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I was kind of wondering that too. I use an Airbake pan, roll out my dough to roughly the shape of Texas, then put it on the pan and work it with my fingers until it fits the round pan. -RP

Stuart has talked about doing this, but I don't think he rolls it out first. (I could be wrong though.) But I once accused him of cheating when he described using a pan that way. He is not at all bothered by my accusation!

Yeah, pretty much what Randy says. I don't roll it, but I put some parchment in the pan, use a very wet dough, and spread it into shape with my fingers. Then I can slide the parchment with dough on it onto a peel.

I tried a new bread formula and this is how it turned out. I can't wait to see how it tastes.

That is beautiful, Duane!

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How unappetizing is this?? C'mon, you can be honest.
I made this Shepherd's Pie last night. I thought it looked really good, lots of color, yum. My husband said although it tasted wonderful, it wasn't the most appetizing looking dish. I may be in agreement with him now, looking at the photo of it.

Looks mighty tasty to me... and doesn't look like poop...

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How unappetizing is this?? C'mon, you can be honest.
I made this Shepherd's Pie last night. I thought it looked really good, lots of color, yum. My husband said although it tasted wonderful, it wasn't the most appetizing looking dish. I may be in agreement with him now, looking at the photo of it.

Hi Carrie,

My old eyes think it looks great. Nice job.

Looks mighty tasty to me... and doesn't look like poop...

No, it looks like barf.

rwj

Looks like the typical layered casserole dish.

Like I said...barf. That doesn't mean it's not tasty. I love casserole dishes. They just look like barf.

rwj

[Robin Garr]

No, it looks like barf.

If you're barfing in Technicolor like that, I'd like to know what you're eating that makes you do it.

[Jenise]

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How unappetizing is this?? C'mon, you can be honest.
I made this Shepherd's Pie last night. I thought it looked really good, lots of color, yum. My husband said although it tasted wonderful, it wasn't the most appetizing looking dish. I may be in agreement with him now, looking at the photo of it.

Carrie, I love Shepherd's Pie, so I've never seen an ugly one. I'd take yours, and ask for a second helping! But the way to make a great presentation out of Shepherd's Pie is to make it, bake it, chill it, cut it into squares, and then recook the individual squares, perhaps with extra cheese if you're doing a cheese topping so that there's some lava flow. Otherwise, it's what you show here, and since your peas are bright green you even get extra points.

Sheppard's pie 010.JPG

How unappetizing is this?? C'mon, you can be honest.
I made this Shepherd's Pie last night. I thought it looked really good, lots of color, yum. My husband said although it tasted wonderful, it wasn't the most appetizing looking dish. I may be in agreement with him now, looking at the photo of it.

Carrie, I love Shepherd's Pie, so I've never seen an ugly one. I'd take yours, and ask for a second helping! But the way to make a great presentation out of Shepherd's Pie is to make it, bake it, chill it, cut it into squares, and then recook the individual squares, perhaps with extra cheese if you're doing a cheese topping so that there's some lava flow. Otherwise, it's what you show here, and since your peas are bright green you even get extra points.

You are sweet. It's all I can do, though, to resist the temptation of photographing the split pea soup I made this afternoon to show Robert! I'll spare everyone and only post pretty pictures from now on.

By the way, I like your suggestion of cutting it into squares. I never would have thought of that. Mine was a decidedly low-brow dinner, and I'm fine with that for times when I'm trying to throw something tasty together to feed my perpetually hungry husband. I promise there was no cream of mushroom soup in there though. Those are fresh shitakes. Do I get extra points for those too?

[Jenise]

By the way, I like your suggestion of cutting it into squares. I never would have thought of that. Mine was a decidedly low-brow dinner, and I'm fine with that for times when I'm trying to throw something tasty together to feed my perpetually hungry husband. I promise there was no cream of mushroom soup in there though. Those are fresh shitakes. Do I get extra points for those too?

You know what? I don't think a homemade Shepherds Pie is low-brow at all. Comfort food? Yes. But "low-brow", to my mind, is food that uses common ingredients in a common way. If you'd made your meat mixture out of Hamburger Helper and topped with instant mashed, now that would be low-brow. But just because it's a one-dish kind of meal for two? No. And yes, extra points for the fresh shitakes.

Tonight's summer rolls.

Gosh Cynthia...they look so good!! I love summer rolls!

I've been tempering chocolate today. Here is a photo of my hazelnut truffles and blobs of dark Callebaut chocolate with roasted cacao nibs stirred through.

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Updated pics of my homemade vanilla extract :

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Photo taken day 1 (Apr 7th).

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Photo taken today (June 14th).

I've been tempering chocolate today. Here is a photo of my hazelnut truffles and blobs of dark Callebaut chocolate with roasted cacao nibs stirred through.

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How much should I send you for postage to Oklahoma for a tin of those? A couple of pounds or so should be sufficient.

I've been tempering chocolate today. Here is a photo of my hazelnut truffles and blobs of dark Callebaut chocolate with roasted cacao nibs stirred through.

I think you are tempting us with your chocolate.

The roasted nibs (crushed and roasted cacao/cocoa beans) are sublime - the end result is something between a chocolate coffee bean and chocolate coated slivered almonds. I keep telling myself they're good for me.

Hi, I'm Patti. I'm new here.

Your food all looks amazing! Those breads had my mouth watering.

I was going to post a picture of my dinner, but apparently my photos are too big. So...if I ever figure out how to resize them, I shall post them. Until then, I'll read on and drool.

Patti

Celia, you've not been around much. You are missed. And yes, you have permission to box up those chocolates and send them to me.

Patti, if you can't figure it out, pm me. The more, the merrier!

Celia, you've not been around much. You are missed. And yes, you have permission to box up those chocolates and send them to me.

Sigh. Life has been getting in the way. Good to see you've all been well, though.