I love them but rarely eat them because they are almost always fried and
have stuff in them that I can't eat. Like egg. Whole Foods sells vegan
apple fritters that are sometimes good. They are made by a local vegan
donut/bakery place. Seems that sometimes these things are good and
sometimes not. So I poked around and not only found a vegan apple fritter
recipe but one that uses whole wheat pastry flour, is baked and does not use
sugar in the dough. No, it's not low carb by any means. It uses dates for
sweetening. I actually love to use dates as a sweetener because I don't
like overly sweet foods and they provide just the right amount of sweetening
for me. Of course if you use the powdered sugar glaze there will be sugar
in these.

My vanilla beans did not arrive yet so I made a glaze using the TJ's
Tahitian vanilla extract that I already had and added a bit of cinnamon and
a pinch of salt. I also see now that I screwed up and peeled my apples!
Next time I won't because I love the peel. And I used rice milk since I
can't have almond. I also made them smaller so got 10 but will make them
smaller still next time to get 12. Mine took 13 minutes to cook. And they
are wonderful! Not greasy at all like apple fritters can sometimes be. And
Angela loves them! Here's the recipe:

http://feedyourskull.com/2013/01/05/...pple-fritters/

So I have a few questions. Do you think these could be made with some other
kind of fruit? I was thinking perhaps of making them for Angela's birthday
if she wants me to but not everyone in the family likes apples. Some prefer
peaches. Do you think it would work with those? Or would the texture be
off?

And... What other kind of fritters do you like? Do you know of any others
that can be baked and that are vegan?

I remember getting some at an all you can eat place. Might have been the
Royal Fork. I think they were savory and not sweet ones and they didn't
always have them. It was a place we went to when I was a kid and it didn't
stay in business for long. Had a Thai neighbor who made yummy corn ones.
Although not a dessert they were sweet. I'm sure she probably added sugar
as Thai food seems to use a lot of it.

Would like to make some other kind of fritters and it would be great if I
could bake them. I think I saw a recipe for zucchini ones but I didn't save
it. Must do more looking.

Maybe I dine in the wrong places but I don't see fritters on menus too
often. But they sure are good!

On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?

I like baked corn fritters.

> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?

Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want. You can
start here
http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=...gan%20fritters

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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
>
> I like baked corn fritters.
>
>> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
>
> Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want. You can
> start here
> http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=...gan%20fritters

I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe? For
instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink fritters.
Because you have to process part of the fruit with the dates and water to
make something akin to apple butter.

I also don't quite get the appeal of Pinterest. I find it to be clunky and
hard to follow. It's little more than a bunch of pictures and then you have
to click on those to get the recipe. A search engine seems to be the faster
way to go. I'm on Pinterest but rarely pin anything because I just don't
see the point.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "sf" wrote:
"Julie Bove" wrote:
> >
> >> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
> >> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
> >
> > Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want.
>
> I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe? For
> instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink fritters.

So what? If they turn out good, I wouldn't worry about color. The dark brown
apple fritters pictured on the recipe didn't look very appealing to me but
they probably taste good.

Your peach idea sounds good. I agree with what sf said above too.

G.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
>>
>> I like baked corn fritters.
>>
>>> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
>>
>> Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want. You can
>> start here
>> http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=...gan%20fritters
>
> I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe? For
> instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink
> fritters. Because you have to process part of the fruit with the dates and
> water to make something akin to apple butter.
>
> I also don't quite get the appeal of Pinterest. I find it to be clunky
> and hard to follow. It's little more than a bunch of pictures and then
> you have to click on those to get the recipe. A search engine seems to be
> the faster way to go. I'm on Pinterest but rarely pin anything because I
> just don't see the point.

Yes, I must agree. I was curious about it and eventually read up on it but
as with you, I don't see the point.

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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "sf" wrote:
> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>> >
>> >> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
>> >> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
>> >
>> > Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want.
>>
>> I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe? For
>> instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink
>> fritters.
>
> So what? If they turn out good, I wouldn't worry about color. The dark
> brown
> apple fritters pictured on the recipe didn't look very appealing to me but
> they probably taste good.
>
> Your peach idea sounds good. I agree with what sf said above too.

Thanks! Angela said she doesn't want them for her birthday so I won't be
varying them. We don't like peaches in this house but my nephew and bro do.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
>>>
>>> I like baked corn fritters.
>>>
>>>> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
>>>
>>> Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want. You can
>>> start here
>>> http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=...gan%20fritters
>>
>> I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe? For
>> instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink
>> fritters. Because you have to process part of the fruit with the dates
>> and
>> water to make something akin to apple butter.
>>
>> I also don't quite get the appeal of Pinterest. I find it to be clunky
>> and hard to follow. It's little more than a bunch of pictures and then
>> you have to click on those to get the recipe. A search engine seems to
>> be
>> the faster way to go. I'm on Pinterest but rarely pin anything because I
>> just don't see the point.
>
> Yes, I must agree. I was curious about it and eventually read up on it
> but
> as with you, I don't see the point.

