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jrc1963 (original poster member #26531) posted at 9:27 PM on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
When the recipe calls for 1/2 cup chopped nuts... do they mean measured after being chopped or prior to chopping???
Anyone else have a dumb cooking question?
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Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 9:36 PM on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
I'm voting for "after" chopped. That's how I read it, anywho.
Here's my question - parchment paper is great and all but I have this phobia that it's leaching leftover sulfuric acid onto my food? Hypochondriac?
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nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 9:51 PM on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
Another vote for after, jrc.
Jrazz - there are all-vegetable parchment papers that are made without silicone. I get mine at the local grocery co-op, but I'm sure places like Whole Foods carry it as well. We just don't have Whole Foods anywhere near here. 
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Lucky2HaveMe ( member #13333) posted at 10:17 PM on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
1/2 c chopped nuts means 1/2 c of nuts after they are chopped.
1/2 c nuts, chopped = measure 1/2c nuts and THEN chop them 
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jrc1963 (original poster member #26531) posted at 10:49 PM on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
Oh Lucky!! That makes sense!
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Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 1:41 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
Awww, our Whole Foods is like EIGHT blocks away!!!! You mean I have to drive to get there?!? 
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Unagie ( member #37091) posted at 3:03 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
Seriously? My whole foods is a 30 min train ride away....spoiled people.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 3:12 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
Seriously? My Whole Foods IS IN ANOTHER STATE!
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BrokenRoad ( member #15334) posted at 3:23 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
Has anyone found a way to make whole wheat bread not have the mouthfeel of cardboard?
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BAB61 ( member #41181) posted at 3:41 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
Yes BrokenRoad, use King Arthur Flour white whole wheat ... best. flour. ever.
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Compartmented ( member #29410) posted at 3:42 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
Has anyone found a way to make whole wheat bread not have the mouthfeel of cardboard?
Freshly grind the wheat berries for your flour. It's best used within 72 hours of grinding. Otherwise you can bake a brick with it!
BrokenRoad ( member #15334) posted at 3:51 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
And you get wheat berries ... at Whole Foods? #fullcircle
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Unagie ( member #37091) posted at 5:02 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
gonnabe2016 ( member #34823) posted at 5:27 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
Seriously? My Whole Foods IS IN ANOTHER STATE!
Whole Foods must be REALLY far away from me....because I've never even heard of it!
eta: I've never heard of 'wheat berries' either.....
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Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 5:36 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
And you get wheat berries ... at Whole Foods? #fullcircle
Well done! 
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Harriet ( member #34543) posted at 8:47 AM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
Don't feel bad, NIK. It's also well known as Whole Paycheck.
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jrc1963 (original poster member #26531) posted at 9:18 PM on Monday, February 24th, 2014
I don't even like Whole Foods...
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BrokenRoad ( member #15334) posted at 12:29 AM on Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
I'm torn.
I love the ability to find that item I can't get at the local Kroger.
But then I want to buy/make everything else when I get there and my paycheck needs to go to HEAT for the next 2 months while this Polar Vortex hangs round.
There's a place here called Holiday Market that has all kinds of stuff but it took me 30 mins just to preview it and I didnt even buy anything.
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metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 1:19 AM on Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
BR, my sister has this book called the Bread Makers Bible or something like that. I was just looking at it last week and it had a section on this very thing. It said you want to use something called "vital wheat gluten" which helps it rise and keeps it fluffier. You are basically adding more gluten to the flour.
Here's is an article that talks about it. I haven't used it, but my sister has. I just asked her and she said the regular grocery store carries it, it's not expensive and it works really well.
http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-softer-and-fluffie-112168
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jjct ( member #17484) posted at 1:32 AM on Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
Don't worry NG. I didn't know parchment paper was even edible, see?
(There must be some great cooks here, don't you think?)
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