What are you baking today (2026)?

[badjak]

Meant to add this to previous:

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Your post makes more sense now.
I should check my puff pastry ingredients

 

[SoCalZone10]

Your post makes more sense now.
I should check my puff pastry ingredients

I would eat it less frequently, that’s all. My husband loves swordfish and he eats them very rarely, only if it’s really fresh. Once in a year kind of thing.
I don’t like to buy things because they cost money, if I use that as the only criteria then I eat healthier.

 

[Barriehie]

That product doesn’t sound good. Bioengineered food ingredients.
This is why I don’t buy ready made products except ice cream.

I'm sure the dairy cows are eating bioengineered food.

 

[SoCalZone10]

I'm sure the dairy cows are eating bioengineered food.

Yeah, just minimize, not total elimination.
We do buy milk, but I don’t like to buy beef or eat beef either.

 

[Z-Cook]

Not all food is raised the same way.
Buy better food where possible.
Reading labels helps.

 

[Barriehie]

Yeah, just minimize, not total elimination.
We do buy milk, but I don’t like to buy beef or eat beef either.

I don't remember the last time I bought beef, or ate it. It's been out of my price range as a food item for the last four years.

 

[badjak]

I don't remember the last time I bought beef, or ate it. It's been out of my price range as a food item for the last four years.

We eat beef.
All 3 of us (Sherlock, BB and I)
Beef is cheaper than pork, much cheaper than lamb or mutton.

 

[Barriehie]

We eat beef.
All 3 of us (Sherlock, BB and I)
Beef is cheaper than pork, much cheaper than lamb or mutton.

Here it goes chicken, pork, beef, then lamb. Pippi gets beef jerky but I don't eat it, that stuff is $25/lb! I get $5 worth and it lasts her several months.

 

[Z-Cook]

We eat beef.
All 3 of us (Sherlock, BB and I)
Beef is cheaper than pork, much cheaper than lamb or mutton.

You're in beef country, or just north of it

 

[Morning Glory]

Mod.comment. this is the baking thread. Feel free to start a new thread about beef, folks!

 

[msmofet]

I use Pepperidge Farms Puff Pastry and have no problem with it.

Cherry Cheese Danish

 

[Barriehie]

My first ever shot at using whey instead of water for making bread. Since whey is only 93% water there's a spot of math required.

Grams of water needed/0.93 = amount of whey to use.

I also eyeballed in some ground flax seeds, chia seeds, and oatmeal...

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• Barriehie
• 9 Jan 2026
• bread whey

Whey bread, 1st try.

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• Barriehie
• 9 Jan 2026
• bread whey

Whey bread, 1st try.

 

[TastyReuben]

My first ever shot at using whey instead of water for making bread.

How’s the taste?

 

[karadekoolaid]

Looks pretty good to me.
How did it taste?

 

[Barriehie]

How’s the taste?

Looks pretty good to me.
How did it taste?

Tastes pretty good. Really didn't discern a difference from not using whey. I didn't have the time I wanted to manage the rise so the crumb was a bit flat. Next time will be a more managed affair and I'll have a truer assessment.