Subj : Re: Hemp Buttermilk Corn
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ben Collver
Date : Mon Feb 12 2024 11:09:52

  Re: Re: Hemp Buttermilk Corn
  By: Dave Drum to Ben Collver on Mon Feb 12 2024 06:39:00

DD> Since you use hemp milk - does the vinegar "clabber" it as it does real
DD> milk?

Yes, both vinegar and black tea do that to hemp milk.  More so than with
other nut milks, but less so than with real dairy milk.

BC> The recipe called for 1 head of celery.  Seems like a lot to me too,
BC> but maybe it was a small head?

DD> I'm just curious. In my area a head/bunch/stalk of celery is in the
DD> three or four pound range.

I found the original BH&G recipe, and it originally called for a rib of
celery.  I guess my sister was feeling like a celeriac that day.

DD> I was not aware that dried beans/peas/pulses had a "best by" date.

I've noticed that after about 5 years, legumes will "dry up" and then
they don't reconstitute properly.  They will expand more slowly when
soaked, and they will cook unevenly, so that they are partly soft but
with hard bits in them.  If i cook them for a really long time, then
they eventually dissolve into mush, which is edible but less
appetizing.

The fresher the legumes are, the better they smell when i drain them
after soaking them.

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