Club FTWM
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2ppaamm:
Hey does that dehydrator thing really work? Am very tempted cos I read can dry fruits with it. Now can dry bak kwa some more, :idea:. Presumably got to bake after that that?[
So, I end up baking every year, slaving in the kitchen - :stupid: Just as I am speaking, I have a whole batch of bak kwa in the dehydrator. I remember I can leave it overnight there. Tiring but fun lah... -
Blobbi:
Hm... it is a white elephant for me most of the time. Except like now, when I remember I could make bak kwa in it. It can make ALOT! If you have more time than me, then it could be a good investment. It can make 'sun' dried tomatoes, all sorts of dried fruits. I bought it to dry all the produce from my own garden. I used to have lots of tomatoes growing (which all died after my Filipino maid left some years back). Now that my garden is blossoming again, I might use it.
Hey does that dehydrator thing really work? Am very tempted cos I read can dry fruits with it. Now can dry bak kwa some more, :idea:. Presumably got to bake after that that?2ppaamm:
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So, I end up baking every year, slaving in the kitchen - :stupid: Just as I am speaking, I have a whole batch of bak kwa in the dehydrator. I remember I can leave it overnight there. Tiring but fun lah...
So if you are into healthy food and you have the time, yes it is a good investment. Alternatively, you can set the oven at about 60 degrees centigrade, set the oven fan on, and it works the same, just that the amount the oven produces is about 10% of what the hydrator can. I bought the excalibur one. I don't know what else is in the market?
Have fun, then share your recipes with me please.... cause I have no time to search or trial and error leh... -
Alamak. I also working lah. But I do bake a fair bit - yumz! Yah if I buy and use, will let you know. Heard about the Excalibur brand - very $$ if I remember correctly.
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Blobbi:
Alamak. I also working lah. But I do bake a fair bit - yumz! Yah if I buy and use, will let you know. Heard about the Excalibur brand - very $$ if I remember correctly.
I think it was $600+ or something like that. I don't know whether it is good or not, because I have not used another brand. But it is better than the oven for sure for drying up stuff. Hey! Happy New Year! -
2ppaamm:
Yeah, Happy New Year too!!!!Blobbi:
Alamak. I also working lah. But I do bake a fair bit - yumz! Yah if I buy and use, will let you know. Heard about the Excalibur brand - very $$ if I remember correctly.
I think it was $600+ or something like that. I don't know whether it is good or not, because I have not used another brand. But it is better than the oven for sure for drying up stuff. Hey! Happy New Year! -
2ppaamm:
Wow - I am impressed. No wonder the kids finished everything! Didn't even know that you could make bakwa at home! Guess that you must be busy cooking for reunion dinner now (or eating it)! Gong Xi Fa Ca to you and all other FTWM's (and anyone else who may be reading this forum)!
I baked everything, didn't buy anything. I looked at all the stuff on the shelves and always end up thinking... \"better to make myself\". Either: too oily, not fresh, got preservative, skin too thick, pineapple too dark colored, cookie not well brushed, bak kwa smells weird - pig died too long ago, too expensive, don't know what butter or margarine they use - got trans fat?
So, I end up baking every year, slaving in the kitchen - :stupid: Just as I am speaking, I have a whole batch of bak kwa in the dehydrator. I remember I can leave it overnight there. Tiring but fun lah... -
No I don't have to cook for reunion dinner for myhubby's but I host the reunion on my mum's side. Don't know what to do for dessert. Ang mo or Chinese? Hm... That is 2 more days to go. I also host reunion for my sec school classmates in my house . I think this year we'll have 25 coming together with hubbies and children maybe close to 50 ... Don't know what to prepare... :?
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2ppaamm:
No I don't have to cook for reunion dinner for myhubby's but I host the reunion on my mum's side. Don't know what to do for dessert. Ang mo or Chinese? Hm... That is 2 more days to go. I also host reunion for my sec school classmates in my house . I think this year we'll have 25 coming together with hubbies and children maybe close to 50 ... Don't know what to prepare... :?
Wah...u can be a party planner at this rate!!! Enjoy！ -
2ppaamm:
No I don't have to cook for reunion dinner for myhubby's but I host the reunion on my mum's side. Don't know what to do for dessert. Ang mo or Chinese? Hm... That is 2 more days to go. I also host reunion for my sec school classmates in my house . I think this year we'll have 25 coming together with hubbies and children maybe close to 50 ... Don't know what to prepare... :?
I love desserts - esp ang mo ones so recommend you go with Ang Mo. Are you doing all the cooking single handedly?! No cheating and catering some dishes?! -
Bronzy:
No leh, I normally do everything myself with the help of a maid or two. This time round, I have no maid.... still wondering how to do it. :? I don't really like to cater because I don't like their food, and I find it so unfresh. Now, I am quite stuck. Heh heh...2ppaamm:
No I don't have to cook for reunion dinner for myhubby's but I host the reunion on my mum's side. Don't know what to do for dessert. Ang mo or Chinese? Hm... That is 2 more days to go. I also host reunion for my sec school classmates in my house . I think this year we'll have 25 coming together with hubbies and children maybe close to 50 ... Don't know what to prepare... :?
I love desserts - esp ang mo ones so recommend you go with Ang Mo. Are you doing all the cooking single handedly?! No cheating and catering some dishes?!
I am getting old now... I used to be able to bake 10 cakes for a party in one morning, plus all the food for 150. Nowadays, I cannot even bake one properly without thinking carefully.
I have been doing or nee for 2 years. Maybe I will bake that American Cheesecake this year, since I have 2 kg of philadelphia cheese in the fridge. Must do tomorrow morning so that it chills nicely by evening, since we have a vote for Western.
I have 5 children, which means 5 birthday parties a year, plus christmas plus new year, I do easily 8 parties with about 50-100 people. So, you are right, I learnt how to be a caterer along the way. :lol:
Being fussy also doesn't help. I used to make my own chicken nuggets because I was so suspicious of what they put inside the processed food.
and wondered when they slaughtered the chicken. 
Very fussy hor?
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