The woman who initially told me about it said it was very addictive and once
signed up, I'd spend hours on it. And I did on that first day, trying to
figure out how to use it. I think I pinned a few animal pics and a few
recipes. That's about it. Never went back to it except once in a while to
look and still wasn't appealing.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Gary" wrote:
> > Your peach idea sounds good. I agree with what sf said above too.
>
> Thanks! Angela said she doesn't want them for her birthday so I won't be
> varying them. We don't like peaches in this house but my nephew and bro do.

Screw your nephew and brother. Make what your family likes and they can take
it or leave it.

Sounds like Angela's bd is coming soon. I hope she has a nice special one.
Is this the 16th?

I took my daughter out for dinner at Outback on her 16th birthday. The
dumbass waitress assumed that I was some old guy out on a dinner date with a
hot young chick. She obviously had some personal issues along that line.

All during dinner, she was very nice to my daughter and VERY cold to me. I
finally figured out the problem with her and I mentioned that I was the dad
and she was my daughter and it was her birthday.

She immediately got all appologized for treating me like crap all through
dinner....saying that she "often sees old guys dating young girls."

I told her to get a life and not assume anything.

I could have complained to the manager and gotten a free meal but I just
left it. I don't know about my daughter, but that whole thing certainly
ruined the night for me. I haven't gone back since. I can make a better
steak dinner at home anyway for way less the price.

G.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
>>
>> I like baked corn fritters.
>>
>>> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
>>
>> Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want. You can
>> start here
>> http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=...gan%20fritters
>
> I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe? For
> instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink
> fritters. Because you have to process part of the fruit with the dates and
> water to make something akin to apple butter.
>
> I also don't quite get the appeal of Pinterest. I find it to be clunky
> and hard to follow. It's little more than a bunch of pictures and then
> you have to click on those to get the recipe. A search engine seems to be
> the faster way to go. I'm on Pinterest but rarely pin anything because I
> just don't see the point.

What difference does it make what color the fritters are? I do agree abut
Pinterest though, just doesn't do a thing for me.

Cheri

On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
....

We used to make Apple Fritters at the donut shop I worked at. We took
some scrap yeast raised dough and chopped a bunch of apple pie filling
into it, made it them up in fritter sized pieces, proofed it and fried
it, then glazed them! Lots of fat soaked up whwen frying and sugar
from the pie filling and from glazing them.

Grease and sugar! People loved them!

John Kuthe...

On Sunday, July 21, 2013 4:12:56 AM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:

> The woman who initially told me about it said it was very addictive and once
>
> signed up, I'd spend hours on it. And I did on that first day, trying to
>
> figure out how to use it. I think I pinned a few animal pics and a few
>
> recipes. That's about it. Never went back to it except once in a while to
>
> look and still wasn't appealing.

The reason it is call Pinterest is that it is an on line pin board for your interests.

In other words you pin the things you want to save for later to your own boards. If you see a dish or a hair style or a garden project, etc. that you would like to investigate further, you pin it to your own board and then go back when you have the time and check it out. I find it fun to scroll down the main page and see what's up at that time or check out the categories if I'm looking for something in a particular area or a particular kind of recipe.

It's all in how you use it and what you use it for.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>I love them but rarely eat them because they are almost always fried and
>have stuff in them that I can't eat. Like egg. Whole Foods sells vegan
>apple fritters that are sometimes good. They are made by a local vegan
>donut/bakery place. Seems that sometimes these things are good and
>sometimes not. So I poked around and not only found a vegan apple fritter
>recipe but one that uses whole wheat pastry flour, is baked and does not
>use sugar in the dough. No, it's not low carb by any means. It uses dates
>for sweetening. I actually love to use dates as a sweetener because I
>don't like overly sweet foods and they provide just the right amount of
>sweetening for me. Of course if you use the powdered sugar glaze there
>will be sugar in these.
>
> My vanilla beans did not arrive yet so I made a glaze using the TJ's
> Tahitian vanilla extract that I already had and added a bit of cinnamon
> and a pinch of salt. I also see now that I screwed up and peeled my
> apples! Next time I won't because I love the peel. And I used rice milk
> since I can't have almond. I also made them smaller so got 10 but will
> make them smaller still next time to get 12. Mine took 13 minutes to
> cook. And they are wonderful! Not greasy at all like apple fritters can
> sometimes be. And Angela loves them! Here's the recipe:
>
> http://feedyourskull.com/2013/01/05/...pple-fritters/
>
> So I have a few questions. Do you think these could be made with some
> other kind of fruit? I was thinking perhaps of making them for Angela's
> birthday if she wants me to but not everyone in the family likes apples.
> Some prefer peaches. Do you think it would work with those? Or would the
> texture be off?
>


You should be able to sub any firm fruit like pear, banana. Peaches could
work if you get really firm ones because if you don't have firm ones it
could make them a little soggy. In that case I would partly dry out some for
the chunks in the oven or dehydrator. Pumpkin can be cooked down into a
puree and cubed for the chunks just add some pumpkin spice. You could use
carrots and add cream cheese ( if vegan?) for the puree and add spices for a
carrot cake fritter.

