Comments on: la buona cucina americana: Sandwich Buns

By: amanda@A Tuscan View...

amanda@A Tuscan View... — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:26:13 +0000

Yum! That hot dog looks kind of obscene but I\’m sure it tastes good.

The buns look fantastic and I\’ll give them a try because my kids love soft white bread and always complain about the rock like offerings from the local forno, alas I too am on DIET, Judith, and even your crafty buns (we call them Torpedo Buns or Milk Buns in England) cannot tempt me!:)

By: admin

admin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:40:04 +0000

That hotdog, wurstel, is a mere 3″ long and not really very obscene, or it would make me laugh anyway.

DIET here– no pasta, no rice, no potatoes, no bread, NO WINE, no fun.

By: Lulu Barbarian

Lulu Barbarian — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:41:43 +0000

I\’m really tired of supermarket buns, and these look perfect! When you use this recipe to make 16 buns, does that give the miniature buns or regular ones?

By: bleeding espresso

bleeding espresso — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:18:10 +0000

Oh this is such a great idea Judith; thanks for putting in the time to Italianize this one.

Can’t resist…love your buns :)

By: Palma

Palma — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:09:49 +0000

Those look great. It makes me crave a hot dog. I don’t think I’ve had one in a year. Must be 4th of July fever, except…we’re having BBQ ribs!

By: admin

admin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:39:52 +0000

@Palma:

Surely you could fit a 3″ miniature that weighs 1 ounce!

By: admin

admin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:40:08 +0000

@bleeding espresso:

I think I am going to reveal other fillings you can put in these buns, although that little hotdog was really good!

I knew someone would say that.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:40:23 +0000

@Lulu Barbarian:

I made 24 that could have been smaller for my purposes, so 16 should be normal sized and 12 would be really large. But hey, you’re a barbarian, you don’t even need a bun!

By: Lulu Barbarian

Lulu Barbarian — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:42:41 +0000

@8 LOL! Thanks for the info!

By: Maryann

Maryann — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:54:06 +0000

These look beautiful! Well done!

By: David

David — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:28:01 +0000

I keep getting suckered when I see burger buns in the supermarket, and they\’re always horrible. (Although I do get a kick out of the American flag they drape over the label.)

By: admin

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:34:11 +0000

@David:

I can at least promise this of my buns: no flags and no junk. They are real food.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:11:00 +0000

That didn’t come out sounding like I meant it to sound!

By: eg

eg — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:57:00 +0000

Maybe not but I would think that it is good that there is no junk

By: mjc

mjc — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:43:31 +0000

Hi, quick question, since you seem to know Italian - English conversions - how much is a bustina of baking powder? I have a recipe that calls for 1/2 bustina di lievito in polvere, and is that bustina the same size as the yeast packet (7g)? Thank you! :)

By: admin

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:04:49 +0000

I don’t know the answer because I hate all these little envelpes so much I will go to foreign countries or bribe small children with space in their luggage to get the tins of baking powder. I will, however, as someone who uses them and get back to you!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:01:03 +0000

I checked at the market yersterday and the packets I saw were 16 g each. That seems a lot to me. It was a packet of 10 at 160 g total.