Re: [CnD] Brown Sugar Icebox Cookies

2019-01-16 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
For slicing rolls of cooky dough, biscuits or rolls that have to be sliced, you can use dental floss. Place the dental floss under the roll the thickness of what you want to cut. Have both ends of the floss be long enough to go around the roll and long enough to get a good grip on the floss.

Re: [CnD] Smoothing out batter?

2019-01-15 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Also, using this technique helps spread thin batter to all corners of a square or rectangular pan. You might check out the archived webinars at Hadley www.hadley.edu for all kinds of useful information. Another site is Vision Aware which (I believe) is now associated with the American

Re: [CnD] Nobody Knows They're Instant Mashed Potatoes Recipe | CDKitchen.com

2018-11-30 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Here's another one that says cream cheese and then in the directions, it says sour cream and does not mention the cream cheese. I think you could use both by substituting sour cream for some of the milk. So do you know what they really want? Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT CATIS Visually Impaired

Re: [CnD] Best or easiest way

2018-11-26 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
In my list of ingredients I forgot that you need either oatmeal, bread crumbs, or crumbled crackers. Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT CATIS Visually Impaired Services University Health Center Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit Medical Center Address: 4201 St. Antoine Detroit MI 48201 Phone:

Re: [CnD] Best or easiest way

2018-11-26 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
You can make up the meatloaves and freeze them before cooking them and it will work just fine. Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT CATIS Visually Impaired Services University Health Center Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit Medical Center Address: 4201 St. Antoine Detroit MI 48201 Phone: (313)745-4131

Re: [CnD] Best or easiest way

2018-11-26 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Hi Eileen, You know, you can use your favorite meatloaf recipe and make individual loaves and put them in a larger pan with room between them or you can grease muffin cups and bake individual portions in them. I have a pan for small bread loaves that would work just great for small meat

Re: [CnD] Best or easiest way

2018-11-26 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
And if you don't like getting your hands in things or you are worried about germs, you can get the gloves doctors and chefs use and use them. I just use my hands for a lot of things and wash them a lot. As for ingredients, basically, most meatloaf recipes call for ground meat such as beef,

Re: [CnD] Tuna Casserole From The 50's

2018-11-26 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
I would think it is the cheese and cheese whizz would work fine. If you want you could get pimento flavored sliced American cheese and break or cut it into small pieces and mix it with the casserole ingredients. Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT CATIS Visually Impaired Services University Health

Re: [CnD] taste of home: brooklyn black cake

2019-03-25 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
I don't know what the policy truly is, but, I don't like entering on a link and not having it work or having to search through a lot of stuff to get the recipe that is quoted. The other day, I watched multiple videos to find the one that the link was shown and then I had to link on the recipe

Re: [CnD] ZUCCHINI CHOCOLATE CAKE & FROSTING

2019-02-26 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
I'm sure it is baking soda and it is used for making the cake rise (leavening). In a lot of recipes, a chemical agent such as vinegar or in this case, sour cream is combined with the baking soda to make the cake rise when it bakes. I'm not sure if you would want to leave it out. You do have

Re: [CnD] CP Old Fashion Stuffed Peppers

2019-03-07 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
The advantage of using green peppers is that the flavor is more intense and flavors everything. I made my version of stuffed green peppers and used red bell peppers and the taste was definitely not the same. I also am wondering if you could use raw rice and cook the peppers longer to get the

Re: [CnD] cooking devices?

2019-03-12 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
You can buy an alexa accessible microwave from Amazon (probably UK) which can be run using allexa and the allexa product such as an Echo or an Echo Dot. This device would be using the internet wireless connection from your house. You would speak the command such as Allexa, set the microwave

Re: [CnD] Fasolakia (green beans in tomato sauce)

2019-03-12 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Hi Anna, With these wonderful sounding recipes you have sent in the last couple of days, do you have a recipe for what is called Red Sauce in the Coney Island restaurants in my area of the country which seem to have folks from Albania and other parts of the middle east who do the cooking?

Re: [CnD] The newwave oven

2019-03-11 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Are you a brand new cook? Do you have a microwave oven? It really depends on what you are comfortable with. If you have someone to explain controls/buttons, for the first time, an instant pot would be a good idea because it slow cooks, pressure cooks, steams, browns... A George Foreman (or

[CnD] Mexican Stuffed Peppers

2019-03-07 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
The reaction to this recipe has been either very positive or negative. I happen to like it a lot. This is the way my mom made stuffed peppers when I was a kid. Mexican Stuffed Peppers 4 green bell peppers with the stems cut out and cleaned with as little of the tops of the peppers cut away 4

Re: [CnD] shrinking cake mix

2019-02-04 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
In this recipe, are you sure you meant tablespoons of baking powder? That seems like too much! I could believe 1 tablespoon plus 1/4 teaspoons or 3 teaspoons which equals one tablespoon plus 1/4 teaspoon. Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT CATIS Visually Impaired Services University Health Center

Re: [CnD] Any tips for frying eggs?

2019-04-15 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
You could use a heat diffuser that is laid on top of the burner and helps keep the heat spread out and more controlled. You can get it from Blind Mice Mart,ILA or LS Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT CATIS Visually Impaired Services University Health Center Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit Medical

Re: [CnD] Any tips for frying eggs?

2019-04-16 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
If you want to cook a fried egg in the microwave, you need to pierce the yolk with a tooth pick or a pointed object (knife tip, fork) so the yolk does not explode, but it is not scrambling the egg and it cooks the yolk completely not sunny side up. And you don't have to turn it. The time would

Re: [CnD] barbiecuing?

