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Post by jasmine on Nov 1, 2013 11:50:05 GMT
So in my off time from college classes and stage management (thats what i do for work if you didnt know) I bake/ cook.... I make cup/cakes, cookies, brownies, pies, ect by scratch and in mass quantities at a time, my last batch of cookies was "small" and about 48 cookies in total. Also im the one here at home who does all the cooking (cause if it was left up to Mike it would be either MRE's or velveeta mac and cheese with sliced up hot dogs ) Im now at a place where im a year from graduating college with my degree of Theater and Drama, with PK-12th grade licence to teach, mike is obviously looking at rings and talking about houses and babies... and ive just come to the realization that i want to open a bakery in my original home town here in VT. 40,000+ bucks well spent.
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Post by Sarah on Nov 1, 2013 18:58:53 GMT
Wow! I love to bake too, but I rarely have time to bake on that scale! You should share some of your recipes with us on our new off topic heading ^^ Best of luck with your bakery dream. That's a daydream of mine too, but I'm not sure it will ever happen for me.
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Post by jasmine on Nov 1, 2013 19:59:51 GMT
yeah i dont know why i bake such mass amounts of sweets...might also be because mike must have sweets at all times in the house....I probably will even more so since, not to sound pertinacious or anything.... but uh my cookies and cupcakes are quite desired in my theater department ....
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Post by Pammy on Nov 2, 2013 3:49:53 GMT
I like to bake, too, Jasmine, but prefer baking in a slightly smaller quantity. I do generally double a cookie recipe, since there are so many of us, but that's doable. Yesterday, I sent Halloween cupcakes and cookies to the band room for 85 kids and 2 directors, and although something I really enjoy doing 3 or 4 times a year, I have to admit that it's a bit overwhelming to come up with that much, and I'm really tired by the time I'm finished. But when my kids come home from school and tell me how much everybody liked it, it makes me so happy.
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Post by jasmine on Nov 2, 2013 14:40:16 GMT
Yeah i try and limit my self to only show night and tri weekly so mike will have his sweets.... but once i announced to a few friends i was thinking about opening my own bake shop i started getting orders and requests..... also everyone asked if they could be my taste tester.....
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Post by rdkntriker on Nov 2, 2013 23:05:49 GMT
I love cooking and baking, I also do grilling and smoking in my smoker. My wife brag that I do must of the cooking. This coming week I will be baking Amish white bread, Sour dough and rolls. I love it but would not like to do it for a living. We should all share some recipes.
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Post by Sarah on Nov 2, 2013 23:58:06 GMT
We have a thread heading for that I love making bread - send some recipes my way!
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 3, 2013 15:30:04 GMT
Jas, where in VT are you from? One of my closest friends goes to green mountain college which I this is either in or near Poultney, and I myself frequent Burlington with my sister and stay with her friend who lives there. We snowboard every winter up there Also have done Killington
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Post by jasmine on Nov 3, 2013 17:09:26 GMT
I grew up in Montpelier but my family is from "the Vally" so around Waterbury and Waitsfeild. ...And now i live in Johnson. Vermont is a great place if you love snow sports...
But im glad you know it and not just burlington! you haver no idea how many people ask me if VT is part of Canada!
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 3, 2013 23:18:35 GMT
Vermont is a beautiful state. I think when I'm older if I have enough money I want a time share up there. I just love the people up there in and around Burlington! It's so welcoming I almost went to UVM myself, but chose PSU instead. And I ended up coming home anyway... Soooo good thing I didn't go to vt lol
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Post by jasmine on Nov 4, 2013 2:24:49 GMT
yeah it's actualy kinda hard for some out of staters to live her all year round.... that sounds bad but... we have long cold and dark winters where they start some time around October and I have seen snow in late may... and the only "big city" is burlington.... which.... it's burlington it's barley a real city. But it's welcoming here, everyone accepts different for the most part.
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Post by Pammy on Nov 4, 2013 2:34:42 GMT
Sounds very much like northern Michigan, where I'm from. I actually really like dark days. They're peaceful to me.
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 4, 2013 2:57:20 GMT
I've come to visit during awful snowstorms - for the snowboarding and i LOVE it regardless!
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Post by jasmine on Nov 4, 2013 11:29:16 GMT
Yeah i love the winters because of the beauty of the snow... i mean it sucked to walk to school all through out elementary and high school... but there's something about walking up after a big snow fall and just see everything blanketed in snow.
I had a friend who came to JSC from Florida and she had the hardest time dealing with the winter... it was actualy really sad to see.
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 4, 2013 12:59:36 GMT
Yeah, Florida never gets snow. While I was at Penn State last year, a LOT of students are from china in America for the FIRST time and going to college, and they all freaked out when they first saw snow!
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