What food did you last make

Dusk Looks Delicious! I wonder what would that deep-fried delicacy would add to cholesterol! 😁

Dusks mantra….if you are going to have a heart attack…HAVE A BIGUN!🤣

Having said that I am intrigued as to how it tastes so I definitely would if offered one.

Just out of interest Dusk…you are not Scottish are you?😁

Pompeyexile

No, I’m not. But I do have a very Scottish sounding name so there’s some Scottish ancestry.

I saw a review of Eric’s fish and chips in Norfolk that said their deep fried jam sandwich was amazing, I tried one when I visited a few months ago and it was great but almost £5 for a small portion, I thought I needed to make my own for a lot cheaper! I don’t usually buy cheap white bread and only just got round to buying some to try this out.

LMSC

Fortunately I’m not needing to worry about my cholesterol just yet, and I don’t get the deep fat fryer out too often so hopefully it stays that way!

Cuprajake why any carbs, I have once or twice a week. So either porridge or sweet potato rest of carbs are shit

Sorry didn’t know, what about sugar if your not stopping that it won’t reverse its self.

Hahaha

I have just had my yearly MOT and been told I have just drifted into the pre-diabetic scale. Nothing that cannot be changed with a dietry and lifestyle (more active) change. So, I have been on a 1 meal a day diet since January 8th, cut out completely any lovely moorishly sugary delights (buscuits, cakes, puddings oh my!). No bread or pastry, but not spuds and rice or pasta. I am only doing it to kick start the weight loss (shift that first stone) and then I will get back to normal eating, normal being 1 or 2 biscuits with the odd cuppa and not a packet. 1 slice of bread and not 4….in other words…MODERATION! which has always been my problem…gluttony. I blame me old mum who having five boys used to pile our plates high.

Pompeyexile GL and best wishes for getting back in shape.

PS: Hereditary unfortunately doesn’t help. This is from the experiences of our friends and families. Hopefully, you are not in that bracket 😊

Pompeyexile

This is a proper diet, I’m on same I’ve stopped all processed food, no sugars cakes bakes, I do have a treat now again. High fat. No carbs. Plus I fast most days are Standard OMAD will be good for you.

No-nonsense white loaf to go with Sunday lunch.

60% hydration, 8g yeast, 8g sugar, all ingredients straight into 5 mins in the KitchenAid, 1h prove, shape and 30 min second prove, 235c in a Le Creuset, 30 mins lid on, 15 mins lid off.

Nice caramel crust and super soft inside!

Ooh that looks lush! I thought at first it was a sourdough. Being a bread nut that wouldn’t last five minutes in my house. And there is only two of us!😁

Pompeyexile

Already all gone!

I make sourdough and so far have always cooked it in a cast iron casserole dish ( I’m too cheap to buy a Le Creuset!). A couple of days ago I tried baking it straight on a baking tray (with a hot water tray at the bottom of the oven), it came out with a much softer crust and had less over spring but seemed to have a far more even spread of air bubbles. It definitely looked less appealing but has arguably been better to eat. I’ll have to do some more experiments to see if I can improve the crust without a casserole dish.

That bread looks amazing, must try the Dutch oven method, currently I churn out two tins every Sunday as they fit in the toaster. Recently had a lot of problems with dough not rising properly, after changing everything inclucing tins of yeast and being careful with temperature it was still not rising so changed to a different brand of dry yeast which cured the issue. From you Tube I found quite a few had experienced the same and as someone had contacted the company they tested her tin and discovered a bad batch, more than one I suspect as I’d tried three tins with different dates.