Hazelnuts in bloom

Filberts bloom in January. See those tiny red protrusions at the ends of the buds?They are the flowers. The long things on the right are called catkins, they produce the pollen. Although  hazelnuts are Monoecious  they do not self pollinate.

Metal detecting

There was a nice rainbow out. So Aaron got his metal detector. They struck gold!

A better baguette

Inspired by the Tartine bread and Ken Forkish's artisan bakery, I cut a piece of pipe in half and welded some ends on it. It also has a metal screen on one half. It baked a perfect baguette!

This baguette was 400 g of flour at 75% hydration one and a half percent salt and dash of  Braggs vinegar.

Preheat the oven and the mold for 20 minutes at 450. Put dough in and close up the mold, bake 20 minutes at 450. Uncover the mold and continue to bake bread uncovered for 20 minutes at 450

Voila!

Yummy