Thanks you Rose

That's Rose Levy Beranbaum for her cookbook the bread bible. It started with Thanksgiving. We decided to attend a friend's house. But I wasn't totally off the hook, I was volunteered to make fresh bread. At least I had several weeks to experiment. After a so-so effort or two I stumbled across Rose's book and gave it a try. Success.

It hasn't all been good. I stumbled on her version of pizza dough so I'll stick to my old one. But the basic hearth bread, mmmmm. And the basic soft white sandwich loaf ain't so bad either. The book recipes make a sponge first to develop the flavor - so if you wanna try that, go by the book or bug me.

Now I need to figure out what's next, a brioche? What I really want to get started with is sourdough. Preferable one based upon the local fungi. But am I psyched up for the feeding and caring routine? No, not yet.

I wonder if the residual trub from my beer making would have any dormant yeast that could be resuscitated, and what would the resulting bread taste like...