I had a plan this morning.

It’s the weekend before the election. The time just changed and I woke up at 7. I was going to go and vote early today.

Whelp, it seemed like everyone and their mother had the same fucking idea. Getting into the parking lot took 20 minutes and when I got to the line, it was wrapped around in a loop already. It looked like it was at least four hours before I could vote.

Nope. I’ll do it on Tuesday morning before work. The polls open at seven. I’ll walk to the station and shoot everyone an email letting them know I’m voting and will be in when I get in. Done.

Let’s see how it goes on Tuesday. It should be better. Let’s hope it’ll be better.

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I tried a few new baking recipes yesterday from http://www.breadwerx.com and overall they turned out well. I made the baguette and the open crumb with 65% hydration recipe.

The baguette was probably better than any baguette I made or at least a little bit better, but the bread was just spectacular. The open crumb was amazing and that was the second loaf that I ever got that result.

The first time was a mistake, but this was on purpose.

I’ll have to read up and study his recipes on how to make bread, so I’ll probably be switching up my baking method soon.

I’m curious if I can replicate the recipe, but do a long cold fermentation after shaping instead of the 2-4 hours and see how the results go.

I’m curious as to what I did wrong with Josey Baker’s bread. Maybe the cold proof was way too long.

But, I see quite a bit of bread making experimentation in my future. I want to get a hang of it, making my own bread and getting a better understanding of yeast and bread.

But in the meantime, it’s just practice and enjoying a good loaf of bread.

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I’m three recipes short from completing my cooking project for the year. I am two appetizers and a dessert away.

The dessert shouldn’t be a problem. Desserts are fine. I can come up with something, but it’s the appetizer that is the problem. That’s the rough one for me.

I just don’t know what to make. I’m sure my next big cooking adventure would be on Thanksgiving. What should I do? I need to come up with a menu. Should I do a theme like I did last year, a specific kind of food from a specific culture?

I don’t know, but it’s getting close. Maybe I should go to uncle’s for Thanksgiving? I don’t know what I want to do, but it’ll be something.

Who knows?

Who knows, indeed.

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