Random Fooding

Blueberries that are accidentally mashed and put in a jar with some water will need stirring now and then to help oxygenate the mix. Also be sure to use blueberries right off the bush; these have a fine powder on them that is the natural yeast.

For 10 grams of sourdough starter, 50 grams of water and 50 grams of flour the leftover after a rotation can be mixed with about 32 grams of flour and some salt for a small pizza or calzone (roughly 60% hydration). The downside is that this can be very sour, which may be okay if you're only feeding yourself.

A 500F oven is too hot for a pizza crust made from the prior if you use an entire roma tomato, a few cloves of garlic, some walnuts, basil leaves, and some miso paste. Maybe 475F and more cooking time. Or use less tomato. Be sure to pre-heat the cast iron skillet to better brown the bottom.

Fresh garlic is a lot more sticky than something that has been on the store shelf for who knows how long.

Go easy on the red pepper you added to the mushroom stock on a whim. Probably I need to find more sichuan peppers one of these years.

For drying basil leaves (or what else) leaving the mostly dried things spread out on a baking sheet for a few days helps avoid sudden mold syndrome from something too quickly put into a jar.

One may, like for iocane powder, build up a tolerance for raw onions. Especially with mung beans, sesame seeds, lemon juice, dried lemongrass, ginger root, and soy sauce.

Sauté some of the onions, though, in oil and soy sauce, as stinking up the kitchen is one way to an apetite.

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