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12/02/2011 23:50 #55643

Whole Wheat Flax Seed Fig Loaf
Category: eating in
I think I have the magic ratio, finally.

1: Water
+ 2.00 ~2.25: Whole Wheat Flour
≥ 0.25: Ground Flax Seed {I think this is where you can add "whatever"}
+ 1 Tbsp: Fig butter
+ 2 Tbsp: Extra Virgin Olive Oil
+ generous salt
+ ~1/2 packet yeast

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Let the yeast feast on
1:Water
1:Flour,
1tbsp olive oil
generous salt and the fig butter. (they like fig butter! It's basically food for the yeast. I couldn't taste it in the bread probably because the yeast ate it all.)

The feasting period ends with a warmish bubbly looking liquidy flour. Add the rest of the flour and extras and knead till your arms fall off the dough is not sticky but slightly tacky. Use the rest of the oil while kneading the dough.

Let the dough rest for 2-3 hours. (Up to 12 hours if you want to intensify the sour taste. I didn't have any patience today and allowed just 2 hours before I harvested the dough for the next phase.)

Punch it down, knead, shape and put in loaf pans.
Cover the loaf pan with an aluminium foil tent as a lid.
Put it in the oven. Let it sit for 30 more minutes.
Turn on the oven and set the temperature to 350-375 deg F.
Bake the loaf covered for around 30 minutes
Uncover, spray the bread with water and bake for 20~30 more minutes.

Let the bread cool (gluttons will be tempted to slice whiles it's still hot. I did! The result is super delicious but the bread is kind of wet and doughy with the water vapour and not like what you would expect from bread).

Slice after cooling. Spread speculoos paste or butter generously on slices and Enjoy!

Mission 5 accomplished! *
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\*Ref: (e:tinypliny,55637)


PS: The pizza I made alongside this bread was an unmitigated disaster. The less said about it the better.

12/02/2011 10:27 #55641

I don't want to like you!
Category: whine
Why does every corner shop and big retailer want me to "like" them on facebook?? It's so annoying especially when they link offers and discounts to this asinine practice.

I want those offers, dammit. But I don't want facebook. I won't get those offers and discounts if I don't submit to the lameness and sheep-herding on facebook.

Hmm...

I guess my resistance against facebook trumps my attraction to those offers.

I am glad it took so little time to get this quandary sorted.


PS: Where did the drawing gadget on (e:strip) go?
tinypliny - 12/03/11 19:02
yes, what you say is probably why they are doing that. Facebook does act like a sort of general aggregator. I remember my advisor saying she gets some cancer related news from facebook.
tinypliny - 12/03/11 19:00
hehe, nice idea about the portal. You can actually do that now all by yourself. Just grab the RSS feeds off the sites you are interested in and feed them into your Google Reader. Or set up a google alert and have it emailed to you enmasse everyday. :)
metalpeter - 12/03/11 18:49
Wonder how many have them on G+..... Liking them on Facebook for them is a great idea.... See this way (they are being green if you think about it since they aren't giving you say mailing every week?) When something new or news or some deal or they are going to be on say TV (Zillycakes) they can let everyone know... Or the other thing it is also good for is Promotion.... As an example again of Zillycakes there is this holiday something out in Niagara Falls I think and Zilly is there selling stuff well anyone who follows them knows about that market (I'm not busing it to the falls just for that hence why I don't know all the details)..... See what Facebook I think may become in some time is what they call a Portal (sure you know about what portal sites are what I think they are is this) Site.... Where instead of knowing what is going on by having to go to say 30 sites (well less but just a number) you can just go to one site and follow them all.... As an example.... I know you like the Chocolate place and Price rite and lets say you where still going to dance classes at a certain studio.... Well to find out what was going on before that is 3 different sites now at facebook you could find out what is going on at one site.... Imagine if you shopped everywhere on the strip......

12/01/2011 18:28 #55637

I wish I could learn...
Category: goals
0. R completely and thoroughly
1. Perl well
2. Unix commands well (so commandline becomes second nature)
3. to churn out papers like a maniac (aka postdoc)
4. how to make perfect stovetop popcorn
5. how to make a perfect sourdough bread every single time
6. how to make perfect pancakes or waffles
7. how to make pizza base without a recipe and well.

I intend to get a head start on those resolutions.

libertad - 12/01/11 21:14
I got number 5. I actually prefer my waffles from scratch but my pancakes from Bisquick.
tinypliny - 12/01/11 18:34
I am so jealous! How do you do it? Can you post a step-by-step for novices??? PLEASE???
kookcity2000 - 12/01/11 18:31
I got 4 down perfect

12/01/2011 17:26 #55635

America loves McDs
Category: the odes
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181,456 X $13 (out of which McD's get $6.50) and counting.

I am tempted to get those 5 large fries.
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EDIT
Whoa. They extended the deal by a day. And 20K more people have been caught in the fly fry trap. That is almost approaching the size of the whole population of Buffalo.
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And damn, I totally missed out the $10 Whole Foods deal! I need to check my spam folder more often. :)


tinypliny - 12/01/11 17:51
thanks very much.

;-)
YesThatCasey - 12/01/11 17:46
They're made in meat juice

12/01/2011 17:14 #55632

Tale of a Nail Wimp.
Category: chemicals
I obviously wasn't thinking much or even clearly last week. I have weird-feeling nails now thanks to that phase of temporary brain-fog.

I unconsciously scrubbed my kitchen and bathroom sinks without any gloves on. The bleach eroded the top layer of my nails and my palm skin off. It looked pretty scary. Moisturizing didn't make any difference. I was afraid that my nails would just keep unraveling, become brittle and fall off before the new growth had a chance to come in.

My bout with fogged non-existent thought processes didn't end there.

I don't own any clear nail polish and didn't want to get an entire bottle, so I actually went in to a nails parlour to see if they could apply a clear coat of polish to the damaged nails. They gave me a manicure. I should have just walked out, but I didn't because I was too worried about the rough and torn appearance of my nail surfaces... and I admit I was curious about how my nails would look like with a coat of polish (even though I could not bring myself to select anything other than clear polish).

It was a really bad idea. I should have listened to the tiny voice in my head that usually warns me about impending doom. It was totally yelling and I ignored it. The result is my nails feel weird now. I know that there are no nerve endings on nails but I can actually feel the coat of clear polish on them. It is almost as if my nails are having trouble breathing and moving. Ugh, how do people tolerate this weird-feeling? It doesn't feel good at all to have this extra sensory input from things that usually stay out of my conscious senses. I want to rub off the polish but I don't want any more chemicals on my nails - at least for now. Nail polish remover seems worse than nail polish for eroded nails.

Well.

I guess there is a positive aspect to this nail drama. It's good to know that I haven't missed anything by not owning any nail polish all these years and I am pretty sure now that I can live the rest of my life without it. And it doesn't pay to scrub sinks without gloves on.

(e:lilho), you are not just a fashion icon, you are a brave woman.