My daughters were sweethearts and baked the new recipe they found. It's the Shockingly Easy No-Knead Focaccia from Bon Apetit. We did make one change in the recipe. We didn't have any extra virgin olive oil. We did, however, have avocado oil, so we used that, instead. It worked very well! We also didn't have … Continue reading No-Knead Focaccia
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Brownies, with recipe
Along with the sourdough batter bread my daughters made today, they also made brownies! I wasn't there to take pictures as they made it, but here is their recipe. I didn't realize until I uploaded the picture that there's flour covering some of it. That reads "1 1/4" for the white sugar. 🙂 For the … Continue reading Brownies, with recipe
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Sourdough “Batter” Bread, with recipe
Today my daughters did the baking, starting with a sourdough "batter" bread. There's a reason the word batter is in quotations... The girls have been finding recipes they like and, after trying them out, adding them to a notebook with any modifications or adjustments they've come up with. Like this... I love the little doodles! … Continue reading Sourdough “Batter” Bread, with recipe
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A perfect fit
I made myself a hat today. I'd made myself a ponytail hat last winter, but forgot it at the clinic during one of our doctor's visits. No one turned it in to the lost and found. I finally got around to making a new one. 🙂 I used two strands of medium weight yarn and … Continue reading A perfect fit
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Mead Baby 2.0: bottling day!
Today, we finally bottled our second attempt at making mead! I last wrote about it here, and you can follow links to the whole process we went through, here. (Links will open in new tabs.) Here is how it looked, after unwrapping the carboy from its towel (which served to insulate, as well as keep … Continue reading Mead Baby 2.0: bottling day!
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Historical recipe: one recipe, two products
One of my long time interests is experimenting with historical cooking. I say experimenting, because it's not unusual for these recipes to include ingredients that are no longer available, hard to find, unknown or even extinct. Plus, they often don't include a lot of information, either because it was assumed the reader already understood what … Continue reading Historical recipe: one recipe, two products
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Mead Baby 2.0: third ferment
Time for an update on our mead making! The last time I posted about it, we had added a few raisins to the mead to boost fermentation. Yesterday, my daughter was a sweetheart and racked it to another 1 gallon carboy. It is now back in its little corner, all swaddled like a baby. The … Continue reading Mead Baby 2.0: third ferment
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Mead Baby 2.0: boosting fermentation
For those who have recently started to follow this blog (welcome!), here are the previous posts about our second attempt to make mead. All links should open in new tabs, so you won't lose track of this page. 🙂 Mead Baby, redux (includes links to our first attempt)Mead Baby 2.0: - active fermentation- it's a … Continue reading Mead Baby 2.0: boosting fermentation
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Mead Baby 2.0: second fermentation
First, the back ground, for those who are new to this blog. (Welcome!) All links will open in new tabs, so you won't lose your place. 🙂 Mead Baby, reduxMead Baby 2.0: active fermentation Mead Baby 2.0: it's a temperature thingMead Baby 2.0: temperature success We've been keeping a close eye on our baby mead, … Continue reading Mead Baby 2.0: second fermentation
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Fermented vegetable sauerkraut, take two: four week taste test
Well, today is the day! It's now been 4 weeks since I put up my second attempt at these. If you missed the earlier posts, you can click here, or read about our 2 week taste test here (likes will open new tabs). Since the recipe I got from my friend said 2 - 4 … Continue reading Fermented vegetable sauerkraut, take two: four week taste test
