In article >,
says...
>
> On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:38:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> > You can get the packages of coconut milk powder that you mix with hot
> > water and make as much or as little as you want. It works for a lot of
> > Indian and Thai dishes that use coconut milk. Most of the dished I make
> > call for a cup of coconut milk. I hate wasting the canned stuff so I buy
> > envelops of powdered. I found it easier to deal with than the more
> > solid stuff that comes in blocks (wrapped).
>
> You're the first to mention it. I've never heard of (or seen) coconut
> milk sold any way other than liquid.

We can also get it as a solid block;

https://bluedragon.co.uk/products/creamed-coconut-block


and as a dried powder, very useful when I don't need a whole canful.

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco-price-
comparison/Marinades_And_Sauces/Maggi_Coconut_Milk_Powder_Mix_350g.html

both sold in any UK smkt.


Janet UK

On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 3:21:04 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:55:14 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsyahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I used to do that back in the old days. I could save some dough by cutting up a chicken myself. I enjoyed doing it too. These days, a whole chicken could cost over 12 bucks. That's past my tipping point of under $7. I stopped buying whole chicken about the time that Windows XP came out. Coincidence? I think not.
>
> I think we're in the same boat. The price of chicken went up enough
> that I decided it was worth the expense to buy just the cuts of
> chicken I actually like instead of the entire thing and figuring out
> what to do with what I don't like (the white meat).
>
> That said, I think it was Cheri who mentioned that Smart & Final had
> Foster Farms whole chicken on sale for 79 cents a pound, which is as
> cheap as it gets here. I was out and about yesterday looking for Koji
> rice, so I called them thinking it would be at least 10 cents a pound
> more (because real estate is more expensive here) - but it was 79
> cents there too. Surprise, surprise! There were only 3 in the case,
> so I picked the biggest one - 5 lbs.
>
> I didn't find the Koji rice. I have one more place to check before I
> resort to the internet, but in the mean time - I found a store that
> stocks maltose, rice wine (not sake/beer), calamansi juice, bao flour,
> a motherlode of Patak's curry pastes (I bought 3) and stewing chicken.
> The chicken is frozen, but I don't care. They also sell pork, beef,
> chicken and probably lamb in those paper thin slices - plus chicken
> that looks like it was ground inside the store. I hate buying any
> ground meat that comes to the store prepackaged. Nasty stuff.
>
> --
> I love cooking with wine.
> Sometimes I even put it in the food.

It sounds like you're looking to have a heck of a good time in the kitchen. Congrats on that.

On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 4:46:35 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > Gary wrote:
> > > First time ever for me. Just bought a jar and tasted 3 of them.
> > > Interesting taste. I'll use them in the future as appropriate. IE, they
> > > won't go to waste.
> >
> > Mostly, capers function as garnish. It's tough to get excited about garnish.
>
> LOL! True.
>
> > My wife likes them a lot. She must see something in them that I don't. I like it on top of tuna salad.
>
> That sounds interesting. Now that I have them, I need to learn what to
> use them with. Tuna salad sounds worth trying.
>
>
> >I also like them rolled with anchovies because they're so damned cute. Rolling anchovies around capers must the the world's most depressing job though.
>
> I would think the anchovies would cancel out any caper taste.

You might be right about that. I like them because they're cute and easier to pull out a piece than regular pack anchovies but I'll check that one out. I better buy two cans to make extra sure that you are indeed right.

>
> Anyway, I heard of ant-other job thats sounds even more depressing or at
> least highly boring....
>
> Sheldon talked about cooking large for many, many people. He said...
> don't count eggs, just keep on breaking them until you fill a gallon
> jug. arrgghh. Oh man, it's got to take at least 100 eggs to fill a
> gallon (and probably more). I would hate that job.

On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:22:23 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:41:03 -0700, sf wrote:
>
> > Another fun item, was a tiny 200 ml box of coconut milk. Sometimes I
> > want just a little, but don't want to figure out what to do with the
> > rest of the can. Problem solved.
>
> All the Asian stores and most supermarkets carry the little 6oz cans
> of coconut milk. There's also coconut milk powder which works very
> well and you can use as little or as much as you want. It tastes just
> like the real stuff, not like powdered cow's milk vs fresh milk
> (yick!).
>

I've seen the 6 oz cans, but they aren't as common as you seem to
think. The box was brand new to me... have never seen it before.
Never seen powdered coconut milk or the block, but wasn't looking for
it either. It's not something that I'm interested in anyway. If I
don't have a little can, then I open a big one and freeze what I don't
use. The box was a novelty item.
> -sw


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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.