Good to see the forum back up...but where is everbody?
We just got through the busy season at the bakery where I work, and are settling down to normal production again. I figured out that I mixed around 10 tons of dough over the course of four days before xmas and again before the new year! Good times. I was a little stiff and sore after pulling all of that dough out of the bowl, and folding it all a few times before forming. Good thing my wife is training to be a massage therapist!
I've also been baking at home on my days off. You'd think I'd get enough dough time at work, but it's definitely a different experience to mix a few pounds of dough by hand and make whatever I want than to mix a few hundred pounds at a time. It also keeps me at home instead of wandering downtown to spend $$$ I don't have. Good way to get the chores done. I've been quite happy with the results, and we finally got a digital camera so perhaps I'll put up some of the "bread porn" y'all seem to eat up.
Come spring time we hope to build an oven in the back 40 (read "back .25"), and maybe start baking on a small scale for the loacal farmers market (at which there are no bread vendors!). I'm also apprenticing with a luthier who is a hobby baker, and we might get that going together (in our spare time?).
Just thought I'd post something up so that all of the most recent posts weren't 4+ weeks ago.
Happy new year. I hope everybody is doing well.
-tyler
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Hi Tyler, it's great to see a new forum post. Sorry for all the time offline, changing software has been quite a lot of work. Later today I have to revert back to the old database one more time to get BBCode working. This post will be lost but I'll copy it and send it to you to post again. :)
Hopefully the community will start to pick up steam soon.
Maedi
Hey guy's,
all right it's still confusing but somehow will get the hang of it, just that I was so used to the old site I sort of miss it? Do like the random pics though?
Check out my two latest interviews on stirthepots.com Maggie Glezer and Dieter Schorner~!
Cheers,
Jeremy
Hey Jeremy!
I'm going to do a lot of work on this forum, making it easy to use and nice looking. In all honesty, after a couple of days if people hate this system, I would change back (we would loose a few posts). We can't loose this community though, it's wonderful. And sorry for the big down time, it's take a while to convert everything. I can't wait to get this site back on track. Do you dislike the random image? it wont appear on the forum pages, just the rest of the site.
No keep going at what your doing, patience,slow food and all that!
My site is finally coming around,hiccups and all! Graham and Maedi your all right in my book! Even with your occasional rants and the weirdos who post that filth on all the blogs (kidding of course!)
Can't wait till you start posting more baking films, splice and edit, you will have a full feature woodstock bread flick!
Cheers Mates!
Jeremy
After the site is polished I'll be delving into all the hours of footage. We'll have a movie and a half. You're site looks quite good Jeremy. What software are you using?
Hey, talk about thread jacking! I was talking about me, here!
I also just noticed that it takes the first few words of your posting and makes it the subject title if you don't select one!
Neat ay?
hey all
sure it isn't finished but what we got already is starting to look good from where i'm sitting.
agree with jer that forum is not quite right but as long is usable while you making it all better i'm sure we can wait till you get it done.
p.s. need some smilies :D
Thanks for the kind words croc :) , we'll get there.
I'm really pleased to see the forum back after weeks of nervously clicking on the link and waiting for a response. Splendid work Maedi.
Mick
Mick, I was also clicking the link waiting for good news.I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year?!
I like your fish.
It was nice to see her swim away unharmed; pretty brownie.