Bread

NOTE: If you hadn’t noticed, I have lost some of my “razor sharp” focus on this blog. I think my blog will continue to move toward being about whatever I’m spending my thought and time on more than about any one particular topic. Yes, I’m still a geek, but I have a life too.

That said, I’ve been playing with my new (new to me) grain mill and making all kinds of cool things. My family really likes the biscuits (for muffins and pancakes and stuff I just wet-mill the whole grains with the liquids in the blender).

I finally have gotten somewhere with my sourdough sandwich bread. I’ve been making a loaf or two every Saturday with little tweaks here and there to develop my bread making skill.

This Saturday I made the first 100% whole wheat loaf I was truly happy with. The previous were all edible, but even my son and wife liked this one (my daughter wouldn’t touch it after my son mentioned that it was sourdough). I’ve got a few more tweaks to try on this. Once I perfect it I’ll post my recipe.

I bought a couple 50lb bags of wheat (hard red spring wheat and soft white winter wheat). With the price of bulk wheat I figured out that my loaf costs me about $0.40 and its 100% organic to boot. It’s probably one the most nutritious breads you’ll find anywhere. A comparable loaf in the store would run around $5. Of course that doesn’t count my time…