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The Right Knife for the Job
Using the right knife can save a cook from serious medical implications in the future. A good knife set that has a knife for each particular task you would like to perform in the kitchen is so necessary for the comfort of you hand. You shouldn’t use bread knives for carving your turkey, just as you shouldn’t use a chef’s knife to slice your bread.
Like with any task, the risk for medical problems increases when the right equipment is not employed for a particular task. A comprehensive knife set will include all of the basic knives you need to achieve virtually any culinary task. The right knife set today may save you thousands of dollars in the future.
Strawberry Nut Bread
Ingredients:
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2-10 oz packages frozen/sliced strawberries
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4 eggs
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1 c. cooking oil
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2 c. sugar
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3 c. flour
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1 tbsp. baking soda
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1 tsp. salt
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1 tbsp. cinnamon
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1 1/4 cup chopped pecans
Defrost berries. Beat eggs in bowl until fluffy: Add oil, sugar and defrosted strawberries. Sift together flour, cinnamon, soda and salt into mixing bowl: add strawberry mixture and mix until well blended. Stir in nuts. Pour into 2 greased and floured bread loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour and 10 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes remove and cool on rack.
After the bread has cooled slicing it up with your bread knife. Serve with whipped cream cheese. Also makes very good muffins. Grease muffin tins or use paper muffin cups. Baked 15 to 20 minutes at 350degrees.
Grandma’s House
We went over to Grandma’s house for a visit. As we walked up the path to the front door, we could smell the homemade bread baking and the apple pie that is cooling on the front porch. Grandma uses her baking stone to bake the bread on, and a stoneware pie plate to bake her pies in.
We walked up the steps, across the front porch, through the living room and into the kitchen where Grandma was just taking out a freshly baked loaf of bread. She looked up at us and said get the bread knife out to cut the bread and if you want the Apple butter it is in the refrigerator.