 11 15:53 UTC 2014 |
[This is now item #281 in the cooking conference. We can get back to
discussing issues relating to food and cooking. :-) ]
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walkman
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response 15 of 24:
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Jan 11 17:13 UTC 2014 |
Are we "allowed" to discuss cooking here without fear of nastiness?
If so, I'd like to say that I tried this recipe and was very pleased:
Winter Vegetable Medley with Paella-Style Orzo
http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/winter-vegetable-medley-with-paella
- style-orzo/
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walkman
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response 16 of 24:
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Jan 11 17:24 UTC 2014 |
This response has been erased.
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bellstar
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response 17 of 24:
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Jan 11 19:15 UTC 2014 |
Boiled turnip is nice.
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walkman
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response 18 of 24:
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Jan 11 19:25 UTC 2014 |
For 3 years straight my work lunch consisted of pickled turnips, pickles
(cucumber), homemade Baba Ganoush, some cheese and pita. I wish my wife
would make some Baba Ganoush but she might be permanently sick of
making it for me.
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bellstar
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response 19 of 24:
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Jan 11 20:08 UTC 2014 |
Sounds wonderful. I'm sure it tastes wonderful, too.
Right now eating a smaller variant of
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabriz_k%C3%B6fte
with flatbread and a side of diced cucumbers and tomatoes in balsamic vinegar
and olive oil. Quite a few cooking traditions mixed in one meal.
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walkman
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response 20 of 24:
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Jan 11 23:37 UTC 2014 |
#19 Can that be with a meat substitute like falafel or breadcrumbs?
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bellstar
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response 21 of 24:
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Jan 12 06:37 UTC 2014 |
Re #20:
Falafel is a recipe of its own. I do think you can just omit any kind of meat
from any koofteh and increase the rice and chickpeas instead. Or make smaller
ones. Mixing in an egg, if that's allowed in your diet, will help the material
stick together nicely without meat.
Or you can be surer that the paste is balanced in stickiness with this recipe
-- http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/veggiescotcheggs_89967
which is free of eggs in the paste, if you don't want eggs at all. Then inside
each, instead of the boiled egg, wrap a soft date ('rotab')
-- http://www.moshkandate.com/images/date3.jpg
and a dried prune
-- http://atc-center.com/image/cache/data/martimages/b26-500x500.jpg
The richest kind of koofteh has all of these inside
-- http://is.gd/V1bBXy
-- (from http://is.gd/PZqn3W)
You can pick and choose for your diet. The only requirement is for the balls
to not come apart when being cooked in broth. (If they do you'll get a watery
kind of porridge, I guess :-P)
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walkman
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response 22 of 24:
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Jan 12 13:32 UTC 2014 |
Thanks!
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tod
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response 23 of 24:
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Jan 12 21:43 UTC 2014 |
re #21
You can pick and choose for your diet. The only requirement is for the balls
I've just about enough, sir
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bellstar
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response 24 of 24:
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Jan 12 21:56 UTC 2014 |
There's a joke about a local fox who was seen running through the village one
day. "Why are you running, Mr. Fox," the villagers asked. "There're hunters
out there looking for foxes with three balls," said the panting fox. "But do
you have three balls?" "Nope." "What do you have to fear then?" "They shoot
first, count after."
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