I bought a new laptop the other day. After dropping way more than my budget on it, my first thought was about how to justify the purchase. The second? Well, it’s that I have to, at least, actually write. It’s a good thing I have my own little space on the web. Wait. My last …
Okay, so here is where I stand with my starter after two months of struggling with it… This last attempt was with rye flour, and in the beginning I had a bunch of activity, but by the third feeding it looked dead. I have tried for a month now, and I have nothing to show …
We last left off where I made a starter, and named her Anna. Now Anna predictably gobbles up the fresh 50/50 mix I give her, and happily fluffers
I decided to get back into making sourdough following the excellent Tartine book, and we are already almost a week into my sourdough experience You can catch my progress from Day 01 to 03, Day 03, Day 4&5. I’ve been contemplating moving my refeed time to when I get home from work. The problem comes …
Bread Ain’t My Bitch Day 06: Perhaps We’re on the Right Track Read More »
I decided to get back into making sourdough following the excellent Tartine book. You can catch my progress in Day 01 to 03, Day 03. When I arrived home from work today, no action, just a film of water on top: So, according to the instructions in Tartine, I was to discard 80%, and start …
Bread Ain’t My Bitch Day 04 & 05: Already Troubleshooting Read More »
See the recap for the previous day(s). Okay, so I couldn’t wait the full seventy-two hours. (Three days.) I checked around the sixty-six hour mark. This is what I was presented with: It looked like a good sign. See those bubbles there? I thought they meant there was some activity. This is what it looked …
Dedicated to the song It Ain’t My Bitch by Metallica, one of my favorite bands! I belong to a few Facebook groups dedicated to Sourdough (and other slow fermenting dough) groups. I don’t know why I endure salivating over that bread porn (I swear you can inhale the intoxicating must the yeast expels when it’s roasted …
Here are a few of the family favorites, (will update with eventual links to come…) It’s weird, but when I think about cooking, it’s these dishes I come back to, and love. Mains Sausage peppers onions and mushrooms in tomatoes Italian sausages with polenta Risotto with mushrooms, Italian sausage Risotto with butternut squash, prosciutto, and …
How hard can making an OBS overlay be? I stream with StreamLabs OBS (forthwith known as the ever cute moniker of “SLOBS”) and honestly, I haven’t done more than just slap a mic over the gameplay footage, and rolled with it. If I plan to get serious on streaming, then I need to learn how …
Looking back at the past year, in retrospect to where I said Fuck New Year’s Eve Resolutions. Is it irony that I have let this place languish? For sure. If you know me, you’d think–probably not.