What are you Baking the Week of January 24, 2021?

[navlys]

Glad all went well. Now time to rest.

[Joan Simpson]

Glad you're doing well Mike,take care!

[BakerAunt]

Glad that all is well, Mike.

[cwcdesign]

Glad to hear you're on the mend!

[Mike Nolan]

They took the patch off today and the left eye is SO much better. I can actually see fine print on the computer screen and on the TV. The colors are brighter, too.

I get the other eye done in two weeks.

[cwcdesign]

That's exciting, Mike!

[chocomouse]

That's great, Mike! For me, the big deal was getting rid of the magnifying glass I carried in my bag, mostly to read ingredient and nutrition labels at the grocery store.

[BakerAunt]

On Saturday, I baked my Rye-Barley Crispbread. I wanted a cracker that would be around for me for a while. My husband usually avoids them due to the sesame seed. The recipe works so much better for me now that I just knead the dough by hand for 15 minutes after letting the stand mixer combine it.

I also baked my version of King Arthur’s Pompanoosuc Porridge Bread, once again baking it in the uncovered Emile Henry long baker. My version includes replacing 1 cup of water with a cup of buttermilk, which I stir into the cooked porridge (use 1 cup water and ½ cup of the dry porridge). I cut the salt to 1 ½ tsp. and the yeast to 1 ¾ tsp. I replace the sugar with 1 ½ Tbs. maple syrup and the butter with 1 ½ Tbs. olive oil. I let the Zo do the kneading.

By the way, King Arthur has the Pompanoosuc porridge back in stock.

[Joan Simpson]

So happy you can see better Mike!

[Mike Nolan]

I hadn't quite gotten to the point where I was carrying around a magnifying glass, but I have used my iPhone to take pictures of some product labels and blow them up to the point where I could see them. That's a combination of the eyes and the tiny print on some labels. And the ones with black ink on a red background are almost unreadable no matter what you do.

I won't know until after the 2nd surgery but there's a good chance I might not have to wear glasses all the time, possibly not even for driving.

[chocomouse]

I've wondered if advertisers, etc, realize that putting black ink on many colored backgrounds renders the ad impossible for lots of us to read? I suppose they think it's showing their technical talent.

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