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Isherwood  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 7, 2017

We're all moved into the house and I finally managed to fire up the oven and make my first loaf of bread. The internal thermometer was spot on and had no trouble getting up the 475 - though the kitchen is stuffy without a fan. But I got to use up my North Carolina grown and ground flour and it's delicious.

I have two courses up and running for the company I work at - a workshop on public speaking and a book club on having difficult conversations - both of which seem to get a lukewarm response. I want to develop a third course on decision making but for some reason I've been attacked by a bout of lethargy and nihilism - neither of which are great motivators. So I'm diving into the real question - do I change my occupation to seek more satisfaction, or dive in head first for higher compensation?





snoodog  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Let's compare bread photos. I bake every week. Interestingly enough I'm not at all sensitive to temp. I just bake at 500

user-inactivated  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Weekly bread thread, y'all?

Isherwood  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·  

and snoodog I'm in for breadski. for some reason my last couple of bakes have all gone flat. I think with the rising temps, I'm trying to use my winter proof time and it's just consistently over proofing. A little competition might get me to pay more attention to my final rise.

snoodog  ·  2795 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ive dropped my final rise time down to 1-2 hours and that's fixed a lot of my problems. I dont think a long (4 hr) rise is necessary and it causes all sorts of problems for me.

user-inactivated  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think I could talk Dala into doing it. Baking bread is fun.

Dala  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I could be down for some baking.

Isherwood  ·  2795 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I usually bake on saturdays, but I did four loves last week. I'll try to get some baked this weekend.