Success at last: A regular loaf that doesn’t suck!
Finally got the balance right. It was a struggle to get the balance right … tried all sorts of variants before this one worked. Recipe 1/2 cup of water 20ml of vegetable oil 45 ml of milk teaspoon of salt tablespoon of sugar 2 and 1/4 cups of bread flour teaspoon of instant yeast The…
Bread Success: Finally, I cracked it.
I know it doesn’t look like much but this represents some success. So what was different? Well after sorting out the measurements, I followed the recipe almost exactly. I reduced the sugar (too much) to less than a table spoon, used lemon juice not vinegar, and added a little more yeast. When making the dough,…
Success at last: fresh bread!
Finally had some sucess with my bread. I need to use a little less sugar to stop the slight burning around the edges. That worked this time, but who’d have thought that half a teaspoon of sugar. But it looks like I need to use even less. So I wil drop another half teaspoon. Thanks,…
Success = 97% perseverance…
I was pondering the success and failure of human endeavor today: I came to the conclusion that for the faint-hearted, success is likely to be only fleeting. Why? Because the formula for success is simple: 1% inspiration + 1% perspiration + 1% luck + 97% perseverance = success For a lot of adult learners of…
Product Photo: Success #1
This is my first successful picture on my new light tent. I thought you’d like to see the ‘fruits’ (or is that beans?) of my success. I had to crop a lot of the original picture out but I think in taking these pictures I discovered that I have too much shadow in the foreground….
Taiwan: Cruising to success in 2008
Over Chinese New Year, a rare spectacle took place in Taiwan. Over 700 visitors on a cruise from Hong Kong visited Kaohsiung in mid-February. It seems that Taiwan’s receiving a lot more cruises from Hong Kong these days, as Hong Kong’s Star Cruises reopened in 2007. In fact, in 2007 there nearly half a million…