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The bread was successful! But I think I prefer more rye in it to make it tastier and chewier, so I will have to see how it goes next time I bake. The one downside of sourdough is thart I seem to get sourdough starter on all my clothes. I have no idea how this happens.

(Behold my attempt to post more frequently!)

In other news, I have been enjoying the BBC Les Miserables adaptation despite my aggressive indifference to Dominic West and the fact that I've realised that I don't really like any of the major characters, except possibly Cosette, who is traditionally (that is, in the musical) my least favourite character -- but I like the way that they are fleshing out the inherent creepiness of her relationship with Valjean, and her growing conviction that things were about to go really really wrong, even though she couldn't put her finger on why she felt that way, was very engaging. As one of those uncultured musical-only fans I might even think about picking up the book the next time I need something really long to read.
vaznetti: (cooking)
I have been making sourdough bread again -- which I like because it is so easy -- but since coming back in January I have been having a terrible time with the second rise. The sponge bubbles nicely overnight, the dough rises a lot during the dsay, and then when I do the proving stage it just sits in the basket as a lump of cold, solid dough. It rises a bit in the oven, but the bread is still very solid. Delicious, but solid. I am assuming that the problem is some combination of (a) the first rise is left to go to long and (b) the kitchen is too cold and maybe (c) the rye flour in it is retarding the rise.

So today I used only white flour (the starter is mostly rye), didn't let it rise as long, and rigged my oven into a proving drawer by setting it to what should have been about 30C. And now there is a loaf baking in the oven which actually rose a bit during the proving stage, which will be ready in time for dinner tonight.

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