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Do you have a favorite type of thing you like to bake? Like are you more into breads or pies, or do you prefer a variety of baked goods?

I do everything, yeast breads, quick breads, desserts, cheesecakes, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, eclairs, cream puffs etc etc. there's little I don't do...meats, dinners and more. I just do everything.

Around here when I was cooking for my husbands work they fell in love with my breads the most... probably because no one makes homemade yeast breads these days, so my dinner rolls became a standing order at every pot luck.

I kind of fell into that accidentally because my husband hadn't known that he was in charge of his teams pot luck until it was too late to put a sign-up sheet out, so I ended up cooking the entire dinner for two full teams, and because of the money crunch of that expense, I did as much from scratch as possible... and one of those things was 7 dozen homemade dinner rolls

So while the entire dinner with included desserts was a hit, it seemed the yeasted dinner rolls was the star... so for years I had to make (per unanimous request) 7-8 dozen homemade dinner rolls for every potluck they had, on top of the meats (which was my husbands responsibility as manager) and always (1) dessert.

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^^^ Some rolls cooling...
 

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As seen people saying Chefs now does Dinner Lady Lemon Tart as a one shot, was going to place a order with them, but it's all gone already, so going to hold off doing a order for now :(

Dinner Lady Lemon Tart is the one juice I have never got bored of, and still have around 15 bottles in the juice cupboard, but knowing I won't be able to buy the pre made, was excited to see now do a one shot, so hopefully they get it again soon.

I have tried a few recipes for it, but none have been that close IMO.


:eek:Ou they are out already!!!! don't look at me.......:rolleyes:
 

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I do everything, yeast breads, quick breads, desserts, cheesecakes, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, eclairs, cream puffs etc etc. there's little I don't do...meats, dinners and more. I just do everything.

Around here when I was cooking for my husbands work they fell in love with my breads the most... probably because no one makes homemade yeast breads these days, so my dinner rolls became a standing order at every pot luck.

I kind of fell into that accidentally because my husband hadn't known that he was in charge of his teams pot luck until it was too late to put a sign-up sheet out, so I ended up cooking the entire dinner for two full teams, and because of the money crunch of that expense, I did as much from scratch as possible... and one of those things was 7 dozen homemade dinner rolls

So while the entire dinner with included desserts was a hit, it seemed the yeasted dinner rolls was the star... so for years I had to make (per unanimous request) 7-8 dozen homemade dinner rolls for every potluck they had, on top of the meats (which was my husbands responsibility as manager) and always (1) dessert.

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^^^ Some rolls cooling...
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I am so a bread person! Those look heavenly :wub: back when I used to bake a lot breads and cheesecakes were my favorite to make.
 

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I decided lemon is not for me. I really was hoping (in the past). I love lemon meringue pie. I finally mixed up 400mL of tobacco for me. It should last a few months or longer. I like simple with Tobacco flavors. I'm not fussy with them.
I also mixed up 100mL of a caramel praline ice cream using SSA vanilla ice cream, Flv praline, FLv vanilla marshmallow (for a sweetener/mouthfeel) , SSA milk caramel fudge and SSA milk and caramel cream. I won't touch it for two weeks.
I'm planning on a raspberry ice cream using the Plain SSA ice cream and SSA raspberry syrup. I think I will keep it simple on that one.
 

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...watching for a Twinkie mix recipe :w00t: trying to remember if I like twinkies I haven't had one since I was a kid but it sounds good :)
sending positive vibes you do well with your vac :thumbs: knowing your last vac reaction and suffering from an aggressive autoimmune disorder myself I understand the angst
LOL. If you can't remember if you like twinkies, then you didn't, or you just don't have a sweet tooth.
I haven't had one in so many years I'm afraid to count. But, I can't forget the spongy yellow cake and the sweet white cream within.
 

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I am so a bread person! Those look heavenly :wub: back when I used to bake a lot breads and cheesecakes were my favorite to make.

I prefer homemade breads to store bought... they really are heavenly. Nothing beats warm from the oven pita with homemade hummus, or just a piece of fresh bread with butter... :) I used to make even our hamburger buns... which my husband thinks are to die for.. lol.

I haven't been able to do any baking for about two years now, but am hoping to heal up enough to get back to it by next year... if not by Christmastime... :)
 

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    LOL. If you can't remember if you like twinkies, then you didn't, or you just don't have a sweet tooth.
    I haven't had one in so many years I'm afraid to count. But, I can't forget the spongy yellow cake and the sweet white cream within.
    Same here.
     

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    I prefer homemade breads to store bought... they really are heavenly. Nothing beats warm from the oven pita with homemade hummus, or just a piece of fresh bread with butter... :) I used to make even our hamburger buns... which my husband thinks are to die for.. lol.

