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on our house we have a hook with one of these on it: http://www.kamhardware.co.uk/photos/1.70715KAMPICS1010.jpg and a cleat further down. and at the other end of the garden is a standard metal post with four cross poles on the top http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrygep/4633209292/ now the cross piece...

was sad when I heard.

well I managed an awesome loaf yesterday using my normal sponge base, but more kneading and a rise in the little cubby next to the dishwasher.

thanks for the help!

Dr.Syn wrote:Is there no sugar for the yeast?

sometimes sugar, sometimes flour. I find both work equally well.

I can't really help as I don't make my bread that way. I make mine rather quicker by mixing and kneading in a Kenwood and put straight into 1lb loaf tins. The only way I get dense heavy loaves is if I didn't leave it long enough to rise, which in my case is just over doubled in size, and then bake ...

I went round correcting the handwritten signs in the community hall we use for a home ed craft group. I did some with sharpie, and some with tippex. I was applauded by a couple of other parents who'd wanted to do the same, but hadn't had the nerve lol. the signs haven't been changed.... I marked the...

I don't use a pasta machine, mine made me so angry I gave up on it lol.

the most popular home made pasta in this house is tortelloni with a bacon and cheese fillling.

I make bread with an overnight sponge base method, but the crumb keeps on coming out really really dense. I've tried kneading with my Kenwood, and I've also tried just kneading by hand but it never comes out as light as I'd like. the recipe I use is: night before wishing to make the bread put 3 cups...

does cultivating wild garlic count?

There was a tin found in a shipwreck that was 150+ years old. Upon opening, it was found to still be in edible condition, and the cat that the contents were fed to suffered no ill effects. awesome, but cats are not a good benchmark. their stomachs contain enzymes which can break down even camplobac...

I second CT up there, but only because the exact same thing was on an episode of House once LOL!!! and if there's high levels of copper in your blood form an external (i.e. not naturally occurring in your body) source, your body can't get rid of it. copper can accumulate in the liver, making your me...

I just did it and it says I'm at high risk. It seems to have assumed that when I answered "no" to low blood pressure and blood sugars that it was because I'd not been tested! Apparently it won't accept that I can be over-weight but not have hyperglycaemia and hypertension. What a really bad questio...

hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

portion control. that is all.

I was at the thrift store yesterday looking for a pair of shoes, found some that look like they were never worn, and fit perfectly. Plus, I found a food processor with a dough blade (my shoulder doesn't tolerate kneading very well, and my no-knead bread attempts always came out lumpy and crumbly), ...