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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: judydawn on March 03, 2010, 03:11:28 am
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Finally picked up a couple of good quality bread tins (no lid unfortunately) and that lovely heart shaped cake tin. I couldn't believe it when the girl asked me what I was going to make ??? ??? ??? I had to stop and think about how I was going to word it without making her look and feel silly but what can you say, apart from a cake and some bread ;) ;) One measures 10 x 24 x 8cm deep and the other is 10.5 x 27 x 9.5 deep (I think the lass said this was a 680g tin but she didn't know what the smaller one was). My question is - which recipe of isi's goes in which tin or do you go by the quantity of flour for the size of the tin.
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She's probably never made a cake before, let alone made her own bread. I've had similar experiences in Health Food Shops - what's baker's flour???
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Good buys today Judy!
Did you find some space in your cupboard then? ;)
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Yes maddy, I found a perfect space in one of the overhead cupboards I had tidied up not long ago then went around opening a few more until I found a spot for the cake tin. They are the hardest to find spots for usually. I have no plans to use that just yet but when I want to make a special cake (darn, just missed Valentine's Day) I will be ready to go.
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Judy the bread tin usually goes on the amount of flour. There were three different sizes at the bread shop I bought mine from. So for a 680g tin you would use 500g flour recipe.
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JD, what I often do is make up what i feel like, that is in the amount of flour. Isi's everyday bread, adapted to all white,( 750g of flour), is too much for the tin I favor at the moment, so I cut a bit off the side of the dough and make 3 rolls. When you put the dough into the tin it should come about, a little more than 1/2 way up the tin. Remember that it should double on the second rise. .
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Thanks Meagan & Chookie. I am really getting into this baking of bread these days, never thought I would. :-*
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I was just thinking that JD ;) Good on you for conquering 'bread making' ;D
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Great shopping JD! And Im impressed that you found the cupboard space. I don't even have saucepans but my cupboards are overflowing anyway :-))
Looking forward to hearing about your bread and heart shaped cake!
DD's birthday's coming up in May so considering a heart shaped tin for her birthday cake this year. And perhaps a afternoon tea party at home ???
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Sounds nice ILB, much cheaper to have at home and the quality of the food is far superior to what you get at those party places for kids. Of course these days the kids seem to call hearts 'love hearts' don't they? We never referred to them as that in my day.
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I'm appalled with the food everytime we go to a party at those indoor play centres. Tried asking them for a fruit platter for DD's last birthday and it was going to be too much of an ordeal for them... and food handling laws meant that I couldn't take anything in... but I could take a birthday cake ??? :-))
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My DD usually has parties at home but once she did go to one of those places and she wasn't even allowed to take the lolly baskets in. She had a stand up row and took them in anyway as some of her guests were leaving early. They didn't stop her but she won't go back to those places.
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I saw an ad at the post office for jumping castle hire, so I might just do that next year as we only have a small place and too small for a party inside - as long as it isn't raining :o
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DD's birthday's coming up in May so considering a heart shaped tin for her birthday cake this year. And perhaps a afternoon tea party at home ???
Oh for a daughter! A tea party sounds lovely!!! My eldest son is turning 4 tomorrow and we are having a bike/scooter party at a local park. He has requested a racing car track cake. Tomorrow I will be up to my elbows in tyres and checkered flags.
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LOL! Worlds apart!!!
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DD did the jumpy castle thing too and it was a great hit - had to drag the kids out of it to eat! Another one she had 2 ponies come to the house for rides up and down the long driveway, then there were the small native animals which were handed around and she also had face painting at that one and last year everyone went to a children's farm. Oh ILB, there are plenty of things to choose from and your DD will probably want them all at some stage or other.
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I guess it's all about limiting them so as she gets older the more exciting/bigger things aren't so "last year"... lol
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Judy, I have both those size tins. I make bread with 500g flour in the larger one and 300g in the smaller one.
Ah, kids' birthday parties.... Living in the country means that parties are always at home. No hiring of anything either as it's all too far away!
We now have a really lovely little park in our town with a BBQ and gazebo, so loads of birthday parties are held there.