2019-04-16 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
A few things, the rack does not have openings large enough for most pieces of meat to slip through. If you have ever broiled meat in the broiler in the oven, it's the same principle. You have to figure total cooking time is the total amount of time divided in half cooking the food on one side

Re: [CnD] Working with boiling water?

2019-05-30 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Now, I might think that they suggested stirring the macaroni while it is boiling occasionally, to keep the macaroni from sticking to the bottom of the pot. However, it is not necessary to stir the boiling eggs. -Original Message- From: Jessica Dail via Cookinginthedark

Re: [CnD] looking for a particular talking meat thermometer

2019-05-30 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Hi Dena, My husband and I have a talking cooking thermometer with a stainless steel probe that I think we got from ILA or Blind Mice Mart and it has a temperature range from below zero f. to (I think) 500 f. and you place it in the food to be checked. I am sure it can tell you the temperature

Re: [CnD] Would anyone have good experiences with the Nuwave air fryer

2019-05-22 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
I think the real question is, what is the difference between an air fryer, a nu-wave oven, and a convection oven? They pretty much work on the same principle of circulating hot air around the food which cooks it faster and browns it faster and possibly better. I have an air fryer, and a

Re: [CnD] instant pot recipes

2019-05-23 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
The first place she may want to go is: https://instantpot.com/ There, she can find recipes and best of all, accessible manuals for her instant pot and other models. I started there when using my instant pot for the first few times. There are groups you can join on facebook which have all kinds

Re: [CnD] What is this pen thing

2019-05-10 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
I suppose every single lady would like one of those. But you can get the Pen Friend from maxiaids, probably Independent Living Aids, LS and (haven't checked) but blind mice mart. The other equivalent is Foxy reader which is the one that is cheaper. Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT CATIS Visually

Re: [CnD] Laminating And Use Of Pen Friend

2019-05-10 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
; On May 8, 2019, at 11:37 AM, Richard Kuzma via Cookinginthedark wrote: >>> Yes, you  can. >>> I do it all the time and it saves on buying the labels that tend to be expensive. >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthed

[CnD] Relevance To List RE: Okay about the Pen Friend

2019-05-14 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Actually, it is possible to record anything you want to on the pen friend. So you could record package directions for preparing food or the recipes you find on the box. So this is not an inappropriate topic. And, if you used a can of chicken noodle soup (for example) when you wanted a can of

Re: [CnD] Re-Post For Creamed Eggs Goldenrod

2019-05-14 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
I have a recipe for this that I got in seventh grade home ec class and the one difference was that we actually put the buttered bread in custard cups and put the egg mixture on top of the bread and baked it for (I think) 20 minutes or so at 350 degrees. It kind of browns the sauce and bakes

[CnD] Laminating And Use Of Pen Friend

2019-05-08 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Someone on the list stated that they laminated business cards with the pen friend stickers on the card with the laminated part covering the sticker. I understand that you can still use the pen friend to read the sticker. But can you record over what you recorded on the label after the card

Re: [CnD] looking for a waffle maker/pancake maker

2019-07-11 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Hello, I have a griddle/waffle maker that has reversible plates to make pancakes (a griddle) and waffle maker and then my sister and brother bought me plates to make pockets. But I don't know what the manufacturer was and I have had it since the 70's or 80's. You should check all the

Re: [CnD] looking for a waffle maker/pancake maker

2019-07-12 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Detroit Medical Center Address: 4201 St. Antoine Detroit MI 48201 Phone: (313)745-4131 Email: mbrin...@dmc.org -Original Message- From: Jude DaShiell [mailto:jdash...@panix.com] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 1:56 AM To: Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark Cc: Brink-Chaney, Marcie

Re: [CnD] Advice please!

2019-04-10 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Hi Kerryann , fresh theme fresh thyme? Echelots shallots,? Rochester sauce worcestershire sauce? freshly squeezed (what)? Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT CATIS Visually Impaired Services University Health Center Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit Medical Center Address: 4201 St. Antoine Detroit MI

Re: [CnD] Advice please!

2019-04-09 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
For a shepherd's pie? I don't think that would be so great. I'd consider thawing the sauce out the way you suggested, but, just add some spices (Italian seasonings, oregano, basil, a few crushed in your hand fennel seeds, a bay leaf garlic powder or fresh garlic) and simmer it for a half hour

Re: [CnD] cleaning stove

2019-07-22 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
Gary, we got a cleaning product from our manufacturer many years ago and it works the best of anything. It's kind of like soft scrub and I would be very careful about "craping anything off the top of the stove. One time, I melted plastic on the stove top and tried to dig it off while the

Re: [CnD] pouring liquids into collandars

2019-07-26 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
To summarize, you can have the colander in the sink and know where it is placed and pour the contents of the pan into the colander, you can get a pasta pot that has a liner with holes in it that you just pick up and the liquid remains in the pot, you can get a lock lid pot or saucepan from one

Re: [CnD] Jumbo sugar cookies

2019-07-26 Thread Brink-Chaney, Marcie A via Cookinginthedark
I didn't even know what jimmies are at all. I'm from Michigan. Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT CATIS Visually Impaired Services University Health Center Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit Medical Center Address: 4201 St. Antoine Detroit MI 48201 Phone: (313)745-4131 Email: mbrin...@dmc.org