On Tue 08 Feb 2005 06:01:55a, Rick & Cyndi wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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> "Rona Yuthasastrakosol" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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
I was taught triangles by a Slovak neighbor, but circles are quicker and
easier for me. They do "taste" the same, don't they? :-)
Wayne
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