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Mercedes III

This is the third loaf that has come out of the mother starter named Mercedes.
It’s going well and I should say, my bread making skills are getting better.
Mercedes (sourdough starter) mixed with baker’s flour, spelt and rye flour.  Made on the Saturday morning in my whirl of productivity due to a break from my booze-hounding [...]

Rusty’s all grown up.

We all remember the sourdough starter Rusty, don’t we?
Well, since then, the actual fish, Rusty died.  Four years of fish-bowling and he exited this world through a 24-floor, flush-salute and a solid thump of the bowl, with rocks still in it in a wheelie bin.
Coincidentally, I found this out the day after it was announced [...]

Yes, we must name EVERYTHING.

I had been requested to learn how to make sourdough recently and then share the information.
I was more than happy to do that, as I think the last time I attempted it resulted in something my Chargrill would only call a Massive Fail.
What else was I going to do than ask the resident bread maker [...]

Those ugly things that taste good.

It is hard to make something brown look good, especially when all the surfaces in your kitchen are brown and the table tops have this disgusting 70s dotted look to it.   You know, like liver spots on furniture.  It has been there for too long!

So yes, it is Autumn, which also means I am going [...]