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I baked three loaves of sourdough yesterday. The dough was lower hydration than I typically do, but they turned out real nice.
I also made pita bread for lunch. The kids loved rolling them out and eating them. I have to remember to make them more often.
Another day baking
I baked buddye's sourdough banana bread for the first time last night:
Pretty good.
Pretty good.
Testing image assist
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Image assist is the new icon below the body. Click on it and it should let you upload an image.
Still a bit buggy, but hopefully it'll help some people with their image uploads.
Sunday sunday
My Sunday baking suffered a bit today because we spent the morning out at the Chinese Gardens watching the lion dance for the beginning of the lunar new year celebration.
I had a batch of my pooish bread in the fridge as well as some sourdough with 20% whole wheat. Since the poolish bread was on the damp side, I ended up dimpling it and shooting for something like a ciabatta. Inside, it looked about right.
What's new
I've been absent from the site for the past week or so for a number of reasons. First we were out of town at a place with a not terribly good internet connection. Then we got back and the whole family got leveled by a nasty cold. We're finally recovering, but I still can't taste much of anything.
A loaf of sourdough sandwich bread, slightly gummy and poorly shaped but edible.
I am humbled. Baking on foreign soil is very difficult.
Back to my home kitchen this weekend.
Baking on the road, part II
Hmmm... yes, well... baking on the road seemed like a good idea.
My starter made it fine, but I guess I didn't really think about how many little things I take for granted in my home kitchen. Yes, I knew I was going to be without a baking stone or my lame, but those were the least of my problems. Not being able to find a warm enough spot in the house for the loaves to rise enough set me back a bit.