June 26, 2008
Daily Report
Cto5k
Ran W4D2 yesterday before class. Took Katy with me. She was dragging! I think that deep inside, she's a sprinter (funny). Or maybe not. If I want her to keep up, I'll probably have to bring her frisbee with me. The run was okay. I was thinking a little bit too much about finishing up each sequence rather than just enjoying my pace. But, better days are sure to come.
Bread!
Tonight! Finally, the bread baking class with Peter Reinhart. I've been anxiously awaiting this class and it will be awesome to learn from the master. Tonight's class is based on white breads from the Breadbaker's Apprentice. Tomorrow we work on whole grain breads. His latest book about baking whole grain breads just won a James Beard award.
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June 25, 2008
I made Cheese!
Finally.
I've been trying to make this 30 minute mozzarella forever. Well, it seems like forever. I've tried at least eight times, maybe ten, and it's never come out. The troubleshooting that I did was quite extensive - changing the type of milk that I used, the type of rennet, adding calcium chloride, changing the type of acid that I used to break the curds from the whey. And, still didn't get mozzarella that would actually stretch.
It finally happened. I picked up our first two gallons of raw milk yesterday and couldn't wait to try and use it for cheese. Last night at 10:30, I used half of the gallon to make yogurt and half of the gallon to make mozzarella. And it worked! After all of those failed attempts, I have the recipe and process memorized so perhaps all those failed attempts were not in vain. Last nights cheese-making went off without a hitch and we have a lovely ball of fresh mozzarella sitting in the fridge waiting to grace a bowl of pasta or a home-made pizza. I'm so happy about this!
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June 19, 2008
Milk
I think it's funny that I have to sign a four page legal document to buy some milk. But, oh, it's gonna be so, so good!
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