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My starter culture of wild yeast and bacteria are not strong enough yet to make bread without Reinforcement. I had to add 2 teaspoon of active dry yeast to my leaven this morning, because my leaven tablespoon would not float–wasn’t … Continue reading
Tonight I Begin
Tonight I will start the process of making fermented bread tomorrow. My starter is growing on top of my refrigerator. I have five pounds of self-ground wheat to work with. I have a plan. Tonight I will create my leavening. … Continue reading
A Journey of 1000 Miles Begins with…
…A Starter. I guess that should more correctly be, “A journey of 1000 loaves begins with a starter.” Three days ago I wetted flour, just regular King Arthur all purpose flour with an equal amount of water to begin my … Continue reading
Creative Decay
I have a kitchen scale and I weigh out four ounces of flour. I have a water filter and dispenser that removes chlorine from my tap water and from that I get four ounces of water. I mix the two … Continue reading
Nothing is Black or White
I am in the midst of another transformation. From time to time as I slog along on my life’s journey I find that something I thought was ‘always’ bad, it not bad always. Some things in life, no–everything–is relative. All … Continue reading
NOT Health Food
When I was a little fella I can distinctly remember when I got to drink Coke. It was the late 60s, and Coke came in 16 ounce glass bottles. You opened a bottle with a bottle opener and you drank … Continue reading
Seeing Red Dye
Safety is a relative thing. Standing on the ground is safe compared to jumping from a plane, and laying in bed can be safer than standing on the ground. Eating all natural real foods is safer than eating processed foods, … Continue reading
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Nexium Connected to Dementia
This is in the news this week… A German study published in the medical journal JAMA Neurology found that seniors who regularly took proton-pump inhibitors like Nexium, Prilosec, and Prevacid were 44% more likely to end up with dementia. Proton-pump … Continue reading
Scientist or Science
Science is not a group that scientists join. It is not a club with rules of admission. Science is a way of figuring out the world. It is a method of investigation, a set of rules for determining what the … Continue reading
Organic Definitions
I used the plural in the title on purpose. For the word “organic” there is more than one definition and keeping that in mind is important when you read the headlines. In the news this week we hear that “both organic … Continue reading
One Small Change at a Time 