    I haven't been able to do any baking for about two years now, but am hoping to heal up enough to get back to it by next year... if not by Christmastime... :)
    I’m sure there are many that miss your baking. :wub:
     

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    I decided lemon is not for me. I really was hoping (in the past). I love lemon meringue pie.

    Some people do not do well with citrus vapes. Grapefruit flavor gave me a lot of unpleasant mouth issues and my friend had issues with vaping lemon and orange flavors. As for food items I am a serious lemon lover. I drink a lot of lemon water and lemon in my green tea, sanded lemon hard candy was a real mouth saver during chemo.
     

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    LOL. If you can't remember if you like twinkies, then you didn't, or you just don't have a sweet tooth.
    I haven't had one in so many years I'm afraid to count. But, I can't forget the spongy yellow cake and the sweet white cream within.

    It might be Twinkie trauma blanking my memory... My very first job was for a temp service that had me dress up in a Twinkie the kid costume for a grocery store promo. It was all fun and games until some kids grabbed me and stuffed my Twinkie head in a bread rack and I was stuck there after that it's all a blur.....
    true story!
    :lol:
     

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    I gained a few pounds just looking at those delicious rolls. Last winter I went though a phase that I taught myself how to make parker house rolls. Hubs loved them. I can't eat them so my enthusiasm diminished. :)
    I am fond of twinkies as a child. Last winter I purchased a box and it was a carb day. I was disappointed. I bought some corn syrup to make a home made version (real food) of twinkies/sponge cake on my next carb day.
    If I was going to make it diy eliquid I would use a spongecake/pound cake base, marshmallow vanilla and frosting.
     

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    Some people do not do well with citrus vapes. Grapefruit flavor gave me a lot of unpleasant mouth issues and my friend had issues with vaping lemon and orange flavors. As for food items I am a serious lemon lover. I drink a lot of lemon water and lemon in my green tea, sanded lemon hard candy was a real mouth saver during chemo.
    Yup. There's such an enormous diff between eating and inhaling. Cinnamon vapes and most but not all citrus vapes really are irritating. But I love eating those flavors.
     

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    It might be Twinkie trauma blanking my memory... My very first job was for a temp service that had me dress up in a Twinkie the kid costume for a grocery store promo. It was all fun and games until some kids grabbed me and stuffed my Twinkie head in a bread rack and I was stuck there after that it's all a blur.....
    true story!
    :lol:
    Twinkie trauma. That's a great phrase. Sorry that the circumstances weren't. Twinkie trauma, I'll either wake up in the middle of the night tonight hungry or scared. Hopefully hungry.
     

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    I do everything, yeast breads, quick breads, desserts, cheesecakes, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, eclairs, cream puffs etc etc. there's little I don't do...meats, dinners and more. I just do everything.

    Around here when I was cooking for my husbands work they fell in love with my breads the most... probably because no one makes homemade yeast breads these days, so my dinner rolls became a standing order at every pot luck.

    I kind of fell into that accidentally because my husband hadn't known that he was in charge of his teams pot luck until it was too late to put a sign-up sheet out, so I ended up cooking the entire dinner for two full teams, and because of the money crunch of that expense, I did as much from scratch as possible... and one of those things was 7 dozen homemade dinner rolls

    So while the entire dinner with included desserts was a hit, it seemed the yeasted dinner rolls was the star... so for years I had to make (per unanimous request) 7-8 dozen homemade dinner rolls for every potluck they had, on top of the meats (which was my husbands responsibility as manager) and always (1) dessert.

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    ^^^ Some rolls cooling...
    Those look very good. Nothing beats a good homemade roll.
     

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    Boy, I am exhausted! Trying to keep up with my daughter and my sister at a flea market, impossible! :w00t: Then a giant antique store, double impossible! :w00t::w00t: I'm just too old and fat. When we got home and I was trying to catch up on all the posts, I fell asleep. This is why I'm posting so late. The main thing is my daughter had fun, so I'm happy.
     

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    Boy, I am exhausted! Trying to keep up with my daughter and my sister at a flea market, impossible! :w00t: Then a giant antique store, double impossible! :w00t::w00t: I'm just too old and fat. When we got home and I was trying to catch up on all the posts, I fell asleep. This is why I'm posting so late. The main thing is my daughter had fun, so I'm happy.

    Just got home a little bit ago from the bday party. I drank more beer tonight than I have in the last year. I think I had 5 in four hours. I’m about ready for bed now.

    It sounds like both of you had a pretty good Saturday.
     

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    It sounds like both of you had a pretty good Saturday.

    I had a better time than expected but wouldn’t say I really enjoyed it. The beer helped.
     

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