Get your starter started

I know… I said that I was going to post udon noodles first… but then I realised that your first task must be to get your sourdough starter started. It takes 5 days to make a starter (you only have to do this once) and once you have your starter you can make bread, baguettes, English muffins, pizza bases, bread rolls etc.

It is well worth getting one going and once you have made it, it can live happily in your fridge without much attention… ready for action when you need it.

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The blog is back

It has been about 4 years since a post was published on this blog. A lot has changed. Our boys are happily settled into school life and despite a few medical hiccups, Rose and I are becoming established in our new life in Cornwall.

The world has been dramatically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are confined to the house and currently food stores near us are not very well stocked. However, for us little has changed; we are home and we continue to cook and make most food from scratch.

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