Justino freshly returned from gallivanting in New Zealand.
Amit returned from training for his new job in San Diego.
Katja is moving to Eugene, OR to work as a nurse on L&D at Sacred Heart Riverbend.
Mere and Liz are changing rooms.
I’m off to Port Townsend for the boat.
So it was time to have a potluck, and did we ever.
…unfortunately I didn’t take any photos of the spread. I have no idea why I didn’t think of it. I made two large deep-dish pizzas. and all that was left was a single, sampled slice.
Dough (sourdough batter, flour, water, butter, salt)
Cheese (whole milk mozzarella)
Ingredients (bell peppers, broccoli, onions, shitake mushrooms)
Sauce (Tomatoes, baked beets, salt, thyme)
Because we’ve been keeping the house very cold (just above freezing when necessary), the starter has really been slowed, so during proofing, it didn’t grow much. The end result made for some really dense crispy crust, not the bready, fornicary-yeast flavor and texture you might expect of say a pan pizza or foccacia. I have really enjoyed playing with using less yeast than we are used to–being okay with less leavened bread.
Betsy made an excellent lentil & quinoa dish that was really fresh. I want to get that recipe. There were cookies, brownies, pasta and enough good beer that I don’t remember the other dishes… Hopefully the my next post will include lots of pretty pictures from Port Townsend, or PT as they say.