Hello lovely peeps,
Happy Friday! And I'm looking back on my week (weekend in this case) to show you the things that made me smile.
For many people it's Halloween season. I don't 'do' Halloween but I have an orange image for you:
California poppies are beautiful. They remind me of Tenerife (Canary Isles), where they grow in abundance. They are an imported and sometime invasive species there so not welcome everywhere, but I enjoyed their bright colour.
It is not easy to read because of the cancellation. It reads: Eschscholzia californica: Chamisso, the German naturalistn who found the California poppy on San Francisco's sand dunes in 1816 and named it for his expedition's surgeon, Eschscholz, could not have guessed that a century later it would be the state flower of California. Well chosen too, for in its superb beauty and abundance within the state ithas no peers.
The stamp is the run-of-the-mill round stamp but it's a gerbera and as such my favorite. The colour is spot-on too!
What's been happening here? Well, on Saturday I went on a sourdough workshop in a village 40 min drive from here. My daughter was supposed to come too, but she fell ill and had to cancel her flights.
It was led by a young Belgian couple (Pieter and Ine) in their garden. He had prepared several 'stations' on a large table.
We were 12 people, 5 Belgians, 3 Dutch (me included), and a family of 4 from India who lived in Madrid.
After the introductions and the mixing of the dough, we were treated to some home made snacks.
Sourdough takes a long time, so in between stages, Pieter would show us around the farm and we helped him to harvest some almonds.
Lunch was sourdough pizza, all different toppings, made by Ine, seen here (above) in the picture.
She also made these amazing salads. One of them is made with pickled veggies and the other with fermented vegetables. This was advertising their fermenting workshop in February I think.
In between all the 'doings' with the bread, we went for a walk along the (dry) riverbed and collected black berries. Because of the climate these are small and dryish. Perfect for using in the cinnamon rolls we (collectively) made with some of the dough. The berries were used in stead of raisins.
Cut up into slices.
On the oven tray.
In the meantime, we had put our breads in the baskets.
And Pieter was busying himself with the oven.
The exciting moment: the breads are being put into the oven.
Meanwhile the cinnamon rolls had risen and one of the children was allowed to eggwash them.
I think they're done!
Oh yess! They were absolutely amazing!
I forgot to take any pictures of the bread coming out of the oven as I had to leave early. So I grabbed my bread and left.
Our Intercambio group were meeting in Baza, our nearby town, to go to a concert.
It was all about the cultural history of Andalusia (Muslim, Christian and Jewish).
Here is a Youtube link to here what they sound like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blmtolw_bGI&list=RDblmtolw_bGI&start_radio=1
And another one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO3A54JMCzY&list=RDp0CmTR4Al9M&index=3
That's about it from today I think. Ronnie is sitting next to me on the table:
If only cats could smile..... (They wouldn't, just to be awkward).
Time to say goodbye .
Lisca
2 comments:
Your sourdough class looks fantastic. I've been playing around with sourdough for close to 10 years, and in fact, I just made sourdough pizza for dinner tonight. But that oven you were to bake in is amazing. And I bet it was fun baking and meeting all these people. The food you had looks amazing!Thanks for sharing your fun day out. hugs-Erika
I love Gerbera, too. And what a wonderful workshop!!!
How was your bread, I wonder?
Nice, music, too. And Ronnie, the cutest, he is! Have a great Friday.
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