Are fancy pans worth their weight?
These obscure kitchen tools will have to prove themselves to keep their spot on the shelf.
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Portland Press Herald Food Editor Peggy Grodinsky unearthed a lot of specialty pans while home during the pandemic. Pictured here: a springerle rolling pin, a Nordicware Daisy Cake pan, a Mohrenkopfform in its original box, a , decorative shortbread pan, a stovetop waffle iron, a plett pan for Swedish pancakes, a Hotpan, and a ridged Rehrucken cake pan. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographe
One morning last month,I called my mother to wake her up as I do every Saturday and, as usual, we chatted about the day ahead. I told her that after I got off the phone I would be making “plättar” in my “plättpanna” for the very first time. A plättpanna (or plett pan in English, since – confession – I can’t pronounce a single word of Swedish) makes silver dollar-sized pancakes, plättar, that look like blini, I explained. She didn’t remember blini.
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BRATTLEBORO â As many as 65 local familiesâ holidays were brightened this week with a box of local food thanks to Retreat Farm and dozens of farmers, bakers, cheesemongers, and local businesses.
âItâs been a hard year for all of us but these boxes are a true testament to our generous and resilient community. We are so grateful to all the people, farms and businesses that contributed to this effort to feed our community,â said Lu Neuse, managing director of Programs and Stewardship at Retreat Farm.
The holiday food box distribution was sponsored by WW Building Supply. Weighing in at over 60 lbs, each box contained donated apples, flour, bread, and cheese from Dutton Farm, King Arthur Baking Company, Against the Grain, and Grafton Village Cheese Company. Additional food for the boxes was provided at discount by Food Connects, the Brattleboro Food Co-op, Butter Mountain Bakery, and Miller Farm. Each box al
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