Author Archives: Joanna

Word Play with Wordle

Wordle Bread Picture

Thank you Jay-me for liking a post of mine. I am not a very graphic person but I enjoyed following links from your blog to Jonathan Feinberg’s Wordle which was so easy to use and such fun!

Go and make a Wordle today and post it on your blog! Or save it in the Public Gallery on Wordle.net and let me know and I’ll try and add it here…..worth a try…

I couldn’t resist having another go….

For more information on how to use the Wordle Programme read on… Continue reading →

White Bread (Toast Bread)

Toast Bread Jeffrey Hamelman

It’s one of those weeks. A new American pullman tin has found its way into my tin collection and needed to be road tested. I didn’t need this tin, but I wanted it. It was the right size and I had been eyeing them up for a long time. Why no English tin manufacturer produces these for the retail market is completely beyond me.

I also got a banneton with a wooden middle that looks like a Mexican hat. I didn’t need that either, but I really wanted it too. I tried it out and Bakery Bits let me exchange it for a proper couronne basket.  This one has too narrow a centre to create a proper hole in a decent sized loaf. Some people spend their money on sensible things, like a night in the pub.  I spend mine on banettons, Lego, cookbooks and dogtoys.

Chicago Metallic Pullman tin from Bakery Bits

It worked beautifully and Brian is happy to have a soft thin crusted white loaf after eating sourdough for weeks. This bread won’t hang around long. Continue reading →