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I have been thinking about bread.
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Cal and I were discussing honorifics, which led to me remembering hlǣfdige, (See here), the word from which lady derives.

I first encountered this word in Parke Godwin’s Beloved Exile, a tale of Guinevere after the fall of Camelot. (That’s an awful cover; I much prefer this one: here). Memory provides a ( Read more... )

January by the numbers continues (still a day off~)!
From
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January by the numbers starts here!
From kelkyag's prompt "oregano;" a blog postThis one’s all me ( Read more... )

put frosting outside to cool to the right texture...

went to get it and there's a possum sampling it.
- Lyn Thorne-Alder (@lynthornealder) December 18, 2016

There was a possum eating my chocolate frosting.
- Sam T.C. (@samttc) December 18, 2016

So yep. That was my weekend: possum frosting ( Read more... )

• If you use Pinterest, have you ever found yourself in Pinboard Bloat? Like, you start a board, Pinterest suggests some similar boards, so you follow them, then Pinterest is like "try these suggested pins" so you pin those and the next thing you know, your little board of, say, Addergoole Changes is a giant behemoth of mermaids and satyr beefcake ( Read more... )

 

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  This weekend was a weekend of “oh, well, maybe later?” We went a lot of places, but mostly achieved very little.  However, it RAINED!  Lots!  *dances around in the rain*
  (Also, we did a lot of shopping, but that’s not all that exciting).
  
  
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    I’ve been thinking that for Lexember - or possibly before - I’ll do two “translation” projects - a portion of an ( Read more... )

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I have been learning things about bread!

If you are an experienced bread baker, most of these things will probably not be news to you. Some of them are not /recent/ news to me but I still find them interesting.

What I have been learning recently is about tenderness, crispness, and longevity.

My normal go-to loaf is Oatmeal Toasting and ( Read more... )

Christmas Food

I mentioned last week that we were going to make Kale & Apple Soup for my mom. It turned out delicious ( Read more... )