I cook them 5 and a half mins in the microwave or around the same time as you (15 mins) if boiled. They aren't 'mushy' but do have some softness and a crispness too. Not sure if that cross in the base makes any difference at all!
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I cook them 5 and a half mins in the microwave or around the same time as you (15 mins) if boiled. They aren't 'mushy' but do have some softness and a crispness too. Not sure if that cross in the base makes any difference at all!
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I am adding my third and final dish tomorrow before the deadline. It's a dessert with marzipan
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the cross it's the base allows the heat from the boiling water to get to the center of the sprout so that the center cooks before the outside is overcooked.
I usually cut the cross to about ⅓ the depth into the sprout. it very definitely makes a difference.
I know that is the theory and I did it for years. Now I stopped doing it and can see no difference. Mind you, in the microwave it wouldn't make a difference anyway. BTW you have the American spelling of centre in your post!
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This is just a fun one for the holidays. We all need more sweet snacks this time of year, amirite?!
This is just a fun one for the holidays. We all need more sweet snacks this time of year, amirite?!
She's comin' over to the dark side. Can color and plow be far behind?!BTW you have the American spelling of centre in your post!
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That's just me making it up as I go along!. BTW you have the American spelling of centre in your post!
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No, never... mind you liter...She's comin' over to the dark side. Can color and plow be far behind?!
I know that is the theory and I did it for years. Now I stopped doing it and can see no difference. Mind you, in the microwave it wouldn't make a difference anyway. BTW you have the American spelling of centre in your post!
And you use the French spelling.
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Can we just all agree on "sintur" and be done with it?And you use the French spelling.
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Actually, in my area we drop the "t," so that'd be "sinner" if spelled phonetically.
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Can we just all agree on "sintur" and be done with it?
Actually, in my area we drop the "t," so that'd be "sinner" if spelled phonetically.
Is a nut challenge the place to debate the pronunciation of "pecan?"
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Can we just all agree on "sintur" and be done with it?
Actually, in my area we drop the "t," so that'd be "sinner" if spelled phonetically.
How would it work if you had both sinner and centre in the same sentence? Would they sound the same?
Is a nut challenge the place to debate the pronunciation of "pecan?"
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Didn't we do that in another thread?
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Of course. Everyone knows its a pea can.Is a nut challenge the place to debate the pronunciation of "pecan?"
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