On Friday, October 26, 2018 at 2:43:46 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:06:50 -0600, 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".
>
> Now you know how I feel, all my grandchildren are taller than me and
> already two of the greatgrandchildren - it shouldn't be allowed
> Sounds for sure he is taking after you, David was about your height
> and I assume that's what infected my lot

They are getting taller and WE are shrinking!! I just took a "fittness to work" physical and my BP was great at 127/57 (down from prehypertensive!) and my weight was down to 176! I have not weighed under 160 since I was 19!

I am definitely shrinking!

John Kuther...