Subj : Re: Pancakess To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Sun Oct 27 2024 05:04:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> I'm sure some will try to "step up" but it will be tough as they don't DD> have the assortment of huge pots that Les used. Many of them were DD> large, repurposed aluminum pressure canneers. Like this 10+ gallon one DD> - DD> https://tinyurl.com/CHILLI-POT DD> He had three like that and some smaller - but not much smaller ones. DD> Sara will likely donate them to Habitat for Humanity. RH> No chance she would donate one to you? I've got a 12 qt Revere Ware RH> stainless steel that we bought out in in AZ and a 24 qt boiling water RH> bath canner but even the latter is a couple of gallons short of 10. RH> Don't know which daughter will lay claim to them eventually. If I asked she probably would. But, I'm not going to ask. I've got a nice stainless steel stock pot with a thick bottom which will make a nice size batch of chilli. And has, on occasion, done seafood gumbo and other soupy things. But, at 82 I'n not the dynamo tha Les was and I'm winding down a lot of things. DD> I'm not a fan of chocolate chimp pancakes either. But many are or they DD> wouldn't be on offer in so many places. The maple syrup woulds be a no DD> go for me. But, that's just me and my dislike of maple anything except DD> furniture. Bv)= DD> My favourite sweet toppings for pancakes/waffles are jams, jellies, DD> fresh fruit, preserves or honey. RH> i like those as well, but having been raised on nothing but real maple RH> syrup, it still ranks #1 for a topping in my book. DD> We had real maple sirup (that's the way the maker splled it) from DD> Funk's Grove - just up the road from here. RH> My parents knew several farmers who had sugar bushes. Then also, when RH> he was in high school, for a few years my younger brother tapped some RH> of the maple trees around our/our neighbor's (with his OK) property. RH> First year or 2 mom boiled it down on the kitchen stove, then my RH> brother got enough sap that dad took it outside to the gas grill. That RH> came to a fast end when something (probably adding sap),spilled and RH> caught fire. Dad put it out fast but the local fire department was also RH> called in as a back up. Next year my brother was off to college and my RH> parents went back to buying syrup. Is maple sap flammable? I don't know - but it seems a stretch. DD> I still didn't care for it from the start, preferring another locally DD> made sweetener - sorghum m olasses. RH> Don't see too much of that around here. Sorghum is a close cousin of corn. We still have some family farmers who grow both syrup sorghum and popping sorghum - which is popped just like popcorn but tastes very different. I've made this recipe a couple of times. Good way to use up the excess oil from a pot of red chilli. I make it in larger quantity though using 3/4 cup tto 1 cup of sorghum kernels. But, I like to share. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Spicy Popped Sorghum Categories: Five, Appetisers, Grains, Chilies Yield: 1 Servings 1 tb Chile oil; as needed 2 tb Popping sorghum Salt, sugar, cinnamon Heat chile oil in a pot over medium heat; add sorghum and cover pot. Cook, shaking constantly, until the majority of sorghum is popped, about 5 minutes. Season with salt, sugar and cinnamon Recipe by: Alli Shircliff RECIPE FROM: http://allrecipes.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen MMMMM .... Useless Invention: Screen door on a submarine. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12) .