Cooking thread, anyone?

[EatenByLimestone]

I have not done sourdough. Most of my yeast breads have been rye and wheat… and pizza dough!

 

[NickW]

Cinnamon bread?

Amish cinnamon bread (or Amish friendship bread).

Someone gives you a baggie of starter mix, you let it sit on the counter for 5 days squeezing it daily, day 5 you add some ingredients and squeeze & mix it up, let it sit another 3 days squeezing & mixing daily, day 8 you make 4 starters to give to friends with a copy of the directions and use the balance to make your bread. I found a "finishing" recipe that bypasses making more starters because at some point nobody wants starters anymore. I freeze my starters now and day 1 is the day I take it out of the freezer, every 4th batch I make new starters (unless I gave some away).

 

[Whitenuckler]

Amish cinnamon bread (or Amish friendship bread).

Someone gives you a baggie of starter mix, you let it sit on the counter for 5 days squeezing it daily, day 5 you add some ingredients and squeeze & mix it up, let it sit another 3 days squeezing & mixing daily, day 8 you make 4 starters to give to friends with a copy of the directions and use the balance to make your bread. I found a "finishing" recipe that bypasses making more starters because at some point nobody wants starters anymore. I freeze my starters now and day 1 is the day I take it out of the freezer, every 4th batch I make new starters (unless I gave some away).

I keep my starter in the fridge. Somewhere here I posted what I do. Basically I take it out of the fridge the day before, make a "Sponge", then put the freshened started back into the fridge. I travelled 1800km with my starter when I moved.

 

[NickW]

I found starter recipe's with a Google search if anyone wants to make their own starter. Some didn't have yeast, but my understanding of how it works a yeast starter would be better.

I can post my recipe for the bread process if anyone wants it. I rewrote the instructions I got years ago with a starter from my SIL with lots of notes, tips, and the finishing recipe so you don't have a million starters in the freezer (or fridge).

 

[Whitenuckler]

I found starter recipe's with a Google search if anyone wants to make their own starter. Some didn't have yeast, but my understanding of how it works a yeast starter would be better.

I can post my recipe for the bread process if anyone wants it. I rewrote the instructions I got years ago with a starter from my SIL with lots of notes, tips, and the finishing recipe so you don't have a million starters in the freezer (or fridge).

I struggled to make my own starter during covid. It took me a couple of months. What worked was using the purest fresh whole wheat flour or unbleached white. Then it called for some pineapple juice. The acidity supposedly aids the natural yeast in growing. Since I keep everything, I probably have the recipe but probably 50/50 mix with some pineapple juice and a warm spot, then feed it every 24 hours....

 

[begreen]

This just popped out of the oven.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

My daughter and her boyfriend are cooking dinner for us. They’re browning hamburger for tacos… only it’s frozen.

The smoke alarm went off. I hear my daughter say, “whatever” and she keeps pushing an ice ball around the frying pan.

I took the smoke detector down. This could get interesting.

He works at a sandwich shop a couple blocks away. Will I be ordering sandwiches?

 

[EatenByLimestone]

That looks great BG! I thought about making a soda bread today, but didn’t have and butter or milk.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Tacos were pretty good! Lol

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Jumped back into yeast breads again. I found a site that recommends going real slow to let the fresh milled flour absorb more water. It came out better than any FMf yeast bread I’ve cooked before. The batch produced 2.5 loafs of 75% hard white wheat and 25% Kamut.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

On my yeast bread version 2.0 trip, I decided to make hamburger buns. As I was putting them into the oven I realized that instead of making a batch of 12, I made 6.

They came out huge, lol. They don’t look bad though!

60/40 or so of hard white wheat/spelt.

I have mixed feelings on whether this is a fail or not, lol. I bet they’d be great for pulled pork or sloppy Joes. For size reference, that’s a casserole dish. ROTFLMAO

 

[Whitenuckler]

On my yeast bread version 2.0 trip, I decided to make hamburger buns. As I was putting them into the oven I realized that instead of making a batch of 12, I made 6.

They came out huge, lol. They don’t look bad though!

60/40 or so of hard white wheat/spelt.

I have mixed feelings on whether this is a fail or not, lol. I bet they’d be great for pulled pork or sloppy Joes. For size reference, that’s a casserole dish. ROTFLMAO

They turned out really good! You have your oven temp/time fine tuned. Do you smoke/cook a full brisket?...Hmmmmm
I have yet to get my egg back up and running. I have one of the old Saffire red smokers that I can run on electric too after
I installed a home made conversion kit.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I really want to get a smoker, but it’s down on the list.

I just got approval from my boss to get a CJ7. Once that is done, and a couple chores around the house, I’ll start working on the smoker. I can get the meat tender by low and slow cooking, just can’t get the smoke in it, lol.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Trying again on the right sized hamburger buns tonight, lol.

Grain is milled, Ingredients are mixed, now I’m just waiting for the water to soak up. Then I get to mix in the yeast and wait for the rise, lol.

 

[Whitenuckler]

They turned out really good! You have your oven temp/time fine tuned. Do you smoke/cook a full brisket?...Hmmmmm
I have yet to get my egg back up and running. I have one of the old Saffire red smokers that I can run on electric too after
I installed a home made conversion kit.

It was pretty warm this afternoon so I put the egg together.
I have 2 800W elements in there with a PID controller.
Of course this is just the prototype and fairly ugly.
It converts back to charcoal in a few minutes.
Now to start looking for a brisket.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Brisket used to be cheap. Now it’s the price of the good cuts! I think I’d keep an eye open for another fatty, tough cut to low and slow.

 

[Whitenuckler]

I really want to get a smoker, but it’s down on the list.

I just got approval from my boss to get a CJ7. Once that is done, and a couple chores around the house, I’ll start working on the smoker. I can get the meat tender by low and slow cooking, just can’t get the smoke in it, lol.

I will need pictures of the jeep

 

[Whitenuckler]

Brisket used to be cheap. Now it’s the price of the good cuts! I think I’d keep an eye open for another fatty, tough cut to low and slow.

It's not cheap for sure, but it's big and fatty and available often. If I get a big one on sale it will be $70CAD.
The electric is a short cut, but I would be cooking it all night so charcoal is a pain. I have a SS container
for the wood pellets. I've been known to use some liquid smoke too. I read its OK

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Brisket seems to go fast up here. I’m not sure who’s cooking it, the restaurants sure can’t. I’m afraid to order it after being served really bad brisket at too many places, lol.

It might be a while before I get the jeep. I’m trying to figure out if I should somehow get out to the southwest and avoid rust.

 

[Whitenuckler]

Brisket seems to go fast up here. I’m not sure who’s cooking it, the restaurants sure can’t. I’m afraid to order it after being served really bad brisket at too many places, lol.

It might be a while before I get the jeep. I’m trying to figure out if I should somehow get out to the southwest and avoid rust.

I see brisket quite often on sale up here. No one wants to deal with it I guess. I'll be looking to see where I can get some tomorrow.
We are going to have a mini heat wave, and I have to get my Jeep GC Krown'd tomorrow, and maybe a beach day.
There would be no sense in buying something with rust if you can avoid it. Once you start with something in good shape you can rust proof it. I had to crawl under my RV trailer a few months ago and spray the frame and suspension. Once the paint goes the rust starts. They use salt almost everywhere in the winter and I had to tow it in the winter a while ago. I used 3 cans of Rustcheck green label. Good stuff.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Yeah, that’s where my thoughts are going with rust.