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Evelyn Ruut · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 54

"Nick Cramer" wrote in message $f8@newsreader.com...
> "Evelyn Ruut" wrote:
>> Is about the only wine I use in cooking. But I make sure I buy a cheap
>> one, like Cribari or so. The expensive marsala seems too bitter. I once
>> bought it when the other wasn't available and it literally ruined the
>> dish. --
>
> It may have just been that brand or that bottle. I won't cook with any
> wine
> or spirits that I won't drink. Cribari isn't bad, but I prefer Sicilian
> Marsala. You should be able to get it for under $10 a bottle. I won't buy
> or use anything labelled "Cooking Wine!"

I buy the Marsala in a liquor store. I have also used cooking sherry on
the rare occasion, but it isn't as good as the Marsala.

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Best Regards,

Evelyn

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Janet Wilder · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 230

Evelyn Ruut wrote:

> Ricotta cheese as used in cannolis is a good ingredient for diabetics to
> consider. There is a wonderful ricotta cheese pie that a grandmother
> in law used to make with citron and chocolate chips in it. She made it
> with a cookie crust and real sugar of course, but I see no reason why it
> couldn't be adapted to a diabetic friendly version.
>

This one had on crust! No chips or candied fruits, either.

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Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Gill Murray · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 21

Janet Wilder wrote:
> Evelyn Ruut wrote:
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>> "Janet Wilder" wrote in message
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>
>>> I have a very small freezer chest in the garage. It is not
>>> frost-free. I put the frozen food into a big cooler then hit the
>>> freezer with the hair dryer, held at least a foot from the walls. It
>>> melts the frost and what it doesn't melt it loosens so I can just pry
>>> it off with a butter knife.
>>>
>>> The chest is on wheels, so when the ice is gone, I wheel it to the
>>> outside and pull the convenient plug to drain the water.
>
>
>>
>> Hi Janet,
>>
>> From an old gal like me who waited all my life to get a frost free
>> anything, I can tell you the hair dryer is the hard way. Just set
>> up an ordinary fan so that it blows at the frosted up freezer. It is
>> amazing how fast it works. Back in my day we had to defrost
>> regularly and I would just sit a fan on a chair and point it at the
>> fridge and it would melt at a phenomenal rate. I could go and do
>> whatever I wanted while it melted. With the hair dryer you have to
>> hold it.
>>
>
> What a wonderful idea! I do have a desk fan around here somewhere. The
> air in the garage is almost always warm (we have two seasons here- warm
> and hot) so I imagine it would work rather quickly.
>
> Thanks.

This is exactly what I do with the frig and freezer in the RV. The fan
works so much faster than the hairdryer, and you can play on the
computer while it is doing it's work, rather than stand there and hold
the hairdryer!

Gillian

Trinkwasser · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:47:54 +0000 (UTC), "W. Baker"
wrote:

>In alt.support.diabetes Robert Miles wrote:
>
>: " Frank t2" wrote in message
>: $0$15719$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-05.noos.net...
>
>: > Sadly, I do. Wink

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>: > Our current fridge is jammed with too much ice in the freezer ...
>: > Unfortunately, there's till quite a bit of protein in there, so I can't
>: > yet defrost ....
>: >
>: >
>: > Ohh, for my pre-diabetes days ....
>: >
>: >
>: >
>: I had a styrofoam cooler I used whem I wanted to defrost my freezer.
>: It kept the food frozen long enough.
>
>
>I just put the food all very close together on the kitchen counter with a
>thick pile of newspapers on to and I defrost using pots of hot water so
>the food is not out of the fridge very long. This works fo rme even in
>reletively warm weather..

When I lived under the flightpath to an airport we had double glazing
installed with a massive air gap (about eight inches) to keep out the
noise, in winter this made an excellent place to stash the food during
defrosting operations.

I must get mine done before the warmer weather returns, I use the same
technique, bowl of hot water, food wrapped in old newspaper in an
unheated part of the house, and watch out for next door's cat.

Last time this worked well except for the prawns which were glazed
with so much ice they semi-melted and resolidified into an unbreakable
block with little pink tails poking out.