Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>
> Circles of dough? CIRCLES? I believe my instructions say to cut
> squares. What the hell are you doing?
>

Circles are more fun :-). And as you can tell by my pirohy-filling skills,
that I used circles made no difference at all in the final product! They
still look triangular! And I'm cutting challenged--I wouldn't have gotten
squares, I would have gotten some kind of weird parallelogram that would
have been hell to fill. You should have seen the pate brisee I rolled out
for my little pastry leaves and sticks. I think my teacher was getting a
bit frustrated with me. She kept saying, "Massugu! Massugu!" (Roll it
straight, roll it straight!). But I was rolling it straight! But I still
ended up with some weird geometric shape. Biscuit cutters are a gift!

>
> don't hold your breath. Hope the dough doesn't stick to itself and
> that they will separate when it comes time to take them from the
> Tilia bags.
>

I froze them individually, as one might freeze berries. Actually, I was too
lazy to remove them from my cookie-sheet lay-out, so I just stuck them in
the freezer, as is. They stuck a bit to the kitchen towel when I tried to
remove them, but none broke when removed. My Tilia is still on the fritz
(for those interested, don't leave your Tilia plugged in for a month--it's
not a good thing) so I put them in baggies, no sticking, whatsoever! I
already cooked two batches--browned in butter, eaten with onions and
Johnsonville Polish sausage. Yum!

>
> They look beautifully triangular to me.
>
> Circles??? I'm crushed.
>

But they look triangular! And in the long run, it's the looks that count!
(So says the slave to the fashion fairy)

rona :-)


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