Comments on: Gift Ideas http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/ Notes from my kitchen, in which I bake bread and raise a few other matters Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5616 Elizabeth Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:38:19 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5616 Wow. I should have suspected that the Japanese would have beautiful ways of folding fabric to wrap things. Thanks for that link, Susan. (I've always just tied the tea towel on with ribbon.) Wow. I should have suspected that the Japanese would have beautiful ways of folding fabric to wrap things. Thanks for that link, Susan. (I’ve always just tied the tea towel on with ribbon.)

]]> By: Susan http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5610 Susan Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:26:29 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5610 I hope you all get everything on your lists! Judy, vanilla beans are a great idea! Jude, what, you think I don't know how to have fun? :) Elizabeth, I love the towel idea for wrapping, like Japanese furoshiki: http://www.env.go.jp/en/focus/attach/060403-5.pdf I hope you all get everything on your lists!

Judy, vanilla beans are a great idea!

Jude, what, you think I don’t know how to have fun? :)

Elizabeth, I love the towel idea for wrapping, like Japanese furoshiki: http://www.env.go.jp/en/focus/attach/060403-5.pdf

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5608 Elizabeth Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:27:16 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5608 Great ideas, Susan. I've been particularly fond of the silicone pastry brushes my sister gave me one year. The different colours mean that one can be used for neutral things (as in milk, butter, egg) and another for savoury (as in BBQ sauces) I too have been eying the superpeel ever since seeing a video of it in action - it looks fabulous. In the meantime, I've been using parchment paper on my peel to make moving things easier. When giving things to cooks (or even non-cooks) I like to wrap them in tea towels rather than wrapping paper. That way the wrapping can be truly recycled. After all, one can't really have too many tea towels, can one? OR how about wrapping in pastry cloth? Another thing that I'd LOVE to receive is a roll of unbleached parchment paper. It's not the easiest thing to find and even when it does appear on a shelf, it seems awfully expensive. Great ideas, Susan.

I’ve been particularly fond of the silicone pastry brushes my sister gave me one year. The different colours mean that one can be used for neutral things (as in milk, butter, egg) and another for savoury (as in BBQ sauces)

I too have been eying the superpeel ever since seeing a video of it in action – it looks fabulous. In the meantime, I’ve been using parchment paper on my peel to make moving things easier.

When giving things to cooks (or even non-cooks) I like to wrap them in tea towels rather than wrapping paper. That way the wrapping can be truly recycled. After all, one can’t really have too many tea towels, can one?

OR how about wrapping in pastry cloth?

Another thing that I’d LOVE to receive is a roll of unbleached parchment paper. It’s not the easiest thing to find and even when it does appear on a shelf, it seems awfully expensive.

]]> By: Jude http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5600 Jude Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:41:58 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5600 I didn't expect the Yakitate DVDs on your list. That stuff is the bomb. I've tried the rice cooker bread and it actually does work :) I didn’t expect the Yakitate DVDs on your list. That stuff is the bomb. I’ve tried the rice cooker bread and it actually does work :)

]]> By: MC http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5583 MC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:54:46 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5583 Lovely presents, everything single one of them! How I wish the Italian book wasn't so expensive... But the hake brush will do this season. Thanks, Susan. Lovely presents, everything single one of them! How I wish the Italian book wasn’t so expensive… But the hake brush will do this season. Thanks, Susan.

]]> By: Natashya http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5545 Natashya Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:25:41 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5545 I want you for my santa - those are great gifts! I want you for my santa – those are great gifts!

]]> By: Andrea http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5540 Andrea Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:51:03 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5540 I don't really have any gift ideas to add, but I have a few people I'd like to e-mail this list to! Thanks Susan, you always have the best ideas! I don’t really have any gift ideas to add, but I have a few people I’d like to e-mail this list to! Thanks Susan, you always have the best ideas!

]]> By: javapot http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5536 javapot Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:52:57 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5536 Oooo...I like the bread basket too. Must check out the DVD too, hope I can find it :s Oooo…I like the bread basket too. Must check out the DVD too, hope I can find it :s

]]> By: Judy (Judy's Gross Eats) http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5533 Judy (Judy's Gross Eats) Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:46:38 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5533 An oven-sized baking stone would be nice so I could bake more than one bread item at a time. And, of course, I believe that vanilla beans would make a perfect gift. They are at the top of the list. An oven-sized baking stone would be nice so I could bake more than one bread item at a time. And, of course, I believe that vanilla beans would make a perfect gift. They are at the top of the list.

]]> By: Marjoke http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/12/01/gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-5532 Marjoke Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:41:20 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=334#comment-5532 Susan, what a nice gifts; someone will be very pleased with those things. Fair trade shops are also common in Holland but I've never seen a ethiopean basket. Lucky for me I've found a German shop that delivers a wide variation of proofbaskets in Holland. Hope for you that you'll get one of those wonderful gifts. Susan,

what a nice gifts; someone will be very pleased with those things. Fair trade shops are also common in Holland but I’ve never seen a ethiopean basket.

Lucky for me I’ve found a German shop that delivers a wide variation of proofbaskets in Holland.

Hope for you that you’ll get one of those wonderful gifts.

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