Cute boules

June 1, 2009 - 8:50pm

Floydm

Cute boules

Beautiful spring weather in Oregon this year so I've been spending a lot of time outside and away from the oven. I did bake some delicious sourdough boules yesterday though.

In other news, the local berry stand down the block opened today.

I'm looking forward to being able to pick up cheap flats of damaged jam berries soon and making Strawberry Freezer Jam, probably my favorite thing to put on fresh bread.

dmsnyder

June 1, 2009 - 9:26pm

Cute little girl!

Anybody you know, Floyd?

Nice breads, too. And I'm with you all the way on strawberry freezer jam. I made mine a month ago, but we're a bit South of you and have an earlier season. The early peaches and nectarines are in our farmers' markets, along with the early plums.

Happy jamming!

David

Floydm

June 2, 2009 - 8:50am

Tis my little girl, who is 4

Tis my little girl, who is 4 1/2 now.

We've been nibbling on California strawberries for a while now, but to ship them up here they pick them so early and so firm that they have a consistency more like apples than strawberries. It isn't until the local ones are available (particularly the Hoods) that we can really scratch the strawberry itch.

trailrunner

June 2, 2009 - 12:32am

lovely loaves!

The bread looks great ! My husband made 6 loaves today. Can I see a crumb pic? His were so similar to yours on the outside that I am wondering how the crumb also compares. Do you have a jam recipe to share? I haven't tried the freezer jam. That pic of the fruit stand is fabulous. c

Floydm

June 2, 2009 - 8:42am

Thanks

Thanks.

I'm afraid we ate them and gave them away before I got crumb photos.

I think the freezer jam recipe I use just comes on the pectin box. It is just berries, sugar, some lemon juice, water, and low-sugar no-cook pectin. It makes delicious jam that tastes like spring any time of the year.