Santa called
You Often see CHRISTMAS IN JULY themes which seem to especially appeal to some of us that have moved from cold winter climates to the other side of the Equator. A better time to enjoy a hot roast dinner and its trimmings rather than December days here when a salad and an early morning swim at the beach which is more the norm .
Well it certainly seemed like CHRISTMAS IN JULY when this little present turned up, it wasn't wrapped in fancy paper nor adorned with a bow, but i was just as excited as you see the grand daughters when Santa has stopped by their house
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i purchased an electric honey spinner from this mob before and it worked perfectly and helped me to harvest 18 kgs of honey fro my first year as a bee keeper (looking forward to the up and coming season with lots of flowers and weeds growing well and the warmer days returning.
i digress the Spiral mixer is 8litre or 3kg dough capacity its fairly basic with a single speed and a non removable spiral and bowl but no problem to clean especially if you do it as soon as you have finished the mix.
I have mixed 2 doughs so far a Cinnamon Scroll dough where i used a paste made from dates in the scrolls and the other one was a Toasted Lupin Flake dough i will pot those up soon as soon as i have reduced the picture size
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Handsome mixer Derek. Was it a present for yourself or did someone special give you that?
Benny
Hi Benny, where i have been doing some work for David and the Lupin Co, reviewing some work that had already been done, and also working on some more home baker friendly formulas and recipes and being able to raise the Lupin content of those breads, when it came time for talking about remuneration i suggested that the new mixer was something that was on a wish list!
Without hesitation the machine was ordered. and arrived quickly and already put to good use. I will now be able to go through the original work that was done by another baker in South Australia that was primarily aimed toward commercial bakery application. As this baker has now passed away i may be able to better replicate his workings as well as fine tune mine. Win win.
Congrats! Looking forward to seeing all the breads you'll be making with it :)
Thanks Deb,
Yes i am having to curb my enthusiasm a little so as not to be wasteful i do like to give away bread to those that like to try it but still there is only so much you can fit in the oven or eat!
I guess that's next ;)
I always fancied a gas fired masonary oven in the garden!.
getting there slowly
i have a mill a nice mixer, next stop oven. just running out of time on the clock of life.