Thursday Night – Still Life With Eggs
Just testing the picture-taking capability of my new BlackBerry Playbook… not bad; better resolution AND colour than my actual camera. Even with no flash! Making my Auntie Sally’s Challah recipe… as you can see here, each week I print out a new recipe sheet. Terrifically wasteful, but one doesn’t want to bring any kind of electronic device within splashing range. I suppose a whiteboard would do the trick… but for now, I print it off from the spreadsheet, which automatically calculates what I need based on how many finished challahs I want. Another trick that will throw off my quantities a bit but greatly increase the yumminess of the finished product: any bread dough left over from the week – in this case, a bit of a batch of no-knead dough from Tuesday’s boule – becomes an instant pre-ferment for the weekly challah. I did use regular yeast as well, though since I’m leaving it overnight, I probably didn’t have to. One of the most...