Birdfeeding

Today is cool and gray.

I fed the birds, then it started sprinkling again.

Now it is storming.  :D 

Pool Open!

ng_moonmoth has opened a pool for the half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics.  Go read the current list of target poems.  If you wish to donate, you can also discuss other poems you would like to help fund.

Hunting the Wild Yeast-Beast

It's easy to buy domesticated yeast; it gives a nice flavor and very consistent results in everything from bread to beer. But predictable can be boring, and it offers only a tiny sliver of the taste range available. Those flavors can include floral, fruity, musky, pungent, and boozy notes. I've had wild-grape sourdoughs that tasted of grapes or beer.

Enter the wild yeast-beast. It roams the world in vast, invisible herds that flock to certain things like flowers and fruit. If you know its habits, you can attract it into a starter and make magically delicious things with it. In autumn, many fruits ripen, so if you like baiting yeast with fruit, now is an ideal time.

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