Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[babylady4]

Dr. H I use the 5 min a day bread recipe. You mix everything up, let it rise once and put the whole mess in the fridge. When you need some bread you whack off a chunk, shape it, let it rise for 20-40 min (depending on size) and plop it in the oven with a pan of water for steam. NO KNEADING! It makes very moist bread with a nice crunchy crust! I loved this reipe so much I bought both cookbooks for it; there is one for while bread and one for whole grain. You can make anything you want from it, I have made cinnamon rolls and doughnuts from the white along with pizza and baguettes. The whole wheat recipe I have even made cinnamon raisin bagles out of!

You can find the master recipe at Mother Earth News website along with the baking directions.

Decided to make my neighbors rhubarb torte for tomorrow. We are having BBQ's today and tomorrow for all the moms so it will be a busy weekend!

 

[Dr HaHa]

WOW BL4!!! Sounds too easy. Almost like sour dough starter. Which reminds me, need to get some starter started. Made one loaf of white and a few burger buns and dinner rolls. I was just thing of Mother Earth News this morning had a scrip in the very early 70's think it was their begining. Still have 6 original Foxfire books. Should get back into reading when I get some spare time.

Maybe should blow up my TV, throw away the paper. JP! Will check it out THANKS! Now get back to your books, make us proud! er!

 

[Dr HaHa]

Just had a deja vu all over again. "YB"! BL4 I think we went through this before, you told me about the recipe and I looked it up and thought it sounded good and it reminded me to make some sour dough starter and now back to square one. The buns and rolls just cooled enough for a taste test. NO MORE STORE BOUGHT! Might have to get a bigger sign when I make it.

FRESH spoiled rotten chickens eggs for sale! Breads and pies to order. Nah need to go fishin. DD's Bo knows how to smoke stinkin trout-es too. What a lunch! I tell ya it's comin together! A golden brown loaf just came out. Gonna need to get started on the wood pile soon to burn it off!!!!! Having a GREAT day hope you are too!!!!!

 

[beckyschicks]

Wow DrH and BL4 you guys are baking machines! All your talk about bread is giving me the itch to bake. I usually only get that in fall.
Went shopping with my mom today. Bought some flowers and herbs. She got me a rose bush and I got her a swan figure for the garden. It was nice. She's fun to shop with. We went to Menards and the clerk was hitting on her, I teased her that whole way home. She of course insisted that he wasn't. My Dh and kids got me some flowering bushes for the front of the house today too. I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow to plant though.
My penciled hen showed up and stayed around today. Guess she wasn't ready to comitted yet. Now I just have to find her nest before it gets warm and they rot.

Dr Ha would you like some silver penciled chicks? I think I have one that is from the first batch otherwise I can put my boy and girls together and bring you some (hopefully) fertilized eggs at the get together. I wouldn't charge anything for them, I didn't do anything but collect them. Let me know.
Well going to watch a movie. Have a good night everyone!

 

[bigzio]

Chilly Afternoon All....woke up to 3" of the white stuff. Good to see it all melted today. Hope that's the last of it this spring. The raspberries looked pretty flat today...hope some of them stand up again.
Good to hear everyone is fine. The homemade bread is sure to put an inch on the waist. It put a couple on me! Oh well it's paid for, eh!
Good luck with the project CP, hope it goes well. Never worked with the Wyandottes, but have considered them more than once. Good breed for this area of the country.
Still get the Mother...always some good articles every issue.

Keep the brooder light burning.

~ bigzio

 

[fordmommy]

Good evening all! Hope you all are staying warm. Was running all over the place today rummage saling. Got some really nice stuff. And went out to eat with DH and last night to the theater to see Clash of the Titans. If you love the original....you won't like this one. More people walked out saying that they like the original better than the ONE guy who said he liked this one. Let's just say they re-wrote Greek Mythology.

But WE still had fun driving in that snowstorm at 25 MPH on the freeway.

We saw it in Stevens Point.

And I got the tickets in the mail today. I KNOW! ALREADY???? I gave them to DH for his "early" B-day present. He opens it up and says...."What????Really?????

"....... And I smiled....... He said "Cool!"....... So....he's happy.

Well-gotta get the kids off to bed soon. Have a nice Mothers' Day all you other mothers out there! I got a Crab Apple Tree from my kids!

 

[Dr HaHa]

Oh Becky your making my head hurt. I would love to have some silver penciled! With the 8 new arrivals coming I'll be maxed out for room. I'm going to put a post it on the puter and give it some thought. It's very nice of you to offer! Wish I could double the size of the coop. Hmm have the materials for the framing..... Stop it, just stop it! 26* out there this morning but clear skys. Laura brought home enough store bought meat and vegies to make a meat loaf and 2 batches of chili. We use store bought for most of our cooking and save the good stuff for the grill. Have to clean up my bread making dishes first. Then make another mess. I love to cook/bake but hate doing dishes. Oh Good Morning Everyone! fm sounds like just about everyone got great presents! Happy Mothers Day To all to all you mothers out there!

 

[babylady4]

Dr. H, if you want sourdough, with that bread recipe you just add whatever scraps you have left in your container to the next batch. It is a nice flavor and it is not overporwering like the stuff at the store.

I know you should not count your eggs before they hatch, but I have only one duck going strong right now. Anybody hatching out call ducks Memorial Day weekend? I would hate for this one to be all alone.

Annarie, those three drakes are still up on CL.


Going to the in-laws for Mother's Day after DH comes home from work. Poor guy had to get up at 3 AM; the only upside is that he is getting double time for working Sunday.

Everyone have a Happy Mother's Day!


Back to the Chemistry..................

 

[Dr HaHa]

Dishes are done and the loafin meat is in the oven. Still choppin vegies for the chili while the meat browns. Looks like I could drain off a pint of fat already and it's only 1/3 cooked. Hate store bought crap. It's ground chuck too. Never tried the store bought starter, it's comin back to me now after you guided me to that recipe I tried starting some starter and it didn't work. Gonna give it another shot. Love sour dough! Lookin nice out there!

 

[bigzio]

Afternoon All.... Happy Mothers Day hope you all have a great one!
Bought a whole sirloin tip roast that I'm gonna cut into steaks for the grill. I'm gonna make one today. They steak up really nice...prolly get 4 really thick cut steaks off this one.

The legs and feet are really going on the java peeps now. Time to set the food and water on blocks to keep the bedding out. These are gonna be forage kings once they are big enough to free range.

Enjoy the Day...Have Fun!

~ bigzio