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Couple food/cooking notes
Aug. 10th, 2010 09:59 am1. Our green pole beans have finally come in! I was waiting and waiting, and then I looked, and they were there! They hide under the leaves, so it wasn't obvious to me that we had green beans! They're delicious in a stir-fry, and they're also good steamed and tossed with olive oil, salt, pepper and fresh chopped dill from my yard.
2. J. accidentally bought white whole wheat instead of regular white all-purpose flour. I usually have both whole wheat and white on hand. I tend to bake with a lot of whole wheat, but there are recipes that I do use white flour for- or use half and half white and whole wheat. One of the things I normally use white flour for is brownies. However, I used all white whole wheat in my latest batch of brownies, and they were just fine. Slightly denser, just a tad dryer. But my brownies are typically super moist and fudgy, so slightly dryer wasn't a big deal. On this page, they say that you can swap white whole wheat in for all-purpose flour for cookies and many kind of baked goods, but for something light and fluffy like angel food cake, you might still want to use the refined flour. So, just an FYI if you were thinking about experimenting with white whole wheat.
2. J. accidentally bought white whole wheat instead of regular white all-purpose flour. I usually have both whole wheat and white on hand. I tend to bake with a lot of whole wheat, but there are recipes that I do use white flour for- or use half and half white and whole wheat. One of the things I normally use white flour for is brownies. However, I used all white whole wheat in my latest batch of brownies, and they were just fine. Slightly denser, just a tad dryer. But my brownies are typically super moist and fudgy, so slightly dryer wasn't a big deal. On this page, they say that you can swap white whole wheat in for all-purpose flour for cookies and many kind of baked goods, but for something light and fluffy like angel food cake, you might still want to use the refined flour. So, just an FYI if you were thinking about experimenting with white whole wheat.
