Cooking.muse

   1 #title Sometimes I Get Bored
   2
   3 * Bread
   4
   5 ** Slavery
   6
   7 Rather than buy yeast I decided to be hardcore and enslave wild yeast
   8 in a jar. It is actually [[http://www.io.com/~sjohn/sour.htm][pretty damn easy]]. I used the method mentioned
   9 in the former link, but added a bit of *science* (or--I've kept a beer
  10 yeast starter before). I used my giant bottle of Iodophor to sanitize
  11 the jar in which the yeast were to live (just to kill any natives; I
  12 rinsed the jar afterward with tap water and didn't sanitize any
  13 utensils), made sure the water used for feeding was at about 90°F, and
  14 fed the starter a tablespoon of dry malt extract (maltose being to
  15 yeast what fast food is to a fat American) and a quarter teaspoon of
  16 lemon juice (just to slightly acidify the initial mix and make the
  17 yeasties new home a bit more hospitable to only them at first) for the
  18 first two days. This resulted in a bubbly and happy starter on the
  19 third day, made interesting bread on the fourth, and was successfully
  20 cloned for someone else on the fifth!
  21
  22 Just remember to measure the volume of the original mixture and write
  23 that down so you can easily substitute it into recipes (mine worked
  24 out to ⅔ cup of starter from ½ cup of flour and water, but flour
  25 varies in absorbency rabble blah moo etc.).
  26
  27 ** Pita
  28
  29  - [[Pita]] (the base for all of the others)
  30  - [[Olive Pita]]
  31  - [[Sun Dried Tomato Pita]]
  32
  33 ** Normal Bread
  34
  35  - [[Sourdough Rye]]
  36
  37 * Rice and Whatnot
  38
  39  - [[http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook/pilaf_chelou.html][Chelou]] (I usually add barberries)
  40  - [[http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2005/08/bulgur-pilaf.php][Bulgar Pilaf]]
  41
  42 * Roasted Animal Flesh
  43
  44  - Basic [[Beef and Lamb Kebabs]]
  45  - [[Koftah-Adana Hybrid Kebabs]]
  46
  47 * Things Into Which Other Things Are Dipped
  48
  49  - [[Maast-o Khiar]]
  50  - [[Hummus]]
  51  - [[Guacamole]]
  52
  53 * Things Which Are Placed Upon Other Things
  54
  55  - [[Habanero Hot Sauce]]
  56
  57 * Light Fare
  58
  59  - [[http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook/small_dolmas.html][Dolmas]]