It's Been Awhile
The year that I thought would never end has ended.
For those who may have noticed my absence from cyberspace (and if not, all is forgiven), my school, York University, shut down for several months due to a strike. Upon the conclusion of said strike, I was thrust back into a hellfire of essays and readings and exams, which lasted for 3 months, and is now, finally, over. As of yesterday when I handed in my last 10,000 word essay. Fun times.
Now that I'm back in the real (er, virtual) world, what do I have to talk about?
Not much.
I discovered an awesome no-knead bread recipe which I will share here with all interested. It's very spongy and good for dipping, and most importantly, labor non-intensive.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp dry yeast
- 1 & 1/4 tsp salt
- Herbs, if so desired.
- 1 & 5/8 cups of warm water
Steps:
1) Whisk together all the dry ingredients in a big bowl.
2) Add water and mash it all together with your hands. This gets really sticky.
3) Once you have managed to free your hands of the goopy stringy clutches of your bread dough and all the flour is incorporated, cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
4) Let the bowl sit for 18 hours. By the end, it's swell up a bit and bubbles will form.
5) Dump the dough into a buttered bread pan, knocking down all the air bubbles in the process, and again cover the pan either with plastic (buttered plastic) or a damp cloth. Let that sit for 2 to 3 hours until it has risen again.
6) Preheat the oven to 425 and bake for 45 minutes.
In other news, managed to nab 2 jobs for June and August, and I have booked a trip to Nice, France, for the whole of July, where I will be attending a French language school. It is going to be awesome.
Haven't had time to write any stories lately, given the essay/exam/reading hell, but I have a whole bunch of ideas hopping around in my head rearing to hit the page soon.
For those who may have noticed my absence from cyberspace (and if not, all is forgiven), my school, York University, shut down for several months due to a strike. Upon the conclusion of said strike, I was thrust back into a hellfire of essays and readings and exams, which lasted for 3 months, and is now, finally, over. As of yesterday when I handed in my last 10,000 word essay. Fun times.
Now that I'm back in the real (er, virtual) world, what do I have to talk about?
Not much.
I discovered an awesome no-knead bread recipe which I will share here with all interested. It's very spongy and good for dipping, and most importantly, labor non-intensive.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp dry yeast
- 1 & 1/4 tsp salt
- Herbs, if so desired.
- 1 & 5/8 cups of warm water
Steps:
1) Whisk together all the dry ingredients in a big bowl.
2) Add water and mash it all together with your hands. This gets really sticky.
3) Once you have managed to free your hands of the goopy stringy clutches of your bread dough and all the flour is incorporated, cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
4) Let the bowl sit for 18 hours. By the end, it's swell up a bit and bubbles will form.
5) Dump the dough into a buttered bread pan, knocking down all the air bubbles in the process, and again cover the pan either with plastic (buttered plastic) or a damp cloth. Let that sit for 2 to 3 hours until it has risen again.
6) Preheat the oven to 425 and bake for 45 minutes.
In other news, managed to nab 2 jobs for June and August, and I have booked a trip to Nice, France, for the whole of July, where I will be attending a French language school. It is going to be awesome.
Haven't had time to write any stories lately, given the essay/exam/reading hell, but I have a whole bunch of ideas hopping around in my head rearing to hit the page soon.