Any Home Bakers Here?

[R2elk]

Bakers good evening one and all!

73 cloudy 89% humidity feels like 73 rain 49%.

Have fun baking.

Have a great day!

Got cold out once the sun went down. It's currently 1°F outside.

 

[Sammster]

This is going to be a fun thread. I just made my first, "from scratch - no machines" loaf of bread, last week. I've recently learned pressure canning (have done water-bath canning, many times). I love making my own bone broth. Today I made another fresh batch of yogurt. I'm learning fermentation and bought a freeze dryer, this year. I have many jars of powdered, freeze-dried eggs. Those will be handy during "no-lay" periods.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I feel for you.

Of course, the oven had to wait till yo had so many projects to bake.

Do you have a neighbor that would let you use her oven?

Of course, you would have to think about payment ie: loaf of bread dozen cookies, and etc.

Good luck!

It's a good thought, Ladies-Eight, but no joy. We are very isolated out here and I don't know any of my neighbors well enough to ask this of them. I thought (briefly!) about making bricks, gathering slime from the river, and building an horno in the back yard, like my ancestors did ... But thought better of it!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

This is going to be a fun thread. I just made my first, "from scratch - no machines" loaf of bread, last week. I've recently learned pressure canning (have done water-bath canning, many times). I love making my own bone broth. Today I made another fresh batch of yogurt. I'm learning fermentation and bought a freeze dryer, this year. I have many jars of powdered, freeze-dried eggs. Those will be handy during "no-lay" periods.

good for you! I've done "all the above" with the exception of fermenting and freeze-drying. Sounds interesting! I made and pressure canned broth from our smoked Thanksgiving turkey and a chicken the other day, but have not tried it yet. So much fun to be had in the kitchen!

 

[Sally PB]

and bought a freeze dryer, this year.

Ooo! What kind? DH and I are interested in getting one, but have many questions. Like:

Cost, to buy and to run?
How loud is it?
Can we run it in a an unheated room in the winter, that might get down to 40F?
How long would it take to FD eggs, for example?

 

[CountryCuratesWife]

Bread to go with stew tonight, had to grab a few baby carrots from the garden as well.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Bread to go with stew tonight, had to grab a few baby carrots from the garden as well.

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That bread is beautiful! And the carrots look yummy, too!

 

[CountryCuratesWife]

That bread is beautiful! And the carrots look yummy, too!

Thank you!

 

[ronott1]

This is going to be a fun thread. I just made my first, "from scratch - no machines" loaf of bread, last week. I've recently learned pressure canning (have done water-bath canning, many times). I love making my own bone broth. Today I made another fresh batch of yogurt. I'm learning fermentation and bought a freeze dryer, this year. I have many jars of powdered, freeze-dried eggs. Those will be handy during "no-lay" periods.

Welcome to bread baking from scratch!

It is very satisfying to make bread with your hands.

 

[Marie2020]

I made a yummy vegetable soup and an even better potato soup yesterday and today, to share with a very good friend who is down with Covid. Not quite as much fun as baking, but still satisfying and useful!

That's exactly what I did today... it took age's because I threw in so many different vegetables and fennel root from a local farm plus I had some okra and root ginger.
It was really worth my time and effort