Helen RandellHand Me Downs
April 15th 2009 10:34
Not everything that came out of a cupboard went into a box to be unpacked at the new house. A lot of the more questionable items were packed off to the local charity shop, and, as ashamed as I am to admit it, some of them even came home with me.
I am now the proud owner of: a set of 'Papa's Hands' – a pastry crimping device designed to make easy work of pasties and other half moon shaped baked goods; a circa 1960s flour sieve, because my current one has issues with anything over ½ cup of flour; a cake carrier; a pudding bowl; some quiche dishes; and the most intriguing device of all, a biscuit piping 'gun' which has a variety of end discs which you can use to make biscuits of different shapes.
This one was quite a puzzle, but I think I have a mental image of how it works now. Basically, you have to make quite a smooth biscuit mixture which is easily forced through the machine and pattern disc. The pattern on the disc will not directly resemble the pattern which the dough makes once it comes through. The star shape will make biscuits in a sort of grooved 'tear-drop' shape (I think). I have no idea what shape the other discs will produce – I think it might be time for some experimenting!
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Comment by Jason King
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I also scored a second bread machine from a council cleanup and use it for making my chutneys and jams.
I keep searching Vinnies stores everywhere trying to find a good big ceramic grinding pepper grinder. I WILL WAIT as I cannot afford $100- plus for a decent one. Ooh - I may look at Ebay now
Good luck with the cookie cutting!
Comment by Helen Randell
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Good luck with your ceramic grinder search. I'll keep you posted on the cookies!
Comment by SpikeTheLobster
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Comment by Helen Randell
Rough Cooking
Thanks for your comments.
Comment by Lara M
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