December 2023 Posts

 

Hazelnut Oil and Thyme Fougasse

Saturday, 16 December 2023
Fougasse: the good kind of flat bread (BBB December 2023)

summary: there's flat bread and there's flatbread; revisiting fougasse with Hazelnut Oil and Thyme Fougasse – baked indoors instead of on the barbecue; fun with oil; guess what kind of yeast I used ...Eeek; cleaning out the fridge; information about Bread Baking Babes;

November 2023 Posts

 

Thursday, 16 November 2023

Shio Pan (Japanese Salt Bread)

Conquering (well, maybe) fear with Shio Pan (BBB November 2023)

summary: recipe for Shio Pan; using commercial yeast again; constant fear of disapproval with wild yeasted bread being "too flat" or "not puffy enough"; what can go wrong? (cue hysterical laughter); information about Bread Baking Babes;

October 2023 Posts

 

World Food Day 2023: Leave No One Behind

Monday, 16 October 2023

Sigteboller (Danish Salty Rye Rolls)

Sing a Song of Sixpence (BBB October 2023)
summary: recipe for Wild Sigteboller (Danish Rye Buns); refusal to use commercial yeast; ISO light and fluffy crumb anyway; distractions; World Bread Day; World Food Day; information about Bread Baking Babes;

Monday, 9 October 2023
Surprise!! Whipping Cream ingredients list
summary: reading ingredients lists; 1st World Problems; Giving Thanks; reminder about others with far greater problems;

September 2023 Posts

   

It’s #SourdoughSeptember, 

“The 10th anniversary of the annual, international celebration”

(For more information about Sourdough September, please see
  (https://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/))

Lebanese Morning Bread

Saturday, 16 September 2023
Good morning!! (BBB September 2023)

summary: Wild Lebanese Morning Bread based on a recipe in "Savory Baking from the Mediterranean" by Anissa Helou; brief review of the cookbook; definition of corn; who me?? almost late to my own party?? Nah... there's plenty of time at noon; information about Sourdough September; a Bread Baking Babes (BBB) project;

August 2023 Posts

 Wild Approachable Loaf
(100% Whole Wheat)

 
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Approachable, eh? (BBB August 2023)

summary: recipe for Wild Approachable Sandwich Bread; 100% whole wheat bread; refusal to use commercial yeast; encountering hazards along the way; at least the toast is edible; information about Bread Baking Babes;

 

 

 

Brioche and Apricot Filled Kolache

 Thursday, 10 August 2023
Apricot Kolache and Brioche (BBB July 2023)

summary: recipe for Kolache and a small Brioche; late again – no, make that REALLY late; no wild yeast again – using commercial yeast only; usual long-winded account that sometimes touches on bread making; information about Bread Baking Babes;

July 2023 Posts

 

Sunday, 9 July 2023
BBB July 2023 Kolache postponement: Busman's Holiday

summary: Raincheck on BBB's July 2023 project; Reason No.427 for Kolache postponement: Brahms; so exciting; information about Bread Baking Babes;

 

Sunday, 9 July 2023

Wild Sullivan Street Potato Pizza

Catching up (at last!): Wild Sullivan Street Potato Pizza (BBB April 2008)

summary: recipe for Wild Potato Pizza; based(ish) on the recipe for Sullivan Street Potato Pizza in "Artisan Baking Across America" by Maggie Glezer; with a few extras; altering the dough recipe to use wild yeast instead of commercial yeast; realizing after the fact that the dough wasn't nearly slack enough; catching up; it LOOKS good; information about Bookmarked Recipes and Bread Baking Babes; new addition;

June 2023 posts

Tiger (Leopard??) Bread

Friday, 16 June 2023
Tiger (Leopard??) Rolls/Bread (BBB June 2023)

summary: recipe for Tiger (Leopard??) Rolls/Bread; using commercial yeast (!!) again; so many different names; links to sourdough recipes for Dutch Crunch; information about Bread Baking Babes;

May 2023 posts

Korean-style cream cheese garlic bun

Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Cream Cheese Garlic Buns (BBB May 2023)

summary: recipe for Korean-style cream cheese garlic buns; Afraid?? Me? Here's why: ...it’s all that sugar; no wild yeast this time – using commercial yeast only; information about Bread Baking Babes