Robert

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
>>
>> I like baked corn fritters.
>>
>>> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
>>
>> Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want. You can
>> start here
>> http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=...gan%20fritters
>
> I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe? For
> instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink
> fritters. Because you have to process part of the fruit with the dates and
> water to make something akin to apple butter.

What is wrong with pink fritters.

Robert

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 01:12:39 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
> >
> > I like baked corn fritters.
> >
> >> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
> >
> > Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want. You can
> > start here
> > http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=...gan%20fritters
>
> I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe? For
> instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink fritters.
> Because you have to process part of the fruit with the dates and water to
> make something akin to apple butter.

I saw the recipe. I'll be nice and say it "didn't appeal to me",
that's why I ignored it. "Fixing it" is a lost cause IMO, so find a
different recipe. I don't like to suggest things to you because
there's so much that someone in your family doesn't like, can't eat,
or you'll find some obscure fault with it anyway - but you can start
here http://cooktraineatrace.com/fritters/
>
> I also don't quite get the appeal of Pinterest. I find it to be clunky and
> hard to follow. It's little more than a bunch of pictures and then you have
> to click on those to get the recipe. A search engine seems to be the faster
> way to go.

What you said above is a great example of why I don't like to suggest
anything specific to you. Pinterest even has an internal search
engine, so you can search either your own pins or every pinner's pins
for something specific, I gave you the "every pinner" link. If you
want to use a search engine to search the net, be my guest.

You can lead a horse to water, but....

> I'm on Pinterest but rarely pin anything because I just don't
> see the point.
>

It sounds like you've missed the entire point of Pinterest. It is a
tool for people who want to save links (like recipes) they've found on
the internet for future reference and don't want to keep them in
bookmarks, on tabs or in files/folders on their computer. I use it a
lot, don't consider it clunky and don't think clicking on an image to
go straight to a recipe is a problem.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:36:59 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

> I was curious about it and eventually read up on it but
> as with you, I don't see the point.

I joined Pinterest was to keep my browsers from crashing. I had 30+
tabs open at any one time and they were *not* happy. I save recipes
to file on my computer, with an image if one is available - but I
still have to look through text titles and probably open several
before I found one that appeals or the one I was looking for
specifically but can't remember exactly what it is called. Pins are
organized by interest in folders they call "boards" that you name
yourself. "Pin" your "interests" to "boards"- get it? Think of the
board as a folder and the image is the title of your file. I can't
imagine why anyone who actively participates in rfc wouldn't be able
to appreciate how Pinterest works. Obviously, it's not for everyone -
but I love it.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:58:07 -0500, John Kuthe >
wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
> ...
>
> We used to make Apple Fritters at the donut shop I worked at. We took
> some scrap yeast raised dough and chopped a bunch of apple pie filling
> into it, made it them up in fritter sized pieces, proofed it and fried
> it, then glazed them! Lots of fat soaked up whwen frying and sugar
> from the pie filling and from glazing them.
>
> Grease and sugar! People loved them!
>
Yeast dough, huh? I wonder if they could have baked too... maybe
paint them with some oil before baking to mimic frying?

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:36:59 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>> I was curious about it and eventually read up on it but
>> as with you, I don't see the point.
>
> I joined Pinterest was to keep my browsers from crashing. I had 30+
> tabs open at any one time and they were *not* happy. I save recipes
> to file on my computer, with an image if one is available - but I
> still have to look through text titles and probably open several
> before I found one that appeals or the one I was looking for
> specifically but can't remember exactly what it is called. Pins are
> organized by interest in folders they call "boards" that you name
> yourself. "Pin" your "interests" to "boards"- get it? Think of the
> board as a folder and the image is the title of your file. I can't
> imagine why anyone who actively participates in rfc wouldn't be able
> to appreciate how Pinterest works. Obviously, it's not for everyone -
> but I love it.

Then there is a point for you.

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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:49:24 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:58:07 -0500, John Kuthe >
>wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> We used to make Apple Fritters at the donut shop I worked at. We took
>> some scrap yeast raised dough and chopped a bunch of apple pie filling
>> into it, made it them up in fritter sized pieces, proofed it and fried
>> it, then glazed them! Lots of fat soaked up whwen frying and sugar
>> from the pie filling and from glazing them.
>>
>> Grease and sugar! People loved them!
>>
>Yeast dough, huh? I wonder if they could have baked too... maybe
>paint them with some oil before baking to mimic frying?

that's the only pastry that I buy a couple of times a year.
Janet US

"Julie Bove" wrote:
>
>Maybe I dine in the wrong places but I don't see fritters on menus too
>often. But they sure are good!

True, they are not on US menus except at some small number of ethnic
restaurants... whenever I visit Belize I get my fill of conch
fritters, de-lish!

ImStillMags wrote:
> On Sunday, July 21, 2013 4:12:56 AM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> The woman who initially told me about it said it was very addictive
>> and once
>>
>> signed up, I'd spend hours on it. And I did on that first day,
>> trying to
>>
>> figure out how to use it. I think I pinned a few animal pics and a
>> few
>>
>> recipes. That's about it. Never went back to it except once in a
>> while to
>>
>> look and still wasn't appealing.
>
> The reason it is call Pinterest is that it is an on line pin board
> for your interests.

