Cooking Goddess
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Himself and I loved the photos, TAT. I swear his "wow" got louder with each image, and he's been guilty of taking some very nice pics, too. Very nice.
Random Photo Thread: The Sequel
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RPCookin
Executive Chef
This is really our town jail, built in 1929. I've been trying to learn when it last had an inmate, so far without luck. The town hasn't had a constable since my wife was in high school, And it was probably long before that when the jail was last used. It was cleaned up and painted and restored for the Fall Festival this weekend.
buckytom
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Sorry, cleaned out. I can't stop Casey from talking about Taylor Ham.
buckytom
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This is really our town jail, built in 1929. I've been trying to learn when it last had an inmate, so far without luck. The town hasn't had a constable since my wife was in high school, And it was probably long before that when the jail was last used. It was cleaned up and painted and restored for the Fall Festival this weekend.
Makes me want to ride a horse up, tie a rope to the bars, and pull them out racing away, hootin and hollerin.
I don't even think Lingle has a jail...the nearest would be in Torrington, 10 miles away.
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.
Why don't you try the nearest town that does still have a jail? Perhaps they have a date - or time line - as to when they received prisoners from...
RPCookin
Executive Chef
I have a feeling that our jail was more for the occasional Saturday night when a cowboy or farmer gets a a bit feisty and starts a fight and has to sleep it off. The jail was built during prohibition, so maybe initially as a temporary hold for someone caught using liquor too openly? One of our friends is laboriously going through 60 years of town council meeting minutes to see if she can find anything on it.
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
Oh, geez. Shhh, say nothing of my plans...
RPCookin
Executive Chef
Spent yesterday baking ciabatta bread for the Historical Society bake sale at the town Fall Festival. Always seems to sell quite well.
RP - those look delish!
I searched but didn't find, have you ever posted your recipe?
I'm still not happy with mine, too wet, not enough rise, and the holes sometimes rival the actual size of the 'slipper'.
I searched but didn't find, have you ever posted your recipe?
I'm still not happy with mine, too wet, not enough rise, and the holes sometimes rival the actual size of the 'slipper'.
RPCookin
Executive Chef
Actually they are supposed to have some fairly significant air pockets. Mine don't always seem to form them, even from 2 loaves out of the same batch. It's just possible that it's my lack of expertise that's the culprit. The recipe is at Artisan Bread Baking. He has lots of info on techniques there as well as the recipes.
I searched but couldn't find my picture of this particular loaf, I'm sure I took one as it was so bizarre.
When I say the air holes rivaled the bread - I could have stuffed the loaf itself inside of the humongous air pocket.
Thanks for the link, pretty sure I've been there but with your success I'll certainly try again.
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RPCookin
Executive Chef
It's monarch butterfly migration time. They have been passing through town for the last week. We had several snacking on the asters in the garden, so I took the camera out and captured a couple of them.
WOW...
Love those pix with monarchs and asters.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
Gorgeous, RPCookin.
