mapiklfish
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I'm new to this board and want to thank Stephanie for showing me this board and sponsoring me in. I have learned so much in the past couple of days from reading all the posts on here that I can't wait til my next show. Great ideas on here!
I have been trying as many as I can so I can tell my customers personally that they work. I made the lava cake in the rice cooker last night, putting the frosting in first, and it came out just like everyone said. The cat tried to eat it today so I had to hide it. I had no idea you could do bacon or pancakes on the stone. I would have never thought of that, so I had to try that out too. I put the remainder of the bacon I had in the fridge on the stone (9 pieces, fit perfectly) and put it in the oven at around 400 for around 25 min (I like it crispy) and it came out perfect. Cleanup was a breeze and now I don't mind so much making bacon. I always hated the mess in the microwave after cooking bacon. I put all the cooked bacon in the fridge so all we have to is take it out, microwave it for a minute to heat it up and it's ready to go.
I tried the pancakes on the stone but had forgotten to grease or oil the stone first and I think I let them go just a tad too long so they were a little crispy but still tasted good. They were a little hard to get off the stone without ruining them since I forgot to grease it but mini spatula to the rescue and they all came off none the worse for wear. I was wondering about making one big pancake the whole size of the stone. Does it cook all the way through and do you cook it at the same temp and time? I did mine at 350 for about 20 - 25 min. I was able to make a whole batch of pancakes, used my large bar pan and my little bar pan so now even though I don't get up with hubby in the morning for breakfast, he can have a good breakfast. I just leave them in the fridge and he heats them up in the AM. I was also thinking about making everything at once. I'm all about convenience and easy cleanup. I am one of those that hate cooking and won't bake unless I have no choice. I have a bad back and standing at the counter chopping and putting recipes together kills my back. By the time I'm done with a big family meal like Thanksgiving or Christmas my back is killing me and there's no way to avoid it so easy and fast are my goals in the kitchen. I was thinking maybe I could do the bacon on the bar pan and the pancakes on the large round stone a rack above the bacon. However they are usually cooked at different temps. What do you think? Would you lower the temp for the pancakes or leave it at 400 and figure the pancakes would just not take as long and would be ok because they are a rack above the bacon? That way I could do a whole package of bacon and a whole batch of pancakes at once.
I have to laugh. When my kids saw the mini bar pan they laughed at it and said "what are you going to do with that!?" First thing that came into my mind was leftovers and within a couple of days the kids were heating leftover burgers and such on it. Then we started using it for italian sausage in the oven. I sometimes make cookie dough ahead, flash freeze it into balls and pop 4 on the mini bar pan. Fresh cookies for dessert. They don't laugh at my mini bar pan anymore. I have also been trying another idea with it. My daughter likes pizza. She could live on pizza for all 3 meals every day I think. Anyway, we usually keep at least a couple of frozen pizzas around but she doesn't always want to eat when other people want to eat. My kids are teens now and we are often all going different directions these days. So my thought was to get a frozen pizza, cut it into fourths and then put the pieces into a freezer bag. Well, I didn't think frozen pizzas were that tough! My chef's knife doesn't touch it, the pizza cutter doesn't touch it. I finally got out my electric knife and that almost cut it. It cut it partway and then I kind of scored it so that I could break it. I finally got it into 4 pieces (not all of them even) put it in a bag and back in the freezer. She has used them all up on the mini bar pan. Perfect size portions for her! So it was a good idea but I need better execution of it. After reading the posts on the kitchen shears, I'm thinking they may just do the job. My other thought for her was to make a pizza dough (which I usually do in the bread machine) divide it into 2 or 3 (have to try it to see which works) and roll it out on the mini bar pan. Flash freeze the dough, roll out the next, etc and flash freeze them and put them in a freezer bag. Then when she wants pizza, she could just take out a crust, pop it into the mini bar pan, top it with whatever she wants and she's got a great homemade personal pizza.
I had to try the eggs in the microcooker this morning. Never would have thought that thing had so many uses!!! I like lots of stuff in my eggs, though so wasn't sure about cooking time and such. I put 3 eggs in, the 1/3 cup milk, 2 slices of cheese, onions, garlic, salt and pepper. I microwaved it for the 3 minutes, took it out and stirred it up. It wasn't quite done so did another 45 seconds I think and it was perfect. Heated up a couple of slices of bacon to go with it and my son and I had eggs for breakfast. He thought they were good (didn't tell him how I cooked them) but they needed bacon. I hadn't thought about that but could have easily chopped up some of my precooked bacon and thrown that in the pot as well. I never would have thought microwaved eggs could taste that good.
A couple of questions. My daughter doesn't like the idea of microwaving food because of the "microwaves getting into the food". Has anyone else had this objection and do you know what the truth of it is? I read about how our products are safe to use in the microwave and don't leach toxins into the food but I think her objection is the actual microwaves (radiation maybe?) getting into the food.
Also, I need a good way to fill the EAD. I always make a mess when filling that thing with cool whip. How does everyone fill their EAD without making a mess. I was thinking that would also be great for sour cream on tacos and love the idea of the fudge and decorative butter.