Yes. The name makes that very clear. But why would I want to do that? Why
would anyone?
>
> In other words you pin the things you want to save for later to your
> own boards. If you see a dish or a hair style or a garden project,
> etc. that you would like to investigate further, you pin it to your
> own board and then go back when you have the time and check it out.
> I find it fun to scroll down the main page and see what's up at that
> time or check out the categories if I'm looking for something in a
> particular area or a particular kind of recipe.

I can do that in my favorites and it's easier to access them from there! I
don't have to go to a website. I don't have to log in I don't have to hunt
through a bunch of pics.
>
> It's all in how you use it and what you use it for.

I don't.

Gary wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" wrote:
>>> Your peach idea sounds good. I agree with what sf said above too.
>>
>> Thanks! Angela said she doesn't want them for her birthday so I
>> won't be varying them. We don't like peaches in this house but my
>> nephew and bro do.
>
> Screw your nephew and brother. Make what your family likes and they
> can take it or leave it.
>
That's not how my family is. Everyone gets what they want. And she doesn't
want the fritters. She doesn't even want food. She and I are getting much
similar in that regard. Seems that when it comes to the dinners or lunches
of others, they pick what they want and it is often something that we can't
or won't eat. So we suffer through the meal, either picking at a bad salad
or eating nothing or we just don't go to that part. And then there is the
danged dessert were everyone *has* to have what they want. We actually got
out of that part for a little while. Our family is mostly diabetics and we
don't need dessert. But my dad is getting increasingly senile and has lost
a lot of weight. So he needs the extra calories (he is also diabetic but
seems to have no blood sugar issues currently) plus he associates a dessert
with a special occasion. So we are only doing this and the other little
things for him. He also seems to love those blow tickler things or some
kind of cheap little party favor. So we go out of our way to find these
things for him.

I think we will wind up doing what we did the last time. We got a small
sugar free lemon cake, some cookies and some other kind of cake. Chocolate?
Can't remember. Also two single serve packages of candy. We managed to
find something for everyone and it was all small portions.

She really wanted to escape the lunch and I don't blame her. Seems when it
comes to us, if we pick a place to eat at that someone doesn't like, we hear
about it! My favorite Mexican places are places that others don't like
becuause they don't like the sauces. They prefer the gloppy, cheesy
Americanized Mexican stuff and that's what I don't like. So for my birthday
I picked a Mexican restaurant that I thought was new to the others. Turns
out that it wasn't. They didn't dislike it but Angela disliked the meal
that she ordered and now won't go back. She truly hates to go out to eat
but... There is no house we can all meet up at now. Ours is far too small
and we don't have place for everyone to sit. Same for my nephew's place.
My brother's place is big enough but there are other issues I won't get into
here. And my mom has gotten rid of most everything and I think doesn't want
us all there because my dad isn't there. So any way you slice it, birthdays
are almost never pleasant experiences for us.

> Sounds like Angela's bd is coming soon. I hope she has a nice
> special one. Is this the 16th?

15th.
>
> I took my daughter out for dinner at Outback on her 16th birthday. The
> dumbass waitress assumed that I was some old guy out on a dinner date
> with a hot young chick. She obviously had some personal issues along
> that line.

That happened to me once when I went out with my dad. I was older. Maybe
19 or 20.
>
> All during dinner, she was very nice to my daughter and VERY cold to
> me. I finally figured out the problem with her and I mentioned that I
> was the dad and she was my daughter and it was her birthday.
>
> She immediately got all appologized for treating me like crap all
> through dinner....saying that she "often sees old guys dating young
> girls."
>

Jeez.

> I told her to get a life and not assume anything.
>
> I could have complained to the manager and gotten a free meal but I
> just left it. I don't know about my daughter, but that whole thing
> certainly ruined the night for me. I haven't gone back since. I can
> make a better steak dinner at home anyway for way less the price.

Yeah. In my case it wasn't the wait staff but some little old ladies at
another table. My dad thought it was funny. I did not.

Cheri wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
>>>
>>> I like baked corn fritters.
>>>
>>>> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
>>>
>>> Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want. You can
>>> start here
>>> http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=...gan%20fritters
>>
>> I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe?
>> For instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink
>> fritters. Because you have to process part of the fruit with the
>> dates and water to make something akin to apple butter.
>>
>> I also don't quite get the appeal of Pinterest. I find it to be
>> clunky and hard to follow. It's little more than a bunch of
>> pictures and then you have to click on those to get the recipe. A
>> search engine seems to be the faster way to go. I'm on Pinterest
>> but rarely pin anything because I just don't see the point.
>
> What difference does it make what color the fritters are? I do agree
> abut Pinterest though, just doesn't do a thing for me.

It just seems like they wouldn't look attractive. Like if you put frozen
blueberries in muffins. They turn all purple and nobody wants to eat them.

