Month: January 2014
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Seedy Penpals January 2014 – My Parcel
Our Seedy Penpals exchange has got off to a grand start this year. I received this very thoughtful & generous parcel above from Lorraine last week. Squash seeds Lorraine sent us four different squash varieties from US seed supplier Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. Pattison Golden Mabre Scallop (summer squash) Gelber Englischer Custard (summer squash)…
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Wine barm bread
It’s funny how things spread. My twitter pal Jessica read the earlier post on how to use a cider barm to make sourdough bread. Serendipity is a wonderful thing as Jessica was racking wine that day. So Jessica contacted me on Twitter… And so Jessica did. I’m very grateful to Jessica who sent the pictures…
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Cider barm sourdough bread
In the last post you saw how Julia Moore used a sourdough levain to start to make cider. Here the circle is completed as the sediment from the racked cider is used to ferment a sourdough. There’s a tradition of using the foam of a beer ferment or the brewing leftovers to make a ‘Barm Bread’.…
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Sourdough cider
When I saw on twitter that my Twitter chum Julia Moore had: Decided adding #sourdough culture to some of our freshly pressed apples would be one experiment too far I was intrigued and showed her my Bouza bread beer experiment post. Despite my references to ‘vomit’, Julia changed her mind and took up the challenge.…