Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[The Chickeneer]

600 pages behind. My parents came to visit and I fell behind. HELP! I've fallen behind and I can't catch up.

Exactly how it is with me......the thread that never sleeps, I swear there is all ways at least two or three people on here all hours of the day! I've since givin up catching up on this thread..... I only read the last three pages. It would take forever reading every page since I was gone. I check the thread at least twice a day, but apparantly thats not enough.

Oh well

 

[ronott1]

While we are waiting for the Bread Recipe Book to show up:

Wild Yeast Baguettes



Wild Yeast Baguettes

These crackly-crusted baguettes feature complex flavor, thanks to the addition of sourdough to the dough. While not particularly sour, their taste is rich and compelling.

View by: Volume Weight

* 1 cup sourdough starter, fed and ready to use
* 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
* 1 teaspoon instant yeast
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
* 5 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour


Directions

1) Combine all of the ingredients, kneading to form a smooth dough. If your sourdough is thin (thinner than a very thick pancake batter), you'll probably need to add more flour.

2) Allow the dough to rise, in a covered bowl, for 1 hour; then refrigerate overnight, up to about 18 hours.

3) Next day, divide the dough into 6 pieces.

4) Gently shape the dough into six 12" baguettes, and place them on two lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheets; or into baguette pans. Cover and let rise until very puffy, about 3 hours. Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 425°F.

5) Spray the loaves with lukewarm water.

6) Make three fairly deep diagonal slashes in each baguette; a serrated bread knife, wielded firmly, works well here.

7) Bake the bread for 25 to 30 minutes, until it's a very deep golden brown. Remove the loaves from the oven, and cool on a rack.

Yield: six 13" baguettes.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Where would one get sourdough starter?

 

[1muttsfan]

Candled today. The Isbar with the big dent filled with wax is clear, tossed. Of the six crested cream legbars, one was clear and was tossed!. I am still in with 5 legbar eggs! I had to candle since this is my first eggs and I have an auction on eBay. Can't sell ethically without a fertility test, right? I also have some shipped legbar eggs being fertility tested. I'll be setting 6 or 7 more this week when my order for more legbar eggs arrives.

Nothing better than a good rationalization

Someone unplugged the incubator last night!

The temperature was 75 inside the bator when I checked it this morning. Got it back up to temperature, candled 3 eggs and all were good, I saw a little movement!

THANK GOD!

I am amazed at how often incubators get unplugged or the tops are left off, or family pets damage or destroy bators and eggs! I feel so lucky that I have a small, separate room with a door to keep mine in - if my kids, husband or pets interfered with my incubators I would have to rethink my stance on capital punishment.

600 pages behind. My parents came to visit and I fell behind. HELP! I've fallen behind and I can't catch up.

Glad you are back, wondered if everything was OK

garbage. Temp in Hovabator has descended to 98.5 What's going on?

OH WELL!

Ooooooooooom - Oooooooooooom - repeat as needed

 

[Mahonri]

Good looking bread Ron... If I hadn't already had dinner I'd be in the kitchen figuring out how to bake that bread... minus the starter

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just fed the chickens. I'm thinking that one of my SFH is going to end up blind.

Got 9 eggs. My Icelandic, "Kola-dos" laid her first egg in over 3 weeks. YAY.
By this time next year I'll be rolling in Icelandic eggs.

DS#2 is living in Orem with his cousin for a month. I hope my son will be an influence for good with him. My nephew is a decent kid, he just wanders off track every now and then.

DS#3 who should be in Mexico on his mission, didn't get his visa so he left the language training center in Provo and he's in South Salt Lake until his visa comes through!

Bator is back up to 100. YAY.

Well, we have over 101,000 views on this thread now. By next week we will have broken last years record for posts. We should also pass the Old Fashioned Broody Hatch thread in both posts and views by next week.

And while some of you say you can't keep up, I have read EVERY SINGLE POST in this thread.

And it wasn't easy!!

It's past time for a nap!! There is your Mahonri update, like it or NOT!

Luv y'all,

M

 

[ronott1]

Where would one get sourdough starter?

You can make it from pain yogurt. I made mine in 1984.

Your can buy it from King Arthur Flour and from coops sometimes.

There was a guy named Carl Griffith who would give starter to anyone that asked. His friends still do this in honor of his memory. If you send a self addressed stamped envelope to the address at the following website they will put a packet of yeast starter in it and send it to you:

http://carlsfriends.net/

I could send some of mine to you. I have sent a start before. It would take a couple of days to get it ready---I would have to dry it.

Bye the way, those baguettes are really good.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Bye the way, those baguettes are really good.

They look fantastic, I do have a sordid love affair with carbs. I'll see if I can get some local starter and give this a shot.

 

[AK Michelle]

And...as I typed this, it got very dark and it's raining slugs and frogs again...

Don't go barefoot today,

just sayin

I'm talkin' big time muddy mess here! I totally closed out 2 pens.

And I'm still living with knee high snow, but it's warming up so our flash flooding and muddy mess is on the horizon.

Quote:
I was on a trail ride in the mountains once, following an 18 year old who didn't know which way was up cause she kept taking us uphill to get back DOWN to the camp we left from

When I got tired of following I asked the rest of the group "who's ready to go home" and then told my horse to go find Red (my sisters horse) and he started making a bee-line down hill. Meanwhile back in camp, my mother was being assured that search parties were looking for us. She looked up from her book and said "she'll be here when she's hungry" They replied, "But ma'am, there's mountain lions in those hills" Mom's response, "well I'm sure if one bites her she'll bite it back"

The poor guy in charge almost had a heart attack. He told me all about it 20 minutes later when we galloped into camp.

 

[mallory2013]

Whoo, just caught up... I candled my 15 eggs yesterday and I had no idea what I was looking at so I didn't toss any. I may have one clear but I'm not positive. When I candle again on lockdown I will throw away the ones that don't have dark shadows lol! I love this thread!

 

[1muttsfan]

Whoo, just caught up... I candled my 15 eggs yesterday and I had no idea what I was looking at so I didn't toss any. I may have one clear but I'm not positive. When I candle again on lockdown I will throw away the ones that don't have dark shadows lol! I love this thread!

A very sensible plan