Crisco changes blamed for crust woes and salt shifts
Readers report stubborn pie crusts over the past decade attributing issues to the new nontransfat Crisco formulation and to sea salt replacing table salt. The exchange includes tips on moisture, flour measurement, and substituting oils to improve cakes and breads.
Chestnuts rise in U S markets as seasonal staple gains
Red Fern Farm owner Tom Wahl notes Americans rarely see chestnuts yet they rise in popularity globally. The Prairie Grove Nut Growers group coordinates about 60 chestnut growers across Iowa Illinois and Missouri as November harvests bring fresh fruit to markets like Saigon Market in Cedar Rapids with Chicago supplies arriving this week.
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Chestnut and Cornbread Stuffing From The Chestnut Cook Book
Chestnut stuffing combines fresh or dried chestnuts with onion, butter, cornbread and herbs. Mix ingredients with hot water to moisten, then stuff and bake inside a turkey. From Annie Bhagwandin.
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Annie Bhagwandin
World-class Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chestnut Apple Dessert
A mixed recipe note presents a chocolate chip cookie method using half a stick of butter, sugar, honey, eggs, baking soda, vanilla, whole wheat flour, chocolate chips, and chestnut flour with optional pan bars. It also details chestnut apple dessert steps with chestnuts apples lemon water honey white wine and optional whipped cream.
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Annie Bhagwandin
Preparing Chestnuts: Boiling Roasting Microwave Oven and Fire
Instructions from Tom Wahi and Kathy Dice explain boiling whole chestnuts in water for 20 minutes, scoring shells for roasting, peeling when warm, microwaving 1/2 cup for one minute, roasting at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, and using a chestnut pan over an open fire.
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