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Sourdough bread
Today’s bread was a sourdough.
My breads are still not rising as much as I’d like, but oh my god this one tastes good. Sweet and sour and nutty. I want another slice.
Maybe I should say: Tasted.
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My first pot boule
Like so many people, I have been ensnared by the promise of great bread with little effort extended by the infamous Bittman/Lahey recipe, in particular the version presented on Good Food. The pot boule is a brilliant innovation. You mix up a wet dough, let it ferment overnight, and pour it (gently) into a hot dutch oven. This is my first attempt, baked a whole month ago.
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Snapdragons fresh from the snow
I know snapdragons can tough it out, even if they look frozen, but it startles me every time. This time, they got well covered in snow, and last night they got well washed by a good strong rain overnight. Now they look downright perky. I know snapdragons are tough, but are they crazy enough to flower?
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Nothing happened today. Nope. No snow, no rain, no sun. Just a cloudy day of nothing to do, nowhere to go, nothing to see.
Nice.
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Why are you reading this? You should be sleeping off your dinner. Shoo!
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Crispy Roast Goose
Some birds get fed. Some birds get eaten.
I can’t take credit for this roast goose, but I can hear what it’s saying.
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Winter water for the birds
The frisbee I filled with water was a good start. The birds seemed to like it. But as I mentioned to my local Household Inventor, it needed improvement.
It might help if the dish was black, I said. And it might help to cover it a bit to reduce the surface area. And it might help to have some insulation underneath.
So after a bit of drilling and improvising, he produced this. He even added a windbreak. It works pretty well, too. Once I empty and refill it in the morning, the water stays liquid most of the day, even now with the weather in the 20s. The birds were all over it until the snowstorm.
So what are the birds doing?
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Christmas is creeping up on us, like Robot Santa with a knife between his teeth, his sack full of holiday stories to read. When it comes to the whole gift-giving business, I’d say “Christmas, 1914″ pretty much sums up how I feel. It’s all about the kids.
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I’d like to thank Alec Deason again for lifting some of my confusion about his story, “The Chinese Room” while allowing the mystery to remain.
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Junco on the snow
The junco has landed.
The storm has ended.
The shovelling mittens have been deployed.
The back is clear.
The steps are clear.
The driveway is clear.
The sidewalk is clear.
Phew!
The shoveling mittens are drying.
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