My post title is a riff on graffiti from the gladiators' barracks of Pompeii. Where I would like to visit someday.
Meantime!
*rolls up to the quarantine, 8 months late, bearing Starbucks*
Today I made bread!
I've had the book
Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day for a while now. Yesterday I decided I wanted to actually use it, so I prepped the dough, popped it in the fridge, and then this morning baked the above two loaves, which accompanied dinner at my parents' tonight. They came out pretty well, like a light slightly sourdough. I might try baguettes tomorrow morning. If I stick with this, I think I'll invest in a new baking stone and pizza peel. Ours got respectively broken and downsized in the interstate move.
Being me, I also baked a blackberry pie to go with:
They always end up looking vampiric when I cut smiley faces for vents. It's why I usually stick with either the pi symbol or a heart.
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