Robert wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I love them but rarely eat them because they are almost always fried
>> and have stuff in them that I can't eat. Like egg. Whole Foods
>> sells vegan apple fritters that are sometimes good. They are made
>> by a local vegan donut/bakery place. Seems that sometimes these
>> things are good and sometimes not. So I poked around and not only
>> found a vegan apple fritter recipe but one that uses whole wheat
>> pastry flour, is baked and does not use sugar in the dough. No,
>> it's not low carb by any means. It uses dates for sweetening. I
>> actually love to use dates as a sweetener because I don't like
>> overly sweet foods and they provide just the right amount of
>> sweetening for me. Of course if you use the powdered sugar glaze
>> there will be sugar in these. My vanilla beans did not arrive yet so I
>> made a glaze using the TJ's
>> Tahitian vanilla extract that I already had and added a bit of
>> cinnamon and a pinch of salt. I also see now that I screwed up and
>> peeled my apples! Next time I won't because I love the peel. And I
>> used rice milk since I can't have almond. I also made them smaller
>> so got 10 but will make them smaller still next time to get 12. Mine took
>> 13 minutes to cook. And they are wonderful! Not greasy
>> at all like apple fritters can sometimes be. And Angela loves them!
>> Here's the recipe:
>> http://feedyourskull.com/2013/01/05/...pple-fritters/
>>
>> So I have a few questions. Do you think these could be made with
>> some other kind of fruit? I was thinking perhaps of making them for
>> Angela's birthday if she wants me to but not everyone in the family
>> likes apples. Some prefer peaches. Do you think it would work with
>> those? Or would the texture be off?
>>
>
>
> You should be able to sub any firm fruit like pear, banana. Peaches
> could work if you get really firm ones because if you don't have firm
> ones it could make them a little soggy. In that case I would partly
> dry out some for the chunks in the oven or dehydrator. Pumpkin can be
> cooked down into a puree and cubed for the chunks just add some
> pumpkin spice. You could use carrots and add cream cheese ( if
> vegan?) for the puree and add spices for a carrot cake fritter.

Thanks! I have found a pumpkin recipe. Alas we are the only ones who will
eat pumpkin too. I have a super picky family.

Robert wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:50:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> And... What other kind of fritters do you like?
>>>
>>> I like baked corn fritters.
>>>
>>>> Do you know of any others that can be baked and that are vegan?
>>>
>>> Find a recipe you like and vary the fruit to what you want. You can
>>> start here
>>> http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=...gan%20fritters
>>
>> I don't think I could just vary the fruit. Did you read the recipe?
>> For instance, if I used cherries, the end result would likely be pink
>> fritters. Because you have to process part of the fruit with the
>> dates and water to make something akin to apple butter.
>
> What is wrong with pink fritters.

Apparently from the responses here, nothing. But it just seemed that they
wouldn't look right.

sf wrote:
> It sounds like you've missed the entire point of Pinterest. It is a
> tool for people who want to save links (like recipes) they've found on
> the internet for future reference and don't want to keep them in
> bookmarks, on tabs or in files/folders on their computer. I use it a
> lot, don't consider it clunky and don't think clicking on an image to
> go straight to a recipe is a problem.

Why in the world would they not want to save them? Pretty easy to save
something then delete it later if you don't want it any more. To me it is a
lot easier just to save the links to my favorites.

sf wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:36:59 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>> I was curious about it and eventually read up on it but
>> as with you, I don't see the point.
>
> I joined Pinterest was to keep my browsers from crashing. I had 30+
> tabs open at any one time and they were *not* happy. I save recipes
> to file on my computer, with an image if one is available - but I
> still have to look through text titles and probably open several
> before I found one that appeals or the one I was looking for
> specifically but can't remember exactly what it is called. Pins are
> organized by interest in folders they call "boards" that you name
> yourself. "Pin" your "interests" to "boards"- get it? Think of the
> board as a folder and the image is the title of your file. I can't
> imagine why anyone who actively participates in rfc wouldn't be able
> to appreciate how Pinterest works. Obviously, it's not for everyone -
> but I love it.

I don't use tabs. Not on purpose anyway. I prefer new windows. And I
would never have 30 open at a time. That's ridiculous! I think the most
I've had is 6 or 7.

I also have zero interest in pinning anything to boards or organizing them.
This sounds like something that would appeal to those same people who are
into scrap books. And that's not me. It's not hard to save a link and it's
not hard to make folders. I have one favorite entitled "Foods". And in it
is a folder entitled, "Recipes". If I want a saved recipe, I click on that
and then whatever subfolder it might be in. I now have one called
"Fritters". Much easier and quicker than going to Pinterest.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>
>> Maybe I dine in the wrong places but I don't see fritters on menus
>> too often. But they sure are good!
>
> True, they are not on US menus except at some small number of ethnic
> restaurants... whenever I visit Belize I get my fill of conch
> fritters, de-lish!

