Tomorrow's outline plan was to make an onion-ish or garlicky tear and share loaf to dunk into our Chilli non Carne. I have been Googling around and cannot find a recipe that lines up with what I had in my head, so it looks like I shall be extemporising. I was surprised at how many …
No-bake days
No baking today. I fancied a Spanakopita for lunch but as we are trying to be good about our diet I am leaving the pastry out, so I suppose that we are having a spanakofrittata instead! I love the combo of Feta and Spinach and am now toying with notions of some kind of tasty …
Ben Bread 1
Ben Bread 1 - sourdough white loaf. Starter originally from the Wild Yeast Bakery - the San Francisco culture. Fed and nurtured in Orkney by Fenella and passed on to me. I think Fenella had been feeding the culture with wholemeal flour. I gave it two feeds of stoneground white before use. When I taste-tested …
Adventures with Ben
Fenella's starter has been named Ben, obviously. The instruction sheet for Ben is very complicated. He originated in San Francisco and seems to be a tender soul, in need of doses of mineral water, greenhouse temperatures and so on. It makes me sad that I killed my rugged Orkney starter, Ben. I fed Ben again …
Tight Squeeze
I had a lot of work planned for today. Note that "had"? I should be saying "have" but my friend Fenella popped round yesterday with some of her sourdough wheat starter. Now I want to make time and space to start some bread, of course. The laundry is on, and the second load is lined …
Look What I found
Look what I found - What Liberty Ate - this magazine, something of this quality is free? Unfortunately, wp.com will not, so far as I can see, allow me to embed the magazine. I'll just have to tell you that it is 138 pages, with lots of recipes and some gorgeous images. This is issue …