It's fourth dimension for identify unit of measurement as well as feasting...possibly my favorite vacation of the year. Except for a crunchy topping for the sweetness potatoes, my contribution to the feast is railroad train to go. I'm looking frontward to joining the kids this afternoon. There volition survive a lot of laughter, every bit at that spot e'er is.
As for yesterday, it was a busy solar daytime from start to finish. I don't know what was on my hear inwards the morning, but I was moving sort of slow, putzing unopen to doing this as well as that thing, when it occurred to me that I had a lot to complete yesteryear day's halt as well as I needed to larn my bring upward halt moving.
Baking staff of life was the showtime task. This is the same Cinnamon Raisin Sourdough I made final month, but I'm experimenting amongst the dough. It's as well as then wet, that it's impossible to go with. The best 1 tin sack promise for is to get together it upward amongst both hands as well as plop it into the banneton. There's no beautiful shaping or scoring because the dough is the consistency of pudding. Still, it baked upward into a pretty loaf.
When I country I'm "experimenting amongst the dough," I hateful I'm experimenting amongst less hydration. The master recipe calls for 400g of H2O to survive added. For this loaf as well as the side yesteryear side one, I added merely 350g. And although I attempted to grade it, you lot tin sack run into that the surface of the staff of life merely cracked at random. There is no show of whatsoever of the scoring.
The instant loaf baked upward much the same way. The loaves are to a greater extent than squat than I would similar them, but they'll even as well as then gustation good. I'm really curious to run into what they expect similar on the inside.
As for my experiment, I didn't notice much departure inwards the "wetness" of the dough. I even as well as then had plenty starter to bake some other loaf. For the 3rd try, I've added merely 300g of water. So I'm thinking maybe the 3rd time's a charm? Either that or it's iii strikes as well as you're out. The dough is currently ascension downstairs. I've moved it to the banneton. It was a trivial less precarious getting it from staff of life board to banneton, but even as well as then quite wet. I'll survive curious to run into how it bakes up. If the crust cracks worse than before, I'll know it's caused yesteryear the lack of hydration.
After that, I finished off the Heart & Home quilt. I'm pretty happy amongst how this turned out.
I'd been inwards search of fabrics on a previous trip to the quilt shop, but didn't discovery anything I liked. Then, it occurred to me to store my stash...duh...and I flora all the fabrics I needed correct there. Today I'll likely convey fourth dimension to cutting as well as run upward the backing. Aside from that, I'm merely baking staff of life as well as eating turkey.
For those of you lot who celebrate Thanksgiving, this post service comes amongst my best wishes for a wonderful vacation meal. To those of you lot inwards the deep freeze dorsum east, rest warm as well as dry. To my other friends...just taste your families as well as your nutrient coma. If you're traveling, delight survive careful out there.