Quick Breads

February 20, 2007

..., and we’re back to making sourdough. That being said, an occasional quick bread ain’t a bad thing: Quick breads are easy, involve no yeast or rising times, and are nearly foolproof, . [Erik here speaking in 2020: This is an incredibly offensive and stupid remark. I apologize. It’s the worst kind of cheap humor. It’s a humor not based on experience but, instead, just making fun of other people based on where they live. It smacks of classism and el...

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Spent Grain Bread–We Brew Econo

Mr. Homegrown

February 18, 2008

Miscellaneous

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...internets suggest). The rich, smoky taste and the dark color these grains imparted to the bread makes us want to brew another batch of beer soon, if just to make bread. The spent grains we didn’t use for bread got fed to the chickens who clucked appreciatively....

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Supper for a buck?

Mrs. Homegrown

February 25, 2013

Bean Fest, Food

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...ike this at an artisinal bakery. It’s even cheaper than crappy supermarket bread. That same night–the night of the question and the math–we had a simple meal: a loaf of this bread, a bowl of beans and a salad from the garden. It was really good and satisfying, and I realized, also very cheap. Dried beans run about $1.50 a pound where we shop. One pound of dry beans makes about 6 cups of cooked beans. That’s a lot of food. I’m not going to try to d...

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Get Baking and Share the Loaves

Mr. Homegrown

August 7, 2014

Bread, Food

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...aker Bread . Baker’s previous job was in science education which makes him the perfect person to write a baking cookbook. The book is laid out to teach you all that you need to know about bread sequentially. You go from a simple yeasted bread up almost to the Einkorn baguette level. As Josey Baker says, get baking and share the loaves!...

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Timing Sourdough Feeding

Mr. Homegrown

April 6, 2020

Bread, Food

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.... For exact recipes and techniques I highly recommend the book Josey Baker Bread (library link). What I like about Josey’s book is that it’s kind of like a class in bread baking. He starts you out with simple loaves and then gets into more advanced techniques. There’s plenty of illustrations on top of the fact that Josey is a really nice dude (I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him). If you’re interested in the details of my starter method I did a v...

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