diff --git a/blog/2019-05-03-making-bread/_article.md b/blog/2019-05-03-making-bread/_article.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de794e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2019-05-03-making-bread/_article.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Making Bread" +description: "...because I've got some free time now. 🍞" +category: +tags: [baking] +--- + +Having recently started my "gardening leave" between positions, I have some more personal time +available. I'm planning to stay productive, contributing to some open-source projects, but it also +occurred to me that despite [talking about](https://speice.io/2018/05/hello.html) bread pics, this +blog has been purely technical. Maybe I'll change the site title from "The Old Speice Guy" to "Bites +and Bytes"? + +Either way, I'm baking a little bit again, and figured it was worth taking a quick break to focus on +some lighter material. I recently learned two critically important lessons: first, the temperature +of the dough when you put the yeast in makes a huge difference. + +Previously, when I wasn't paying attention to dough temperature: + +![Whole weat dough](/assets/images/2019-05-03-making-bread/whole-wheat-not-rising.jpg) + +Compared with what happens when I put the dough in the microwave for a defrost cycle because the +water I used wasn't warm enough: + +![White dough](/assets/images/2019-05-03-making-bread/white-dough-rising-before-fold.jpg) + +I mean, just look at the bubbles! + +![White dough with bubbles](/assets/images/2019-05-03-making-bread/white-dough-rising-after-fold.jpg) + +After shaping the dough, I've got two loaves ready: + +![Shaped loaves](/assets/images/2019-05-03-making-bread/shaped-loaves.jpg) + +Now, the recipe normally calls for a Dutch Oven to bake the bread because it keeps the dough from +drying out in the oven. Because I don't own a Dutch Oven, I typically put a casserole dish on the +bottom rack and fill it with water so there's still some moisture in the oven. This time, I forgot +to add the water and learned my second lesson: never add room-temperature water to a glass dish +that's currently at 500 degrees. + +![Shattered glass dish](/assets/images/2019-05-03-making-bread/shattered-glass.jpg) + +Needless to say, trying to pull out sharp glass from an incredibly hot oven is not what I expected +to be doing during my garden leave. + +In the end, the bread crust wasn't great, but the bread itself turned out pretty alright: + +![Baked bread](/assets/images/2019-05-03-making-bread/final-product.jpg) + +I've been writing a lot more during this break, so I'm looking forward to sharing that in the +future. In the mean-time, I'm planning on making a sandwich. diff --git a/blog/2019-05-03-making-bread/final-product.jpg b/blog/2019-05-03-making-bread/final-product.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e66383 Binary files /dev/null and b/blog/2019-05-03-making-bread/final-product.jpg differ diff --git a/blog/2019-05-03-making-bread/index.mdx b/blog/2019-05-03-making-bread/index.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8be2c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2019-05-03-making-bread/index.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +--- +slug: 2019/05/making-bread +title: "Making Bread" +date: 2019-05-03 12:00:00 +authors: [bspeice] +tags: [] +--- + +Having recently started my "gardening leave" between positions, I have some more personal time +available. I'm planning to stay productive, contributing to some open-source projects, but it also +occurred to me that despite [talking about](https://speice.io/2018/05/hello.html) bread pics, this +blog has been purely technical. Maybe I'll change the site title from "The Old Speice Guy" to "Bites +and Bytes"? + + + +Either way, I'm baking a little bit again, and figured it was worth taking a quick break to focus on +some lighter material. I recently learned two critically important lessons: first, the temperature +of the dough when you put the yeast in makes a huge difference. + +Previously, when I wasn't paying attention to dough temperature: + +![Whole weat dough](./whole-wheat-not-rising.jpg) + +Compared with what happens when I put the dough in the microwave for a defrost cycle because the +water I used wasn't warm enough: + +![White dough](./white-dough-rising-before-fold.jpg) + +I mean, just look at the bubbles! + +![White dough with bubbles](./white-dough-rising-after-fold.jpg) + +After shaping the dough, I've got two loaves ready: + +![Shaped loaves](./shaped-loaves.jpg) + +Now, the recipe normally calls for a Dutch Oven to bake the bread because it keeps the dough from +drying out in the oven. Because I don't own a Dutch Oven, I typically put a casserole dish on the +bottom rack and fill it with water so there's still some moisture in the oven. This time, I forgot +to add the water and learned my second lesson: never add room-temperature water to a glass dish +that's currently at 500 degrees. + +![Shattered glass dish](./shattered-glass.jpg) + +Needless to say, trying to pull out sharp glass from an incredibly hot oven is not what I expected +to be doing during my garden leave. + +In the end, the bread crust wasn't great, but the bread itself turned out pretty alright: + +![Baked bread](./final-product.jpg) + +I've been writing a lot more during this break, so I'm looking forward to sharing that in the +future. 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