{"id":6929,"date":"2013-03-13T21:28:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T01:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=6929"},"modified":"2013-03-14T15:50:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T19:50:49","slug":"journeys-in-bread-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=6929","title":{"rendered":"Journeys in Bread making"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was a teenager \u2013 growing up in the late \u201c60\u2019s and 70\u201ds\u201d\u00a0 I had some ideas<\/p>\n

of what I wanted my future life to look like.\u00a0 I wanted to be a hermit- living somewhere<\/p>\n

in the mountains with a cabin filled with books and I wanted to be self sufficient-<\/p>\n

living off of my own small garden, keeping chickens and baking my own bread.<\/p>\n

I decided to start right then and start making bread.<\/p>\n

I was not an instant success.<\/p>\n

But I was persistent and kept buying cookbooks and trying to make bread.<\/p>\n

By the time I reached my 20\u2019s I could bake a decent loaf of yeasted white bread.<\/p>\n

And then I started using whole wheat, rye, graham, spelt, and oat flours.<\/p>\n

Again- not great at first- but they kept getting better.<\/p>\n

Until I reached my 30\u2019s and I started selling my bread.\u00a0\u00a0 And then I started<\/p>\n

teaching classes and I worked for a bakery.<\/p>\n

I never reached the mountains- never became a hermit- my husband doesn\u2019t want<\/p>\n

chickens- and although I keep trying the garden is not verdant and prolific-<\/p>\n

but I can bake bread.<\/p>\n

And that is what I\u2019ve been doing- ever since I got a new sourdough starter from<\/p>\n

my friend, Celia – at fig jam and lime cordial<\/a> , I\u2019ve been baking and baking and baking!<\/p>\n

I named my starter Thing Two- because I already had a Thing One- and once they get<\/p>\n

into the mix things start popping!<\/p>\n

Just this week, I\u2019ve made-<\/p>\n

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sourdough waffles with maple syrup!<\/p>\n

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Pizza!<\/p>\n

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Sourdough rolls for bbq pulled pork!<\/p>\n

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This lovely loaf- don\u2019t you just love this loaf pan?<\/p>\n

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The sides disengage from the bottom and leave you with a beautiful rounded loaf!<\/p>\n

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and a six\u00a0 pointed star loaf for finger sandwiches!<\/p>\n

There is for me a spiritual calling to the baking of bread.\u00a0 I start praying and meditating<\/p>\n

with the very start of putting the dough together- I put together flour, yeast, water and salt and I consider<\/p>\n

it an act of creation.\u00a0 There is a promise of growth and of fulfillment.<\/p>\n

I have several philosophies of bread, one from an Irish prayer.<\/p>\n

Since we are so close to St. Patrick\u2019s Day, I\u2019ll share it with you.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m still baking- the starter is fed- tomorrow may be bagels- or a fruit bread.<\/p>\n

The journey continues- because\u00a0 I have other sayings when it comes to bread-<\/p>\n

I love to make it and I love to eat it.\u00a0 And wherever I am there will be bread!<\/p>\n

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And more bread.<\/p>\n

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MUCH BREAD!!!<\/p>\n

\"BAGELS!\"<\/a>

I made bagels today! Sesame and poppy seed with pretzel salt!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was a teenager \u2013 growing up in the late \u201c60\u2019s and 70\u201ds\u201d\u00a0 I had some ideas of what I wanted my future life to look like.\u00a0 I wanted to be a hermit- living somewhere in the mountains with … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread","category-whimsey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6929"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6934,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6929\/revisions\/6934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}