Thanks.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
> sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:36:59 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I was curious about it and eventually read up on it but
>>> as with you, I don't see the point.
>>
>> I joined Pinterest was to keep my browsers from crashing. I had 30+
>> tabs open at any one time and they were *not* happy. I save recipes
>> to file on my computer, with an image if one is available - but I
>> still have to look through text titles and probably open several
>> before I found one that appeals or the one I was looking for
>> specifically but can't remember exactly what it is called. Pins are
>> organized by interest in folders they call "boards" that you name
>> yourself. "Pin" your "interests" to "boards"- get it? Think of the
>> board as a folder and the image is the title of your file. I can't
>> imagine why anyone who actively participates in rfc wouldn't be able
>> to appreciate how Pinterest works. Obviously, it's not for everyone -
>> but I love it.
>
> I don't use tabs. Not on purpose anyway. I prefer new windows. And I
> would never have 30 open at a time. That's ridiculous! I think the most
> I've had is 6 or 7.
>
> I also have zero interest in pinning anything to boards or organizing
> them. This sounds like something that would appeal to those same people
> who are into scrap books. And that's not me. It's not hard to save a
> link and it's not hard to make folders. I have one favorite entitled
> "Foods". And in it is a folder entitled, "Recipes". If I want a saved
> recipe, I click on that and then whatever subfolder it might be in. I now
> have one called "Fritters". Much easier and quicker than going to
> Pinterest.

Pretty much what I do, but .. each to his or her own eh?

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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:30:12 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> ImStillMags wrote:
>
> Yes. The name makes that very clear. But why would I want to do that? Why
> would anyone?

Because they want to know what something looks like. That's why there
are pictures in magazines and cookbooks.
> >
> > In other words you pin the things you want to save for later to your
> > own boards. If you see a dish or a hair style or a garden project,
> > etc. that you would like to investigate further, you pin it to your
> > own board and then go back when you have the time and check it out.
> > I find it fun to scroll down the main page and see what's up at that
> > time or check out the categories if I'm looking for something in a
> > particular area or a particular kind of recipe.
>
> I can do that in my favorites and it's easier to access them from there!

What? Using bookmarks/favorites as a file system is clunky and
cumbersome. There is no search function to help find a specific item
and you have to wade through a bunch of text titles with nothing
except a few words to give you a clue about what it is unless you go
to the website (which would be too much pesky clicking for you).

> I don't have to go to a website.

Of course you do!

>I don't have to log in

Logging in isn't an issue, although you seem to think it is.

> I don't have to hunt through a bunch of pics.

Looking at images is too hard for you? It's a lot easier than
searching the text results from any other search engine and the same
as searching the images on any other search engine.
> >
> > It's all in how you use it and what you use it for.
>
> I don't.
>
If you're too closed minded to look at a Pinterest search that was
already done for you, then you obviously don't want your question
answered and your primary purpose is to find fault in the suggestions.
Nobody can answer you without falling into a Julie trap. I tried to
give you a broad and bland answer but fell into the trap anyway. Only
you know what you want and what you will settle for, so figure it out
all by yourself.

Now I see you've changed your mind. Glad no one put a significant
amount of time or thought into helping you, because it's always wasted
when you're involved.

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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:55:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > It sounds like you've missed the entire point of Pinterest. It is a
> > tool for people who want to save links (like recipes) they've found on
> > the internet for future reference and don't want to keep them in
> > bookmarks, on tabs or in files/folders on their computer. I use it a
> > lot, don't consider it clunky and don't think clicking on an image to
> > go straight to a recipe is a problem.
>
> Why in the world would they not want to save them? Pretty easy to save
> something then delete it later if you don't want it any more. To me it is a
> lot easier just to save the links to my favorites.
>
>
You must not save very much. I have done it and saving to
bookmark/favorites is just as useful as flushing them down the toilet.
I have thousands of recipes saved on my computer, thousands more in
Pinterest and both have a search function so I can find what I am
looking for.

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"sf" > wrote in message
...

> Now I see you've changed your mind. Glad no one put a significant
> amount of time or thought into helping you, because it's always wasted
> when you're involved.

Why? Because she didn't agree with you?

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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:10:06 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > Now I see you've changed your mind. Glad no one put a significant
> > amount of time or thought into helping you, because it's always wasted
> > when you're involved.
>
> Why? Because she didn't agree with you?
>
Didn't agree with me? No. Going off on a rant for no reason at all.
I'm starting to see why you sympathize with poor little oppressed
Julie.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:30:12 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>> Yes. The name makes that very clear. But why would I want to do that?
>> Why
>> would anyone?
>
> Because they want to know what something looks like. That's why there
> are pictures in magazines and cookbooks.

I don't necessarily need to know what something looks like. I made Gorditas
and they came out fine even though I'd never had them before. The only
thing missing from that recipe was the size of the finished product. As
such, mine were tiny. Each one about the size of a fifty cent piece so I
was only able to put meat in them and no other fillings. Perhaps had there
been a picture of them, I could have seen that they should have been larger.
But I truly don't need pictures to make a recipe. In fact some of my
favorite cookbooks have no pics at all. Or very few. I have said it
before, but perhaps not here. I am not a pic person.
>> >
>> > In other words you pin the things you want to save for later to your
>> > own boards. If you see a dish or a hair style or a garden project,
>> > etc. that you would like to investigate further, you pin it to your
>> > own board and then go back when you have the time and check it out.
>> > I find it fun to scroll down the main page and see what's up at that
>> > time or check out the categories if I'm looking for something in a
>> > particular area or a particular kind of recipe.
>>
>> I can do that in my favorites and it's easier to access them from there!
>
> What? Using bookmarks/favorites as a file system is clunky and
> cumbersome. There is no search function to help find a specific item
> and you have to wade through a bunch of text titles with nothing
> except a few words to give you a clue about what it is unless you go
> to the website (which would be too much pesky clicking for you).

