On Friday, October 26, 2018 at 2:06:52 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> On 2018-10-26 5:08 AM, wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 19:12:15 -0600, graham > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2018-10-25 5:05 PM, wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:02:49 -0600, graham > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 2018-10-25 3:48 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu 25 Oct 2018 01:13:02p, graham told us...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I decided to have a baking session yesterday. I had discovered
> >>>>>> that my sourdough levain had gone really dormant and it took a few
> >>>>>> feedings to get it up to strength. I then made a poolish with all
> >>>>>> the water and half of the flour with some of the levain and left
> >>>>>> it overnight. I made the dough in the morning and while it was
> >>>>>> proofing, I went to the store to get the ingredients for some
> >>>>>> chocolate-pistachio-cranberry muffins. In the relatively short
> >>>>>> time I was out, the dough almost tripled in volume indicating a
> >>>>>> now healthy levain. I made 3 loaves:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> https://postimg.cc/qgxgvMmV
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The bread looks yummy! Pefect loaves!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Then I made the muffins following a recipe from the British
> >>>>>> Bake-Off competition. I followed the recipe very carefully. $7
> >>>>>> worth of pistachios and about $11 worth of chocolate in the mix
> >>>>>> and another ~$7 worth in the ganache!! The cupcakes were a bit dry
> >>>>>> and it took much more chocolate to get the ganache to a setting
> >>>>>> consistency. The results were unimpressive. However, I'm sure my
> >>>>>> grandson and granddaughter will soon polish them off.
> >>>>>> I shan't make that recipe again.
> >>>>>> Graham
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It is disappointing when a delicious recipes doesn't come off as
> >>>>> expected. Thwy sounded delicious.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> They are delicious but not as much as they should be. Grandson texted me
> >>>> to say the ganash is great.
> >>>
> >>> Sheesh, that's not one of those twins texting already???
> >>>
> >> No! My 14yr old who has hollow legs:-)
> >
> > Lol - it's amazing what it takes to fill them up
> >
> His 16yr old sister is the same and is very slim. They both burn it off
> so easily. I'm sure my grandson is growing about an inch in height every
> week. I think he'll be taller than me and I'm 6'4".

How old is your grandson? Infants grow like weeds!

John Kuthe...