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Sourdough Bread

A few of you have been asking about the recipe for Sourdough Bread that I use and I figured this would be the easiest way to give it out. This recipe makes 2 loaves. MIX TOGETHER: 260 g. of actively fed sourdough starter (about 1 cup) 460 g. water (about 2 cups) 90   g. Canned milk or milk that has been scalded and cooled. Can use water or plant milk instead (About 6 Tbsp) 20 g. Kosher Salt (1/8 cup) 900 g. flour (all purpose or white bread flour, don't use whole grain, to heavy to rise well) 7 1/2 Cups Mix the starter, water, milk (or the substitute) together thoroughly. Then add in the salt and flour. Put the dough in a covered container and let it ferment at room temperature. After 2 hours fold the dough.  How To Fold The Dough After an additional 2 hours, fold the dough again. When the dough is is finished fermenting (after a total of 5-6 hours - when dough is bubbly, soft and will pull a windowpane) divide dough into two pieces around 855 g. each. Do a first

Valentino!

As last year drew to a close, so did the life of my most cherished chihuahua, Rico. I'd had him for almost 16 years and over the past 3 or 4, I watched as he went mostly blind and began suffering with trachea collapse. After 4 visits to the doggie hospital for oxygen in December, he finally had his final ER visit on New Year's Eve and we made sad decision to have him put down. What a way for a year to end. By this time, I had already chosen my "Word of the Year" for 2018 which was Joy and was having trouble figuring out just what was joyful about little Rico's passing. I also decided that he was going to be my last dog because my husband and I are getting older and I didn't want to have a dog that would need to be "passed down" in the event of our deaths. But, every day, I found myself cruising the online breeders for another chihuahua. I visited the local pet shops with their super high priced dogs looking for a replacement for Rico, and had near

Oui Yogurt by Yoplait. Simply DELICIOUS!

Have you guys tried OUI yogurt yet?   OH MY GOSH YOU HAVE TO!! It is DELICIOUS! This isn't the first jar I've had. Last month we discovered this yogurt at our .99 Store in San Luis Obispo and they were selling it 2 for $1. Yes, you read that right and I'm almost scared to state that on here for fear it will cause a run on the store! I know you guys think that if it's in a .99 Store, something must be wrong with it, but that isn't so. These are in date, sealed properly and absolutely perfect. Oui yogurt, made by General Mills and Yoplait, currently comes in  comes in eight flavors:  strawberry ,  blueberry ,  black cherry ,  vanilla ,  coconut ,  lemon ,  peach , and  plain.   The yogurt is  also non-gmo, gluten free and lightly sweetened with cane sugar  in the fruited varieties.   It is made using whole milk rather than reduced or no fat, a long culturing time and two kinds of fermenting cultures; L. Bulgaricus and S. Thermophilus.  I've tried all