Subj : Pie Crust To : Ben Collver From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sun Dec 21 2025 05:15 pm Hi Ben, RH> Used up some turkey in a pot pie tonight. Steve rolled out the crusts for RH> me; we have (and he used) a Vermont granite rolling pin. We also have the RH> matching pastry slab but my KA mixer sits on it so he used our big cutting RH> board to roll them on. BC> That sounds absolutely delicious. It was! I used a 9" pie plate so it is lasting the 2 of us 3 meals. It was well filled; I had about 3 cups of turkey scraps, a couple of cups each of frozen (briefly nuked) carrots and peas, about the same in pre cooked potato chunks and about 2 cups of gravy. We had a bit of left over pie crust after trimming the top so today Steve made mini cinnamon rolls--roll out the crust, sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar, roll up and cut into 1" pieces and bake. His mom did it so he taught me to do it years ago. And..................now I have a bit more room in the fridge now that the turkey and gravy are used up. BC> Last night i visited one of my sisters and she made schnitzel with BC> mushroom gravy, with shiitake mushrooms. She also made cabbage with BC> apples, onions, garlic, white wine, and balsamic vinegar. She also BC> made a venison meatloaf. It all went well together. I really enjoyed BC> it. I washed her dishes and she sent me home with leftovers. This BC> morning we made pear crisp and espresso. It all sounded good except for the espresso. I'm not (never was, never will be) a coffee drinker. I'd have probably had a cuppa tea instead. (G) RH> Take advantage of all the space and equipment to stock your RH> fridge/freezer. BC> Good idea! I try to do the things we like in bigger batches so we can enjoy them multiple times with little fuss after the initial cooking. I'll probably, in the next few weeks, make up some Moroccan chicken and a big batch of meat balls, again, tucking some into the freezer. With the meat balls, I'll use 2-3 pounds of ground beef, put them on a cookie sheet, then bake. When they've cooled, I'll put the sheet in the freezer until they've frozen, then transfer them to a zip lock bag. That way I can take out as many as I need per meal. RH> The other day when I made the goulash soup, I doubled the RH> recipe to put 4 quarts of it (in quart size boxes) into the freezer to RH> enjoy later. I'd not made it in years but when I saw the smoked chuck RH> roast in the freezer last month, I thought about using it for the soup. RH> Between whatever seasoning Steve put on it before smoking it and the RH> spicing I used, it turned out to be the best version I've ever made or RH> eaten elsewhere. BC> Yum! It was; the hardest part now is to not use it all up in the next week or so. (G) BC> Recently i made a lentil soup with turkey broth. I cooked the turkey BC> bones for 36 hours, the last 12 of which i had the crockpot lid BC> part-way off to reduce the broth. I was pleased with the results. Sounds good. I used my 12 qt stock pot for the pea soup we made recently and the 8 qt stock pot for the goulash soup--both were too large a quantity to fit into my crock pot. RH> Since it's just Steve and me, it would last for the second day--and RH> beyond. (G) BC> A childhood friend of mine, his mother made zucchini "bread" in big BC> batches and froze them. It was really more of a cake than a bread. BC> She was generous with the butter. It was a convenient dessert, just BC> pull it out of the freezer, remove the bag and foil, and warm it up BC> in the toaster oven. BC> As a teen i could eat an entire loaf in one sitting, if they let me. Most teens have that kind of an appetite. (G) My younger brother was a big eater from the get go; he could easily eat twice the amount I did--and I had a normal kid's appetite. Don't know how much he's slowed down in his years; I know I eat about 1/3 the amount I used to. BC> Title: Chocolate Cheesecake BC> Categories: Cheesecakes BC> Yield: 12 Servings Now that's something right up my alley! If we didn't have a good bit of sweets (German from Lidl, others from our trip out to the Soutern Supreme fruitcake {the best commercial fruitcake on the market, more fruit and nuts than cake} factory outlet a couple of weeks ago, I'd make that for Chritmas dinner dessert. Steve makes a small (7") one in the Instant Pot and always adds extra chocolate. Extra rich, extra good so a small wedge will be sufficient. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Multitask: make twice the mistakes in 1/2 the time. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .