Sourdough Mishap

[Fueling Around]

Fire up that jumbo Joe .

Funny you should mention the JJ.
Hauled it downstairs to the grilling area this afternoon. First did two hobo meal* of red potatoes with garlic, rosemary, and red pepper flakes for seasoning. Moved to a gas grill to keep warm.
Red potatoes are fresh spring crop in Florida
Then on went a nice ribeye I found in the freezer and cooked to my wife's perfection (hint of pink).

* Hobo meals are diced taters, onion, carrots, and meat in a foil pouch and cooked either directly on campfire coals or on the grate in a charcoal grill. A Scouting core meal. I cooked the meat separately so it was just taters. We had a side salad so omitted the onions and carrots.

 

[chopsaw]

Done many a hobo meal . Good stuff and easy clean up .
Mix up a batch of yeast dough and bake it on the Joe .

 

[Jarhead6870]

Nice looking loaf; keep up the good work

 

[Fueling Around]

Done many a hobo meal . Good stuff and easy clean up .
Mix up a batch of yeast dough and bake it on the Joe .

Explained hobo meals for others that read the forum. Currently over 1,000 readers
I was thinking about trying it on the gas grill. Gas is free (well included in the rent) and I can control the heat. Busy for the next 3 days and by then it will cool off enough to bake a yeast dough in the apartment.

I haven't done a full up SD boule as Mike in many months. Wife has hinted on a jalapeno cheddar boule. I was thinking to add bacon in the mix.

 

[forktender]

I bought a dried commercial starter a while back and decided to revive it about 5 weeks ago. After religiously feeding and tending it for all that time, it just sat there in the mason jar, like a pancake batter. I'd get a bubble or two if I was lucky. But I stubbornly stuck with it.
Yesterday morning, I discarded and fed it again, same as always. And when I came home last night, I found it had erupted like Vesuvius all over my counter. Should have taken a pic, but I was too busy cleaning up the mess before I went to bed. This morning, eruption number two greeted me. Ugh. Ok, I don't have time to deal with it right now, so it went into the fridge. I've never had one be so dormant before, and then so active later. I'll pull it out on Thursday, and finally see about getting a loaf done this weekend.

I've had the same happen to me several times, now I put the jar in a big bowl before I feed it to catch the overflow.