Measuring small batches of dough ingredients with digital scales.
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Photos I took of the People’s Climate March San Diego on September 21, 2014, starting at San Diego Civic Center and ending at the trolley station. It was kind of a fun day, but I had transportation difficulties. I had checked the online train price from Oceanside to San Diego, it said $18.00 round trip,…
Continue readingMiscellaneous thoughts of July 2014
In the years since I’ve been signing petitions, a curious phenomena has occurred in my inbox. 99% of my emails are now requests for donations. So many of the causes are worthy, most often non-profit organizations trying to fund their legislative activities, but it’s still disturbing to realize the Internet has been transformed from an…
Continue readingButtery-flavored cracker formula
An artificial-butter flavored cracker recipe with instructions for a pineapple-based enzyme ferment (bromelain) to increase the tenderness of the cracker, written in bakers’ percent notation.
Continue readingBread Making: Using a Syringe to Measure Dough Proofing Height
Recently I started using and measuring proof height using an oral syringe. A photo of such an expanded syringe is near the bottom of this post, along with an explanation of how I use it to determine when the dough is ready to bake.
Continue readingKilling bees(?) and earthworms California style
I received a notice that the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has plans to combat the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) which has been detected on citrus trees near my location in Fallbrook, California. I scanned the letter, it’s a large PDF file of about 10 megabytes. In short, county agents will be spraying…
Continue readingPart 3: Experimenting with Bread Dough Process
This is a continuation of Part 2: Experimenting with Bread Dough Process. I had mentioned I wanted to try adding a longer primary fermentation, a so-called “preferment” or “pre-ferment”. The first one I tried was a simplistic poolish using my typical bread formula and flour amounts. The second batch used too little yeast, and it…
Continue readingPart 2: Experimenting with Bread Dough Process
A continuation of my earlier post titled Experimenting with Bread Dough Process.
Continue readingExperimenting with Bread Dough Process
A continuation of my earlier post titled Experimenting With Bread Dough Moisture, Sandwich Slices, and Oven Spring.
Continue readingU.S.: Bill Introduced to Legalize Industrial Hemp
Ron Paul has introduced H.R. 1866, a bill to exempt industrial hemp from the Controlled Substances Act.
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