tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post113936750745080683..comments2024-01-01T19:20:57.438-05:00Comments on Culinary in the Desert: Underestimating a recipe...Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12900263145684208002noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-89968207775685254862008-02-24T18:07:00.000-05:002008-02-24T18:07:00.000-05:00Hi Joe! One way I deal with tricky hamantaschen do...Hi Joe! One way I deal with tricky hamantaschen dough -- opening up, overly soft, etc. -- I work the dough through a sheet of plastic wrap so my warm fingers don't touch the dough directly. I also work in batches and keep the dough I'm not using refrigerated until I'm ready for it. By the way, your hamantaschen do look exquisite!<BR/>FYI, I'm hosting a hamantaschen contest at my website, http://www.jewishholidaycooking.com/food.shtml. The winner will receive a copy of my new book, Jewish Holiday Cooking: A Food Lover's Classics and Improvisations.<BR/>Hope you can join,<BR/>Jayne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-1139676793342440992006-02-11T11:53:00.000-05:002006-02-11T11:53:00.000-05:00Joe - for a minute there, I got scared thinking it...Joe - for a minute there, I got scared thinking it was Purim already. Hey nothing like practice to make perfect, since it's a month away.<BR/><BR/>My mom always made fruit filled Hamantaschen and I still love them best of all. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharingRuth Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11173472189049022779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-1139629089313641822006-02-10T22:38:00.000-05:002006-02-10T22:38:00.000-05:00Ana - I would go ahead and try it with honey - or ...Ana - I would go ahead and try it with honey - or Golden Syrup if you can get your hands on some!<BR/><BR/>Michelle - Me too, love pancakes!<BR/><BR/>Kitchenmage - Thanks for the excellent info!<BR/><BR/>Mark - care to finance for me? =)<BR/><BR/>ep - Thanks for the link!<BR/><BR/>Randi - I'm okay without the syrup but I have tried the SF ones without much success, although I like the idea of mixing it with the real stuff!<BR/><BR/>Randi - I have a few recipes, but have not made them yet!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900263145684208002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-1139501853547985202006-02-09T11:17:00.000-05:002006-02-09T11:17:00.000-05:00the Hamantaschen look good. Im jewish and I've ne...the Hamantaschen look good. Im jewish and I've never even attempted them. Have you made black and whites yet? Those are my favorite jewish cookie.Randihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06706134539834283798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-1139501796909592602006-02-09T11:16:00.000-05:002006-02-09T11:16:00.000-05:00I must have sryup on my pancakes and what works we...I must have sryup on my pancakes and what works well for me is using sugar free maple that I add just a bit of real maple sryup too. Yummy.Randihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06706134539834283798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-1139440855902542232006-02-08T18:20:00.000-05:002006-02-08T18:20:00.000-05:00Right kitchenmage! Hamentaschen literally transla...Right kitchenmage! Hamentaschen literally translates to "Hamen's hat" - his three-cornered hat. Hamen was the bad guy that kitchenmage was talking about. Here's a site with the basic story and also a hamentaschen recipe.<BR/><BR/>http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htmYouGuysKnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054318786774793178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-1139423214901720002006-02-08T13:26:00.000-05:002006-02-08T13:26:00.000-05:00Joe -Will you move to coastal Delaware and open up...Joe -<BR/><BR/>Will you move to coastal Delaware and open up a restaurant? You're killing me with the visuals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-1139395101308045782006-02-08T05:38:00.000-05:002006-02-08T05:38:00.000-05:00Those look wonderful, as always around here. The h...Those look wonderful, as always around here. <BR/><BR/>The hamantaschen shouldn't be that tough to make, I'd try another recipe if you want to make them again. (I'm trying to think if I can lay hands on my grandma's recipe) They are sort of the ultimate cookie for the tribe of Jewish folk who identify their religion with this line: "they tired to kill us all, they didn't, let's party!" being as they are shaped like the hat of the guy who didn't kill them all that year. Teach him. First defeat, then turned into dessert, symbolically at least.kitchenmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992982861785057694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-1139371736966857192006-02-07T23:08:00.000-05:002006-02-07T23:08:00.000-05:00I could eat pancakes all day long! I just wish ev...I could eat pancakes all day long! I just wish everyone in my house liked them as much as I do! Sometimes I like to get up earlier on the weekends just to make me some since I am the only one really, really likes them!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-1139369501468963012006-02-07T22:31:00.000-05:002006-02-07T22:31:00.000-05:00Hi Joe!Wow, the pancake recipe sounds really good,...Hi Joe!<BR/>Wow, the pancake recipe sounds really good, it has lots of stuff I like!<BR/>However, I don't really like maple flavor... do you think I could substitute it for honey? I may try it and see how it goes... sometimes we like to have some pancakes for dinner too!<BR/>AnaAnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059525939843970727noreply@blogger.com