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Jack has been coming in during the day and going out around sundown, but there have been three times when I've let him back in for a while after midnight because a fox was barking loudly at him. He'll go back out again after a half-hour or so.
Last night I let Jack in and the fox was pretty much right behind him heading towards the back door, so I yelled at the fox and he turned around and ran away.
I'm hoping this doesn't become a nightly occurrence, as I'm still not sure we can trust the cat indoors overnight after we've gone to bed. It may be that the fox is just protecting the young ones, in which case that may change when they go out on their own. But even when we didn't have a cat that went outside sometimes the fox would stand on the patio and bark.
Here he is on one of his favorite napping places, the treadmill.
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Several types of ADY have sorbitan monostearate in them, IDY usually has ascorbic acid.
Per James Bridges in the BBGA forums:
Ascorbic acid is an improver which acts as an oxidiser, and creates a slightly acidic environment. This improves yeast attenuation and synthesis of ascorbic acid increases stress resistance in yeast. Sorbitan monostearate is an emulsifier which prevents excess drying and aids in rehydration.
Sandeep Gyawali posted this:
ChatGPT says:
The presence of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in instant dry yeast but not in active dry yeast can be attributed to the different production processes and purposes of these two types of yeast:
Production Process:
Active Dry Yeast: This type of yeast is produced by drying and deactivating fresh yeast cells. During this process, the yeast is exposed to conditions that reduce its vitamin C content or render it inactive. As a result, active dry yeast typically does not contain significant amounts of vitamin C after processing.
Instant Dry Yeast: Instant yeast undergoes a different production process where the yeast cells are dried rapidly under controlled conditions. Manufacturers often add small amounts of ascorbic acid during the production of instant dry yeast. This addition serves multiple purposes: it acts as a dough improver by strengthening gluten, and it also helps to protect the yeast cells from oxidation during storage.
Purpose and Shelf Life:
Active Dry Yeast: This type of yeast is designed to have a longer shelf life and be more resilient to storage conditions. Vitamin C is not necessary for its long-term stability, and its absence does not affect its performance significantly.
Instant Dry Yeast: Due to its faster dissolving properties and more immediate use in baking, instant yeast benefits from the addition of vitamin C. This vitamin enhances dough quality and supports yeast activity, ensuring consistent performance in a shorter time frame.
In summary, the presence of vitamin C in instant dry yeast is intentional and serves specific functional roles related to dough improvement and yeast performance, whereas active dry yeast does not require it for its intended purpose and storage stability.
If this is the current state of ChatGPT articles, I'm impressed.
We had tacos/taco salad for supper tonight.
Speaking of heat, the projected high for tomorrow here is 105!
The Real Bread Campaign was started in large part to address the issues of 'factory bread'.
There's been an interesting thread on this in the BBGA forum, one of the challenges is that in the USA most commercial yeast (IDY and ADY) has additives such as ascorbic acid that are either not permitted in Europe or are ingredients the Real Bread Campaign doesn't want used.
https://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/
We've been using some of the keto-friendly breads in the stores, even though they have things like 'modified wheat starch' in them. Over on r/keto there are folks who are strongly opposed to such ingredients. I'm still experimenting with my own breads, using things like 'bamboo fiber', which was in the keto-friendly biscuits that were pretty good, but the L'Oven Fresh breads and buns are gonna be hard to beat for taste and texture in a keto-friendly product, and it's not like we're using them at every meal.
The last time we had 'spaghetti', we actually had the marinara on cauliflower rice, I think the spaghetti squash is better, but more work and I think a little higher in carbs.
I've got some konjac noodles but haven't tried them yet, they get mixed reviews in the keto forums, some people have tummy issues with them, especially if they eat a large portion.
I think the L'Oven Fresh white bread would make good oven cheese toast.
We did have burgers on the grill, using the L'Oven Fresh keto buns (21 carbs but 1 net carb), and the buns were quite good, if I hadn't known they were keto-friendly, I doubt I'd have noticed from the taste or texture. These buns will make summer meal planning easier.
We have a food bowl outside, but the foxes emptied it overnight, as usual, so Diane went to put some more out this morning and when Jack heard the sound of food hitting the bowl, he came running and has been inside all day except for a brief trip outside while I was out cooking on the grill. He was out on the deck, not sure how long he'd been out there, I tried reviewing the back patio camera but didn't spot when he went out there. I did see the foxes up on the patio heading down towards the deck several times overnight.
I'm OK with his going outside at night, I think he'll show up in the morning, if we're up to see him. (My wife's sister said he showed up at their place around 6:30 AM, but during the summer we're usually not up that early.) We'll see what happens in less pleasant weather.
We left the door open to the kitchen today, he's wandered through it a few times but so far hasn't tried to jump up on the counter. There's not much he'd eat that's out, anyway. (When I was young, we had a female cat that would eat through the plastic wrap on an angel food cake to get to the cake, and could get the cake holder open, too.)
Black raspberry season is getting close to over (it's usually only 2-3 weeks long), and the most I've gotten at a time this year was about an ounce and a half, just a small patch on the west side of the yard. But I see the raspberries rebounding on the east side where they got cut back last fall, so hopefully they'll be bearing fruit in another year or two.
I think it's too hot on our deck for peas in a hanging basket. I tried them in the Aerogarden twice, got a small crop the first time, enough for a couple stir fry meals, but they didn't grow well the second time. Not sure I've got a good space for snow peas in the garden this year, but I could try companion planting them with some of the tomatoes, though it may be too late for them until I wait to plant them in September.
I haven't put in any spaghetti squash yet, but I think I will put some in; last year they climbed up the tomato cages and did fairly well, and didn't seem to interfere with the tomatoes. Diane's not that fond of spaghetti squash, but when I pointed out how low carb they were, she thought they might be worth planting again this year. The leeks I put (plants from Johnny's, not seed) are doing well, I've got about 24 of them.
I've got several small tomatoes already, but they're not close to ripening yet. These are on the First Lady II plants, where the average size tomato is around 5 ounces, there's probably some on the 4th of July plants by now as well. My guess is I won't see any ripe tomatoes until mid to late July.
The urban garden project at UNL is in its 2nd year. This year the common crop is sweet corn instead of zucchini. So I've got two rows of sweet corn (one in the amended soil area, one not.) They went in late, I don't know how well they'll do. Sweet corn is kind of high carb, but if it's good, we'll just have to suffer through it. 🙂
I planted a row of dill seed, not much of it came up. I may try re-seeding the half of the row that didn't germinate.
The plan tonight is burgers on the grill using the L'Oven Fresh keto buns, weather permitting. (Chances of rain in the afternoon/evening.)
We had tuna salad on lettuce tonight. Jack the cat appreciated the tuna water. 🙂
We had steaks on the grill again, with sauteed fresh mushrooms. Thought about having a salad, but I'm full.
He showed up again this morning, came in, had some food and is currently taking a nap.
Diane put some cat food out the other night, it was gone by morning, so I put out more yesterday morning. We did see the young foxes eating it yesterday evening, and it was gone by morning, so I put out more earlier today, and around 7PM our prodigal cat, Jack, showed up and was gobbling it down. We let him inside, gave him some more food (including half of the tuna water from tonight's supper) and a few treats, and he started taking a nap. Now he's eating a bit more of the dry food.
He'll go outside for the night, we just can't trust him not to pee on things, and my guess is he'll prefer that anyway. Update: He wanted to out after about 90 minutes of being inside, hopefully we'll see him again soon, possibly tomorrow evening.
He looks skinny, my guess is he hasn't been having much luck hunting in this neighborhood. So, maybe we have a mostly outdoor kitty.
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