Posts by babettenj

mines in my signature too.  I haven't posted recently, but my New Year's resolution is to start it up again.  It's about chickens and food (I'm a chef) and I'll soon start posting about my sheep.

I started 2 years ago in early September- I hadn't planned or thought about it in advance, but it was a good time to start: the chicks (Easter eggers) were feathered out and ready to go into the coop before it got too cold (I'm in NJ)....

Mine are locked up tight at night, let into the run for morning and early afternoon, and then free range for a few hours before they put themselves to bed. In 2 years we had only one hawk attack that the rooster chased off- the hen's...

I just made sourdough no-knead bread using the recipe from http://chezpim.com/bake/no-knead-pain-a.  It came out amazing with great flavor and crust.  I started my sourdough starter with instruction found at...

VFEM -I do an overnight rise with my sourdough pizza dough, BUT I do it in the fridge.  I usually make the dough at night, wrap it up leaving room for expansion, and make the pizzas the following afternoon/evening for dinner, but...

i am so craving some sourdough pancakes.  I made my sourdough from wild yeast (no commercial yeast) following the directions here: http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=58.  Worked great and I've now kept it alive in the fridge for 2...

The trick with the cast iron pan is to preheat it good and hot in the oven, then throw your dough in- that might help with sogginess.  When the dough hits the hot pan you won't have much time to manipulate it as it will start to...

Actually my backgroung is in food (science and culinary) so I understand the whole gluten thing, but I was trying for a tender (but still with a little tooth) pasta noodle- think I might want a sturdier pasta for an extruded shape. ...

I have the kitchenaid roller/cutter attachment and LOVE it.  Haven't made fresh pasta in a while- hmmm maybe this weekend. My standard recipe is one egg to one cup of flour, pinch salt, and 1/2 egg shell of water, maybe a squirt of...

I also have a myamishgoods coop- check it out here- http://www.babettesnjfeast.com/2009/10/coop-poop-peeps-and-pie.html.My husband insulated it, covering the insulation with luan.  He also added two large crank out windows that we...