Right then, kiddies, the pub beckons, and I can hardly decline, so I'm gone for the day. Have fun . . .
243 days ago
RT @rattlecans: How many suicides will occur in the UK before Lab Party is willing to reconsider their policies and attitudes to the poo ...
244 days ago
@crimsoncrip Yep - excellent day, thanks. A friend took me to Edale, in the Peak District, a Mecca for walkers… (cont) http://t.co/Ht08I91Q
244 days ago
@nigeldraper Screw that! I don't drive now, but that's way too much interference in what is purely a national, even a local, issue.
244 days ago
@crimsoncrip Thanks for #CT. Bit late - been out all day.
245 days ago
I wrote, some time back, that I was going to salvage the yeast sediment from bottle-conditioned beer, and grow it on, to make barm-leavened bread – about as back to basics as you can get, apart from by-guess-and-by-god sourdough.
Then I wrote that the yeast sediment was so meagre it was barely there. Then, a couple of days ago, I thought, what the hell, and did it anyway.
By the way, the technique for pouring the beer off the sediment is exactly the same as decanting wine – pour slowly, with a steady hand and a light under the neck of the bottle – as soon as you see a few cloudy threads, stop.
Posted in Creating your own yeast culture, Home bread-making, Home-made bread Tagged: Breadmaking, Creating a yeast culture, food, Getting yeast from beer, Home bread-making by hand, Make your own bread
I wrote, some time back, that I was going to salvage the yeast sediment from bottle-conditioned beer, and grow it on, to make barm-leavened bread – about as back to basics as you can get, apart from by-guess-and-by-god sourdough.
Then I wrote that the yeast sediment was so meagre it was barely there. Then, a couple of days ago, I thought, what the hell, and did it anyway.
By the way, the technique for pouring the beer off the sediment is exactly the same as decanting wine – pour slowly, with a steady hand and a light under the neck of the bottle – as soon as you see a few cloudy threads, stop.
It sat there, balefully, for days, doing… Continue reading
Posted in Creating your own yeast culture, Home bread-making, Home-made bread Tagged: Breadmaking, Creating a yeast culture, food, Getting yeast from beer, Home bread-making by hand, Make your own bread