Re: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or

2001-03-30 Thread Rachel Carmichael
okay, someone remind me when I get back :) >From: "Ruth Gramolini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe wa

Re: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or

2001-03-30 Thread Ruth Gramolini
t; > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or > >Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:45:28 -0800 > > > >I just took a look at ama

RE: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or

2001-03-30 Thread Rachel Carmichael
RACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or >Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:45:28 -0800 > >I just took a look at amazon, and for some reason all of his books are >currently out of print. They are worth the effort to

RE: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or

2001-03-30 Thread Henry Poras
love making bread... I imagine the person I want to hurt (usually a duhveloper) is what I am beating on as I knead the dough >From: Henry Poras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: why is

RE: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or

2001-03-29 Thread Rachel Carmichael
ubject: RE: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:22:10 -0800 > >If I can remember back to what I read in a book by Bernard Clayton Jr. (if >anyone is in to breads, pastries, ... get his books immediately. I can rave >more

Re: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was:

2001-03-29 Thread Eric D. Pierce
writing this eating a cinnamon roll, now my mouse/keyboard is all full of sugar goo. disgusting!!! thanks, ep On 29 Mar 2001, at 15:21, Regina Harter scribbled with alacrity and cogency: > The best definition I found is from the Encyclopedia Brittanica ... --

RE: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or

2001-03-29 Thread Eric D. Pierce
H- Very cool explanation, thanks millions! ep On 29 Mar 2001, at 14:22, Henry Poras scribbled with alacrity and cogency: > ... pie crust can be made short or long. When making the crust, you > mix the butter and flour, often using two knives to cut up the butter. The > idea is to coat small piec

Re: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was:

2001-03-29 Thread Regina Harter
The best definition I found is from the Encyclopedia Brittanica, which says shortening is a product with "shortening power, or the ability to weaken and lubricate the structure of baked products to produce tenderness". Another theory I heard is shortening is a product which makes you look shor

Re: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was:

2001-03-29 Thread Eric D. Pierce
lwd have mercy. now you have to explain the original meaning of "shortening" please! regards, ep On 29 Mar 2001, at 13:14, Regina Harter scribbled with alacrity and cogency: ... > If I am recalling correctly, it was originally "shortening bread". The > basic recipe is butter plu

RE: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or

2001-03-29 Thread Henry Poras
If I can remember back to what I read in a book by Bernard Clayton Jr. (if anyone is in to breads, pastries, ... get his books immediately. I can rave more later), pie crust can be made short or long. When making the crust, you mix the butter and flour, often using two knives to cut up the butter.

Re: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was:

2001-03-29 Thread Rachel Carmichael
ROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:14:58 -0800 > >At 11:56 AM 3/29/01 -0800, you wrote: > >>Anyway, instead of sending any more "cultural enricment >>friday" stuff, I wou

Re: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was:

2001-03-29 Thread Regina Harter
At 11:56 AM 3/29/01 -0800, you wrote: >Anyway, instead of sending any more "cultural enricment >friday" stuff, I would instead like to ask why is short >bread "short"? If I am recalling correctly, it was originally "shortening bread". The basic recipe is butter plus enough flour and sugar that

why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Oracle Books on Audio Tapes

2001-03-29 Thread Eric D. Pierce
I still like the elegant and decorous christmas holiday chocolate pastries they have in spain (catalunya) that are designed to look exactly like t*rds (feces), sometimes including exquisitely crafted little flies made from sugar crystals. Anyway, instead of sending any more "cultural enricmen