Friday we went for a "hike" around Silver Lake. Mitchell was at scout camp, so it was just the 4 of us.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
"Hike" at Silver Lake
Posted by Mandi at 1:27 PM 1 comments
SOURDOUGH BREAD, you're the best!
I love sourdough bread. Like, REALLY love it. It's my favorite. I have tried for years and years and years to make a good SOUR sourdough. It just was not working. No matter which recipe I tried. Recently, I had given up. I decided that our Utah dry desert air was not conducive to the yeast the bread needs.
Well, a month ago, I got a book from the library called, "The Breadbaker's Apprentice" by Peter Reinhart. I in no way consider myself a full time baker, which this book requires that you be, since the first loaf of bread I made from it was a Ciabatta bread that took 7 hours to complete (and I even left out a step). It was good, but not 7 hours good. I decided that I would give the book 1 more try, and chose a Sourdough recipe. From start to finish, it took about 2 weeks worth of care to get this bad boy. I made my own seed culture (the fermented flour and water that catches the yeast in the air), from that I made the barm (or mother starter, if you will), and finally the dough to make a loaf of bread. If you already have the barm going, it will still take 2-3 days to finish this loaf.
So without further ado, here's my finished loaf:
A little underwhelming, I know. I sliced it, and it made breadsticks, but HALLELUJAH! It was SOUR. Even Mitchell said I should be a professional bread baker. um, no thanks. But it was great to FINALLY have a sourdough recipe that was nice and sour.
Posted by Mandi at 12:46 PM 2 comments
Dear Whitney,
Remember how Girls Camp was fun back when you were in Young Women's (What was that about 3 years ago?)? Well, I have news for you. It's even MORE fun as a leader.
As requested:
By the way, Nikki and I did this balance challenge, and rocked it in about 5 minutes. As if anyone needed any more proof, we're awesome.They just could not figure this one out.
I was the cheater on this balance beam. I'm a great example, I know.
This wall was fun... except I am not really that tall, so it was a struggle to reach all the holds.
Dance Party/service project
One Clear Voice came to perform for us.
At the top of our hike.Does this picture surprise anyone? Not me. These cute girls are AWESOME!!
Posted by Mandi at 10:11 AM 2 comments