Holiday Favorites

[lalbo-81]

  I've been reading, and watching shows about food around the world, it's diversity and its similarities. And with Christmas coming, I thought I'd ask what your favorite special to the holidays dish is? 

  One of mine is Whoopee pies, one of my DILs is from Pennsylvania Dutch country and she makes them for us only at Christmas. They are so goood! 

[lyhargr_0]

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@tasfleur wrote:

Well look at that! .... 

How could the same batch, cooked at the same time look so different just because they were on different shelves in the oven?

The top shelf produced ordinary round ones, and the bottom shelf had to have a little longer on the next shelf up but why the difference?

Mind you, they still taste delicious.

Any suggestions?

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Is your oven fan forced?

[tasfleur]

lyhargr, yes, it can be but I usually switch the fan off and let it go the ordinary way.  Would they have been better off with the fan on?

[lyhargr_0]

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@tasfleur wrote:

lyhargr, yes, it can be but I usually switch the fan off and let it go the ordinary way.  Would it have been better with the fan on?

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I never turn my fan off ( didnt know I could ) and never have a prob cooking on any of the rungs of the oven. 

[tasfleur]

I'll turn the fan on next weekend when I make the next lot and will see what happens.

I used to have a normal smaller oven (60cms) and I don't use this 90cm one often, usually use the much smaller convection side of the microwave/convection oven .. the big oven has far too many unnecessary 'bells and whistles'.

[imastawka]

Tas, I have a dinosaur oven, so am uneducated in the difference of 'fan forced'

If your oven is 900mm, then you should be able to fit 2 trays side by side?

Theories to test - good luck

[tasfleur]

You are so right stawks, but my trays are too big .. am going after smaller ones this week ...   ... so the next step is ... # fan on  >>> # top rung >>> # right size trays together!

[lyhargr_0]

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@tasfleur wrote:

I'll turn the fan on next weekend when I make the next lot and will see what happens.

I used to have a normal smaller oven (60cms) and I don't use this 90cm one often, usually use the much smaller convection side of the microwave/convection oven .. the big oven has far too many unnecessary 'bells and whistles'.

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Yeah mine is a bit like that as well. I mainly use it for pizza, quiche etc, cause I make a few of them at one time. Everything else is cooked in the turbo oven.   I didnt really need a 90cm oven but I wanted 5 gas rings ( n I use em all) so I didnt really have a choice.

[tasfleur]

It arrived today ....    this is a picture from the internet, but it's exactly the same.

This is something that it might look like when decorated .. in fact, I may not even wait for Christmas 2021!

[domino-710]

Great Tas - we can call it ' The Black Stump ' .

Looking forward to a slice - or 3.

The leaves need to be Eucalypt. LOL

[ambercat16]

Eucalypt or wattle.......start a new Australia Day cake baking trend🤗