April 2023 posts

Thursday, 16 March 2023

Wild Mixed Grain Seeded Ciabatta

Wild Ciabatta with Seeds Galore (BBB April 2023)
summary: did I say "seeds galore"? ...hmmm. There are definitely seeds, but perhaps not "galore"; recipe for Wild Mixed Grain Seeded Ciabatta; refusing to add commercial yeast; comparing various ciabatta recipes; Brief review of "The Larousse Book of Bread" by Eric Kayser; information about Bread Baking Babes

 

 

Saturday, 8 April 2023

plenty of time to practice

There is currently no internet connection to etherwork.net. Here is why:

Because of the massive ice storm that ravaged Montreal a couple of days ago, many there were without power until late last night. 80% have now had their power restored. Obviously, priority for restoration has been given to emergency services and hospitals. Commercial outages will be in the last to be restored.

CBC News reported that the some of power lines are significantly more damaged than others (many tree branches, overloaded by ice, were pulled down onto wires, dragging everything into a horrible tangled mess)  means power to the 20% still affected probably won't be restored by Easter. The servers for etherwork.net are in that 20%.... 

Staff at our etherwork.net's provider has assured us that the servers are all running, but there is no still no Internet feed available.

Most customers got power back by Friday, but thousands of Montrealers [are] still without electricity [...] As of 9:30 a.m. ET Saturday, just under 300,000 Hydro-Québec customers were still without power. Hydro-Québec says most households will have power back within 24 hours.

- CBC News, 8 April 2023 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/hydro-quebec-weekend-power-outages-1.6805319)

Hydro-Quebec is restoring power based on its four priority levels. Outages that threaten public safety, such as emergency services, and those that affect the most people are prioritized first. Commercial and residential outages are last.
- Daniel J. Rowe, CTV News, 8 April 2023 (https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/more-than-130-000-hydro-quebec-customers-still-without-power-in-montreal-after-storm-1.6347478)

Note the "most" in the above CBC quote. There is no ETA for when everything will be restored.

In the meantime, here in Toronto, it is sunny, above freezing, and there is no forecast for rain in the near future. The day lily leaves are poking up from the ground and there are snowdrops blooming in the back garden; it appears that spring is springing at last.

edit Easter Sunday, 14:01:   I'm happy to report that etherwork.net is back online as of very late last night. This also means that even more people in Quebec have had their power restored . It will be SO much easier for them to do clean up if they have electricity in their homes, so they can rest properly. (CBC News is reporting that Hydro Quebec anticipates that 95% will have their power restored by the end of today. Here's hoping that the other 5% will have their power back by very early tomorrow!)
 

March 2023 Posts

 
Thursday, 16 March 2023

Prozymi horiatiko psomi

Wild Greek Village Bread (BBB March 2023)
summary: recipe for Prozymi horiatiko psomi (Sourdough Greek Village Bread); using a combo cooker in place of a wood-fire oven; information about Bread Baking Babes;

February 2023 posts

BBB February 2023: Cypriot Flaounes

Thursday, 16 February 2023
15th Anniversary Flaounoudes (BBB February 2023)
summary: recipe for Flaounoudes (little Flaounes); savoury cheese stuffed pastries; not so wild this time; using commercial yeast; rationing has been imposed: made a quarter recipe; mastic, mahlep, halloumi, using up white sesame seeds; big challenged for the BBBabes’ 15th(!) Anniversary; information about Bread Baking Babes;

January 2023 posts

Sunday, 29 January 2023
Nailed It!!
summary: Timing is everything; inadvertently making flatbread; again…; establishing blame; even hopelessly flat bread tastes good;

Monday, 16 January 2023
Waste Not, Want Not (BBB January 2023)

Wild Banana (peel and all)
Cinnamon Bread (and Buns)

summary: recipe for Banana (peel and all) Cinnamon Bread; it's the wildest; experimenting; Bread Baking Babes (BBB) project; nailed it!

 

 

Sunday, 1 January 2023
Happy 2023!

Aren’t those lights in the bottle cool?