Month: December 2019

My no-knead bread recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 2 cups warm water

Directions:

  1. Mix ingredients the day before in a big bowl with a mixing spoon. Form into a ball.
  2. Cover with plastic wrap and leave overnight.
  3. About 3 hours before done time, discard plastic wrap & stir with a wet spatula. Re-form into a ball.
  4. Cover with a dish towel.
  5. An hour or so before done time, put a cast iron pot in the oven (without the lid) and pre-heat to 450ºF.
  6. When hot, take out the pot, put a sheet of parchment paper on top, and use a wet spatula to transfer the dough. Trim the paper if needed. 
  7. Cover pot and put in the oven for 37 minutes.
  8. Then uncover and bake for another 22 minutes, or until at least 208ºF.
  9. Remove and let cool on a wire rack.
  10. Eat with salted butter.

That was quicker than predicted… the power is back on again, an hour and a half after going off. 🔌

I feel powerless… in an electrical sense. Shortly after publishing my Flock Friday post, we lost power. I’m more surprised that it lasted that long, with all the wind we’ve been having. There are a lot of trees around us, with overhead power lines, so a tree falling on a line takes it out.

We still have internet access, due to UPSes. Made mac & cheese on the gas stovetop (using a lighter) for lunch. The power company estimates it’ll be back on in a few hours, so I’ll just work on my laptop in the meantime.

As ever, the biggest inconvenience is that we have no running water when we have no power, since we’re on a well. But we prepared some jugs of water, and have other stuff to drink, so not too much hassle.