topic Re: Apricot jam in Kitchen

Apricot jam

gulf coast girl — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 23:34:34 GMT

Could you share what you like to do with apricot jam, any ideas are appreciated. Thank you

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chickenbutt — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 23:44:27 GMT

Funny, I was thinking about apricot jam yesterday.

Anyway, this is probably about as boring as it gets but my favorite toast is rye toast with apricot jam. I haven't had it for years, as I have some problems with bread and my esophagus, but I have been thinking about that lately.

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Terrywu — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 23:44:34 GMT

I us 1/2 apricot jam and 1/2 stone ground mustard to glaze a pork loin. It is excellent.

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gulf coast girl — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 23:59:17 GMT

Yum that sounds really good, the mustard with the jam Terrywu, thank you so much I will definitely try that on a pork tenderloin. I can't wait now.

sorry chickenbutt I'm not a big fan of toast, hope your esophagus stops acting up and causes you no harm.

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Kitlynn — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:10:47 GMT

This might sound a little odd but I love it on waffles, french toast and pancakes with peanut butter. Of course on a thick slice of homemade bread out of the oven with real butter is pretty tasty also!

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gulf coast girl — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:13:18 GMT

No not odd at all, sounds good to me, the waffles and french toast and the fresh bread however I'd have to skip the peanut butter part. (blah) I'll keep this in mind, I have a bread machine and only use it for pizza dough and cinnamon roll dough, I have yet to make bread of any kind. Thanks for the idea!

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gmkb — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:35:13 GMT

I used to make 'Golfer's Chicken'. Put chicken thighs and or drumsticks in a pan; combine small jar of apricot jam, bottle of Russian dressing, and pkg. of dry onion soup mix; spread over chicken and bake in 250 oven for 4 hours. Go play a round of golf and when you come back dinner is almost ready. I served it with rice.

Or you can put it in the slow cooker for 8 hours or 1 hour in a 350 oven.

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Mz iMac — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:39:10 GMT

I love apricot jam.

I slap it on 3 pieces of bread (Wonder) & luxuriate on eating a 3 tier apricot jam sammach!

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SharkE — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:51:24 GMT

buttered toast

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Mz iMac — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:54:21 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
buttered toast

Yeah, that too!

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3suwm5 — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:54:20 GMT

Grilled pork chops. YUM

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Desertdi — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 02:32:58 GMT

I eat it out of the jar with a spoon...............

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gulf coast girl — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 04:11:44 GMT

Thanks ladies, these all sound pretty good, the only thing I have ever used it on was to spoon some onto those thumbprint cookies, those are delicious! Thanks for your ideas.

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LaLaMommy — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 04:42:05 GMT

@chickenbutt OMG! I just read you said something about having issues with your esophagus & bread! I have never heard anyone outside of my immediate family with this issue (also with rice, and carbs, as well as foods that are too fiberous). For me, it causes my esophagus to contract and it's PAINFUL. Would LOVE to chat with you about it to see if you have some of the same symptons I have. I just got so excited because this is something nobody else seems to understand, so when I read what you wrote, I jumped to ask you!

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rrpell — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 04:48:25 GMT

I like to buy plain yogurt and sweeten it with a jam. I think carrots taste great when they are glazed with apricot jam. I will make a batch of crepes and serve them with a sauce made from orange marmalade, apricot jam, orange juice, orange zest and orange liquor.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:14:16 GMT

LaLaMommy wrote:
@chickenbutt OMG! I just read you said something about having issues with your esophagus & bread! I have never heard anyone outside of my immediate family with this issue (also with rice, and carbs, as well as foods that are too fiberous). For me, it causes my esophagus to contract and it's PAINFUL. Would LOVE to chat with you about it to see if you have some of the same symptons I have. I just got so excited because this is something nobody else seems to understand, so when I read what you wrote, I jumped to ask you!

Hi LaLa! For me, it's most often either bread, or bready type foods, or meat. Funny you should mention rice, as I was eating some rice the other day and had an 'episode'.

The pain is indescribable. Often the food won't go past my esophagus so you probably know what I have to do next.

Anyway, I don't want to take her thread OT, but I wanted to respond to you.

Good luck with it. Mine gets worse and worse, but I just try to be careful and I seldom eat in front of anybody now or go out to eat. Last thing I want to have to do is use a public bathroom for the 'refunding', as well as sitting with others while the pain is happening because it's so excruciating that you just cannot hide it.

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thisbe — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:55:17 GMT

I make a yellow squash quick bread with apricot jam. Yum!

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gulf coast girl — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:16:32 GMT

Actually chickenbutt and Lala you can talk about whatever you want, I don't care, now that you mention it about the pain it reminded me that a few years ago I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia and I too would get terrible pain while eating, once they put me on nexium I no longer have that pain. I don't know if it's the same thing you're experiencing but thought I'd throw that out there.

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Eileen in Virginia — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:26:19 GMT

@TerrywuI do something similar to this for pan-grilled chicken cutlets - 1/2 a jar of apricot preserves, 1 tbsp. coarse mustard and 1/2 tsp. ground ginger. Adjust proportions to taste, mix together, then pour over chicken 5 minutes before serving. This amount is usually enough for 4 or 5 chicken cutlets. Adjust quantities for additional chicken.

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LaLaMommy — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:42:49 GMT

Thanks @gulf coast girl!

Just to respond to @chickenbutt: My episodes occur an hour or a few hours after eating. I have been told I can't break down certain foods that are high in grain, too startchy or too fiberous....perhaps because of an enzyme issue. But doctors are stumped so I've just learned to live around it. It causes my esophagus to contract and it's the worst pain, comes in chronic waves, and lasts a couple of hours at least. So I have to stick to tender meats, cooked veggies, and salads made with lighter fiberous foods like spinach, tomatoes, lettuce, but stay away from raw broccolli, oranges because of orange casings, rice, starch, breads, ahhhhhhhhhh.....but I do succumb at times, and then the pain.....and I end up getting lesions in my esophogus. Fun times.

Thanks again @gulf coast girlfor allowing us this quick hijack.