November 2009
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A Turkey Day Prayer from Bill Burroughs
A little belated, but then it’s never too late for thanksgiving wishes from ol’ Bill:
W. S. Burroughs - thanksgiving prayer - by Maetthew
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Got Baked for Thanksgiving
Cranberry-walnut, cornmeal-pumpkin seed-sunflower seed, & country white, 12 loaves in total. I devised a new steaming method that lets me bake three 1-kilo loves in a single load. Instead of steaming the loaves in a dutch oven or under a flower pot, I simply loaded the loaves onto a hot baking stone and covered them with a 20” x 13” disposable aluminum roasting pan for the first...
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Care and feeding of your sourdough starter...
(UPDATED on 11/25/09 to change the ratio to 1/3 starter to 2/3 fresh flour/water. In the past I was anal about recycling all of the old starter into a fresh batch, but I’ve gotten over that, since adding double the amount of fresh flour & water produces a stronger & cleaner tasting levain.)
I’m gonna assume you either a) are using a starter I gave to you, or b) your starter,...