| 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 | |
| 52 | * Light Fare |
| 53 | |
| 54 | - [[http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook/small_dolmas.html][Dolmas]] |