Cooking
And indeed it was. My boyfriend, the ex-restaurateur/chef did a bit of catering this weekend, and our poor fridge was just about to burst! As you can probably tell it's not the biggest fridge in the world. Oh how I dream of the days when I'll own that 2-door HUGE specimen with walk-in freezer et all!
Besides from getting to help him with the preparations (washing salad and herbs, preparing risotto, making bread dough ya-da ya-da) I benefited a bit from the ordeal as well - a new wheat sour dough has been brought to life! Okay, it is yeast-based, so not authentic sour dough - but I've tried the natural air-borne yeast method a couple of times and have come to the conclusion that I'll kill it in a matter of no time because I never get to use it enough. Ah well. On to sour dough adventures!
- Wartime Wednesdays: Honey Twist Bread
Common Causes of Inferior Bread POOR FLOUR---A cheap flour may be an expensive flour because it makes a loaf inferior in texture, flavor and volume. OLD YEAST---Dead yeast plants cannot leaven bread. Old compressed yeast cakes or dry yeast which has...
- Wondering
I can't help but wonder if, when I'm making any kind of bread, I or my kitchen are suddenly transported to the Sahara Desert? Or am I, personally, arid? Because, when I make any kind of bread dough, I systematically exceed the listed amount of...
- Oh, Brother; It's Bread!
I've always been a little...well, tense...when it comes to yeast. In this house, Matt makes the most of the bread. But I've been working on my 'fear'. Trying more yeast recipes. Last week, I caught an episode of Sara's Secrets on Food...
- Procrastinating With Potato-wholewheat Bread
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I learn so much from blogging. Like the word "procrastinate". I love that word....
- Home Is Where The Heart Is - And If Homemade Bread's There Too, That's Nice!
I'm bad. There I go, leaving y'all with nothing - NOTHING! - for an entire week - again! But you see, it is not for of lack of "want", nor is it too much "must do" or need of perfection that 'causes me to not post so much at the moment. It's...
Cooking
I'm full, said the fridge
And indeed it was. My boyfriend, the ex-restaurateur/chef did a bit of catering this weekend, and our poor fridge was just about to burst! As you can probably tell it's not the biggest fridge in the world. Oh how I dream of the days when I'll own that 2-door HUGE specimen with walk-in freezer et all!
Besides from getting to help him with the preparations (washing salad and herbs, preparing risotto, making bread dough ya-da ya-da) I benefited a bit from the ordeal as well - a new wheat sour dough has been brought to life! Okay, it is yeast-based, so not authentic sour dough - but I've tried the natural air-borne yeast method a couple of times and have come to the conclusion that I'll kill it in a matter of no time because I never get to use it enough. Ah well. On to sour dough adventures!
- Wartime Wednesdays: Honey Twist Bread
Common Causes of Inferior Bread POOR FLOUR---A cheap flour may be an expensive flour because it makes a loaf inferior in texture, flavor and volume. OLD YEAST---Dead yeast plants cannot leaven bread. Old compressed yeast cakes or dry yeast which has...
- Wondering
I can't help but wonder if, when I'm making any kind of bread, I or my kitchen are suddenly transported to the Sahara Desert? Or am I, personally, arid? Because, when I make any kind of bread dough, I systematically exceed the listed amount of...
- Oh, Brother; It's Bread!
I've always been a little...well, tense...when it comes to yeast. In this house, Matt makes the most of the bread. But I've been working on my 'fear'. Trying more yeast recipes. Last week, I caught an episode of Sara's Secrets on Food...
- Procrastinating With Potato-wholewheat Bread
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I learn so much from blogging. Like the word "procrastinate". I love that word....
- Home Is Where The Heart Is - And If Homemade Bread's There Too, That's Nice!
I'm bad. There I go, leaving y'all with nothing - NOTHING! - for an entire week - again! But you see, it is not for of lack of "want", nor is it too much "must do" or need of perfection that 'causes me to not post so much at the moment. It's...