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Tue. Jun 16th, 2026
On Saturday our company FINALLY required all members and guests to wear face coverings in all public spaces. We were given to put signs on our doors that say “Face Coverings Required” and we can can ask them to go get a mask if they come in without one. Back in March, the store had been rearranged so that you couldn’t come straight to the counter so we are able to enforce that as well. I’d say compared to last week and Saturday when 80% or more did not wear masks, almost everyone is now. But, those who don’t, it’s interesting.
A few people hav3 told me they don’t have masks - how could you not have one, or a bandana in this day and age. 2 men came in t9day and were looking at the menu and when I said they needed masks they said they didn’t have them and I said I was sorry they would have to leave. They were surprised we wouldn’t serve them anyway and acted as if it was our loss. 2 young women (late teens/early 20s) left nicely and came back with their masks. I thanked them and they apologized!
Most people are thanking us for taking care of them.
Our county numbers are skyrocketing - as of yesterday we were up to 547, but I know the number is higher today. My Mom’s place still has no cases and one of my coworkers dad is director of the other nursing home/assisted living and they have had no cases.
I got it too.
We had cheeseburgers on the grill with the Cheese Burger Buns I made earlier today. They were the most perfect burgers I’ve ever made. We had tomatoes from the garden and sweet potato oven fries tossed with Penzey’s Tuscan Sunset seasoning
I guessed and got it right
Your loaves are gorgeous, Mike!
I made KAF no-knead cheese burger buns for our dinner tonight. They have cheese powder in them and I used a little bit of WWW. Since I hadn’t made them before, I used 2 teaspoons yeast (recipe said 2 1/4). Next time I’ll definitely reduce it. Made the dough in the bread machine without preheating. Recipe said to let them proof in the pan, but mine were ready in 30 minutes, then I baked them for 15 minutes and they were at 204. They look nice.
I tried to upload a photo, but my file was too big. When I get on my computer I’ll try again.
I made vegetable pad thai
Missed it
Will found a 5 pound bag of KAF white whole wheat at Harris Teeter on Thursday - I was shocked and pleased.
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Mine often come out at around 195-200 even at shorter times than the recipe calls for. My oven runs about 14º high - that's one thing I like about an oven where you can digitally set the temperature. I also check 5-10 minutes before any recipe says it should be done.
Last night it was Will's turn. He made buffalo cauliflower, baked sweet potato fries, with carrot sticks and a sliced fresh pepper from the garden. He made fresh salsa the day before and I made ranch dressing to go with. It was a throw together recipe that came out really, really well.
It helps to live in the South - got it.
Me too
Was just reading about the Cheese Burger Buns on KAF and someone asked the question about making the dough and then putting it in the fridge for a few days. Here was the response - similar to Mike's comment above.
"you could replace the bulk (or first) fermentation of 60-90 minutes with a longer, cooler rise in the fridge overnight. In order to stretch out that cool rise to several days, you'd need to drastically reduce the amount of yeast in the recipe to something like 1/4-1/2 tsp. Otherwise your dough will over-proof during that long rest in the fridge. Hope this helps! Mollie@KAF"
Makes sense since that's how I make my pizza dough from The Baking Steel.
Will was afraid the bread wouldn't be very good when I told him it didn't rise - even in its shortened state, he said it was really good. I also think I could have baked it another 5 minutes even though the temp was 190º
Grilled cheese and tomato on multigrain sunflower bread - since the bread is small, I may toast and then broil open-faced.
I made 2 loaves of Multigrain Sunflower Bread from KAF that I asked for help troubleshooting with in another thread. Lots of wonderful help.
The bread was good despite my problems. My Mom loved it and I will definitely make it again with modifications.
