>>>UPDATED<<< Isolation Experimentation

Alright, I’ve just recently become quite curious, and there’s no time like being in isolation to test out a curiosity.  I have just started a batch of bread dough using a hungry starter.  If anyone else is curious, I will post, here, how things went.

**I’ve been on mandatory home isolation, for a month now.  During bulk rise, I might go experiment with cutting my own hair.  Wish me luck?

***I may, or may not...it depends, provide updates on the potential haircut.

>>>UPDATE<<<

I was really thinking I made a HUGE mistake, once I had already delved into it & there was no turning back.  My dough stayed on the boggy side, through out the process & yet, baked up fragrant.  But, without my normal amount of oven spring.  Not that the oven spring was bad, just less.  Color was also slightly blond.  I was afraid my docking was an utter failure, but I was pleasantly surprised with some semi-ears.  Maybe I’ll call them earlets.   Flavor is good.  Crumb is even & ever so slightly dense, without being rubbery.  Not my best, and I wouldn’t recommend starting bread with a hungry starter, but certainly not my biggest flop, by a long shot...trust me.

Now...about my DIY-Haircut.  Success.  I am happy, with the results.  What a relief!  Not only would I do it again, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion.