castironguy Those day old #doughnuts are better than nothing, huh?

castironguy #runcrew night out for a crazy good meal to celebrate the year of the snake

castironguy The #breakfast tradition continues. #ikea

castironguy Well it looks like two days of effort paid off. The #sourdough for Christmas Eve dinner is ready… and it’s only 8am!

castironguy After an overnight proof the Christmas #sourdough is looking like she might be ready for the oven. I picked up this groovy loaf pan a couple weeks ago and so this year’s format is a sandwich-style, like it or not (but it all tastes great whatever shape!)

castironguy Maybe you already knew this, but making #sourdough is a days-long process. The starter spent the morning warming up on the counter, and this afternoon it was ready to be incorporated into the flour mix. That needs a rest for about an hour (with a couple folding steps along the way) and then it will go into the fridge until tomorrow evening.

castironguy Alright, starter, you’ve been training for this all year! You’re getting older and wiser and more cultured. This is it. Time to start the christmas dinner #sourdough

castironguy Just gonna leave this here to mark the first #doughnut of likely many. Hopefully. #grocerygames

castironguy They’re not nearly ready to harvest but after three years the plum tree in my front yard is coming along nicely and looks like we’re gonna have about 40 pieces of fruit.

castironguy After the #heritagefestival ends there’s almost always leftover batter. They can’t sell it nor return it, but they do their best to get it to a good home. Whoever will take a huge quantity of batter late at night and on short notice. Whatever is left, a few lucky volunteers may get a bucket to take home. Of course this then means breaking down 25 litres of batter into freezer bags and storing it for the winter, but better than it landing in a trash pile. #volunteering perks

castironguy It’s #saskatoonberry season in our yard! #garden

castironguy Our neighbourhood, as I’ve discovered over the last year, is severely lacking in #lunch #pizza slice joints. So you might imagine my excitement when I learned there is a brand new almost pizza-by-the-slice place a four minute drive from my house. I write almost because their slice is not a slice but a pizza shaped like a slice. Their smaller of their big slices is like four slices but cooked to order. So. For minute drive plus a ten minute wait to cook it is much better than the twenty minute drive to the next closest slice joint. Hey, this ain’t New York City folks. I thought I would be adventurous today and spent fourteen minutes (and less $ than a burrito just down the street!) procuring a Big Mama slice. Some day we’ll need an excuse to order their 54 inch’er but this trip was worth it for now.