Baldur

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Lol at Snowpocalypse. Indeed, the central and norther parts of Oklahoma have declared a state of emergency. Oklahoma City has gotten over a foot of snow. And the northeast, Tulsa for example, has gotten around 22 inches. While native Oklahomans are freaking out, I admit it seems miniscule to the 36 inches that dear Baldur is having to contend with.

I live in the western part of the state, and we only received about six to eight inches of the white stuff. Not too bad. Although I did manage to get my car stuck at the end of the driveway in a rather large snow drift. I had to dig the snow out from around my tires with my ice scraper, since I do not own a snow shovel. We get one or two good bouts of snow in Oklahoma every winter although never to this extent. Luckily the power has not gone out and no fatalities have been reported.

It is 3°F right now. Honestly, I can handle all of this cold although I do not like it. But what really drives me crazy is that less than a week ago the temperature was 77°F. The weather last Friday was so pleasant that I took my children to the zoo. So, Dragon, I understand what you mean about the inconsistencies of the weather. Around here we have a saying similar to yours, "If you don't like the weather in Oklahoma, stick around. It will change." Such drastic fluctuations are enough to drive a person mad.

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Pssst ... Baldur, if word gets through to you that your mother is going to get a computer, will you be changing your profile pic!

Baldur

LOL, no if anything my profile pic would throw her off.
I don't look much like Mr T, though she would certainly be horrified that I choose to portray myself this way.

clorophilla

Baldur, here there are some delicious ways to recycle stale bread.

1. bruschetta (pron. Broosketta, that means "toasted a little")
slice the bread when is still no more hard
toast it on a barbecue (or just a pan)
rub on a fresh garlic
add salt, oil and pepper

http://www.collineromane.it/files/u1/BRUSCHETTA.jpg

also:
toast slices of stale bread and rub garlic as in previous recipe
add oil, salt, a bit of celery finely cutted (or some leaf of basil) and cutted fresh tomatoes
eat it after a bit, when the tomato juice softened it

http://www.buonissimo.org/ricette/images/1930.jpg

2. panzanella (pron. punzah nayllah) Umbria's recipe
soften stale bread with wather, then broke it with your hands.
add cutted onions, cutted tomatoes, salt, olive oil and vinegar

http://www.italiayes.com/localit/firenze/firenze%20immagini/gastronomia/panzanella-thumb.jpg

3. pancotto (Punkottoh = cooked bread) recipe from Florence
boil the stale bread with broth for half an hour, blending now and then
then minutes befor cooked, add 4 spoons of olive oil
dust on it with plent grated parmesan

http://ricette.pourfemme.it/wp-galleryo/il-pancotto/pancotto4.jpg

lilalee

My stale bread is either turned into croutons or bread pudding, but these links are yummy and can't wait to try, espically the soup!! Thanks.

Baldur

I shall try those recipes, though my mother will no doubt continue to throw away bread.
I might have added that these were not breads from a local bakery that will get hard as they age. These were breads from a Supermarket, the type that have so many chemical preservatives that they stay fresh for days and days.

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Dragon

Here's a question for Radio Baldur listeners regarding bread.
I do try not to be wasteful but when I find mold on the bread I throw the rest of the loaf out too. My fiancee always kind of debates whether to just throw out the moldy peices and keep the rest but that just grosses me out. My way of thinking is that once there's mold you can see, there's probably mold elswhere that you can't.
Cheese is different, if I find a little mold on the cheese I'll cut it off and happily use the rest. Am I weird or does that make any sense?

lilalee

I do the same Dragon. We probably eat enough bacteria unknowingly, and eating mold I can't see, well!! I don't buy store bought bread, but do freeze the bread we do buy from a bakery. Take out the slices we need, and a few minutes to unthaw. We don't eat much bread anyway. Your not weird!! Just doing what we have to do.;D

clorophilla

well, may be it's important to clarify that the bread we eat here in Italy is probabily very different from the one you can buy at supermarket but also in groceries there... our bread is literally ALIVE cose he has enzyms, no additives, natural leavening... it last fresh well for about a week, then, when it is aging it became more dry and hard but never, never get mould!

mdawrcn

I used to do that with cheese, then heard somewhere not to eat cheese or bread that had mold as it affects the whole product. The US Dept. of Agriculture has a list of foods that can be eaten with mold (soft cheeses) and ones should be discarded.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/factsheets/molds_on_food/index.asp

I don't eat a lot of bread, so when I buy it, I freeze what I can't eat in a couple of days and like lilalee thaw it when I need it. Only takes a minute or I toast it.

mdawrcn

Oops sorry, please disregard what I said about soft cheeses. It is hard cheeses and then only the ones where mold is used to make the cheese.

Scroll to the bottom of that page to see the list and the reasons.

Brunnhilde

About educating one's mother:

I have noticed that it is grandchildren who can have the most effect at changing the attitude of their grandparents. Parents still think of their children as children, and take no notice of anything they say, whereas they can be persuaded by their grandchildren that something is really a very good idea. So, Baldur, if your mother has any grandchildren, set them on to educating her about re-cycling and not wasting good food!!

And thank you to Mdawrcn for that list of what moulds are good and what toxic. I tend to scrape the mould off bread and hard cheese thinking it harmless, but I should be more aware. Living alone it is sometimes difficult to buy small enough portions so they don't go off and I always freeze half of each loaf I buy for later.

And another good use for stale bread: make breadcrumbs, either toasted and kept in a jar, or soft and frozen. Useful for all sorts of recipes and delicious scattered on cooked plums.

Baldur

Brunnhilde, you are absolutely correct about parents not always viewing their adult children as adults.
My children wish nothing to do with,y mother, and perhaps rightly so.
This was already covered in great detail some time back on this channel, I do not wish to drag the entire saga out again. Let me just abbreviate it by stating my family is rather dysfunctional.
My sister Prunella's daughter has many qualities that I find exemplary.
She is verging on vegetarianism, recycles fervently and is a brilliant budding scientist. She has several degrees under her belt already from the University.
My mother views her as self-centered, demanding and spoiled.
My relationship with this young lady suffers from the aftershocks of my turbulent relationship with her mother.
Families are so difficult.

I have refused to allow my relationship with my own children to be modeled by any of this. They are nice people, somewhat orphaned from their extended family.

Baldur

Baldur eats very little bread, my partner however likes toast at breakfast.
Generally we freeze the bread as soon as it's brought home from the market, I remove a couple of pieces to defrost as needed.

sheftali52

Yes..families can be challenging. Recycling...a part of life for many of us. Years ago when I lived in Germany, I recall very mindful recycling. We had bins at the house for paper, plastic, glass, and paper. And the only trash we put in waste bin was food scraps, meat bones, and such. I was terrified of throwing the wrong thing in the wrong bin--my neighbors would have been aghast.

sheftali52

Hehe--that would be paper, plastic, glass, and METAL.

Baldur

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