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Yankee ingenuity

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Mmmm - nothing says 'home sweet home' like the smell of baking bread.  

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Those loafs look delicious 🙈

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4 hours ago, niveker said:

Mmmm - nothing says 'home sweet home' like the smell of baking bread.  

To me it is roasting peppers in the fall, thanks to my parents' time in NM.

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1 hour ago, dogfacedoc said:

To me it is roasting peppers in the fall, thanks to my parents' time in NM.

Funny you mentioned that, Doc.  Back in the early 90's I spent a few years living in Santa Fe and one of the smells I reminisce about is the aroma from roasting chile stands set up on the sides of the road in the fall.  Your pozole post reminded me of that, and my girlfriend at the time who's Mom made the best pozole rojo I tasted.      Of course, being an eastern Yankee boy, that ain't saying much.  I'd love to smell those roasting chiles again, but fresh bread still smells like home to me.

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1 hour ago, cencalfly said:

my buddy in the background

I might have to get into a dogfight for the scraps, that looks amazing, now I have got to go raid the refrigerator

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@Cencalfly

Damn those look tasty!-  If a dogs sense of smell is thousands of times better than ours I can only imagine what those smell like to your pooch!

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On 12/9/2022 at 3:56 PM, cencalfly said:

Thanks. They were/are tasty. Making one for lunch here in a few minutes

My doggo is very spoiled.  I call ourselves a couple of fat dags.  I make my own sausages, pastrami, bacon and so on.  When I set up to do a batch I call it "meat day."  I think that's his favorite day.  He knows the term and will set up camp right beside me.

For homemade cured meats I’d set up camp next to you to- smart pooch!

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On 12/9/2022 at 6:46 AM, cencalfly said:

a loaf of sourdough. 

You've inspired me to rejuvenate my starter that's been sitting in the fridge for @ 2 months.  Still smells good, no mold.  I'll start its feeding this evening to find out how active it still is.     

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7 hours ago, cencalfly said:

How did the revitalization go?  

After about a week it is finally doubling in volume within 24 hours, so I'll keep it on the counter and feed it daily for the next few days to get it good and active. 

Took longer than I thought, but the house is on the cool side in the winter.  It helped that I used warm water when feeding and wrapped it in a thick towel after feeding it.  Took right off then. 

And yes, I always stir the hooch  back in.  

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14 hours ago, cencalfly said:

then place in the oven with just the light on

I've heard about the oven light trick, never thought it would make much of a difference.  Tried it last night on your recommendation, that sure is the way to go.  Best reaction I've had with the starter, the green rubber band is the level just after feeding:

Any recs for a favorite, basic loaf recipe?

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3 hours ago, cencalfly said:

Now that is a doubling. 

Yeah, I should have pulled it out of the oven before I hit the hay.  

3 hours ago, cencalfly said:

Two good recipes

Thanks cencalfly.  Those loaves look good.  

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My kids will associate the fall and Christmas with the smell of jerky in the dehydrator.

• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• Zest of 1 orange
• 1-1/2 tablespoons honey
• 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 2 shallots, finely minced
• 1 jalapeno, finely minced
• 1 tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 tbsp. freshly ground black pep­per
• 1 tbsp. red pepper flakes
• 1 tbsp. ground ginger
• 1 tsp. onion powder
• 1 tsp. cumin
• 1 tsp. cayenne
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 2 pounds venison

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2 hours ago, dogfacedoc said:

jerky in the dehydrator.

Got a buddy who does his own venison jerky - its the freakin' best.  

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My son was home over the holidays using up the starter in the bread machine and for pizza dough, its actually his starter he began when he was home between the army and a job. 

Now that he's gone back, I was able to make a presentable sourdough boule.