It's not clunky and cumbersome at all. And I can always tell by the words
what the website is! Reading through text titles is not a problem for me at
all. But looking at a pic and wondering what it is for, can be.
>
>> I don't have to go to a website.
>
> Of course you do!

No. I meant, I don't have to go to a website to access the links. With
Pinterest, you do. You have to go to *their* website and then go from
there. You sent me that link and instead of it bringing up the page that
you thought it would, it sent me to my own Pinterest board. And from there,
all I got was a bunch of pics. The pics didn't necessarily tell me what the
food was and so I wound up wasting a lot of time clicking on them, only to
find that I already had saved that recipe. So all in all that method
doesn't work for me at all. If it works for you, great! But it's not my
idea of a good time in any way shape or form.
>
>>I don't have to log in
>
> Logging in isn't an issue, although you seem to think it is.
>
>> I don't have to hunt through a bunch of pics.
>
> Looking at images is too hard for you? It's a lot easier than
> searching the text results from any other search engine and the same
> as searching the images on any other search engine.

I don't want to have to look through images. I'd much rather see the words.
Searching with a search engine is not hard for me to do at all. I use
Swagbucks and they pay me to search. I just checked to see how much I've
made so far. I got the toolbar about 2 years ago and have made $350 in
Amazon.com gift cards. I did not keep track of how many points I used for
charities or spent on contests. But quite a few more.
>> >
>> > It's all in how you use it and what you use it for.
>>
>> I don't.
>>
> If you're too closed minded to look at a Pinterest search that was
> already done for you, then you obviously don't want your question
> answered and your primary purpose is to find fault in the suggestions.
> Nobody can answer you without falling into a Julie trap. I tried to
> give you a broad and bland answer but fell into the trap anyway. Only
> you know what you want and what you will settle for, so figure it out
> all by yourself.

I'm not close minded at all. You think you did a Pinterest search for me
but as I said... All that did was bring me to my own page. Frankly I
didn't know that I could search on there but I now know. And I also know
that I probably won't ever do it again. How many pics of zucchini fritters
do I need to see? I'd much rather just click the link and go to the recipe.
And sometimes there is enough verbage on the link for me to know that the
recipe is not right for me.
>
> Now I see you've changed your mind. Glad no one put a significant
> amount of time or thought into helping you, because it's always wasted
> when you're involved.

Changed my mind about what? I asked for a discussion of fritters. Not
Pinterest. Again... I'm glad that it works for you. You might also be one
of those people who likes to see pics on a menu. I don't.

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:33:21 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> > Now I see you've changed your mind. Glad no one put a significant
> > amount of time or thought into helping you, because it's always wasted
> > when you're involved.
>
> Changed my mind about what?

About serving fritters.

> I asked for a discussion of fritters. Not Pinterest.

So why did you turn it into a discussion about Pinterest?

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:55:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>> > It sounds like you've missed the entire point of Pinterest. It is a
>> > tool for people who want to save links (like recipes) they've found on
>> > the internet for future reference and don't want to keep them in
>> > bookmarks, on tabs or in files/folders on their computer. I use it a
>> > lot, don't consider it clunky and don't think clicking on an image to
>> > go straight to a recipe is a problem.
>>
>> Why in the world would they not want to save them? Pretty easy to save
>> something then delete it later if you don't want it any more. To me it
>> is a
>> lot easier just to save the links to my favorites.
>>
>>
> You must not save very much. I have done it and saving to
> bookmark/favorites is just as useful as flushing them down the toilet.
> I have thousands of recipes saved on my computer, thousands more in
> Pinterest and both have a search function so I can find what I am
> looking for.

I certainly don't need thousands of recipes. But just because I have
nothing better to do, I'll see what I do have. Oh and I just went through
there and got rid of stuff that I know that I don't want because I am going
to swap out this computer soon. And any time a recipe fails me, I take it
right off. So...

I have 16 folders. Starting with Cool Locations and ending with Song
Lyrics. The Cool Locations has a variety of stuff in there. And under my
Food folder there are some loose links that might tell me about food safety,
food history, etc. I think there are about 28 links. I just skim counted
them. Under the one and only sub folder there are the recipes. And the sub
folders of those a

Asst. meats: 4 recipes.
Beans: 4 recipes.
Beef: About 50 recipes.
Candy: 7 recipes.
Chicken: About 50 recipes.
Fritter: 8 recipes.
Green Bean: 6 recipes.
Low Carb Desserts: 8 recipes.
Pasta: 6 recipes.
Popcorn: 4 recipes.
Potato: 30 recipes
Rice: 14 recipes
Salads: 9 recipes
Strata: 2 recipes.
Soup: 16 recipes
Vegetables: 2 recipes

Then there are about 60 links that are loose. These might be recipe
collections. Like Jewish food, Crockpot recipes, or just things that don't
necessarily fit into other categories. And even if it is a collection of
recipes, it's not hard at all to find what I am looking for.

