Loaf:

Crumb:

This is a very soft loaf. Usually they come out a little denser. I am playing with the baking time to soften the bottom crust and this soft crumb is a delightful surprise.

Recipe:

300 grams bread flour

150 grams wheat flour

15 grams yeast

30 grams salt

25 grams diastatic malt powder (optional)

Toasted sesame seeds to top (optional)

1.5 cups water (78% hydration? First time paying attention to that percentage to be honest.)

I made the dough yesterday afternoon and put it in the fridge overnight. (I actually made a double batch so another loaf is fermenting further.)

Took it out at 9am, at noon I shaped it and put it in the oven with the light on to rise. At 3pm I took it out and preheated the oven to 450 with a cast iron loaf pan in to heat.

Then I put the seeds on, transferred from a normal loaf pan with parchment paper to the heated pan and scored the loaf.

Baked for 26 minutes with the lid on the 5 more with the lid off.

(Sung of course to the tune of the Winehouse classic Amy, Amy, Amy)

Chloe, Chloe, Chloe

We saved you from being interred

Now you're out eating a turd

I yell but you are undeterred

Came up with that in the shower on Monday. We recently adopted an eight year old golden retriever with severe anxiety issues who was scheduled to be put down.

Her old dad died a couple of years ago and she never got over it. My wife Amy (double bonus song reference, although she doesn't appreciate me renaming her song) thought giving her a hard reset in a new home might work.

And it has, she is fantastic, and even my cats like her.

We were all prepared for an anxious dog and got standard Labrador problems instead!

Pic below with a bonus Abed Nadir:

Basic recipe at: https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/no-knead-bread/

I now add a tablespoon of diastatic malt powder and knead it a fair bit for the 2-3 hour version.

Baked at 450F for 30 minutes top on, 5 off.

The browning on the bottom (in the comments) is not burning but delicious caramelization. The diastatic malt powder causes the crust to brown with sugars.

Will add a picture of crumb once it is fully cooled.

Best pizza I've made yet. Diastatic malt powder is a real game changer.

I was honestly curious if there was a link between the two terms, not a scientific one.

That said the number of participants in the study makes it a little questionable.

Left to right and actually sorted oldest to youngest we have:

Bernie Sanders is eight years old.

Miles Morales is just over four.

Abed Nadir & Troy Barnes are two and a quarter.

Maryjane is just over a year and is a foster fail. I'm the one that insisted on the failure. My dad adopted Mongo from the same litter.

Maryjane was supposed to be a Peter Parker but my wonderful professional vet tech wife was wrong this time.

Somehow everyone gets along in our house. 5 cats, 2 labradors, 1 tortoise, almost zero fights.

Hey all, I'm a cis ally in the upper Midwest of the USA. I offered a room to Keris a while back and she accepted.

She got here Wednesday night and things are going very well. She likes me, my wife, and our cats and one dog, and is learning to tolerate the other.

She has an attic bedroom that is her space alone.

She has time to unwind and figure out what she wants to do without fear of being dumped on the streets.

I just wanted to let you all know that we have taken her in and that she is safe and loved.

I've been a fan of They Might Be Giants for most of my life and have always been surprised that people universally disagree with me on this.

Linnell's songs tend to be quirkier but also shallower. (State Songs is a good example here - there isnt a song for every state and theyre often abstract to the point of meaninglessness. I expected such a project to have more inspiration behind it.

I've always found Flansburgh's more melodic and thoughtful, slightly better composed, and with a superior singing voice.

Of course they're a great duo and they play off each other's strengths. I don't dislike Linnell at all, just the songs that he sings tend to not be my favorites.

Said by one of my two DM friends to me while we were in a pizza joint together.

"Dude! Context! We are in public."

I have a bountiful life of riches. I run two games and play in three. Just a problem finding time for them all.