What a beautiful day to be alive.

Today Eve started back with her highland dance class. They were brilliant and had the primaries meet at a public park and they danced in the field and eventually moved to the grandstand. She had so much fun. While dance class was going on Anna and I roamed about the park checking out the ducks, geese, RC sailboats, and the awesome nature within Andrew Hayden Park.

Anna was most impressed with the water falls that seem to be strewn throughout the park.

That was pretty much the highlight of our day. Of course, being Friday, we ended up at Crispy’s Chip Truck and enjoyed our weekly meal of fries #FrenchFryFriday.

Back onto the sourdough starter train… I keep reading about this stuff and wondering if I am doing it right or wrong. This is a bread that requires patience, which is a gift I’ve yet mastered.

I just finished reading an article published by King Arthur’s flour and another person mentioned that it wasn’t until Day 8 when her starter really started taking shape. So, I wait. I will say this, that wonderful yeasty smell has started to grow in my kitchen. I’m not sure how much my wife likes it, but it’s growing on.

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Day 4

100g wholemeal flour

100g water

• Throw away 150g of the starter.
• To the remaining starter, add the 100g flour to the starter and mix in the 100g water.
• Cover and leave overnight. The starter should start to smell pleasantly sour with small bubbles appearing on the surface.

***https://www.ilovecooking.ie/features/sourdough-bread-masterclass-with-patrick-ryan/***

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This is what my starters look like today

I’m fascinated each day how they grow and fall and change. The left, as mentioned earlier is straight up white bread flour and the right is whole wheat flour.

We (my daughter and I) rewatched the video associated with this receipt and I asked her if she’d help me make the bread and she got all excited. Which in turn got me more excited. When it comes to food, I take great pleasure in finding foods that we can both eat and enjoy. She has a great deal of food allergies and to this point, this checks the boxes for being safe for her to eat, let alone help make.

The adventure continues…