Hi Kelly,
What a thoughtful and special gift for your mum. It’s my mum’s 80th next week
and I still don’t know what to get her… we’re not really in touch, she’s not up
to writing emails anymore and I can’t hear on the phone, so I send her an email
every couple of weeks and once every few months get a few lines of reply…
Good on you for making the most of your parents while you have them.
As for the bread, Dohn and I eat very little. Dohn has a slice or sometimes 1½
slices for his breakfast egg-on-toast. At the moment, because I’m enjoying it
so much, I’m having half a slice with an egg on it myself – on weekdays only
because weekends are for spicy Turkish eggs haha.
I’ve not settled on a way of eating that definitively is going to work for me
long term. Low carb works in just about every way while I’m doing it but if I
get tempted – and give in – it takes just a few days for me to be completely
off track. So I want to eat in more of a low-carb paleo way but not stress if I
have a small portion of bread here or there, or a small portion of rice, or
dessert on a special night out. If I never feel like my way of eating is a
sacrifice, I can’t ‘break’ my diet, right? Anyway… we’ll see. 🙂
Vicki. :-)
On 10 May 2021, at 8:26 am, Chilecayenne <chilecayenne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
All this bread talk, and bread porn pictures...are making me want to hop on
the carb train again...haha
I called my mom this morning. Sang her the happy Mother’s Day song.
Her Mday and Bday presents were all together and she opted to open them today.
About a year ago, in a conversation she offhandedly mentioned she loved to
sketch and draw as a young girl...and also wished she could do stuff like
paint watercolors.
So I sent her sketch tablets, all kind of pencils...and for water color two
different types of papers, paints, various brushes, a ceramic pallet for
mixing paints, and several books.
She was floored . She’s not going to be able to go back to work selling
cosmetics at Dillard’s. They’ve changed the selling model from having a
counter to a free for all.
And after she took a fall and hit her head a few weeks ago, and didn’t
remember it...well I think this will be good to keep her occupied at home,
etc.
Anyway, she was happy.
I’m also hoping to fly up to see my folks sometime after end of the month.
With my recent health issues, I don’t trust myself on the long 7 hour drive
much of which is rural 2 lane highway...so, hoping to fly up soon
I need to see them while I still have them.
But they’re all doing well now.
I think when I go up, we may decorate the house a little for Xmas, open
bottles of Prosecco, play The Rolling Stones and make lasagna, since we
didn’t get to do that in 2020...
:)
K
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I need a shot of salvation baby,
once in awhile...
On May 9, 2021, at 5:00 PM, Tilden, Steve ST
<Steve.Tilden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Susan and Vicki
Thanks for your kind thoughts, and it was definitely my first sourdough. I
stuck to the process to the letter. I thought mine was burnt too, but it was
good – the way I like it nice and dark (but not burnt). The top of the
fridge is great for maintain a steady warm temperature at around 24C. Will
see how things go when the weather cools more. Perhaps it was Hubert and the
Gerringong sourdough starter strains…
I do like that there is minimal kneading of the bread. And I tried to keep a
light touch. But I did make a few errors – like forgetting which side the
seam was on when I put the dough into the Benetton.
This week I will use the other starter I have obtained from a friend – it is
7 years old. Then I will keep the best of the two. My dad always makes his
own – in a breadmaker with bought wholegrain mixture. He is keen to have a
go at sourdough, but I made sure to emphasise that he has to stick to
process and handmake.
Cheers
Steve
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Behalf Of Vicki Taylor
Sent: Sunday, 9 May 2021 6:48 PM
To: oz-food@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [oz-food] Re: Mothers Day
Hi Susan and Steve,
Steve’s loaf turned out brilliantly. Hard to believe it was your first
attempt, Steve! So so good.
Whereas I managed to burn my bread today! First time ever! I was devastated
(well, okay, quite disappointed, anyway haha) but Dohn said it will be fine
inside, let’s see when we slice it. And it was beautiful inside, so light
and airy, just needed the crust at the top of each slice trimmed off. A real
shame about that, because even burnt the crust was delightfully thin and
crispy. But I’m so glad not to waste it. It was a nice big loaf, ⅔ of the
full recipe (still the Bourke Street Bakery one), and even after I cut the
kneading time in half this time, more in line with Thermomix bread recipes
(I use my Thermomix to knead), it was still lovely.
Vicki. :-)
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Vicki. :-)
On 9 May 2021, at 6:33 pm, Susan Yuen <susan.yuen@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:susan.yuen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Steve,
That bread looks sooo good. I have never succeeded with breads,
even failing with the no-knead bread recipe everyone says is idiot-proof...!
Susan
On Sun, 9 May 2021 at 04:55, Tilden, Steve ST
<Steve.Tilden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Steve.Tilden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Hi Vicki
Happy Mothers Day to you, and all the mums on the list.
The Osso Bucco looks great – I love Osso Bucco in Winter.
I'm working today so we did all our stuff yesterday. Bacon and eggs for Jen
for breakfast, with the specialty being my sourdough "son of Hubert". And a
very proud father is was too, with the bread delicious, with a fair crumb
and a dark, caramelised and very thick chewy crust. Although this is darker
as it has some Rye, I would cook it a tiny bit less so not quite as dark.
We went to my brothers for lunch yesterday, a beautiful day after 3 days of
torrential rain. I took along a Potato Dauphinoise, and he did Lobster
(Southern Crayfish) Mornays of sort, though more Bisque like with the sauce
than mornay. He has a permanent Crayfish trap locally and the crays were
delicious, although I'm not a huge fan of crayfish, and certainly wouldn't
pay for them.
Cheers
Steve
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[mailto:oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ;<mailto:oz-food-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
On Behalf Of Vicki Taylor
Sent: Saturday, 8 May 2021 8:24 AM
To: oz-food@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:oz-food@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [oz-food] Mothers Day
Hello folks! I hope everyone is happy and well. For those who aren’t, I am
sending you my best supportive and healing vibes across cyberspace.
Mothers Day has sort of snuck up on me this year. No celebrations for me –
my kids and my mum are in a different state. I sent Mum a gift and card a
couple of weeks ago, obligations fulfilled, moving right along, don’t want
to think about it…
But I remember last year Steve was looking at doing something special for
Jen, so I wondered what those of us who celebrate Mothers Day in May are
planning – if anything!
What are you cooking this weekend?
Vicki. :-)
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