"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" > wrote in message
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> 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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I was taught circles too... first DH was of Polish/Hungarian/Slovak decent.

Cyndi