Linda
I have been trying as many as I can so I can tell my customers personally that they work. I made the lava cake in the rice cooker last night, putting the frosting in first, and it came out just like everyone said. The cat tried to eat it today so I had to hide it. I had no idea you could do bacon or pancakes on the stone. I would have never thought of that, so I had to try that out too. I put the remainder of the bacon I had in the fridge on the stone (9 pieces, fit perfectly) and put it in the oven at around 400 for around 25 min (I like it crispy) and it came out perfect. Cleanup was a breeze and now I don't mind so much making bacon. I always hated the mess in the microwave after cooking bacon. I put all the cooked bacon in the fridge so all we have to is take it out, microwave it for a minute to heat it up and it's ready to go.
I tried the pancakes on the stone but had forgotten to grease or oil the stone first and I think I let them go just a tad too long so they were a little crispy but still tasted good. They were a little hard to get off the stone without ruining them since I forgot to grease it but mini spatula to the rescue and they all came off none the worse for wear. I was wondering about making one big pancake the whole size of the stone. Does it cook all the way through and do you cook it at the same temp and time? I did mine at 350 for about 20 - 25 min. I was able to make a whole batch of pancakes, used my large bar pan and my little bar pan so now even though I don't get up with hubby in the morning for breakfast, he can have a good breakfast. I just leave them in the fridge and he heats them up in the AM. I was also thinking about making everything at once. I'm all about convenience and easy cleanup. I am one of those that hate cooking and won't bake unless I have no choice. I have a bad back and standing at the counter chopping and putting recipes together kills my back. By the time I'm done with a big family meal like Thanksgiving or Christmas my back is killing me and there's no way to avoid it so easy and fast are my goals in the kitchen. I was thinking maybe I could do the bacon on the bar pan and the pancakes on the large round stone a rack above the bacon. However they are usually cooked at different temps. What do you think? Would you lower the temp for the pancakes or leave it at 400 and figure the pancakes would just not take as long and would be ok because they are a rack above the bacon? That way I could do a whole package of bacon and a whole batch of pancakes at once.
I have to laugh. When my kids saw the mini bar pan they laughed at it and said "what are you going to do with that!?" First thing that came into my mind was leftovers and within a couple of days the kids were heating leftover burgers and such on it. Then we started using it for italian sausage in the oven. I sometimes make cookie dough ahead, flash freeze it into balls and pop 4 on the mini bar pan. Fresh cookies for dessert. They don't laugh at my mini bar pan anymore. I have also been trying another idea with it. My daughter likes pizza. She could live on pizza for all 3 meals every day I think. Anyway, we usually keep at least a couple of frozen pizzas around but she doesn't always want to eat when other people want to eat. My kids are teens now and we are often all going different directions these days. So my thought was to get a frozen pizza, cut it into fourths and then put the pieces into a freezer bag. Well, I didn't think frozen pizzas were that tough! My chef's knife doesn't touch it, the pizza cutter doesn't touch it. I finally got out my electric knife and that almost cut it. It cut it partway and then I kind of scored it so that I could break it. I finally got it into 4 pieces (not all of them even) put it in a bag and back in the freezer. She has used them all up on the mini bar pan. Perfect size portions for her! So it was a good idea but I need better execution of it. After reading the posts on the kitchen shears, I'm thinking they may just do the job. My other thought for her was to make a pizza dough (which I usually do in the bread machine) divide it into 2 or 3 (have to try it to see which works) and roll it out on the mini bar pan. Flash freeze the dough, roll out the next, etc and flash freeze them and put them in a freezer bag. Then when she wants pizza, she could just take out a crust, pop it into the mini bar pan, top it with whatever she wants and she's got a great homemade personal pizza.
I had to try the eggs in the microcooker this morning. Never would have thought that thing had so many uses!!! I like lots of stuff in my eggs, though so wasn't sure about cooking time and such. I put 3 eggs in, the 1/3 cup milk, 2 slices of cheese, onions, garlic, salt and pepper. I microwaved it for the 3 minutes, took it out and stirred it up. It wasn't quite done so did another 45 seconds I think and it was perfect. Heated up a couple of slices of bacon to go with it and my son and I had eggs for breakfast. He thought they were good (didn't tell him how I cooked them) but they needed bacon. I hadn't thought about that but could have easily chopped up some of my precooked bacon and thrown that in the pot as well. I never would have thought microwaved eggs could taste that good.
A couple of questions. My daughter doesn't like the idea of microwaving food because of the "microwaves getting into the food". Has anyone else had this objection and do you know what the truth of it is? I read about how our products are safe to use in the microwave and don't leach toxins into the food but I think her objection is the actual microwaves (radiation maybe?) getting into the food.
Also, I need a good way to fill the EAD. I always make a mess when filling that thing with cool whip. How does everyone fill their EAD without making a mess. I was thinking that would also be great for sour cream on tacos and love the idea of the fudge and decorative butter.
Linda
