Couch 194: The Floral Couch

chihirochild · Apr 21, 2019 at 12:50 PM

I forgot that the BF is at his Aunt's Easter thing a few towns away

chihirochild · Apr 21, 2019 at 12:50 PM

I'm a needy idiot.

Omers · Apr 21, 2019 at 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Anyone have any ideas what gf item could replace cornstarch? Planning to bake a peach pie; have all ingredients except cornstarch as a thickener for the filling; have none of the typical gf alternatives to cornstarch; do not feel up to going out again. Have gf flour and flaxseed mill. I think I’ll have to use the gf flour.

You would have to change up the recipe a bit but unflavored jello will thicken but can’t be cooked, pectin for canning will also thicken the syrup and may hold up for cooking... or may not...

Omers · Apr 21, 2019 at 01:13 PM

Son is waiting for me to notice he is threatening to SH. REALLY? so not in the mood on Easter.
Then thought about T with family for Easter dinner... both mortified and laughing hysterically wondering how he and his wife mesh their individual OCD bits at a family gathering...

LonesomeTonight · Apr 21, 2019 at 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Anyone have any ideas what gf item could replace cornstarch? Planning to bake a peach pie; have all ingredients except cornstarch as a thickener for the filling; have none of the typical gf alternatives to cornstarch; do not feel up to going out again. Have gf flour and flaxseed mill. I think I’ll have to use the gf flour.

I think arrowroot powder is GF and can be used as a sub. Though I assume you don't have that.

WarmFuzzySocks · Apr 21, 2019 at 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by chihirochild

I'm a needy idiot.

A big hug, sweets. So not true.

Having needs =/= being “needy,” or an idiot for that matter.

chihirochild · Apr 21, 2019 at 01:43 PM

Friend is coming over at 5 and BF is coming over at 8 when his family thing is done.

stopdog · Apr 21, 2019 at 02:28 PM

Tapioca is the only thing I know of

Echos Myron redux · Apr 21, 2019 at 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Tapioca is the only thing I know of

I read this without any context and thought you meant that tapioca was literally the only thing you are aware of.

stopdog · Apr 21, 2019 at 02:50 PM

Some days it is

atisketatasket · 03:41 PM

I ended up starting rearranging the kitchen instead. It’s much more efficient though less than half done already.

Also got rid of my old glutinous flour very very carefully lest it go over everything or I inhale it.

I’m considering trying a recipe for buttermilk chess pie instead of peach pie and then I can get corn starch later. I have never had chess pie, but I have all the ingredients.

WFS—I got premade gf pie shells. There’s only so much experimentation I can cope with at once.

unaluna · Apr 21, 2019 at 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

I read this without any context and thought you meant that tapioca was literally the only thing you are aware of.

Well she did say she is not a fan of chocolate. So. There are times when chocolate is literally the only thing i am aware of.

Good thing breathing is automatic.

stopdog · Apr 21, 2019 at 03:51 PM

Chess pie is delicious. My mother mostly made lemon and chocolate ones but sometimes just plain. A true chess pie (as opposed to some other soft filling) has cornmeal in it. Is cornmeal gluten free?

stopdog · Apr 21, 2019 at 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

I read this without any context and thought you meant that tapioca was literally the only thing you are aware of.

"What shall I learn of beans or beans of me?"
A favorite quote from Thoreau that my 10th grade English teacher loved to say.

healed84 · Apr 21, 2019 at 03:57 PM

The carrot cake I made yesterday is delicious!

atisketatasket · Apr 21, 2019 at 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Chess pie is delicious. My mother mostly made lemon and chocolate ones but sometimes just plain. A true chess pie (as opposed to some other soft filling) has cornmeal in it. Is cornmeal gluten free?

By itself, cornmeal is gf. It’s not in the list of ingredients on my gf recipe, though.

Am now considering making it chocolate—the recipe is for lemon.

stopdog · Apr 21, 2019 at 04:04 PM

I said that about the cornmeal because my grandmother and mother would read recipes together and the ones without cornmeal were rejected as being yankee chess pie recipes. Which were to be scorned apparently. I don't know why. I do know that even now I will not call a pie a chess pie unless it has 2 tbl of cornmeal (white not yellow).
It is a happy memory of them making chess pies.

atisketatasket · Apr 21, 2019 at 04:18 PM

Well, I am a Yankee, so I shall accept my lot as being relegated to cornmeal-free chess pies.

I do mean to make it, it’s just every time I go in the kitchen I have to clean from my earlier reorganization.

feralkittymom · Apr 21, 2019 at 04:46 PM

A couple of web-sites I recently came upon:

Start Here | A Clean Bake I can't vouch for any of the recipes, but I like how the site is organized for a variety of eating preferences: GF, vegan, etc.

And Healthline: Medical information and health advice you can trust. for its searchable d-base with active links to med research within articles for all sorts of issues.

LonesomeTonight · Apr 21, 2019 at 05:09 PM

I have no idea what chess pie is (yeah, I can google...)

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chihirochild Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: North America Posts: 2,360 7 4,865 hugs given	Apr 21, 2019 at 12:50 PM #241 I forgot that the BF is at his Aunt's Easter thing a few towns away

chihirochild Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: North America Posts: 2,360 7 4,865 hugs given	Apr 21, 2019 at 12:50 PM #242 I'm a needy idiot.

chihirochild Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: North America Posts: 2,360 7 4,865 hugs given	Apr 21, 2019 at 01:43 PM #247 Friend is coming over at 5 and BF is coming over at 8 when his family thing is done.

stopdog underdog is here Member Since Sep 2011 Location: blank Posts: 34,722 (SuperPoster!) 12 1 hugs given	Apr 21, 2019 at 02:28 PM #248 Tapioca is the only thing I know of __________________ Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

stopdog underdog is here Member Since Sep 2011 Location: blank Posts: 34,722 (SuperPoster!) 12 1 hugs given	Apr 21, 2019 at 02:50 PM #250 Some days it is __________________ Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

healed84 Young Butterfly Member Since Jan 2012 Posts: 7,574 12 1,475 hugs given	Apr 21, 2019 at 03:57 PM #255 The carrot cake I made yesterday is delicious! __________________ "You decide every moment of every day who you are and what you believe in. You get a second chance, every second." "You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!" - J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,143 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Apr 21, 2019 at 04:18 PM #258 Well, I am a Yankee, so I shall accept my lot as being relegated to cornmeal-free chess pies. I do mean to make it, it’s just every time I go in the kitchen I have to clean from my earlier reorganization.

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,727 (SuperPoster!) 9 74.9k hugs given	Apr 21, 2019 at 05:09 PM #260 I have no idea what chess pie is (yeah, I can google...)