SC - Re: Cracknels

[James and/or Nancy Gilly]

At 20:58 9-12-97 +0000, Adamantius wrote:
>DianaFiona wrote:
>> 
>> In a message dated 97-12-09 08:07:26 EST, you write:
>>  Mix all together to make a stiff dough. Shape like doughnuts. >>
>> 
>>      Great sounding recipe! But how did your grandmother do the shaping? Roll
>> out and cut with a doughnut cutter, or make fat ropes of dough and bend them
>> into circles?
>
>Alternately, you can form balls, flatten them, and pinch your
>forefiunger and thumb through the center until they meet. Stretch the
>circle a bit to enlarge and smooth the opening. This is how handmade
>bagels are done, today.


When I was a baker (pre-Navy days), we made bagels by rolling the dough out
into a rope, then making it into a circle.


Alasdair mac Iain

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