August 2020 posts

Monday, 31 August 2020
More Scoring Adventures (BBBuddies and BBBabes August 2020)
summary: Two (that's 2!!) August 2020 Bread Baking Buddies; BBB Scoring Adventures gallery

Thursday, 27 August 2020
Peaches and Scream
summary: peaches and chilis galore; peach pie is good; peach and chili pie is even better; make sure to have yoghurt on hand though;

Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Delving into the archives: Flash-fried Cherry Tomatoes
summary: going through our photo archives; recipe for flash-fried cherry tomatoes; when charring is good; we have great neighbours; we've taken up birding and already have a very rare red bird in our life list;

Friday, 21 August 2020
Wordless Not-Wednesday: New Summer Crop
summary: New Summer Crop; since when do potatoes have glutens OR fat? Really?? Way to jump on an old band-wagon, Downey Farms! ...a Wordless Not-Wednesday post

Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Editors' Choices for Cookbooks
summary: beginning month 6 of staying at home; books are my friends; thank goodness for the public library; brief review of "Samarkand" by Caroline Eden and Eleanor Ford; ridiculous recipe conventions; water is so an ingredient; reluctance to change from measurements by volume to metric weight; art directors' decisions based on looks rather than content; going postal; yet another rant;

Sunday, 16 August 2020
Adventures in Scoring (BBB August 2020)
summary: being razor sharp with wild slack-dough Bread; it’s all by design; alternative scoring devices; slashing and burning; a Bread Baking Babes (BBB) project;

Thursday, 13 August 2020/b>
Wild Naan When the Weather is Hot and the Nights are Getting Longer
summary: wild naan revision; importance of the float test; hot weather baking on the barbecue; the nights are getting longer; steep learning curve for iPhone camera; Group Baking Naan in the FB sourdough bread baking group;

Friday, 7 August 2020
Our latest obsession: Naan Sangak
summary: recipe for wild Naan Sangak (Persian Pebble Bread); using our trusty Jane Mason whole wheat starter created in July 2017; it turns out that measuring carefully IS a good idea; store-bought river stones are filthy; our expectations might be too high; all's well that ends well; we made another video!