Bread!

----- UPDATE: 1/2/2012 -----
Also! I forgot, you have to preheat the dutch oven in the oven too! If not, the bottom of the bread will stick to the bottom with no hope. So! The summary:

(1) Prep 12-18 hours before cooking: 3 cups bread flour, 1.25 teaspoons of salt, 0.25 teaspoons of yeast, 1.33 cups of cool water (mix with a wooden spoon in a glass bowl - no metal!)

(2) Bake: Preheat the dutch oven with the oven at 375 (approx. 30 minutes). Plop the dough into the preheated pot and bake with the lid for 30 minutes. Then no lid for 15-30 minutes.

Yay!! :)

----- UPDATE: 3/15/2011 -----
This is the message from my cousin! :D "The recipe is from My Bread by Jim Lahey. 3 cups bread flour, 1.25 teaspoon salt, 0.25 teaspoon yeast, 1.33 cup of cool water. Bread needs to rise for 12-18 hours. Bake 375 F in cast iron pot lid on for 30 mins and with lid off for 15-30 mins. Good luck."

I seriously did exactly that!! :) I found this sweet blog in the meantime when looking for picture examples:
http://steamykitchen.com/168-no-knead-bread-revisited.html

I didn't do that extra step where you let it "nap" for 2 hours. :) Completely skipped right over it. :) So easy!! Woooo!! I ate it with butter right away mmmm.

----- Original Post -----
Thanks to my awesome cousin, I made bread!! :D AND it was delicious!! :D


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Vinegar Cucumbers Again!

Okay this time, I split it into two batches:


The left one is normal:
- 1 lb. little cucumbers
- 2.5 big cloves of garlic (minced)

The right one has all those and:
- two teaspoons of chili oil

Then, I added to both:
- two circles of sesame oil
- a little over half height of white vinegar
- 1.5 heaping tablespoons of sugar

Yay! Let's see how they taste tomorrow morning. :) Nitey nites!

*** UPDATE two days later! ***

I had too much vinegar, oopsies. I added two more calm teaspoons of sugar and it was still too vinegar-y. Next time, I'll try just less than half the height of vinegar and two heaping teaspoons of sugar for each. :) Same for the chili oil one too - that one had okay spiciness but still too vinegar-y!

Updated recipe:
- 1 lb. cucumbers
- 2.5 cloves of garlic, minced
- two small circles of sesame oil
- just less than half the height of white vinegar
- 2 heaping teaspoons of sugar
- optional: 2 teaspoons of chili oil

Yay!!

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