So, I've been baking a lot of bread lately. Me and my little helpers, that is.
A while back, Mother Earth News had an article on baking bread in 5 mins/day. It's the best bread I've ever tasted. The method is based on the 'no knead' method that's been so popular lately. See here and here. It's been amazing every time. Sometimes I put raisins and cinnamon in it, sometimes cocoa and chocolate (dangerously delsih as Si will tell you) but mostly just plain. Next up, cheese and onion? Hmmm.
I've been using the 6:3:3:13 rule:
6 cups water
3 tablespoons yeast
3 tablespoons salt
13 cups unbleached white all purpose flour
Mix so you have a loose, wet dough. Let rise and collapse, put it in the fridge until you want to bake. It's easier to handle when it's cold. Loaves, pizza, sticky buns, it's a dough that's good to gough.
Today was spent baking bread, making pizza and hanging laundry. All to the sounds of Neil. I'm just trying to come down from the stellar show last night. Iron Maiden can't be that heavy live. I mean H E A V Y. I like me some heavy Neil. Of course, there was the dose of acoustic wonderfulness, backed up by his wife Peggy. So sweet.
Do yourself a favour, dig out Decade and rock. Then eat some good bread and have a nap. It'll make everything ok. If everything was already ok, it'll be even better.
Neil kicked my ass, in only the very, very best of ways. Neil on Earth Day singing Mother Earth. Ahhh.
Oh, and there's a yurt on our deck!!!! Wheeee! Can't wait to stare at the stars through that dome. Ooooooooo.
