November 12, 2007 - 10:42am
Dodgy baking weather
I was looking forward to spending the day playing with bread dough, but the wind has been blowing a gale all night and there is a wind advisory. The power has been out twice already so it doesn't seem wise to start any baking. I do have the steel cut oats version of the NKB all ready to shape so I guess I will cross my fingers and go for it - don't have much choice. Or go fly a kite? A.
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If you have a gas stove, make some English Muffins! Got to feed that Bread Monkey!
Susan from San Diego
No such luck, Susan, the house is all electric which I actually prefer for baking. Does make for some interesting times when trees fall into the power lines. My sons and their dad bought me a propane heating stove last year after a really cold spell without power, and I have a tiny ring that sits on top of a cannister of propane to heat water.
Yesterday I made my Fisherman's Pie for supper and I have some mashed potatoes, also potato water, in the refrigerator. Can anyone tell me whether I can use the spuds in bread - they have butter and milk in them and a small amount of salt? I know that in general cooked potatoes are considered good to add to bread, but in that case would they need to be cooked without salt and butter? Of course I could add some cheese and make a meal of them, but it would be better for my weight to make bread to give away. A.
It seems to me that since we sometimes add butter and milk to bread, and always add salt, the potatoes should work fine.
Thanks, Kippercat, I will look for the mashed potato recipe I copied into my blue notebook and give it a try. Nothing venture, nothing gain, or something like that. I have used potato flakes but never the real thing, so it will be an adventure, A.