Then there are the recipes that seem to fall off of the Internet. Like
Gordon Ramsey's potatoes. For those, I merely save them as a Word file or
even via e-mail and save them on my hard drive. I don't have too many of
those. But there are a few.

This system is what works for me. It's simple and easy. Your method might
work for you but it would never work for me.

I would also have to say that for most of what I cook, I don't need a
recipe. Tonight I am making pot roast with potatoes, onions and carrots.
Very simple and I've made it often enough that I don't need a recipe.
Tomorrow I'll probably have bean tacos and there is leftover chicken for
husband and Angela. Also leftover mac and cheese and assorted other sides.
In other words, I won't be cooking. The next night we're taking my mom out
to eat. The next night? Hamburgers. Angela won't eat those so can have
some chicken or whatever else she finds in the freezer. Not sure about
Friday but we'll be doing shopping so can pick something up to fix or we
might just have pasta. Most of our meals are very simple because that's
what my family prefers.

I do love making long complicated recipes that require a lot of prep and
long cooking times. But nobody in this house really likes to eat that stuff
so now I rarely make those things. Worked out well for me when I was
working because we had a lot of potlucks and I could indulge myself and make
such things. Somebody there would eat it even if it wasn't me. I also made
tons of sweets including painted chocolates. Those days are over.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Now I see you've changed your mind. Glad no one put a significant
>> amount of time or thought into helping you, because it's always wasted
>> when you're involved.
>
> Why? Because she didn't agree with you?

Apparently so. Instead of talking fritters, she was talking Pinterest.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:10:06 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> > Now I see you've changed your mind. Glad no one put a significant
>> > amount of time or thought into helping you, because it's always wasted
>> > when you're involved.
>>
>> Why? Because she didn't agree with you?
>>
> Didn't agree with me? No. Going off on a rant for no reason at all.
> I'm starting to see why you sympathize with poor little oppressed
> Julie.

Who went off on a rant? I can't follow this at all. I wanted to discuss
fritters. You did mention that you liked baked corn ones but then went on
about Pinterest and that IMO has nothing to do with fritters except that it
has a search engine and you can look at people's pins about them.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:33:21 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> > Now I see you've changed your mind. Glad no one put a significant
>> > amount of time or thought into helping you, because it's always wasted
>> > when you're involved.
>>
>> Changed my mind about what?
>
> About serving fritters.

No. I said I might make them for Angela's birthday if she wanted them. She
didn't. And the recipe I posted seems best when served fresh. They got
rather soggy after sitting overnight. Still edible but not as good.
>
>> I asked for a discussion of fritters. Not Pinterest.
>
> So why did you turn it into a discussion about Pinterest?

I didn't! You did!

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:36:59 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was curious about it and eventually read up on it but
>>>> as with you, I don't see the point.
>>>
>>> I joined Pinterest was to keep my browsers from crashing. I had 30+
>>> tabs open at any one time and they were *not* happy. I save recipes
>>> to file on my computer, with an image if one is available - but I
>>> still have to look through text titles and probably open several
>>> before I found one that appeals or the one I was looking for
>>> specifically but can't remember exactly what it is called. Pins are
>>> organized by interest in folders they call "boards" that you name
>>> yourself. "Pin" your "interests" to "boards"- get it? Think of the
>>> board as a folder and the image is the title of your file. I can't
>>> imagine why anyone who actively participates in rfc wouldn't be able
>>> to appreciate how Pinterest works. Obviously, it's not for everyone -
>>> but I love it.
>>
>> I don't use tabs. Not on purpose anyway. I prefer new windows. And I
>> would never have 30 open at a time. That's ridiculous! I think the most
>> I've had is 6 or 7.
>>
>> I also have zero interest in pinning anything to boards or organizing
>> them. This sounds like something that would appeal to those same people
>> who are into scrap books. And that's not me. It's not hard to save a
>> link and it's not hard to make folders. I have one favorite entitled
>> "Foods". And in it is a folder entitled, "Recipes". If I want a saved
>> recipe, I click on that and then whatever subfolder it might be in. I
>> now have one called "Fritters". Much easier and quicker than going to
>> Pinterest.
>
> Pretty much what I do, but .. each to his or her own eh?

Yes.

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:48:40 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:10:06 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "sf" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>
> >> > Now I see you've changed your mind. Glad no one put a significant
> >> > amount of time or thought into helping you, because it's always wasted
> >> > when you're involved.
> >>
> >> Why? Because she didn't agree with you?
> >>
> > Didn't agree with me? No. Going off on a rant for no reason at all.
> > I'm starting to see why you sympathize with poor little oppressed
> > Julie.
>
> Who went off on a rant? I can't follow this at all. I wanted to discuss
> fritters. You did mention that you liked baked corn ones but then went on
> about Pinterest and that IMO has nothing to do with fritters except that it
> has a search engine and you can look at people's pins about them.
>
The link I gave you was nothing BUT fritters.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.