This may explain why my wife never hears me when I suggest that she try doing sourdough sometime.
So what did you do with your OTHER hobbies today?
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1. Made toothpaste
2. Kegged 13 gallons of wine and racked 5 gallons to a carboy
3. Baked a loaf of sourdough bread.
1. Made toothpaste
2. Kegged 13 gallons of wine and racked 5 gallons to a carboy
3. Baked a loaf of sourdough bread.
I use just a few ingredients- flour, water, salt, and my starter. It's sourdough, so there is no added commercial yeast. The key is to have a strong starter, and a medium/high hydration. I'm having trouble with my move to Michigan from Florida, where the humidity means using less water in my dough. Here in Upper Michigan, with low humidity, I need to increase my hydration level of my dough. So it's trial and error, but like with brewing, you can still consume your mistakes!
Yeah, we tried a sourdough starter once... Didn't work out. Haven't tried that again, although if I trusted my baking ability, I might consider the labor worth it.
But I can't get it to have a decent crumb with commercial yeast either.
I know it's me--I just need to dial in the process.
To combat the too dense bread I use 14 grams of diastatic malt powder in a 2 loaf batch. I also use it at 7 grams in my sourdough refresh. It gives me a very strong starter that smells like ripe pears. Guess what?
That powder is wheat malt ground to flour in my bullit. The last batch I used rye malt; worked just the same but gave it a little more color.
That powder is wheat malt ground to flour in my bullit. The last batch I used rye malt; worked just the same but gave it a little more color.
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It looks like I'm in a bit of a pickle.
Hatch day is friday. My kids graduation is saturday about 3 hours away so i'll be gone pretty much the whole day. This is my first time hatching chicks, so I'm not entirely sure what to expect. Sure I've watched so many youtubes on it, but until you've actually done it, you know.
I'll have my brooder box ready, that's fine. But I also have my marek's vaccine which should be administered within 24 hours of hatching. Also something that I've seen youtubes on, but haven't done.
If anyone wants to chime in, I'd love to hear it.
Hatch day is friday. My kids graduation is saturday about 3 hours away so i'll be gone pretty much the whole day. This is my first time hatching chicks, so I'm not entirely sure what to expect. Sure I've watched so many youtubes on it, but until you've actually done it, you know.
I'll have my brooder box ready, that's fine. But I also have my marek's vaccine which should be administered within 24 hours of hatching. Also something that I've seen youtubes on, but haven't done.
If anyone wants to chime in, I'd love to hear it.
Don't feel rushed to remove hatched chicks from the incubator. They don't need food or water for two days, and I feel the jostling and "cheering" helps the other chicks hatch out as well. And losing the humidity from the incubator can shrink-wrap actively hatching chicks.
Can't help with any vaccination insights.
Good luck!
Can't help with any vaccination insights.
Good luck!
Good to know, thanks.
Having seen marek's disease wipe out entire flocks, and all my birds vaccinated against it from the hatchery, i figure it's probably a good idea. The vaccine is temperamental though. It's only viable for an hour after rehydration so you have to move quickly.
Having seen marek's disease wipe out entire flocks, and all my birds vaccinated against it from the hatchery, i figure it's probably a good idea. The vaccine is temperamental though. It's only viable for an hour after rehydration so you have to move quickly.
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I did some file slicing for my 3d printer for the first time in a while today! ill post some pics when i actually kick myself in the ass enough to actually get a print going!
St Paddy’s week cabbage is always on sale, so I often get enough for about 5# extra to make sauerkraut. The jar in the middle is commercial kraut for color comparison. The lighter looking one on the left is the lighting. Packaged today
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I feel so bad for her, our car show is next weekend and if it needs a motor it won't happen by then. I mean it's 26 years old and has 205k hard ... hard miles on it. No shame.. when we bought that car we pretty much rescued it from the previous owner, otherwise it'd be in the scap yard by now. Hers is blue, mine is silver, taken yesterday afternoon... before things went south
I feel so bad for her, our car show is next weekend and if it needs a motor it won't happen by then. I mean it's 26 years old and has 205k hard ... hard miles on it. No shame.. when we bought that car we pretty much rescued it from the previous owner, otherwise it'd be in the scap yard by now. Hers is blue, mine is silver, taken yesterday afternoon... before things went south
At least you've got recent practice? The bolts won't be frozen?step one of engine removal is removing the transmission... fml, I just did this
Trying to be optimistic.
