My kind of Xmas tree.
pesosIn tomorrow's episode, the story behind this earlyish inforgraphic.
How did the Brits become a nation of tea drinkers?
“Comparative Consumption,” Sir James Buckingham, A Few Facts about Indian Tea and How to Brew It (London: Indian Tea Association, 1910, p. 4. British Library shelf mark 07076.48 (4).
pesosI don’t mean to be churlish, and I’m very grateful to have got it back, but I do wish it were a different colour.
pesosThere’s a first for everything. Never before been served anchovies still in the tin. They were good, I admit.
pesosAll of Rome seems to have agreed that on a day like today there’s only one place to be: at the beach.
pesosInspired by last week’s class from the @coloradograinchain I have been working my way to this moment. Of course I don’t have nearly enough loaf tins. 100% rye sourdough with toasted sunflower seeds and caraway soaker.
pesosBack in the saddle with a rye starter on the left for personal use, fed last night, and a white starter for friends fed just a minute ago
pesosA friend and bread client gave me a bag of Khorramshahr flour, so not Kamut, but, with a tacit request, later confirmed, that I baker a loaf.
So, here goes. I fed my 75% wholewheat starter, thinking this would be whole too. It isn’t, but that’s ok. Kneads up oK, with a nice pale yellow cast. Seems a bit weak though, even though the packet said 14% protein. Obviously not that great for gluten. We shall see.
Rotten cloud bank obscuring the moment of truth.
Maybe there is still time for a breakthrough.
pesosTop podcasting tip: if you don’t want the sound of the room to colour tracks, don’t be in a room.
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