Kerry Beal

Yesterday had lunch with friend - pizza for friend, frittata for me

Husband and child - those are vermin I suppose!

Another batch at home today - again in the CSO - 425 bread mode - a bit of foil for the last 5 min / then flipped over and did 5 min convection to brown the bottom. Pizza stone not good if not preheated! Need a chunk of metal for the home CSO. what's left 20 min out of the oven!

Amazon.ca still has it. I believe it's manufactured in Canada.

I'll have to take a look at it if I see it in a bookstore.

yup - around 1 kg - mixed by hand - it had the folds to develop the gluten.

I split the lean dough into 2 boules. Proof done at room temp under bowls. CSO to bread baking at 450 F, 25 minutes. No preheat. First loaf was kind of dark. Second at 425 under foil after 10 min. After 25 minutes too light - so baked further 6 or 7 minutes at 400 F convection. Might try bread program 425 no foil next.

Anna gave me an aluminum grill plate from a retired griddler.

Modernist Lean Bread in the CSO. Kimchi jigae eaten in an 'unhealthy' fashion standing at the desk in the ER, between patient encounters.

Made the poolish overnight - took the ingredients to work today. Baked in the CSO at 450º F on the bread setting. Second loaf I shielded the top with foil - then switched over to convection 425º F for another 10 minutes or so. First loaf. A little underproofed. Crumb of first loaf. I was quite taken by the gelatinization on the surface of the loaf under the influence of steam. Second loaf.

While it certainly may seem stressful to eat a rushed meal instead of sitting down and taking your time. Is there actually any scientific evidence to prove that it is unhealthy to do so? And yes indeed eating sandwiches and death are positively correlated - as is drinking water and death.

Residual sugar maybe?

Nick Malgieri writes one that I've enjoyed. Great Italian Desserts

Unhealthy to eat a sandwich?

@quiet1 - look in the search function for 'report workshop' and a year - that will bring up our previous reports and you can see what we have gotten up to (we've been at this since 2008 but in the beginning ones search for 'report of chocolate and confection'. It is essentially a DIY workshop where we teach each other what we know - with the masters classes being a recently new addition. Limited candy making experience isn't really detrimental - the beauty of it is you get to try things that are anxiety provoking when you are trying to do them by yourself at home, under the tutelage of someone else who has done it before.

Good to know Jim. I recall the chef from Niagara College with his new Grex at a big event - he was having a lot of difficulty - but perhaps had the smaller needle (and limited tech support)!

Dextrose is easy - look for it in brew stores, european markets. Sorbitol I usually buy on Amazon.com and bring it across the border. But Qualifirst in Toronto lists it. Apparently Nuts.com will ship to Canada

Of course you do! As do I - we might need to add Thursday for Tomric. I'm working on the hotel block - the weekend we have chosen is the May 24 long weekend in Canada I discovered today - so the really good rates we have seen in previous years are not going to be happening on the weekend days. More sharing I suspect to keep costs down. I've gotten them to add a couple of days on both sides to the block for people who want to stay longer - those are at a better rate.

While I was still in Belgium I entered a contest on the blog eat, live, travel, write to try and win a copy of Orange Appeal. You know that feeling you get when you know you are going to win? So I wasn't surprised when I got the e-mail from Mardi Michels to inform me of my good fortune. Today it arrived! Looking forward to giving it a good once over.

I'll bet you are!

Some preliminary gabbing between @Alleguede and I while we were in Seattle - thinking of Friday masters classes - one on making nut pastes, praliné etc - the other on bars - and by bars we mean faux twix, nougat, layered bars with caramel etc. Thoughts on what you might like to do on Friday if not attending the Masters classes? Would some be into crossing the border to visit Tomric - or prefer to hang around the Niagara Peninsula drinking too much wine?

Good to know! Thanks

Just water and white chocolate?

Attendees: RobertM gfron1 (tentative) pastryani tikidoc (perhaps +1) ChocolateMom Audrey Brown TandemChocoPC Chocolot MelissaH (pending) Beets3 YetiChocolates (very big maybe) VistaGardens Diana D Gwbyls (a very strong maybe) Chocoera + 1 staff Beth Wilson (tentative)

Steamed?