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We had our sons party yesterday at a park and it was fantastic. The adults all sat around on picnic rugs in the shade eating cake and drinking lemonade while the kids raced around on the play equipment and their bikes. My son originally wanted his party at a buggy park (over $100 to hire + buying their food), but I resisted and am very happy that I did. He was only turning 4 and had a bonza time at the park - "the bestest birthday ever". :)
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Going to the park is a great idea - should be more of it. I know a family who used to spend their Christmas day at the park, just a casual lunch with everyone bringing something but more importantly, a family gathering of people who knew the true meaning of this important day and did not go down the commercial road. Sadly, now it is not the same as they have lost one 32 yr old daughter to a heart attack and just a couple of years later, their second daughter is now in a hospice with a brain tumour. How much tragedy can one family bear :'( :'(
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I agree JD. It is just awful how much some families have to go through. Our family friends lost their two sons (both in their early 30's) to cancer within 2 years. I don't think the family will ever fully recover. We really have to be so thankful for each day that we are here and for each day that we have our loved ones with us. :)
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However did you manage to get out of a kitchen shop with only 3 items?? I really struggle in them so I avoid them now! :D
I agree JD. It is just awful how much some families have to go through. Our family friends lost their two sons (both in their early 30's) to cancer within 2 years. I don't think the family will ever fully recover. We really have to be so thankful for each day that we are here and for each day that we have our loved ones with us. :)
Another who takes nothing for granted with the family here... and I have my youngest's 3rd birthday in just over a month. I'm considering a small family party but the thought of catering for it is still overwhelming (due to an egg and strawberry allergy he has..). I'm sure hoping my TMX will inspire me as well as checking around the forum for recipes.
Must be tough being the youngest of 5.... although it doesn't seem to concern him yet! ;)
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Ceejay, my GD had the egg allergy but grew out of it when she was 6. We think she coped by thinking she was rather special. When we went out, if she was offered something to eat, she would ask,' do you think it has egg in it?' If the answer was ',I don't know, ' she would say, 'perhaps I had better not have it'.
Could you ask family to all bring something without egg or strawberry. This is what we did, and it seemed to work.
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Thanks achookwoman. We are hoping he will outgrow it in time but in the past it actually got worse. For now he has no exposure at all to it.
Even now if he is offered something he will ask if it has egg or strawberry in it and tell people he can't have either. If he is asked why he responds that egg has strawberries in it and strawberries have egg! LOL!
I also took the step of buying him an embroidered food allergy awareness shirt and a navy bucket hat with yellow writing "Egg and Strawberry Free for Me" that I will dress him in at outings to alert others. He actually goes looking for them now. :D
I shall have to think on others bringing something to share as we've had issues with older family members not understanding about allergies before. :-X
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Ceejay, with GD they were told that it would get worse before it got better, this indeed was true and we couldn't believe it when it went away. Aren't little kids great the way they cope.
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They are indeed amazing little ones! ;D
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JD, I'm eyeing off some brioche fluted pans at our kitchen place in town.... oh how I handle them so gently everytime I go in - LOL! Funny isn't it, this forum. Have never made brioche... ROFLOL.
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Too true ILB. I reckon you and I could do a lot of damage going shopping together in a kitchen shop (to our purses I mean). I love them but they are very expensive and we could probably buy online much cheaper.
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In response to the posts about family sadness, I'm amazed that some families have not just one, but a number of terrible tragedies to cope with. A friend of mine lost her daughter to Meningitis and her Sister in Law to murder. (David Birnie) I wonder how much one family can bear, sometimes.
Back to kitchen shops, I'm fighting to control myself. I do not need a blow torch for creme brulee, I do not need a blow torch for creme brulee. I really love creme brulee, but rarely make it. I do not need a.........
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Yes you do MJ :D :D Anyone who spends as much time in the kitchen as us fanatics, deserves every little gadget they can get their hands on I say :P :P
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Oh you enabler, you! ;D
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lol ;D
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Does anyone else adore Peters of Kensington?.....one of my faves to shop online with!
Kitchenware direct is also one I frequent too ;)
I am now on the hunt for some dariole moulds, has anyone purchase some recently?
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Never heard of Peters of Kensington - but have just found the website now.... hmmm could be there all night! :-))
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Peters of Kensington is great when they have a sale.
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Somewhere I could easily spend too much $$$$ :o