That's exactly what I told my wife... like I can have it back apart in an afternoon...
That's a mistake. Never tell your wife when a project will be done. It will be held against you weather it's your fault or not for making a dead line.
I promised to remodel our master bath in our "new" house. It's been 10+ years so far and I haven't started yet
I prepared Spanish pork and Spanish chicken kebabs for the barbecue later.
What did you catch? I used to fish a lot as a youth, and i cooked and ate what I caught, but it wasn't very good.
LOL... Thinking back to my youth, catching trash retention pond fish off a little pier with a hook baited with hot dog... And then scaling, cooking, and eating whatever the heck they were...
...it's a wonder I've lived this long.
I did the same thing. I was pretty bad at scaling, ended up eating a lot of scales. We had a little river, took a handful of frozen corn. neighbor kid and i would ride our bikes down. Walk through a field of itch weed. Any time it touched your skin it would start itching immediately. Made it to the river and waded knee high to mak it stop itching and start burning. Then cast our line and wait.
Actually, as an adult that doesn't sound to bad. But there should be cold beer.
I think i just discovered the appeal of fishing as an adult.
I caught a keeper fluke aka summer flounder. I have caught and eaten pan fish from local lakes too, but if those little things aren’t fried they pretty much taste like mud to me. (First post has links to images if you are curious)
That's big, these were barely 8-10" long. Cleaned and gutted and a rod run up the middle and over the fire for a bit. I'm not even sure thhey were all the way cooked half hte time.
My mother called the fish brain food. You had to be smart enough to not eat the bones or you'd get real sick from stomach punctures.
I just skip the fishing and drink the beer.
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We're getting our ebikes ready for summer, took a couple of rides already around the neighborhood. When we bought them we still had our big truck, so schlepping them around wasn't a problem; now we don't have it, just my husband's Accord and my Tucson. Got a hitch receiver for the Tucson last year, but alas the Tucson didn't have the wiring for the lights. We have the fat tire Rads which completely obscure the taillights when on the rack, so needed some lights on the rack to be legal. This morning took it down to the local trailer hitch place (NOT u-haul, they wanted way too much $$) and got the wiring installed; just finished getting the lights attached to the rack, and we are good to go! Heading out tomorrow, dunno where yet, but looking forward to a good long ride. Also discovered that if I take the battery off, I can load my bike by myself; so I see a lot of fun in my future since the husband can only go with me on weekends.
Got up early and got a few flights in.
It's got autopilot! Awesome!
I know but this guy has no flying experience at all. He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too.
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Today I moved my weekly breakfast appointment with mom to tomorrow, and just finished cleaning up my sewing room. Over the last few months it's become the room where laundry baskets go to be ignored, also other random stuff. Got it all cleaned up, and planning a big sewing day tomorrow. Our local walmart usually has a big bin of knit fabric remnants (2-4yd) for cheap, I check every time I go and have gotten some screaming deals on fabric that is usually anywhere from $8-$20 per yard, for no more than $8 for a four yard remnant. I can get two tops or a pair of yoga pants from each one. And it's fun; I sew some of my clothes for the same reason I brew. I can make whatever I want, maybe not cheaper than I can buy at the store but it's something that I created.
