I am on a nourish jag. Moving house, the death of a friend and some rough slog at work has resulted in me being tired, fretful and not much fun to be around. The cure? Nourish. I keep chanting the word to myself like a soothing pulse: norrr-issh; norrr-issh; norrr-issh; and then M tells me [...]
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Also tagged breadBecause I AM ON FIRE!
I am not sure if it’s some kind of reverse virus, but I am bursting with cookery energy this weekend. I dipped into Pongo, my sourdough starter, and got some bread dough rising, and while that was doing its yeasty thang, I toasted a batch of muesli and finished sewing my [...]
Dudes, I did it! I made a sourdough! Exclamation marks all ’round!
I honestly didn’t expect my mini loaf to come out as anything but kind of amusing and dense. But this! This is bread! I made bread! I used my starter, Pongo, who is going to be rewarded with some sultanas to keep him active [...]
Also tagged adventures in cookingUsing Wild Yeast as both Bible and tantalising inspiration, I am learning how to make sourdough.
I don’t believe that I would be blowing my own horn too much to say that I’m a pretty good cook. I can follow a recipe to perfection, but I can also make things up as I go and I [...]
