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Posted by Mary Fisher on January 23, 2008, 5:26 am
> Mary Fisher wrote:
>
>> But tonight I tried making dumplings in the pot roasted beef in a
>> casserole in the microwave.
>>
>> I obviously need to acquire a good instruction book. The dumplings were
>> OK, cooked but rather 'sad'. Everyone ate them with relish but I was
>> disappointed, I just played around with controls, not knowing what I was
>> doing :-( Being too ambitious I suppose.
>>
>> The instructions which came with the cooker were just about interpreting
>> the very many buttons and combination of buttons. there was nothing about
>> cooking real food.
>>
>> I don't understand it ... :-(
>>
>> Does Life have to be so complicated?
>>
>> Of course it does, if we use complicated machinery :-(((((((((((((
>>
>> But thanks for your encouragement!
>>
>> Mary
>
> Hi thee to thine free public library!
Ah - why didn't I think of that!
Probably because it's raining continuously and grey and cold and I only go
out to post letters!
...
>
> I brought home one hefty tome which had a lot of text and not many
> illustrations, and at first I was disappointed because it had only a few
> recipes, tucked away at the back. However, as I got into it, I realised
> that it was actually a treatise on the theory and practice of microwave
> cooking, and the few recipes were simply to illustrate the method.
That sounds like the sort of tome I'd like.
>
> This knowledge, plus the appliance, changed my life. Mind you, there are
> things which simply do not work well, dumplings being one of them. I
> always do dumplings on top of the (gas) stove,and pot roast in the oven,
> the pressure cooker or the slow cooker. Don't even think of trying cakes
> and biscuits, but, on the other hand, you can make a "steamed" pudding in
> five to nine minutes!!! (I can send you recipes if you like). The
> microwave is also fantastic for boiling milk, it NEVER burns, although it
> will boil over if you do not put it in a very large container and/or watch
> it carefully. I also fire up the regular oven for bread.
We went for a meal at No 3 son's, he has a huge conventional oven and uses
his microwave too. I took the last Christmas pudding and he said he'd heat
it in his microwave, at which I curled my lip.
It was the best pudding of the batch - including those I heated myself,
steaming for two hours. I'm still learning :-)
>
> I could go on, but I'll stop here. Post back or e-mail off list if you
> want any more info.
Thank you, I probably shall. The server has been up and down for the last
few days, it might be connected with the flooding we've had. If it continues
my on-line activity will be patchy but I shan't forget!
Thanks,
Mary
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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