Ah, I make huge messes like that! This past year I inventoried all my fabric, put everything in numbered bags and shelves and put it in a database. Its pretty reliable, but I am still searching for a few pieces of silk I put away.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:03 AM Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > I live in Sacramento, California. > > I tried liquid malt and did not like the taste. It didn't give the > taste of bakery bagels. It was just strange. I have been using brown > sugar which does not give the bagel taste but at least it is not > strange. I have not tried dried malt powder. I'll look for some online. > > I had an egg dough recipe and quit using it. What I was getting was > rolls, not bagels. I'm currently working from a couple of Jewish baking > books and combining recipes. I printed out the recipe you linked to. > > Other than that, I was looking for some lace to upcycle a dress I cut > into a skirt + top. That got my involved in winding all my lace on > archival board I had around. Then I ran out of the board and had to > mail order more. Which has not arrived yet. Meanwhile, it looks like a > massive lace explosion in the family room. I am not a tidy person and > wonder why I started this project. > > I'm not motivated to dress up much, considering that since mid March I > have not seen the inside of any building except my house and no people > except my husband. We have a large yard and live in a suburban > neighborhood with almost no one on the streets, so we can take walks. > But it's so cold now. Sacramento, unlike San Francisco where we used to > live, has actual winters. > > Fran > > > On 12/9/2020 6:10 AM, Wicked Frau wrote: > > My sister uses > > > https://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/270/Authentic_New_YorkStyle_Homemade_Bagels48232.shtml > . > > She uses dry malt powder in both the dough and the boiling water. > > (apparently this is key.) You can refrigerate the unbaked boiled dough > for > > a few, but they don't have the same texture. > > > > She does have a few questions. Where are you located? Moisture and > > elevation make a difference. She does NOT use an egg based recipe-do > you? > > > > < > https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitmoji/bfgdeiadkckfbkeigkoncpdieiiefpig > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 5:47 PM Lavolta Press <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> I hope all members are well and safe. > >> > >> My husband and I have been sheltering at home since mid-March except for > >> curbside delivery of groceries, a weekly trip to the UPS store to ship > >> books and pick up our mail (there is no mailbox on our property), and > >> walks around the neighborhood, which has very empty streets. My > >> husband's brother and his wife usually come here for Thanksgiving and > >> Christmas, but they are too cautious to do it now. > >> > >> I am annoyed that vaccine distribution plans seem more oriented to > >> boosting the economy than preventing deaths and serious illness. > >> Sacramento County is about to issue another shutdown order any day now > >> because the ICU beds are almost full. > >> > >> Otherwise, I've been sewing (but not costumes), reading, watching > >> costume movies, and working on my business. > >> > >> As usual, I saved up titles of costume books to receive for Christmas > >> and put them on my gift list. > >> > >> I've been doing a lot of home baking since March, instead of going to > >> bakeries. I finally mastered the crusty French baguette but bagels are > >> an issue. If I make a rope and press the dough together, the bagels > >> want to fall apart. If I use a biscuit cutter, the bagels want to fall > >> apart. If I make a ball of dough and push a hole into the middle with > >> my fingers, the bagels want to fall apart. Any suggestions? > >> > >> Fran > >> > >> Lavolta Press > >> > >> www.lavoltapress.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> h-costume mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