Today I moved my weekly breakfast appointment with mom to tomorrow, and just finished cleaning up my sewing room. Over the last few months it's become the room where laundry baskets go to be ignored, also other random stuff. Got it all cleaned up, and planning a big sewing day tomorrow. Our local walmart usually has a big bin of knit fabric remnants (2-4yd) for cheap, I check every time I go and have gotten some screaming deals on fabric that is usually anywhere from $8-$20 per yard, for no more than $8 for a four yard remnant. I can get two tops or a pair of yoga pants from each one. And it's fun; I sew some of my clothes for the same reason I brew. I can make whatever I want, maybe not cheaper than I can buy at the store but it's something that I created.
Today I went fishing, went scoping for birds in the lakes area and hardwoods, shaped a dough of sourdough for cold retard, and did some agility training with my dog. I watered some of my garden (peppers and herbs), and drank some homebrew. All in all, a great day!
I'm an amateur furniture maker, just something I picked up about 12 years ago. I was always pretty good with wood (insert adolescent joke here) and as I was getting close to my retirement in 2013 I found a cool furniture making school in Philadelphia. Still at it, I mostly build stuff for myself and my wife, and the kids and grandkids.
Here's a few projects I've done recently. One of my favorite parts of retirement is being able to take woodworking classes across the country. Built a rocking chair in Vermont with George Sawyer, built a Welsh stick chair with Chris Schwarz in Covington KY last fall. Kind of had to lay off that as were doing some rather expensive upgrades to the house, but I know I'll be back on the road again soon.
Here's a few things I've done.
A vanity for my granddaughter's birthday last month. Cherry with dovetails...
Her name is Mara, so I inlayed an "M" in black walnut on the top.
Windsor rocking chair I made at George Sawyer's place, VT. Spring 2024. That was the coolest class I've ever taken, totally in the middle of nowhere, I would walk almost a mile in the morning to his barn. Great people, I felt so far removed from my normal day to day, and that was great. Oh yeah, Hill Farmstead was the next town away
Caught a class, I think summer of 2023, with Mike Pekovich at the Tampa School of Woodworking. Elegant design, I love Mike's design sensibility, and this was my first try at kumiko. I keep telling myself I am going to incorporate kumiko into future projects...
oh yeah, I did build this for my wife, just a place to put her pencils (she likes drawing). Just some knock off kumiko design on top.
I've got more I can share, you get the point. Woodworking is fun!
Here's a few projects I've done recently. One of my favorite parts of retirement is being able to take woodworking classes across the country. Built a rocking chair in Vermont with George Sawyer, built a Welsh stick chair with Chris Schwarz in Covington KY last fall. Kind of had to lay off that as were doing some rather expensive upgrades to the house, but I know I'll be back on the road again soon.
Here's a few things I've done.
A vanity for my granddaughter's birthday last month. Cherry with dovetails...
Her name is Mara, so I inlayed an "M" in black walnut on the top.
Windsor rocking chair I made at George Sawyer's place, VT. Spring 2024. That was the coolest class I've ever taken, totally in the middle of nowhere, I would walk almost a mile in the morning to his barn. Great people, I felt so far removed from my normal day to day, and that was great. Oh yeah, Hill Farmstead was the next town away
Caught a class, I think summer of 2023, with Mike Pekovich at the Tampa School of Woodworking. Elegant design, I love Mike's design sensibility, and this was my first try at kumiko. I keep telling myself I am going to incorporate kumiko into future projects...
oh yeah, I did build this for my wife, just a place to put her pencils (she likes drawing). Just some knock off kumiko design on top.
I've got more I can share, you get the point. Woodworking is fun!
I know it's been a few months, can I suggest this book. I suck at cooking and baking, or rather I don't enjoy either very much so my results are not surprising. Anyway, I baked more than a few recipes out of this book, totally worth picking up if you think baking may be your thing. Ken Forkish has a few baking books, they're all very good.
https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-...d=1748833656&sprefix=flour+wat,aps,138&sr=8-2
I gave Collinite No. 915 wax a shot this morning. It's specialized for dark paint, so I figured I'd see what it can do compared to the carnauba that I’ve used for years. Now that the sun is up it seems to have done a nice job. This picture was taken this morning while my street was still shaded.
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