Get a grip woman!

Busy_Mee

That is great Suffolk Lass. Thank you.
I need to wait until I can get some yeast to try your method.
In the meantime my second sour dough loaf has turned out better. The longer prove, helped maintain its structure and it was more of a dome shape. It tasted good too, but I put a couple of teaspoons of sugar in the dry mix, which probably offset the sour flavour.

 I wish I had stolen more shower caps From hotels  in the days when I used to travel for work 

Baileys_Babe

We use a damp tea towel to cover the bowl our bread is proving in.

Suffolk_lass

That's a good alternative Baileys_Babe! - We have a whole plastic ice cream tub with packets of shower caps from years gone by. Normally replenished on our travels to and from Italy each year too, despite not being any work trips any more. That idea was a steal from the Hairy Bikers, years ago now

Karmacat

Loving the sourdough information, thank you all, especially SL.  My worktops and kitchen table are once again full - but I'm hoping to clear them and get baking and crafting by teh end of this week.

trix-a-belle

thats fab thanks SL (btw saw a soap loaf cutter locally and thought of you)

Suffolk_lass

Haha - we are working our way through the HM soap. Not quite as drying as many others. I prefer the silicon moulded patty tins to the loaf!

themadvix

I don't even bother dampening my tea towel to cover the bowl these days. Where did you get your 4lb loaf tin from SL? I'd love one of those. I need a scraper too as I was looking at a brioche recipe, but imagine all the bread-making places are sold out at the moment with the sourdough craze!

Baileys_Babe

I bought our 4lb loaf tin a catering supplies shop.

Suffolk_lass

I bought mine in a traditional hardware shop we have locally. You might find a 3lb prestige tin on Amazing - there was one earlier this morning - I searched 4lb and found 3lb

Suffolk_lass

Got a delivery of 12 new strawberries so need to prepare and plant those. I also have a Boysenberry to get in, and a Myrtle with a back story I have been nurturing all winter. Not sure what to do about my monarda, campanula and oregano with so many rabbits in the garden. Hopefully more planting out later too - loads is ready.

Very tempted to pay another lump off the mortgage as it is so close to MFiT reporting time.