I am off to town today - and not with any great enthusiasm. I am only going because there is a bit of a window in the weather and (mainly) because I have 4 tickets left that run out on Tuesday. Being a Yorkshire lass I have need of value for money and wish to …
La Cloche
I am getting a La Cloche bread dome. Anybody used one? Got any tips on using it? It's an eBay bargain (thanks for the heads up, Gill) used, at £5.50 - Bakery Bits have them... at £47.49. I had discounted the La Cloche in my head until I read a review in which somebody says …
Random Bread-making: Whey Bread
Yesterday's soup proved to be (a) large and (b) delicious, so we are revisiting it today. The Chilli is set back a day and I have no need to make my garlicky tear bread. However, I have fresh yeast and time and I wish to bake. There is some ham and coleslaw for our tea - how about some soft white milk baps, topped with cheese an onion? Mr L thought that a grand idea.
All Good Things
I had my first experiment with Chia today. I made a pudding, using a tin of coconut milk as the base. Added flavours: cocoa, cinnamon, maple syrup so, that's why I am calling it All Good Things Pudding Makes 2 generous or 4 small portions. Three people may be moderate pigs. Believers in Chia as …
Grapefruit
Another pithy food memory post. We opened a tin of grapefruit the other morning and ate it for breakfast. I commented that grapefruit might be the one thing that I might possibly enjoy more from a tin than I do fresh. Not that I don't like it fresh, because I do - but tinned grapefruit …
The Baking Bucket List
This should probably be a Page and not a Post, so that I can look back and refer to it easily from time to time. I may convert it later - for now it is just a random jotting. As promised, I am making a list of things I haven't tried yet. I have been …