Thursday, November 26, 2020

And here's what the crumb looks like

 

The crust is the outside of the bread; the crumb is the inside.  Look at those lovely holes!  And the texture is great.  This is so not like my normal loaf of bread.  Same ingredients:  flour, water, salt, yeast, but different proportions.  The no-knead loaf is pretty wet, and that's what gives the crumb those holes.  The taste is different, too. I like both my breads, the normal one, and the no-knead one.  I can see a bread like this with soup or stew.

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

No-knead bread in the Dutch oven

 What can I say?  Here it is, the second attempt at a no-knead bread baked in my Dutch oven.  I've made many no-knead breads in the past, and then forgot about the technique.  Saw Jim Lahey make his version of a no-knead, and thought I'd play with it again.  First dough was way too liquid, so I tightened this dough up a bit and here it is.  It's too hot for me to cut, but I'm looking forward to it.




Friday, November 13, 2020

Kid knits

 A sweater and a pair of socks for the Kid.  Knitting for someone 1500 miles away is always shaky.  I need to try thing on and he's not here.  So if there's a problem, the sweater will have to come back and I'll make adjustments.  I have the feeling that it will be too short in the body as well as the sleeves.  He's growing and may have gotten taller since I got these measurements.

Knitted in KnitPicks Brava Sport, which is my favorite acrylic yarn. Wears and washes like iron, and mom doesn't have to treat it delicately. 



And a pair of Kid socks.  Yes, they will fit.  They are scrunched up because I've used a k2,p2 rib and that compresses until you put on the socks.  Then they fit.  He has skinny legs.  I tried them on and if I can wear them, so can he.


These are helix socks, knitted with 3 different sock yarns.  The green and yellow are solid yarns, and the variegated one is from a pair of socks I made for me.  I love making these, but they are fiddly and take time.  Still, fun to wear and a good use of leftover yarns.  And, of course, I now have leftovers of the leftovers.  Sock yarn, like quilting cotton, never seems to go away.

Here's a closeup of the socks.



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