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    freezing bread dough?

    in In The Kitchen-The Heart Of Our Home

    Posted · Edited by Midnightmom

    I know I'm not adding any useful information here, but the post reminds me of a time when I didn't know the answer either. Here's the story:

     

    You must realize this was in the days before GOOGLE!!!

     

    Back in 1981 I was pregnant with my first child and I got an "urge" to bake some bread (I was a midnight mom even back then!) around 10 pm. I don't remember if my dh was asleep or working the graveyard shift. Anyway, I started working on a recipe for French Bread. I believe it had to rest and then rise a couple of times--about an hour each time.

     

    Well, I finally ran out of "energy" around 2 or 3 a.m., just at the point where it was ready to be baked, but the wind was out of my sails by then. I don't think the recipe book said anything about when or how to freeze the dough.

     

    There was NO WAY I was going to risk losing that loaf of bread............not after all the work I'd put into it by that point..............so I wracked my brain trying to figure out how to get the answer to my question. I was trying to think of who could possibly be up/working that late at night.

     

    My husband was working as an operator for AT&T at that time, and he had told me stories of people calling up "Information" for the stupidest reasons..................like they though 4-1-1 was the resource desk at the local library! So...............I immediately crossed that option off of my list. (Not that I hadn't thought about it.)

     

    My next flash of inspiration was.................................................

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ...................an answering service! My Ob/Gyn's answering service! They were guaranteed to be up!!! So, I called my Dr.'s office number, and of course, got the "operator."

     

    I launched into my story about baking bread, letting it rise, etc, and then asked (the operator, so I thought) whether it was possible to freeze the dough at this point, or should I go ahead and bake it (I was afraid of falling asleep and burning it)?

     

    Next thing I know, I hear this MALE voice telling me it was okay to refrigerate the dough and bake it later!

     

    The whole time I was "explaining" my dilemma, the operator wasn't even listening...she was calling the doctor at home and putting me through to him. Talk about embarrassing.

     

    The only thing I could do at that point was to say "Thank You" and take a loaf of bread to him at my next appointment. He liked it.

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    in Pinching Pennies

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    If you use Firefox 24.0, you need to read this......................

    in DIY

    Posted · Edited by Midnightmom

    Firefox’s Borg-Like Built-In PDF Reader: “Resistance Is Futile!”

    Written by Gary North on September 30, 2013

     

    If you use the latest version of Firefox (24.0), you have lost control over your PDF reader. :pc_coffee:

    Adobe is now blocked. Instead, you will find that you can no longer download PDF books or long documents.

     

     

    Read more at http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/09/30/firefoxs-borg-like-built-pdf-reader-resistance-futile/

    American History......................Operation Downfall WWII

    in The Homeschooling Haven

    Posted

    Go to the link at the bottom of the page for the entire article. It contains detailed information on expected casualties, etc. This is very important information about the decision to use atomic bombs to end the war.

    MnM

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    An Invasion Not Found in the History Books


    Brig Gen R. Clements USAF ret, 16, Sept 2006

    Deep in the recesses of the National Archives in Washington,D.C., hidden for nearly four decades lie thousands of pages of yellowing and dusty documents stamped "Top Secret". These documents, now declassified, are the plans for Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan during World War II. Only a few Americans in 1945 were aware of the elaborate plans that had been prepared for the Allied Invasion of the Japanese home islands. Even fewer today are aware of the defenses the Japanese had prepared to counter the invasion had it been launched. Operation Downfall was finalized during the spring and summer of 1945. It called for two massive military undertakings to be carried out in succession and aimed at the heart of the Japanese Empire.

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    President Truman approved the plans for the invasions July 24. Two days later, the United Nations issued the Potsdam Proclamation, which called upon Japan to surrender unconditionally or face total destruction. Three days later, the Japanese governmental news agency broadcast to the world that Japan would ignore the proclamation and would refuse to surrender.

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    The invasion of Japan never became a reality because on August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was exploded over Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Within days the war with Japan was at a close.

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    Had these bombs not been dropped and had the invasion been launched as scheduled, combat casualties in Japan would have been at a minimum of the tens of thousands. Every foot of Japanese soil would have been paid for by Japanese and American lives.

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    http://www.kilroywashere.org/006-Pages/Invasion.html

     

    Another shrinking product

    in Pinching Pennies

    Posted

    It's happening to nearly everything; even toilet paper and paper towels are just a "tad bit shorter now and it's hard to keep the paper towels on the hanging holders.

    They can't make the rolls any shorter now, so the newest 'trick' is making the hole in the core wider!

    Is my pressure canner crazy or am I?

    in Preserving the Harvest

    Posted

    Violet-

    Tell me more about the "special canning element" you need for an electric stove. I live in an apt and don't want to permanently damage/discolor the stove by using my canner (16 qt Presto). I don't can very frequently and haven't had any problems so far ('cept when the safety plug blew and I had hot water dripping off of the ceiling), but I don't want to run into any problems if I start using it more frequently. :canning:

    Is my pressure canner crazy or am I?

    in Preserving the Harvest

    Posted

    Hope this helps................................. :canning:

     

     

    photo-copied PDF of manual (see p. 9): http://www.pressurecooker-outlet.com/mirromanual.pdf

     

    review site: http://www.mirropressurecookers.com/mirro-pressure-cookers/16-quart-mirro-pressure-cooker-canner/

     

    manual for sale: http://www.cookingandcanning.net/allaminbo74.html

     

     

    Blog:

    http://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-kitchen/how-to-fix-troubleshoot-your-pressure-canner-problems/

    Problem: The pressure regulator quit jiggling and is now just blowing a steady stream of steam
    Possible cause and solution
    1. Too much pressure in pot
    a. Turn down your fire a bit

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