Having finally gotten somewhat recovered from the cold-of-doom I contracted at camp, I spent the weekend cooking and baking with my darling wife. Together we made our first batch of crackers (easy and oh-so-tasty, plus no high-fructose corn syrup!). And using the starter from camp, we made our first loaf of sourdough bread. I also got to have my first real cooking-Friday of the year (what with it being dark, our being at camp, and my getting deathly-ill, I haven’t been all that interested in spending quality time cooking since about… well, sometime in October).
I’m currently tossing around the idea of joining an author team at a group blog right now, where I would spend more time writing about my cooking, so I’m going to save my rambling about our cooking/baking. But I will share a photo. This is our bread. Isn’t it pretty?
We’ll be making more over the coming weeks/months. So if you know me in real life, you can probably count on eating some of this lovely bread (different loaf, mind you; we’re keeping this one for ourselves) at our upcoming vernal equinox celebration and at probably just about every dinner party we throw this year.
Can’t wait to taste it! It looks beautiful! You know, I used to bake lots of Sourdough bread back in the ’70s when you were just a twinkle in our eyes! Just let me know when! Hope you’re feeling better. Love you!
Mom
Leora and Eli! I’m soooo proud of you! I’ve been skimming through all the “sour dough take 2″, not to mention the take 1′s on the WWC list and I think you without a doubt are the first to get it to work! Maybe I can talk you into making me one when I get back to Minneapolis on April 1st. No foolin’!
Love,
Dianne