Pumpernickel1 First of all, :~( It smells so good, just the right combination of sweet roasted grain aroma, but it's so darn hard I can't even saw into it with my Cutco knives. I was able to chip a little off the end to taste, and I think the look of the grain and the basic taste are…
What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish?Submitted by Brennan. Mmmm, that would have to be my mother's corn pudding (from her mother's recipe). So custardy creamy! Read and post comments | Send to a friend
I've had a rather up-and-down week with my starter… After all those lovely bubbles in the previous post, when I checked on the starter Tuesday morning I found it had overflowed the jar during the night (which is a mason jar with a screwed-on lid, so, not easy to overflow), but it had collapsed back down, so…
What's your favorite kind of Girl Scout cookie?Submitted by My Lovely One. Unfortunately, I can eat a whole box of Samoas during a day at the office. Of course I'm a little hyper after that … And then of course I have to buy another box the next day. This is the problem with having…
Day 2 of the sourdough starter creation process: Sourdough starter 32h Here's the starter after 32 hours at 75 degrees F. Look at the lovely bubbles! It does smell a little nasty, as Samartha said it would, but actually not too much different from the smell we often have around here when Al's brewing a…
3 words: Fast Willie Parker Read and post comments | Send to a friend
I'm so excited I'm practically jumping up and down! (OK, maybe I actually did jump a little…) I stopped in to Frankferd Farms Thursday at lunch to see if they had some rye meal (something between flour & cracked). They didn't, but said if I was willing to buy 25 lbs of it they could mill…
What's your favorite radio station, past or present? Ooo, that's an easy one! WYEP 91.3 in Pittsburgh – a wonderful independent public station that plays a great mix of music, and supports the community and the local music scene in a big way. They stream online too, so check it out! Here's a sample playlist…
Wow, we'd forgotten how good real German pumpernickel was till Nadia sent us a cylindrical package of it from Germany last week! As we were marvelling at the sweet/sour flavor & moistness in so dense a bread (when most of our whole grain breads turn out like hockey pucks if we don't add gluten &…
Where have the days gone? 