Not a lot going on this weekend. A tray of mince pies just emerged from the oven, ready for our Open Studio afternoon, but I failed to make my marmalade this morning due to an insufficiency of available sugar. I did manage to get my Spelt Starter going, though. He’s sitting here on my desk, …
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Limping along
I had great baking plans for today but I think that they will come to naught. Yesterday’s trip to town was not particularly fruitful. The Pineapple Mission failed, so I didn’t buy the rum either. Nor did I find non-homogenised milk for cheese-making. I did bring home Spelt flour – I want to make a …
Early rising
There will be no yeast activity today, but there has been an early rising. Alarms were set and I am vertical, drinking coffee until such time as Kelly arrives with our little island bus at around 8:30, to propel me, yawning, to the ferry terminal at Loth. The ferry leaves at 09:15 and we should …
Advise me
River Cottage Handbook No.3 Bread
Bread: River Cottage Handbook No. 3 is written by Daniel Stevens, and introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Daniel works for Hugh at River Cottage. It is a compact hardback volume numbering just over 200 pages. Every single page is either informative, entertaining, or just plain beautiful. There is no dross in this book. Honestly, if you …
I need to catch up
Tidying my desk yesterday, I discovered last quarter’s edition of Weaving today, which is still unread. Today the latest edition arrived. Whoops. Perhaps I need to allocate more reading time.